PC Gaming Wiki have a page that’s auto generated that tracks games using, and formally using Denuvo.

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Use the ships log computer to give you an objective. It should have some areas filled in now from your exploring. Find something to do from there.

Once you start blasting off with an objective it becomes so much more fun.

You haven’t been playing wrong, but the transition from aimlessly exploring to “going out on a mission” is something that loses people.

For gog games you can check the digital signature on the installer to make sure it’s legit. It should be signed by GOG.

What exactly would you gain privacy wise from a 3rd party client? All communication goes through their servers anyway. I believe even voice calls go through their server and aren’t p2p.

Not really as hiding dns alone doesn’t give you a big increase in privacy. Your isp can see what sites you visit immediately after anyway.

It could be argued that sending all your dns requests to a 3rd party by default is actually a decrease in privacy.