So how well does it work? Remember these? Me neither.Īll began well. It allows you to remotely launch games from your desktop PC and connect to them via Steam, effectively turning a laptop or mobile device into a portable, personal Google Stadia or Xbox Cloud Gaming. This may or may not have been what SteamMachines were intended for all those years ago.īut the technology isn’t restricted to LAN use and I get the impression it hasn’t been for quite some time. Remote Playįor those unfamiliar, the general concept behind Remote Play is–I think–that you could have a high-powered PC in your office, then remotely stream its gameplay to a more comfortable position at a nearby television, to which affixing a desktop would be impractical. Let’s talk first about what is cloud gaming. This is going to be a review of Remote Play AND some stray thoughts on New Vegas, although these two things have nothing in particular to do with each other. True, it would be running in the wrong resolution, but that I could endure–and it would be content! Would there ever be a better time to test new technology than this?
I was only a few blocks away from home, with good internet access, and playing remotely would mean I had access to everything on my desktop PC, mods included. And why not? Steam Remote Play debuted ages ago and I was still yet to try it out.
Until I saw a notification at the bottom of my screen: Spending three hours scouring NVNexus again did not appeal to me. I was excited, and as such there was brief temptation to repeat this process on my laptop–I had nothing in particular to do between ball throwing sessions–but, after much deliberation, decided I would work instead. I was marooned dogsitting over this last weekend shortly after having finished modding up Fallout: New Vegas on my desktop PC for my first playthrough in many years.