Though it does need a subscription, Xbox Game Pass plus their cloud gaming works very well, plus gives you a huge library of games to choose from.
Re:Google is shutting down Stadia
by ChildOfChaos on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:02PM
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i'm going to look into it, but I'm not sure my friends connection holds out very well somtimes, geforce now didn't work too well (although this was about 2 years ago), but Stadia was perfect.
Plus it's a bit expensive, particularly when you are not an xbox user, 2x subscriptions could be pricey when all we want to do is play a handful of games. Might even work out cheaper to buy a Switch or something in the long term.
Re:Google is shutting down Stadia
by encryptluks2 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:23PM
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Game Pass is horrible. It has to be the worst service I've ever used.
Looks like Overcooked 2 (but not the first one) runs on Mac - buy it on Steam and then you can use GeForce Now or the Macbook depending on what's more convenient (I imagine any relatively recent macbook would run it just fine, it's not a super demanding game).
I love Stadia. I bought it for a friend last Christmas and we have been using it this year to play games together, she has a Macbook which cannot play a lot of PC games and the Stadia model works a lot better for us.
Despite the lack of AAA titles, it had everything we wanted to play, we just started playing overcooked on it. Now I do not know what we will do.
Geforce now will require a subscription + the game and I believe this doesn't work anywhere near as well on her connection.
We've also been doing playthroughs of Life is strange together, due to the new feature where they let you watch another player play.
Stadia was absolutely perfect, Google absolutely messed this up and i've got a bunch of games i won't get too lined up.
It was fun while it lasted.