Alright, I'll take a stab at it. The good- The connection is flawless on my 150/4 Mbps internet, both wired and wireless. I've been playing for hours with no noticeable input lag, no stutters, and n...
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Alright, I'll take a stab at it. The good- The connection is flawless on my 150/4 Mbps internet, both wired and wireless. I've been playing for hours with no noticeable input lag, no stutters, and no artifacting. Could not be happier with this aspect. The controller is very comfortable. As a M+K user, I've never gotten the hang of controllers, but I could see that happening with this one. The bad- Google's communication. I ordered FE on 6/6, didn't get my code until almost 8 PM Eastern. This would have been fine if they had discussed this ahead of time, or even if they told us as soon as they knew things weren't going as planned. Instead I had to spend the whole day refreshing my email, worrying that someone would take my name. I'm also fine with features not being present for the FE/PE launch as they've mentioned it ahead of time, but for most things they haven't given a solid timeline. They just say "soon" which could mean soon, or it could mean "we have no idea but we're working on it, and we HOPE it will be soon." Just talk to us, Google; this community seems slightly less toxic than most, we'll understand. The ugly- Besides the missing features, the ugliest thing would be Assassin's Creed Odyssey not being made available to Project Stream testers. It really would have been a really nice gesture, especially considering the rough launch. That being said, I don't feel like I've been robbed of anything as it was free to test in the first place. They even gave us a free PC copy after, so I still came out ahead. But it REALLY would have gone a long way to honoring the community members who helped make Stadia possible. All in all, I'm delighted with Stadia so far, and I desperately hope that it gains traction.