I'm signed up for both Stadia and Gforce Now. Both have lengthy free trials right now. They have different game libraries, so I've been switching back and forth depending on the game. I recommend both.
If you want to try the absolute smoothest user experience, give Stadia a try as it will come with a selection of free games and there's nothing to install. If you already have a large Steam library and want to play some of those games, give Geforce Now a try.
The ability to play many of my existing Steam games made GeForce Now the clear winner for me. Don't have to repurchase any games and if I decided to get a better gaming PC in the future (which I did when HL: Alyx came out), I can play any games I purchased prior on that PC.
The latency for multiplayer was just barely acceptable. I tried both Rocket League and Destiny 2 and was able to notice that I wasn't playing as well in either compared to playing locally.
I still struggle to see how Google plans to make Stadia successful when they're asking developers to port to their platform and players to pay for games they can't play locally. It would be interesting if they released a console offering that just replicated one of the Stadia servers but I don't see that happening.
dougmwne|5 years ago
If you want to try the absolute smoothest user experience, give Stadia a try as it will come with a selection of free games and there's nothing to install. If you already have a large Steam library and want to play some of those games, give Geforce Now a try.
ShamelessC|5 years ago
The latency for multiplayer was just barely acceptable. I tried both Rocket League and Destiny 2 and was able to notice that I wasn't playing as well in either compared to playing locally.
I still struggle to see how Google plans to make Stadia successful when they're asking developers to port to their platform and players to pay for games they can't play locally. It would be interesting if they released a console offering that just replicated one of the Stadia servers but I don't see that happening.