Good for Wube. It shouldn't be on the studio or publisher to prove it. G2A should have to provide an audit trail. From my perspective G2A is a scourge on the industry for creators and consumers. The only ones who benefit are scammers buying and selling. Let's watch the EU do nothing about since it's HQ'd in the Netherlands.

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Quoting: randylI didn't install any extensions. The Stadia page didn't reference any extension. So I would need to install a third party browser extension to make it work well and look good? While I really appreciate the suggestion to help make the experience good, it is ridiculous to me that I would need such an extension yet and another reason for me to not pay Google $10/mo.

I don't know your setup but the game looks great prior to the ext install. The ext just adds some quality of life stuff and if you having issues on your setup you can force to play in a format that is better.

I see it the same way I see Steam, which I'm new to also, I have to use 3rd party sites to get it to do exact what I want it to do: ProtonDB for proper listings, SteamDB for accurate numbers of online players and SteamWiki for a list of DRM-FREE Steam games. Even with GOG I have to use MaGOG to see EXACTLY the types of games I wish to purchase.

I hear you on the pricing though and such.

I was surprised it didn't look good to me as well. My rig isn't new, but it's reasonably solid (i7/4790, 16GB, GTX1660ti, SATA SSD storage) over gigabit fiber (1000/250). The screen images weren't artifact filled or anything drastic. It is a general fuzziness and pixelization of UI components. There are a couple troubleshooting steps I can take to explore the issue. Maybe it's just a bad internet day.

edit: I don't have to install any third part tools to make the basic functionality of Steam work as advertised. It's why I use Steam and Itch more often than I do GoG or any other stores that don't directly support Linux natively. Even Proton is directly supported by Valve. If Google wants me to install an extension as part of their setup (like Gnome extensions does) then I'll weigh that, but a third part extension is different to me. At any time Google can disable that extension functionality on a whim and I would be screwed. So Goog doesn't get a pass from me on this.

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Destiny 2 is always running at 1080P and is a bad example of the visual quality Stadia is capable of. 60FPS was definitely the priority there as it runs at ~medium settings.

Except it doesn't look like 1080p. It barely looks like 720. The native 1080p experience and PS4 Pro looks better than it does through Stadia. The performance is good. The appearance isn't that good to me, but isn't a deal breaker. The problems with mouse and keyboard input knocking me out of the game and back to the browser might be a big deal though.

I don't like the game per se but the game looked great and had zero lag input via of KB and Mouse for me. Did you try it with the Stadia+ ext by Mafrans?

I didn't install any extensions. The Stadia page didn't reference any extension. So I would need to install a third party browser extension to make it work well and look good? While I really appreciate the suggestion to help make the experience good, it is ridiculous to me that I would need such an extension yet and another reason for me to not pay Google $10/mo.

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Quoting: randyl

Destiny 2 is always running at 1080P and is a bad example of the visual quality Stadia is capable of. 60FPS was definitely the priority there as it runs at ~medium settings.

Except it doesn't look like 1080p. It barely looks like 720. The native 1080p experience and PS4 Pro looks better than it does through Stadia. The performance is good. The appearance isn't that good to me, but isn't a deal breaker. The problems with mouse and keyboard input knocking me out of the game and back to the browser might be a big deal though.

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Quoting: Lolo01Right now, I'm a little disappointed.
In Chrome, the maximum resolution is 1080p for the moment, but I sometimes feel like I'm playing in 720p because the games are so ugly.
I have a 1440p screen and I would like to enjoy this resolution ALL the time.
I have a strong enough connection to play in 4K...

I have a 1080p screen and it was still blurry. I had to install the mobile app to manage data and display settings. At both 4K and 1080p (data consumption) Destiny 2 was still muddy and blurry, or at the least not very crisp like it is natively. It does work in Vivaldi at least and didn't require Chrome itself to be installed.

I didn't like that I had to use the mobile app to manage some aspects. Also RMB kept kicking me out of D2 and back to the browser and that's a huge pain that I don't want to troubleshoot.

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Quoting: subIs there a free to try option?

Yes, it's free for 2 months right now. Soon it will drop back down to 1 month. The link is in the article.

That's my question. I have to check the terms of service.
I'm not looking for a contract that runs, let's say,
12 months and they just offer me the first two for "free".

That's not what I would consider "free to try". :)

That's exactly what free to try is. You're free to try it. Cancel the subscription when you open your trial. Anyway, that's their deal take it or leave it.

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Quoting: subIs there a free to try option?

Yes, it's free for 2 months right now. Soon it will drop back down to 1 month. The link is in the article.

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Deep Rock Galactic and Thimbleweed Park

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Single player runs well which surprised since, like the article points out, versioning suggests it has a way to go. I installed Veloren through Flatpak/Flathub and gave the archer a spin. That didn't well as I couldn't get aiming down. I'm going to try a fighter or mage next.

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Deep Rock is much more fun, and game, than I expected. The intro is well done and didn't really even feel like one, other than swarms come slower and are a bit easier. The tutorial doesn't have that glaring 'noob alert' feel to it and I like that. I'm playing single player and performance is good through Proton latest (no tweaks used).

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