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account to verify that you own the game you want to play – two factor authentication and all. (It’s unclear how GeForce Now determines which store to load up if the game is available on multiple stores.) This is when GeForce Now asks you to log into your Steam, Epic, etc. GeForce opens what looks like a virtualized desktop, complete with a virtualized window of Steam, Epic Games Store or whatever client you own the game at. Once you’ve connected with your virtual rig, things get really weird. Thankfully it doesn’t seem to happen every time you start a game. It’s a weird system that feels really outdated. The screen chugs along for a minute with a display that’s a dead ringer for the AOL 56k modem dial-up connection. (Though it doesn’t actually perform a check that you own it until later.) Then a new dialogue box appears, establishing your connection to the GeForce servers.

GeForce then asks you to confirm that you own the game. When you find a game you want to play, you click a button to add it to your library. The library is already much more impressive than the paltry selection found on Google Stadia, but it’s still disappointing when you’re especially amped for a certain game, only to find it not available on the service. Instead you can either scroll through a limited list of “featured” games, or use the search bar to check for the game you want to play. GeForce now currently supports more than 400 titles, but there’s no place where they’re all listed. Neither was Monster Hunter World, Red Dead Redemption 2, Temtem, or Control. I was thrilled to load up Halo: The Master Chief collection, but it wasn’t available. There’s a carousel of hot games, but at this point, it’s filled with old titles like Cuphead and Tropico 6. When you log into the service, which is available on PC, Mac, and Android, you’re presented with a sort of junior varsity Steam client. Setup and InterfaceSetting up GeForce Now for the first time is a bit of a nightmare.

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Instead it’s almost perfectly suited for people who own outdated PCs or Macs but still want to play the hottest PC games. GeForce Now doesn’t seem to be aimed at tech enthusiasts or early adopters. It’s effectively free, at least for an hour session at a time, but paying for the subscription ($4.99 per month, though Nvidia hasn’t settled on a long-term pricing model) gives you priority access to servers, ray tracing in games that support it, and up to 6-hour play sessions. But it also means only select games are supported. And because the games are cloud-based, there’s no updating or maintenance required.

Instead, GeForce Now connects to your existing digital game libraries to verify if you own the games you want to play. Nvidia isn’t running a games store here, unlike Google’s Stadia service. That’s because it has a different tact – GeForce Now streams the PC games you already own. Meanwhile, GeForce Now still hasn’t claimed mindshare or word of mouth.īut GeForce Now might not need mindshare to win out over its competitors. In that time, Google launched its Stadia service and Microsoft xCloud opened its own beta.

It’s a game streaming service that’s been stuck in beta purgatory for more than two years. The only thing that could have made it better would be an epically hilarious cover of the 1982 Hall & Oates hit Maneater to kick the whole thing off.Nvidia GeForce Now is as exciting as it is poorly marketed. Have you ever wanted to be the shark? Mutating your way into some nuclear grotesque killing machine that preys on innocent beach goers and boating enthusiasts - all through the unfolding of a nearly forgettable story setup that didn’t matter in the first place because you’re a death shark now? Well, Maneater is about as good as it gets and exactly what you’re looking for - a not-quite AAA experience with a campy narrative, interesting mutant shark RPG mechanics, and the freedom to terrorize fisherman and sea life equally. And, every GFN Thursday, new games are added to the GeForce NOW Library.

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