So my inter webs is 7.5mbits, and today It tried onlive. In AC2 the lag wasn't super noticeable, but with Dirt 2, Borderlands, and UT3, the imput lag was ginormous. Also, compressed textures=ew.
Keyboard has a delay to imput, which isn't so bad, but MAN! Mouse control is simply aweful. I can't do anything with it, it's so laggy.
How is your experience Americans (Also, make a free account and try onlive out)
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Onlive works in Canada now! (also LAG!!!) Also free accounts
I've just tried it over here in the UK, and it works weirdly well. There is input lag here and there, but after switching to a Wired connection, most of my issues were resolved.
" Meh, the majority of Canadians are still held back from doing things like this because of our stupid bandwith caps. "Indeed, I have the client only because I didn't bother to uninstall after it told me that my connection sucks. Which I already knew.
I didn't have so much input lag, as I did graphical lag. Sam Fisher could react as fast a he wanted, I sure as hell didn't see what shot me until a good half second later.
" @Driadon: My problem with it at the moment is that it stutters and artifacts a lot, then it cites a "network problem" and disconnects me. I'm using 25Mpbs downstream at the moment so I don't know what the problem is. "Where are you located? It could simply be a distance issue.
Alright, so I tried darksiders. It looked like total ass.
There's definitely delay as well. Even in the menus. Moving the mouse between options, there's definitely delay.
Basically it's about as shitty as I expected. But I understand it's new here and they may need time to fix things up, or open servers in Canada, deal with overload, etc.
5mbps DSL connection in Ottawa.
Edit/Disclaimer: I Noticed after I tried it I had a call to someone on skype I forgot about. That likely had an effect, I'll try it again later.
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