GeForce Now

[Mehowl]

I have created a game request for Banished to be played on GFN. If you are interested you can go ahead and upvote the link down below, pretty please :)

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/gfn-game-requests/44/435280/banished/

[kevinshow]

What is GeForce Now and what are the pros and cons of Banished being played on there?

[Space Potato]

Originally posted by navorskatie:

What is GeForce Now and what are the pros and cons of Banished being played on there?

it's the nvidia streaming service that give you the possibility to play with their gpus. you must have a steam account and then you're good to go and play almost every game that you have on steam. PRO: if you have a potato pc, with this you can play full hd/4k games without a huge and costly hardware. you can download their launcer (pc/apple) or use google chrome (linux).
CONS: like all streaming services you must have a good connection; since it's a catalog like amazon/netflix/etc.. at some point games are taken off for newer and later taken back on (just like movies and series).

for clarity i have a member account and i've used it to play "Vampyr" in a period where my gpu was dead. all specs where at max and resolution was full hd and i enjoyed every minute of it without any issue (and back then geforce now was beta).

[Mehowl]

If you have a potato PC or if you have a PC that can't run the game because of the OS. A Mac or a Linux for instance

[POTATO]

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[kevinshow]

It sounds really interesting. I'd like to see how it handles when getting to the 600-1000 population range, since I assume my PC specs are what is making my game slow at that point of the game.

Are you only able to use this service if you have a GeForce video card? It would probably make sense if that was the case because there is probably something in the GeForce video card that helps make the gameplay more possible.

[Space Potato]

Originally posted by navorskatie:

It sounds really interesting. I'd like to see how it handles when getting to the 600-1000 population range, since I assume my PC specs are what is making my game slow at that point of the game.

keep in mind that me and a friend use it regularly on the same connection and both can play full hd without artifacts. when it was beta there where times with lag and huge downgrade quality, but now it's perfect and it still getting better.

Originally posted by navorskatie:

Are you only able to use this service if you have a GeForce video card? It would probably make sense if that was the case because there is probably something in the GeForce video card that helps make the gameplay more possible.

it's independent of what hardware you have, just subscribe and you are good to go.

[Althor]

+1 for GFN.

I know it's been quite some time and it's not a huge system needed game, but it's still useful for many users (from very low-end to MAC/Linux users) and the games popularity will also rise again with GFN.

- It will also be a preparation for your new game :)

[HiFive]

i looked it up. As expected, you pay a monthly fee for the service.

$0/month for 1 hour play session on emulation of basic rig.

$10/month for 6 hours of play session on emulation of better rig.

$20/month for 8 hours of play session on emulation of even better rig.

It's a cloud service. You still need to have good internet for it to work. The membership fee is renewed automatically each month.

A lot of services that renew automatically are hard to get cancelled, so keep that in mind.

[Althor]

Generally, there are localized charges. For example, I've been buying a 3-month package when it's on discount sale. I can access my supported games whenever I want. I had 50 Mbps internet, there was zero problem, I upgraded it to 100 Mbps, even better :)

Zero system stress, zero local storage requirement, no need to download a huge game or uninstall another one... System comfort that does not go up to 80 degrees, etc...

Nowadays, it is very easy to cancel most memberships. When you say cancel my membership in Geforce now's own app, it ends. Just like Amazon Prime like Netflix etc...

Regards,

[HiFive]

Originally posted by AlthorAries:

Zero system stress, zero local storage requirement, no need to download a huge game or uninstall another one... System comfort that does not go up to 80 degrees, etc...

Good to know. If I wasn't broke, I'd consider it.

Originally posted by AlthorAries:

Nowadays, it is very easy to cancel most memberships. When you say cancel my membership in Geforce now's own app, it ends. Just like Amazon Prime like Netflix etc..

I disagree. Most subscription services are Not easily cancelled. Think gym membership, cable internet/television service, newspaper subscription, even online games.

What happens with most subscription services: They start out easy to cancel, and then some marketing executive looking for a promotion comes up with a plan to employ "retention" tactics that try to deflect and distract the customer and trick them into keeping the service and perhaps even paying more for better service. In 30 years this has been my experience with most subscription services. There are few that don't use retention tactics.

[Althor]

Originally posted by HiFive:

Originally posted by AlthorAries:

Zero system stress, zero local storage requirement, no need to download a huge game or uninstall another one... System comfort that does not go up to 80 degrees, etc...

Good to know. If I wasn't broke, I'd consider it.

Originally posted by AlthorAries:

Nowadays, it is very easy to cancel most memberships. When you say cancel my membership in Geforce now's own app, it ends. Just like Amazon Prime like Netflix etc..

I disagree. Most subscription services are Not easily cancelled. Think gym membership, cable internet/television service, newspaper subscription, even online games.

What happens with most subscription services: They start out easy to cancel, and then some marketing executive looking for a promotion comes up with a plan to employ "retention" tactics that try to deflect and distract the customer and trick them into keeping the service and perhaps even paying more for better service. In 30 years this has been my experience with most subscription services. There are few that don't use retention tactics.

Of course they do their marketing tactics. Retention or recall strategies are also intense. But when I was determined to leave the service certainly, I meant it was easy to hit the cancel button. I try to stay away from customer service calls as much as possible, if possible, I always subscribe online or turn it off.

Btw, Geforce Now is sold on a package basis rather than a regular monthly payment. Let's say I bought a 3-month discount package. If I don't cancel, it's automatically extended for another 3 months from the new (and maybe increased) package price. Therefore, it makes more sense to cancel the package renewal 1-2 days before and wait for a new discount.

[HiFive]

Well, some of the tactics I've had to deal with in the past include:

1) Service provider insists I have to cancel only within a very small window of time (a day or two) before the contract is auto-renewed. I cannot cancel before that, and I cannot cancel after that.

2) For online services, the service does not show anywhere to let me cancel. I look thru everything on the site and cannot find anything that comes close to letting me cancel. I then have trouble finding any way to contact their customer service. After many hours over several days of searching and research, I finally find a way to contact them by phone and I'm finally able to cancel, while voicing my displeasure at the difficulty I had in trying to cancel the service.

3) Service personnel notice my request to cancel, but also notice my attempt to do a good deed by pointing out some software glitches in their service. They then encourage me to send photos or video of the glitch in action, thus tricking me into keeping the service a tad longer to collect the evidence and ending up staying with the service even longer, until I finally cancelled some months later. That one was on me, clearly, but I hate that the tactic worked.

Moral of the story is, if you sign up for anything that auto-renews, be prepared to possibly face some difficulties when it's time to cancel.

[Althor]

I agree with these difficulties, some companies do.

Fortunately, Geforce Now is not like this, it is canceled from the interface with a click, without any question or issue :)

[HiFive]

Originally posted by AlthorAries:

I agree with these difficulties, some companies do.

Fortunately, Geforce Now is not like this, it is canceled from the interface with a click, without any question or issue :)

Hopefully, that will continue to be the policy. My point was that things can change, and everyone should be aware of that when they sign up for auto-renew services.