I apologize, I’ve been out of the loop for more than a decade with piracy, so I have a dumb question.

My friend has a cracked version of Baldur’s Gate 3 (GOG, I think) and I want to play online with him. I don’t mind actually buying the game for myself on Steam so I can install it on both my Mac and Deck, but I don’t want to spend the money if it means a legit copy that doesn’t play nice with his cracked copy.

Can cracked games play online with legit games, would I need a cracked copy as well, or is online MP simply out of the question?

Thanks to anyone willing to give a response.

  • vithigar@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    GOG games are DRM free and do not need to be cracked. They’re freely shareable as-is.

    The question is whether the crossplay works between the Steam and GOG versions, and a quick Google shows that the answer is yes.

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      8 months ago

      This will work, as long as you both have the same client version.

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        8 months ago

        Even if they don’t, OP’s friend could just give OP a copy of his GOG version.