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Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:48 pm
by Κracus
http://gaikai.com/
I couldn't play it cause my system is the suxors but I figure you guys should give it a shot and let me know if it's any good.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:13 pm
by bitWISE
Seems pretty impressive in Chrome but I can't really play at work. Site barely loads in FF though.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:40 pm
by Κracus
I was able to load it up in IE8 but get errors saying my cpu is crap. I'm also at work.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:51 pm
by Κracus
lol... I actually loaded it up in comodo and it works!
wow... I'm seriously impressed. I played Crysis 2 on this shit system and it was actually playable. Lag was extremely minor, way better than onlive.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:29 pm
by scared?
works better for me in comodo than ff...
how the fuck does it work so well?...
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:02 pm
by Captain
Κracus wrote:I was able to load it up in IE8 but get errors saying my cpu is crap. I'm also at work.
Now install the hi-res texture package and DX11 update.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:06 pm
by Ryoki
This demo may not be available in your area yet or Internet traffic may be too high to support a great gameplay experience at this time. Please try again later.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:16 pm
by bitWISE
The client is running locally similar to what QuakeLive did but I think these guys are streaming compressed data instead of doing an install.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:44 pm
by Κracus
Yeah I'm not really sure... I doubt very much the client is being installed locally though, the game launches too quickly. It's likely being run on the server and somehow being replicated using some java magic. I know it's not a video stream like onlive though you can tell by how responsive the gameplay is but a full client... I'm skeptical.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:53 pm
by dghost77
Very impressive, had some problem installing the java plugin with firefox, but after a reboot everything is fine. Just tried the dead space 2 demo, very impressive, still a lot of compression for the video and the audio. It doesn't beat the console with full HD. I still get the feeling that it's a video stream coming from a server. Didn't try onlive, I can't compare, because, well, I still don't believe in that (game streaming).
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:24 pm
by Κracus
It's noticably different than onlive and I'm skeptical this is streaming video.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:47 am
by Tsakali
who cares how they do it, as long as it loads fast and is playable. Seriously, what's to be skeptical about?
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:45 am
by dghost77
Well, I still think it's rendered on the server and the video is streamed, I've tried 3 demos and you cannot change any graphics settings except brightness/contrast and just look at the network usage while playing. Looks to be video streamed. But the implementation is a technical feat by itself.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:02 am
by feedback
Doesn't work, says it is either not available in my region or the bandwidth needed for a "great experience" is not available.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:09 am
by Tsakali
aren't you in philippines or something?
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:30 am
by feedback
Hong Kong
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:44 am
by Tsakali
I thought you left china.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:59 am
by feedback
Yeah I did, that's why I'm in Hong Kong
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:17 am
by scared?
lol poor ppl...
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:34 pm
by obsidian
Hong Kong is still China.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:37 pm
by feedback
obsidian wrote:Hong Kong is still China.
Different government, different culture, different environment, different people, laws, etc. No, it's night and day really.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:39 pm
by obsidian
I know, I've been. Just saying geographically, you're still in China.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:39 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
feedback wrote:obsidian wrote:Hong Kong is still China.
Different government, different culture, different environment, different people, laws, etc. No, it's night and day really.
You're still eating snake's assholes or someone's dog.
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:33 pm
by MKJ
snake's assholes
Re: Web based gaming starting to be serious buisness!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:25 pm
by Tsakali
lol feedback's slightly butt hurt reply is very enlightening about Hong Kong's self proclaimed elite status, and the wide sweep of resentment towards the rest of china. Smells like Deus Ex in here.