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EA + Gaikai Demos Launch: Try Demos In Your Browser [Now Live]
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thehillissilent
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I was able to briefly play the Battlefield:BC2 demo. However, I didn't get time to finish it. Here are my brief impressions:
1. The game seemed to run at 1024x768 resolution
2. There wasn't any noticable input lag using mouse/keyboard and video quality seemed almost native.
3. However, there was an instance of slight video lag for a second, which got me killed. There is some ocassional screen tearing.
4. Multiplayer is dsiabled. If you select it, you have to input your EA account and a CD Key. You are able to see the server browser if you already own it, but it will kick you out if you select one.
5. There were a lot of short cut scenes in the beginning mission, which was kind of annoying (ex. Cutscene->shoot a couple of dudes-> short cutscene->shoot a couple of duded, etc). This all happened in the first 15 munites of me trying the game.
6. It's limited to 30 minutes.
7. I was kicked out of the game while I had it paused for 3 minutes. It told me that my bandwidth dropped.
8. This uses much more bandwidth than OnLive
1. The game seemed to run at 1024x768 resolution
2. There wasn't any noticable input lag using mouse/keyboard and video quality seemed almost native.
3. However, there was an instance of slight video lag for a second, which got me killed. There is some ocassional screen tearing.
4. Multiplayer is dsiabled. If you select it, you have to input your EA account and a CD Key. You are able to see the server browser if you already own it, but it will kick you out if you select one.
5. There were a lot of short cut scenes in the beginning mission, which was kind of annoying (ex. Cutscene->shoot a couple of dudes-> short cutscene->shoot a couple of duded, etc). This all happened in the first 15 munites of me trying the game.
6. It's limited to 30 minutes.
7. I was kicked out of the game while I had it paused for 3 minutes. It told me that my bandwidth dropped.
8. This uses much more bandwidth than OnLive
Lion Heart
Banned
This is the equivalent of watching a cam release on megaupload.
I think that 5 minutes raped my bandwidth as well.
I think that 5 minutes raped my bandwidth as well.
Protocol7
Member
Tried it a bit, works really well. (Mass Effect 2).
I guess this a good solution for people who don't have a great PC or just don't want to spend huge amounts of money for it, or simply well if you want to play from time to time and that average graphic quality doesn't bother that much. But still I'm guessing you need a really good connection too, with all the amount of data that must be streamed.
Wonder what the price is going to be, I guess some sort of monthly fee that would give you access to all of there titles, something like that?
Anyway personally not interested, playing a game that depends 100% on their server and my internet connection... no thank you... but really intrigued I have to say.
Edit: and yeah I want top notch graphic quality if I play on my PC or whatever a console can deliver if on a console.
I guess this a good solution for people who don't have a great PC or just don't want to spend huge amounts of money for it, or simply well if you want to play from time to time and that average graphic quality doesn't bother that much. But still I'm guessing you need a really good connection too, with all the amount of data that must be streamed.
Wonder what the price is going to be, I guess some sort of monthly fee that would give you access to all of there titles, something like that?
Anyway personally not interested, playing a game that depends 100% on their server and my internet connection... no thank you... but really intrigued I have to say.
Edit: and yeah I want top notch graphic quality if I play on my PC or whatever a console can deliver if on a console.
thehillissilent
Member
If someone is in the current Gaikai closed beta, can they please post the link for Crysis 2?
I tried the Dragon Age 2 demo. It seemed like it worked okay, and lag was presumably in the game itself more than in the streaming stuff.
But wow, that is one of the ugliest demo areas ever. I didn't even get past the ogre after the long narrow pathways of enemy waves. There were lots of abilities and stats to level up though, so I probably messed up by not leveling them up early.
So, thanks to this service for cementing my lack of interest in Dragon Age 2 I guess?
That's what demos are for so hey.
But wow, that is one of the ugliest demo areas ever. I didn't even get past the ogre after the long narrow pathways of enemy waves. There were lots of abilities and stats to level up though, so I probably messed up by not leveling them up early.
So, thanks to this service for cementing my lack of interest in Dragon Age 2 I guess?
That's what demos are for so hey.thetrin
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hahahah, that is so awesome. I love how there's no coverage in Colorado except RIGHT ON TOP of where I live.thehillissilent said:Here are maps of Gaikai's server coverage. You need to be close to their servers unlike OnLive.
US coverage map (as of Dec 2010):
Europe coverage heat map (as of July 2011)
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Deleted member 13876
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Tried Dead Space. Worked a lot better than I expected.
ScepticMatt
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works good here (zürich)
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
works like a charm (aside from java being stubborn) in the 'green zone'.
Until I tried to put Fraps on it anyway. That broke it.
Until I tried to put Fraps on it anyway. That broke it.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
This is awesome. Go Phil Harrison!
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Quite impressive. My computer is about 5 years old and it played Bad Company 2 just fine.
hawkshockey11
Banned
apparently an i5 is not a fast enough cpu to run these? BS
Ill stick to OnLive
Ill stick to OnLive
Dorfdad
Gold Member
I have been using Gaikai in beta and OnLive for some time now. Problem is Gakai is simple a demo only service. You still need to buy the media somewhere else than you need a PC able to play it.
OnLive can be played on a crappy old Laptop. The games play super smooth for me via OnLive with 2 users concurrently connected to OnLive both my son and I play. Had less problems with OnLive than ANY console I owned period.
