Tech Advisor - UK (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 63

varies person to person. Are we comparing Stadia to

thestreamingservicesthatcamebefore,toOnLive

andtoPlayStationNow?Orarewecomparingit to

consolesand PCs? Hell, I find myself torn between

these different lines of thought.

If we’re comparing against the standards of other

for-pay game streaming services, Stadia is a rousing

success. I’m particularly shocked how responsive

it feels. Even the games I was most sceptical of at

first proved surprisingly playable in an ideal network

environment. Google provided access to Destiny

2 and Mortal Kombat 11 during our review period,

and I found I could consistently (with a slight muscle

memory adjustment) line up headshots and tap

in combos, respectively. It looks good, too. Not

great. Not onparwitha high-endPC.Butonly

the occasionalcompression artifact gives away the

Mmmm, glorious
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