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do you all like to play the GOG version of games over the Steam version? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by Lipriv30@lemmy.ml to c/steamdeck@lemmy.ml
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With the use of Heroic game launcher, I’m wondering if you all preferred to play your GOG version of games over the Steam version. I can go either way but sometimes I pause and think, having two copies of the same game, one on steam and one on GOG, which one would give me a better gaming experience. For example, I may choose the GOG version because I don’t have to deal with pre-shader work being downloaded every so often. I can just into my games. Yet, Steam achievements and seeing the game’s metadata is always life: seeing the game info, store page, community stuff about the game, and more all there. So what do you chose? GOG game or the Steam game.

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[-] Escew@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I love steams game metadata. I wish I could enable it for non steam games. Regarding shaders - I turned off precaching as it was taking gigabytes of space that I needed. I haven’t noticed a difference in game load time compared to my friends who still have it enabled.

[-] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

It's supposed to prevent stutter or freezes caused shader compilation during gameplay. The effect on load times is minimal.

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