Multiplayer

I'm afraid I have no idea whether there is a Direct Connect feature, but I've not seen nor heard about it so I doubt it. Someone will chime in here whoe knows for sure.

 

I believe a four-pack on Steam has a considerable discount. And I imagine everyone needs to have their own purchased copy.

 

Lastly, I don't believe those who purchase through GOG can play with those who purchase through Steam. Someone can answer that more definitively as well. The two multiplayer systems, Steam's and GOG's don't inherently talk to each other. Specific interfaces between the two for specific games must be created, according to my last understanding.

 

Good luck and someone will chime in here!

Actually, there is a four pack but only available at Stardock.com. 4 games for $99.

https://store.stardock.com/product/ESD-SDE-W101

 

You will get 4 Steam keys.

You can't buy one version of the game to put on two computers and play multiplayer with the same version, and it sounds like you want to put it on 4 for 4-way multiplayer. I don't see how anybody could reasonably assume that that would be OK. The best deal you'll find is the one which has been linked for you above.

The main problem with that is that they're Steam Keys. I don't like steam. You don't actually own your games. That doesn't fly well with me.

I'm not sure why that's not something you can't assume? That's been A-OK in GOG's rule book since day 1.
Here's something I could quickly find in regards to that:

Answer #9

https://www.gog.com/support/website_help/downloads_and_games 

That is not what you wanted though, nor what I said. It does let you install the game on as many PCs as you want. As it it DRM free you could even put it on 4 computers and all your family could play the SP game at the same time. Pretty cool. But to use one version for playing MP between several people is a totally different kettle of fish. I have played games for a long time and there are not many big games which allow that. I remember Warcraft 2 allowed you to "spawn" a MP copy onto a 2nd computer. That 2nd computer would then be able to play MP games with the first but no SP. 

 

Every other game I've bought on GOG allows that.
Divinity Original Sin, Starbound, Baldur's Gate 2: EE, etc. 
Again, it's not unreasonable, and very much how GOG works.

It's sounding like this is no longer a help thread, as I've found that playing Multiplayer over LAN is not Possible. I'll be refunding this game, which sucks because it looks wonderful. Maybe if LAN play is added in the future, I'll re-evaluate this game, but currently it makes no sense buying a Multiplayer focused game where LAN functionality isn't even there.

Thanks for your comments, guys. I appreciate your insight. 

Ashes of the Singularity requires a unique login for each player to play Multiplayer. In GOG's case this is enforced via GOG Galaxy.

Currently no direct IP or LAN play is supported. It has been discussed for the future but no date is scheduled.