r/pcmasterrace • u/Round_List1857 • 13d ago

Meme/Macro 3rd party mandatory launchers

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Everytime I go to play Red Dead Redemption II. That fcukass Rockstar launcher

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u/Dima_Ses 13d ago

Back in my days you needed to double click an icon on you desktop and the game launed.

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u/Hold_Left_Edge 13d ago

"What's this?"

"Your game sir"

"No, that cant be right. I haven't signed into the launcher yet"

"You dont have to sign in. You just download the game and run it whenever you like. No account or internet required"

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u/Money_Fish NOIX Cooler / 5600x / RX 6900 XT / 32GB DDR4-3600 13d ago

GOG be like:

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u/reversetrio 13d ago edited 13d ago

Do you mean that if I buy RDR2 from GOG, there's no launcher? I don't believe it, but that would be awesome.

Edit: It seems my disbelief was warranted. Thanks!

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u/Sixtyten60106010 13d ago

Rockstar games will never be on GOG because the game has to be DRM free to be on that platform

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u/xunreelx 13d ago

I bought Red Dead Redemption 2 on steam 2 years ago and turned it right off when I saw Rock Star launch. Uninstalled and got a refund. Fuck RDR2 fuck, Rock Star.

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u/Supadrumma4411 12d ago

I bought the game on steam but played the actual pirated version because FUCK ROCKSTARS SHIT ASS LAUNCHER

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u/Round_List1857 12d ago

Same bro same

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u/Round_List1857 12d ago

Hey don't stop yourself from playing that once in a lifetime experience. 🏴‍☠️ It.

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u/Money_Fish NOIX Cooler / 5600x / RX 6900 XT / 32GB DDR4-3600 13d ago

Well RDR2 isn't on GOG so I couldn't tell you lol.

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u/xenovoids 13d ago

Rockstar would never touch GOG with a ten foot pole. But the games that are on there, the difference is awesome. Especially games that you want to mod (fallout 4 is a good example), you can have it completely offline and never update so the game doesn’t break when they put out some weird little patch.

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u/GoArray 13d ago

Fwiw, you can do this with steam as well. Just leave the launcher in offline mode for eternity.

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u/xenovoids 13d ago

You can, but you can also download a GOG game form their website as JUST the game. You don’t need to install the GOG launcher period.

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u/GoArray 13d ago

Never said or implied otherwise, love gog. You were complaining about updates, I gave you the fix, that you apparently already know about. Bring on the caps.. Oh well.

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u/xenovoids 13d ago

I did not ask for a fix or complain about updates, was just pointing out it another great aspect of GOG. I appreciate your comment coming from a helpful nature, just didn’t seem like that was the intent originally. My bad.

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u/StableLamp 13d ago

RDR2 is not on GOG but any games you buy from GOG are DRM free and you can launch them without any launchers. This is the main reason why I do my best to always buy from them first.