9/13/2023 0 Comments Gylt review stadiaI like how the Stadia button turns the platform on, and a solid rumble-throb kicks in to let you know the service has connected. It feels something like a blend of the XBox One controller and Nintendo Switch pro controller, with smooth analog triggers, solid rumble haptics, crisp analog sticks and d-pad. Google's gone way over the top comparing the controller to a chef's knife, but it's an excellent controller, seriously. Sarah Tew/CNET The Stadia controller feels great This is how you pair a Stadia controller with a Chromecast Ultra, btw. On a Pixelbook Go and Pixel 4, they were playable but had lower framerate and video quality. To me, they seemed good enough to seem like they were playing on a console. Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Destiny 2 and GYLT looked great. I played over my home Fios connection with 100Mbps Wi-Fi. Mileage may vary on laptops using Chrome, Chromebooks and Pixel phones, but Google's only enabling that silky 4K on TVs for now. Stadia is meant to work on 5GHz Wi-Fi connections 10Mbps and up, scaling from 720p to 4K HDR at 60fps with 5.1 surround, over the Chromecast Ultra. Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate Edition: $100.Red Dead Redemption 2 Special Edition: $80.Mortal Kombat 11 Premium Edition: Normally $90, but $63 with Stadia Pro.Assassin's Creed Odyssey Stadia Ultimate Edition: Normally $120, but $60 with Stadia Pro.Final Fantasy XV: Normally $40, but $30 with Stadia Pro.Tomb Raider 2013: Normally $20, but $10 with Stadia Pro.Mortal Kombat 11: Normally $60, but $42 with Stadia Pro.Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Normally $60 (about £45 or AU$85), but $30 with Stadia Pro.They're basically full retail game prices. Now that could very well be due to the pre-launch reviewer period, but reporting what I know in home internet conditions (102 Megabits per second), Stadia is more than capable of running this low-key tale.Prices of Stadia games at launch in the US are below. Even running on the Pixel the game controlled well with a controller (you need to plug it in at this time, so have a holder/attachment ready), and I saw very little in the way of visual bugs or frameskips. I had the chance to test out Gylt running on a PC, a Google Pixel 3a, and a ChromeCast (the latter is the preferred method). It’s weird to think of how a game “runs” on Stadia, since it’s not technically hardware, but it is a new delivery system. That’s kind of a Tequila Works signature, for what it’s worth. From a narrative standpoint Gylt doesn’t offer up a lot of revelatory material: instead preferring a slow burn as the story mostly serves as a way to move you from place to place as it quietly ponders your situation. Some are more effective than others, offering up lingering dread rather than jump scares, or better enemy placements that make for more engaging stealth gameplay. How much fun (or emotional quotient) you get out of it is completely dependent on the area itself. It’s got collectibles and light puzzler-boss battles. It has the classic action-adventure “move this object around to the right spot” brain teasers. There’s locations to scour for keys to open doors. Much of it is guided - either through some tense linear scenes or story sequences - and the rest is structured as a series of light puzzles. You know the drill for these types of games by now. The former theme is best reinforced by the item base, one of which is an inhaler that restores health, or soda cans that can be used to distract said baddies. You know, Cthulian eyeball tendrils, creepy creatures, things of that nature. We essentially get two stories: one is grounded in reality and deals with the very troubling life of Sally and Emily, and the other is a macabre mix of horror genre stylings of the “T-for-Teen” variety. What begins as a tale about a bullied girl searching for another lost child slowly descends into madness, as shadow creatures (both literal and allegorical) pop up to wreak havoc on our headstrong hero Sally.
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