Actually, the people that bought the game on the Larian Vault got Steam keys to go with it, so it's only the people from GOG who don't have any way to get Steamworks matchmaking.
some people just dont want steam though. one of the reasons they bought it on larian vault in the first place.
I figure that the decision to rely only on Steamworks matchmaking was to prevent having two branches of code to deal with when it came time to optimize or fix bugs.
actually that is a problem they are having right now. fixing the "connecttoip" bug in gog/larian versions via the steam fixes for example.
the reason you said would have made sense if they would NOT have used steamworks but put their own singular system for all versions in place.
By the way, they did clarify what they meant in the exact post you quoted.
fair enough. they did so after release though.
erm... No. you are wrong.
you can test it yourself. latest games which contradict your statement and i myself bought via gog are for example rise of the triads , signal ops,...
Just glad not all people are like you and trust their customers like it was back in the good old days.
on a side note, dont believe what the big firms tell you nowadays. the old ways to copy-all play-all are the main reason the games-industry became such a big money-printing-control-hogging-machine in the first place.
of course back then the only way to be successfull in the environment was to produce games that people liked. nowadays not the game itself but short term investments count and if big firms produce shit it doesnt matter as long as they remain in control of it after selling and produce enough of it to flood the market.
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Because of steamworks, the online feature IS pirateproof, ...
not true. just google or read up on that. i could tell you about a lot of games i myself bought and had countless problems with because of steam or similar platforms, while pirated copies at some guys ran like dandy with better performance,lag whise and more features even. it is unfair, not logical, no one should pirate software and so on but there you have it.
Also idk why people hate steam so much, its a great...
a LOT of reasons to give that came up during my decades with the gaming industry both as a customer and provider. one is the above reason. steam makes it so my bought version has in some cases big disadvantages compared to a pirated one. thats just awful.
and just for example no steam user can actually buy its game but just rent it as long as the service provider wants.
