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I bought Sanitarium and Longest Journey, too. Sometimes I prefer GoG for older games, because they make sure the damn things work. Sometimes Steam is flaky about that.
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Not always.
Divine Divinity was horribly bugged (to the point of it crashing frequently and being unplayable) upon release, but the developers later fixed it... while GOG kept selling a game they *knew* was a broken mess in the months it took for a patch to come out.
Likewise, Interstate 76 is still broken, only fixable involving third party CPU limiters and fans on GOG's forums.
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/interstate_76_arsenal/contacted_gog_support
I guess GOG finished it, but some people even have problems finishing the first mission since Taurus drives like he's drunk and won't go at the correct speed. Likewise, flamethrowers and mortars are unusable because of the frame rate, so maybe GOG just never tested that because everything has had that problem.
I like GOG for the most part, but the reputation they have of "making sure the games work" is really hit or miss lately. Steam, imo, gets a pass because they are making no such claims about fixing up old titles, that is on the developer / publishers part, while GOG claims loudly all of their games should work no problem. I guess I got unlucky and have bought two games from GOG now, that I highly anticipated since the site arrived, that were not as advertised.
I make sure to give each game at least a week to see if it works as advertised and if people are having a problem.
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/gog_games_missing_content_incomplete_etc
Here is a thread on GOG's forums with incomplete / broken games. I know this is the Steam thread, but I figured I could help enlighten some people because I know a few people who choose GOG over Steam simply because of the claim they make it work, and it's not always the case.