I just wish 1080i/p were available.
OnLive can be played on a crappy old Laptop. The games play super smooth for me via OnLive with 2 users concurrently connected to OnLive both my son and I play. Had less problems with OnLive than ANY console I owned period.
I just wish 1080i/p were available.
thehillissilent
Member
hawkshockey11 said:
You have to use high performance power mode in your power options.
Anyway, I notice that Gaikai uses a lot more bandwidth than OnLive, and it's a lot less stable than OnLive. However, I do have to say that the mouse\keyboard lag is minimal and the picture looks close to native for me.
Finlander with Firefox and 24/1Mbit ADSL here.
Played Bad Company 2 single player.
- Slight lag in everything from controls to lip synch to whatever else.
- Lots of graphics glitches.
- No antialiasing.
BFBC2 is meh.
I can see this kind of a service appealing to some folks but not to me.
Played Bad Company 2 single player.
- Slight lag in everything from controls to lip synch to whatever else.
- Lots of graphics glitches.
- No antialiasing.
BFBC2 is meh.
I can see this kind of a service appealing to some folks but not to me.
thehillissilent
Member
I personally think it's cool for a demo service. However, Gaikai has a ways to go before they can offer full games for streaming. It just not as stable as OnLive is. I've gotten kicked out of Gaikai various times due to my bandwidth dropping. I've only had this issue once on OnLive.Stahsky said:
Wow, this is crazy. It seems to work very smoothly for me. Way better than I ever expected anything like this to work (I've never tried OnLive). The video quality looks okay to me, but then again I'm not very close to my television. Pretty cool, although not particularly useful to me as one of the main reasons why I find PC demos valuable is to gauge how my machine will run the game in question.
Metalmurphy
Member
"Your network response times are too high. Please try again."
Screw u. And they say they have European servers? oO
Screw u. And they say they have European servers? oO
Metalmurphy
Member
I have a 30Mbps connection 3Mpbs upstream, i get a latency of 8ms on some servers, that's better then some LANs I've been to. How is that not fast enough?
Metalmurphy
Member
Well, The Sims 3 loaded, but not the others for some reason.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Tried out dragon age 2. I don't know if the lip synching was off in the game or not, I haven't played the actual game. I was afraid of the shit mountain. Anyways, it was pretty bad during the 1st cutscene and I stopped playing.
thehillissilent
Member
Metalmurphy said:
Gaikai's requirements are much more strict than OnLive. You need to be much closer to the server you are connecting to. Also, Gaikai consumes more bandwidth if it's available.
Angry Fork
Member
This is amazing, I'm trying ME2 right now and it actually works...on a damn browser. However apparently you can only play them for 90 minutes? which kind of sucks. Why limit the time on a demo. Maybe it's not linked to your IP though and if you clear cookies it'll reset.
MaddenNFL64
Member
Onlive & this are pretty cool stuff.
But yea, with the 3 years "ownership" BS, I would never buy a full priced game off it. I've bought $5 games though, I think that's worth it.
But yea, with the 3 years "ownership" BS, I would never buy a full priced game off it. I've bought $5 games though, I think that's worth it.
thehillissilent
Member
They have added their demos to their home page (www.gaikai.com). You can access all of the available demos from www.gaikai.com/games
Latest Demos:
Crysis 2
Bulletstorm
Witcher 2
Sims Medieval
Latest Demos:
Crysis 2
Bulletstorm
Witcher 2
Sims Medieval
thehillissilent
Member
I finally got to try out Crysis 2 on Gaikai. I started Witcher 2, but I didn't get time to play it.
Impressions
Crysis 2:
1.Control was good. No noticeable lag
2. Window was really small close to 480p
3. Image quality wasn't as good as previous Gaikai experience
4. Graphics were decent
Witcher 2
1.Graphics seemed set to medum
2. Window was around 480p, which made it really hard to read the text.
Impressions
Crysis 2:
1.Control was good. No noticeable lag
2. Window was really small close to 480p
3. Image quality wasn't as good as previous Gaikai experience
4. Graphics were decent
Witcher 2
1.Graphics seemed set to medum
2. Window was around 480p, which made it really hard to read the text.
thehillissilent
Member
I recently tried The Witcher 2 demo again, and it ran at a solid 720p. The image was clear and I could read the text this time. The game seemed to be running at very high settings. I didn't notice any control lag either. I wonder if this was the result of them adding more datacenters. The game did pause for about 30 seconds at one point, but it didn't kick me out of the game, which it used to do when bandwidth dropped. Overall, it was a much better experience then when I first tried it.
thehillissilent
Member
IF you go to this youtube link (http://www.youtube.com/EAsportsfootball?playOnGaikai) you can play a streaming demo (similar to OnLive) via Gaikai
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/22/gaikai-delivering-fifa-12-demo-through-youtube-or-the-future-c/
For the demo to work, make sure that you disable ad-blocking software and that laptops are running in high performance mode. Also, you need the latest flash and java.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/22/gaikai-delivering-fifa-12-demo-through-youtube-or-the-future-c/
For the demo to work, make sure that you disable ad-blocking software and that laptops are running in high performance mode. Also, you need the latest flash and java.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
thehillissilent said:
I can't see any "Play demo" banner on Chrome, maybe it's UK only?.