Onlive UK launch: Any game for £1!!!

ok so went in for a punt, got Deus Ex HR:AE for £1.
first impressions :
damn this is bad lag!
nice idea but until either ADSL gets faster or this gets better I'll leave it.

anyone know if you can get the key for your purchase?
 
Sleepery said:
I think it is to be honest, although I'm not sure I like it. People are complaining about sub-standard experiences now because of bandwidth restrictions, but give it a few years that problem will go away. 8 years ago 128k was the best connection I could get. Even with a lowly 8mb connection now it's still 60 times faster than it was back then.
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The thing is, my line theoretically maxes out 8mbit (in reality its more 6.8), but its been like that for 4/5 years. There was a point when it was considerably faster than the countries average, however, as the country has caught up, it will just be staying in the same place as I live in a village of 800 people. I bet you in 10 years time, it will still be at 8mbit.
 
****** off someone got my tag before I could register it, oh well. Just waiting for the account to activate now. Instant for my friends but it's been a few hours for me.
 
I really don't understand the level of attention this onlive garbage is receiving. It is the future of nothing and is a ridiculously ambitious project that should be exlusive to countries like South Korea (where it probably would work).
 
something to think about tho.
that little onlive box thing for £70, whats the betting that it's running on linux?
if so, how long before someone reverse eng's the code and gets a linux client working?
 
Smokey Deza said:
I really don't understand the level of attention this onlive garbage is receiving. It is the future of nothing and is a ridiculously ambitious project that should be exlusive to countries like South Korea (where it probably would work).
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Its a bit like youtube - everyone was scoffing at that when it first started, the internet isnt fast enough for video hosting, upload speeds will kill it blah blah. I reckon theyre just gonna swallow losses for a couple of years to be field leaders once it becomes mainstream. Its already *adequate*.
 
Sleepless said:
Its a bit like youtube - everyone was scoffing at that when it first started, the internet isnt fast enough for video hosting, upload speeds will kill it blah blah. I reckon theyre just gonna swallow losses for a couple of years to be field leaders once it becomes mainstream. Its already *adequate*.
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Except youtube fitted into a market that didn't exist before. There's already a number of options available if you want to play games, and this is trying to slide in below the bottom of the bag at the moment.

If you seriously think that the worse than console graphics, horrendous input lag, and bandwidth raping are "adequate", you need your head examining.
 
btw guys, I just looked at how much of my bandwidth this uses, and I can see how this would bugger up their target demographic.
most of those guys are going to be on low caps I'd guess?
 
VeNT said:
btw guys, I just looked at how much of my bandwidth this uses, and I can see how this would bugger up their target demographic.
most of those guys are going to be on low caps I'd guess?
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This is my point, I played borderlands and it sucks down 7-8Mbits permanently, anyone that has any kind of cap is going to find they hit it rapidly even playing just a few hours or a few times a week.

I just don't see their target demographic of people on low spec PCs that they hardly use on uncapped 50Mbit packages.
 
Tried this a couple of days ago, honestly wasn't too impressed.

I only managed to play Alarm für Cobra before I gave up with the whole thing. The lag was stupid, even in the menus it was rubbish. The quality is shocking, I could hardly see where I was trying to drive. I know I've hardly got the best internet connection available but OnLive still a waste of time from my point of view.

Good job I'm with BT so I didn't have to buy anything. Even paying £1 I'd be pretty naffed off to be honest.
 
For a quid, went for a quick go on this.. Sign up is pretty simple, the interface is very slick and easy to use and it seems gamepad friendly and first impressions are generally - hmmm this isn't too bad.

But sadly that’s about as good as it gets, as its all downhill from then onwards.

I got Deus Ex HR and for a quid not too bad you'd think. Its when you load the game and realise the entire game has some tpye of blur to it and its very low quality and does suffer with serious input lag.

This reminds me of Amiga CDTV. CDTV was a CD rom based system, which at the time was a bit ahead of its time.. Eventually everything was CD based, commodore were just a few years too early, onlive is trail blazing... This is no doubt a future way of games delivery but I feel its too early and needs to mature a lot more before many will let go of their trusty PC or games consoles..

