• @ampersandrew
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    014 hours ago

    any MP game has DRM

    Well, that’s not true either. I hate this trend of developers only relying on the platform-provided servers for multiplayer, but you have to find a game with LAN. That limits your selection a lot, but I for sure played Star Wars: Episode I - Racer from GOG in LAN without talking to their servers at all.

    • @Nibodhika
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      312 hours ago

      Sure, but those also are DRM free on Steam, so my point remains.

      • @ampersandrew
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        011 hours ago

        I can’t say conclusively that every LAN game on GOG is DRM-free on Steam, but there are times where Steam’s DRM has caused annoyances for me when trying to play offline on Steam Deck that I would not run into with side loaded GOG games, which I detailed in another comment here.

        • @Nibodhika
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          39 hours ago

          You can’t also say conclusively that every LAN game on GOG is DRM-free on GOG either.

          I read that other comment, that’s an issue with the specific game. I’ve played dozens of games without connection and not putting it on offline mode, if that specific game tries to phone home on login that game is wrong. I wished Steam would have a DRM-free tag to be able to differentiate them easily.