It's extremely frustrating to click on an item (free or not) only to have it result in an error page.

If I'm too late to get the deal, that's one thing. I can live with that. But it makes me feel like I got cheated out of the deal when I click and get an error page.

I love you, GOG. But please, if you're going to do this every again, PLEASE be prepared to handle it on the bandwidth/technology side of things.

If you would pay for the games at full price, they would probably have more money for more servers.

What do they care? They are making money and when not having a sale they dont need that extra expense.

LOL :^)

So, yeah... I guess this might be as good a time as any to resurrect this thread.

I for one just want access to my bought and paid for games, some at full prize.

So this frigging flaming horrendous bullcrap of "pay full prize and get better servers" can go round the corner and do unspeakable things to itself.

So because the frontend is a goddamn website (and we all no Websites can never go down or bonkers) I cannot even get access to my games and download them. Just great!

The next person, who worships GoG over Steam or Impulse or Origin gets the boot.

Edit: And I will hit F5 till I get access to my paid for games and I take no bullshit the likes of "we are overwhelmed because we are popular" -> Get your shit together GoG

Guys seriously chill!
Give it a little time for all the new outsiders to grab the freebie and it should then settle down nicely for those who want normal service to resume :)

Sure, 'cause that never happens to Steam, right? :-\

I dare anyone to find another site out there that gets hit like this and doesn't suffer problems. GOG is doing just fine.

tell this to wulfclaw - he prefers origin :P

I'll take GOG on a bad server day (that is related to three VERY popular titles being given out for FREE) over these two embodiments of corporate greed you mentioned any time! Gladly!

That is the point... It is a Website. Why are my games only accessible and downloadable on html code with some bullcrap script that opens the downloadoptions under the game cover.

Sure it is fancy...

I do not want fancy, I want access. So why is there not an option to view the library as simple links with no fancy bullcrap script shit?

And to steam: Even at the sales I ALWAYS (at least the last 5 Years or so) could access my games and play them. Maybe I would have had problems buying new ones, but the basic funtion of accessing the alraedy paid for was ALWAYS there.

So the point is, this stupid sale affects me as a customer in accessing my games. Why in the nine hells would I even THINK about buying other games from GoG in the future?

So take off your rose tinted glasses.

OH THE HUMANITY!!!!

Oh please, don't be mean like that. He just happened to need urgent access to his full priced games right the instant that the GOG winter sales were starting. That happens.

Let's be honest here, aren't there times (specially related to gaming) when you need something so important it can't wait for an hour, yet not important enough to have it prepared beforehand? After all, we need to be supporting of our fellow men, specially at the expense of evil corporations. That's a given.
a) the games are DRM-free. Keep a backup if you need them so accessible.
b) I haven't been able to play my games on steam during sales. I don't mean download, like you do here when you speak of access. I mean actually play them. Because usually I can play them during "rush hour" by switching to offline mode to skip the server call, but there have been times when not even that works.

So I can think of quite a few reasons to buy here instead of steam. Then again, whether you do it or not is up to you.

That's because so far you have been lucky, not because it never happens to Steam. It does. I quote: