Stadia cloud service starts today, November 19 (alas, not in Russia). Several Western publications have already tested the novelty and shared the first reviews, where they tried to answer the question: whether everything worked out for Google?
Some sites published preliminary reviews that will still be supplemented. The reason for this lies in the main problem of Stadia at the moment – at the start in the service there are not enough many promised functions. For example, there are no Family Sharing, lists of friends, streaming through the iOS application and the advertised opportunity to press one button to go to the game, the broadcast of which is watched by the user. All this is good Google promises to add in the near future.
However, from the point of view of cloud gaming, Stadia really succeeded. Journalists note that the platform provides the highest quality graphics quality and minimum input delay among all stream game services, including the GeForce Now and Project XCloud.
Scratches on costumes in Destiny 2 or https://jackpocketcasino.co.uk/ stains of dirt on the body of Lara Croft in Shadow of the Tomb Raider They are mainly depicted as high quality as on a powerful computer. True, the maximum detail on launch is available only when playing through the Chromecast Ultra media player.
Most games go with stable 60 FPS – according to the gameplay, the gameplay on Stadia is almost no different from the game on consoles or top PC. But in the most demanding games there are their own characteristics: Shadow of the Tomb Raider It offers to choose between modes with a focus on performance (60 FPS, 1080p) or resolution (30 FPS, 4K), and the most voracious Red Dead Redemption 2 Generally limited to 30 fps and works in 1440p, stretched up to 4k.
There were no technical problems, but they do not come across so often. So, resolution sometimes falls, muddy shadows appear, and the image is distorted. There are also lags, hoverings, connection problems and other troubles, which seem to depend not so much on the speed of the Internet as on the device on which you play.
The input delay is insignificant. As a rule, it is noticeable when playing from the keyboard and mouse, while it is almost not felt with the official controller, because it built a separate Wi-Fi module that transfers buttons directly to the servers Google.
However, the built-in Wi-Fi is the only thing that makes the Stadia gamepad unique. The controller has a similar shape and almost the same size as the Nintendo Switch Pro gamepad, but with the location of the sticks like Dualshock 4 and the buttons like the Xbox One gamepad. He lies well in his hands, moderately amusement and is generally convenient, but otherwise nothing remarkable.
The controller costs $ 69, which makes it much more expensive than gamepads for PS4 and Xbox One, which give about 40 bucks. The good news is that they are not forced to use it – in addition to the mentioned keyboard and mice, all the same controllers from the prefixes are suitable Sony And Microsoft, which, despite the lack of built-in Wi-Fi, do not give a tangible delay.
