Is there any reason why I shouldn’t buy FO4 goty from GOG instead of steam? You can still customize controls perfectly fine and all the mods/expansions still work? It won’t play any differently to a steam bought game except it will be in non-steam games?

I know games usually work fine, but I haven’t bought a new game from GOG since I got my steamdeck, so I’m nervous.

  • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    2 months ago

    Depends on what you’re looking for. On Steam you get stuff like Steam Input, and ofc having it be tied into the Steam ecosystem, which depending on how you play pc can be a big deal or not so much. Plus if you plan on playing on Deck, it’s a bit easier if you own it on Steam.

    With GoG it’ll be DRM free, which for many people is a massive deal. Basically once it’s downloaded it has zero ties to GoG, meaning it’s yours and yours alone, you can do whatever you want with it, back it up, turn off your internet and play it whenever you want. You can even download it from the website without having to install the GoG client.

    Plus through GoG you can easily install the Fallout London mod, which may be a nice bonus depending on you.

    Ultimately I’d say GoG unless you’re heavily invested into Steam and would make use of the integration with the ecosystem.

    • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      5·
      2 months ago

      Thanks.

      Steam input, meaning the easy way to select control options, instead of having to link to a keyboard button?

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        The only thing having a native steam game gets you is the community submitted layouts for steam input, and you can get those pretty easily with some messing with game titles. Even without any of that, though, you can edit the controls to whatever you want.

      • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 months ago

        Exactly, yeah. It’s not super important, like in FO4 idk how helpful it’d be, but it’s a game changer sometimes. I played through Kotor on the Deck by using Steam Input, and made it feel practically native with next to no effort.

        • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
          4·
          2 months ago

          Works with non-Steam games as well. I even had community profiles for Diablo 2. You just have to give the game the correct name and it should just work™.

        • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
          2·
          2 months ago

          Yeah, fallout isn’t that complicated. I’ve configured a number of keyboard strategy games, so this should be easy compared to those if I go that route. Thanks.