Overall, fantastic idea, great slick menu driven games delivery let down by sadly the most important bit.. The games. Just too much lag for me and low quality graphics, 720 shouldn't look this bad.
 
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iv-tecman said:
Overall, fantastic idea, great slick menu driven games delivery let down by sadly the most important bit.. The games. Just too much lag for me and low quality graphics, 720 shouldn't look this bad.
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You're right, it is a fantastic idea.

However Dirt 3 is near impossible to play with the lag and lack of image clarity so I went and bought the real deal, even and 30x the price it's worth every penny of it. I also watched people playing Deus Ex as you did and the image quality does detract from the game.

I just don't see how they'll ever be able to compete against even mid-market machines - for example my PC is a few years old (Phenom II @3.5GHz) with a 5850 bolted to it, yet I can run Dirt 3 maxed out at 2048x locked at 60fps (avg 63fps).
 
Bleek said:
You're right, it is a fantastic idea.

However Dirt 3 is near impossible to play with the lag and lack of image clarity so I went and bought the real deal, even and 30x the price it's worth every penny of it. I also watched people playing Deus Ex as you did and the image quality does detract from the game.

I just don't see how they'll ever be able to compete against even mid-market machines - for example my PC is a few years old (Phenom II @3.5GHz) with a 5850 bolted to it, yet I can run Dirt 3 maxed out at 2048x locked at 60fps (avg 63fps).
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I agree. i've got a two year old Dell Laptop with a Mobile ATI 5600 and I've got F1 2011 installed and 1280 x 720 with 8x MSAA and ultra settings results in around 30fps with v sync enabled. Now, that kicks the PS3 into touch and looks really good on a big plasma screen...

so if a laptop can result in smoother gameplay then I just don't see how this will compete as you say.

I also as it happens tried the 30 minutes Dirt 3 demo. It was painful, the incar view is missing the drivers arms, the incar view steering wheel didn't move and I couldn't corner correctly due to lag.

Concept is great, this would be an excellent system - if it actually worked. I'm I upset I wasted a quid? Yeah, I guess but it was a quid and never know, over time it could improve.. however if onlive is still around in say two years time, i'd be very surprised..
 
Just been playing Arkham Asylum for an hour or so using the Onlive console & I was very impressed!

A lot better than on my laptop over Wifi... :)
 
I dont understand these people praising this.... The graphics are shocking, the games are just a massive blur. The menu is also very very blurry and not to smooth. I just watched playr on sky and saw they had a screen 1920x1080 of the onlive menu and its crisp! Must be fake as it is NOT crisp at all! false advertisment.
 
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If you seriously think that the worse than console graphics, horrendous input lag, and bandwidth raping are "adequate", you need your head examining.
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You seriously need to play it on a 15" laptop and get a decent unlimited 20MB connection - trying to play it on a 27" over wifi and a 2GB download limit means your head needs examining. Youre not coming at it from the right angle. Its not about comparing it to the experience you get on your main comp with the game on the HD, which it is never going to replicate. Its about the comparison with *a game you could otherwise not be able to play on your 6 year old laptop* where Onlive hits the mark.

The concept works, which is a huge leap from what i thought when I first heard about it. If they can keep going for 3 years with developments in compression and more bandwith, which I think is entirely possible, I see this going mainstream as a console alternative.
 
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Given up on it...

Before release they had a huge holding page on the UK website saying "sign up for early access and pre reg your gamer ID". For some reason having done this I and a bunch of mates have ended up with US IDs (despite having signed through the uk site).

Onlive support a week after raising a case is still saying "if you want to play do a new UK ID" which of course will need a new email addy and different gamer tag. They are "apparently" looking into migrating US accounts across if needed but a week later they still have no update.

Interestingly a mate noticed that all voice comms are recorded and kept as well which although i don't have a massive worry about concerns me a little.

Coupled with poor grafix, bandwidth use, a less than up to date catalogue of games to choose from I think I'm going to throw the towel in.

If I was a Mac based user I might be more tempted just to get a breadth of games, but as it stands as a PC and 360 owner it's not adding a lot of value and frankly their making it too much like hard work for me to bother.

Shame really as it seems a nice fresh take on gaming - maybe we'll all be using something like it in 5 years?!
 
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