Poll: Google Stadia - CLOSING DOWN on 18th Jan 2023

DONOHUE07 · 17 Aug 2020 at 09:59

jrwagh333 said:
I have Linux on my desktop and unfortunately Stadia+ isn't supported.

Edge is coming to Linux, and Stadia works with any chromium based website so hopefully you will be able to get something working.

I don’t know enough about Linux to be able to help I’m afraid

jrwagh333 · 25 Aug 2020 at 19:39

Nice to see Superbomber Man R is going to be a Pro game next month!

BMox81 · 25 Aug 2020 at 23:25

jrwagh333 said:
Nice to see Superbomber Man R is going to be a Pro game next month!

The battle royale element should make it a decent game to play!

Random Guy Esq. · 26 Aug 2020 at 01:04

Ah man, used to love Super Bomberman on the SNES. Such great fun with siblings and friends.

jrwagh333 · 28 Aug 2020 at 17:50

I'll be re subscribing to Pro for the first time in a few months. Good selection of games for September and will be really happy to play the rest of Doom Eternal on a 4K stream.

DONOHUE07 · 2 Sep 2020 at 14:13

Fantastic month of Pro!

Just a heads up, for some reason the 3 month code received via email when you purchased a Premier edition (3 month up to the price drop, I believe its now 1 month) now works when redeemed. It never used to stack on top of an existing account that had the free pro trial.

Earth[Tera].bin · 11 Sep 2020 at 17:45

So offloaded the Pro and the Xbone, time to fallback on Stadia till November.

First up , Super Bombers R and Monster Boy.

#Bomberman was quite jittery and laggy and so is Monster Boy. Don't think it's my network but never know, will need checkout chromecast's settings before I moan at Stadia.

jrwagh333 · 16 Sep 2020 at 14:15

Finally ordered myself a phone grip. I've been waiting for The Claw but it seems that's never going to arrive so gone with the Orzly grip.

Should be here Friday.

BOMBERMAN
I was really hoping there would be a local co-op mode but it seems this is only online from everything I've read?

jrwagh333 · 18 Sep 2020 at 15:52

Grip just arrived. Seems quite good after my first ten minutes with it. Going to give it a try outside tomorrow on 3G

jrwagh333 · 27 Sep 2020 at 07:47

22% off the Google store today. Brings the Premier Edition to just over £70. Good time to jump in if anybody is interested.

Want to pick up another controller but being honest nobody else in my house will game with me, ha

DONOHUE07 · 6 Oct 2020 at 13:34

No stadia support on release of the new google TV..oh dear...

Balders Gate 3 today!!! Not sure if I want to buy into the early access or not, ill be browsing reddit at 5pm for info...

jrwagh333 · 7 Oct 2020 at 12:51

I've really been enjoying Human Fall Flat so far this month

jrwagh333 · 15 Oct 2020 at 23:20

Looking forward to seeing how well Cyberpunk runs

jrwagh333 · 17 Oct 2020 at 14:28

Nice to see even though a small back catalogue of ubisoft games hitting Stadia by the end of the year.

Let's hope they are priced ok

McPhee · 22 Oct 2020 at 21:04

Fenyx Rising demo is up. The demo is Stadia exclusive, but free for anyone to play. Going to give it a go this evening. Will be an interesting test of both the game and the service.

ic1male · 23 Oct 2020 at 12:40

McPhee said:
Fenyx Rising demo is up. The demo is Stadia exclusive, but free for anyone to play. Going to give it a go this evening. Will be an interesting test of both the game and the service.

It turned out to be very interesting.

GOOD :
The quick set up of a new account
The instant start of the game without any downloads/patches/configuration
The game itself was fantastic - really looking out for this now
Amazing when you think it's running in a browser

BAD :
Performance - despite having excellent connection status in the overlay, the game was a stuttering mess. Whether this is due to Fenyx only being a demo or me using Microsoft Edge as the browser instead of Chrome, I don't know. But as that was my first experience of Stadia, it's not very good. I'm going to have a look and see if there is anything free I can test further with.

McPhee · 23 Oct 2020 at 13:44

ic1male said:
It turned out to be very interesting.

GOOD :
The quick set up of a new account
The instant start of the game without any downloads/patches/configuration
The game itself was fantastic - really looking out for this now
Amazing when you think it's running in a browser

BAD :
Performance - despite having excellent connection status in the overlay, the game was a stuttering mess. Whether this is due to Fenyx only being a demo or me using Microsoft Edge as the browser instead of Chrome, I don't know. But as that was my first experience of Stadia, it's not very good. I'm going to have a look and see if there is anything free I can test further with.

Performance was alright for me. Just thought the game looked a bit... unfocussed and blurry. Probably compression. Quite surprised they didn't make 4K streaming free for the demo; surely it would be sensible to show the service off at its best? Still not convinced by Stadia. Being able to load up a game instantly, anywhere, is impressive. But if I'd paid £59.99 for this, I'd be quite disappointed by the image quality. Given I can nab the game on PC for £20 less, I'm certainly nowhere close to being convinced to buy on Stadia instead.

The game itself I really enjoyed. Movement is good. Combat is alright; very much in the Assassin's Creed vein. The world seems large and looks stunning. And the narration was genuinely funny at times. Pretty much sold on this now.

ic1male · 23 Oct 2020 at 13:56

McPhee said:
The game itself I really enjoyed. Movement is good. Combat is alright; very much in the Assassin's Creed vein. The world seems large and looks stunning. And the narration was genuinely funny at times. Pretty much sold on this now.

I liked the stamina meter (can make climbing a bit more interesting!), seems lots of places to explore, the boss fight, potion and skill upgrades. Pretty much all of it.

Trox · 23 Oct 2020 at 16:31

ic1male said:
It turned out to be very interesting.

GOOD :
The quick set up of a new account
The instant start of the game without any downloads/patches/configuration
The game itself was fantastic - really looking out for this now
Amazing when you think it's running in a browser

BAD :
Performance - despite having excellent connection status in the overlay, the game was a stuttering mess. Whether this is due to Fenyx only being a demo or me using Microsoft Edge as the browser instead of Chrome, I don't know. But as that was my first experience of Stadia, it's not very good. I'm going to have a look and see if there is anything free I can test further with.

Not saying that this will work but it's worth a try... I experience poor stadia performance in Chrome due to hardware acceleration being enabled in Chrome browser, disabling it fixed the issue.

Chromecast on the other hand always performed well

jrwagh333 · 23 Oct 2020 at 23:38

McPhee said:
Quite surprised they didn't make 4K streaming free for the demo; surely it would be sensible to show the service off at its best?

It is. All you have to do is register for the free month of Pro.

Poll: Google Stadia - CLOSING DOWN on 18th Jan 2023

Are you going to pick up Google Stadia?

Yes, at launch

Yes, but after launch

No

Undecided