So if any of you remember, OnLive is that really good attempt at cloud gaming. First reactions from people were critical, people kept questioning just how it would be done properly. Eventually these guys got it right. Basically OnLive is like playing your game on another computer in high quality. The only downside is that you require a fast connection (because you're literally playing a game over the internet), but hey you get to play your games in the highest settings! Oh and the picture is a bit blurry/unclear. Did I mention that because it's a game-cloud/stream service, you can watch other people?
tl;dr: You get OnLive, you play game over internet off their servers.
http://www.onlive.com/go/halloweekend?utm_content=Halloween_Promo&utm_campaign=Halloween+Promo&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=emailPlay 4 games for FREE!For this weekend they are holding a free-game weekend for Halloween! Play Metro 2033, Amnesia, F3AR or Orks Must Die for free! You can also pay $1 to be able to play them forever.
www.onlive.comSignup is free, and you can play 30 minute demos of the games available. I don't remember how many games there are, but there are plenty. They work to the same capacity as the real copies, except you can't change any video/graphics settings (because they are all playing in high settings/quality anyway).
It makes my performance worse on this.
It's always blurry, and often has lag spikes. While on steam, it doesn't :c
Maybe it's just my internet but it seems faster when I just play the games, even when I can't run them. I tried out Just Cause 2 and it was about the same performance as on my computer.
YOU NEED A DECENT INTERNET CONNECTION FOR THIS.On a PC or Mac:
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Internet Connection: 2 Mbps wired or Wi-Fi connection
Operating System: Windows 7 or Vista (32 or 64-bit) or XP SP3 (32-bit), Mac® OS X 10.5.8 or later
Computer: Most PCs and netbooks, all Intel-based Macs
Screen Resolution: 1024x576
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Internet Connection: 5 Mbps wired or Wi-Fi connection
Operating System: Windows® 7 or Vista (32 or 64-bit) or XP SP3 (32-bit), Mac® OS X 10.6 or later
Computer: Dual-core PCs, all Intel-based Macs
Screen Resolution: 1280x720
You primarily need to meet a download speed of 2 or 5 Mbps. NOT MEGABYTES, MegaBITS.
Use
www.speedtest.net to find out what you have, the results are displayed in Mbps.
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I'm about to start playing Amnesia The Dark Descent. You guys can watch me, hell you can even talk to me and you can probably hear me
stuff my pants too.
