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Hack allows linux users to play OnLive games

28 points by riledhel 15y ago

Karunamon 15y ago
The slashdotters already got to this and eviscerated it in typical "Proprietary anything is automatically bad" fashion. I for one think this is awesome. You can play some cool things with online for cheap if your system can't handle the latest and greatest.
- wccrawford 15y ago
  I think it's a great idea, too, except for 2 things: 1) If you buy the game, you pay the same price as getting it at a store, but with no recourse if the company goes under. 2) The video is pretty bad. It's 720p with a lot of lossy compression. I tried it for one of the Lego games (which I'm quite familiar with on my consoles) and it felt really fuzzy and indistinct. It wasn't a very pleasant experience. I could forgive both of them if the games were cheaper, but they aren't. (And can't be, really, since the game publishers aren't going to give them a break... At least, not until they realize their DRM is unhackable.)
  - motdiem 15y ago
    Personally I've found two things great about onlive : 1/ It's an alternative to downloading demo - 30mn is enough to see if I like a game, and saves me the hassle of downloading, installing/uninstalling etc - I don't understand why every new game demo is distributed this way now 2/ Their $4 for a week-end rental - for a lot of games, this is enough for me to play and get out of Video quality is good for playing on a laptop - not on a gaming desktop. Note though that many of the games on onlive are very aggressively discounted on steam at every steam sale - so I usually end up buying them from steam instead.
    - teamonkey 15y ago
      > Note though that many of the games on onlive are very aggressively discounted on steam at every steam sale - so I usually end up buying them from steam instead. They're doing pretty well at matching Steam. For example, there was a Labor Day 75%-off sale on OnLive this weekend. Also in another promotion they were offering Batman Arkham Asylum for $0.99.

28 points by riledhel 15y ago

The slashdotters already got to this and eviscerated it in typical "Proprietary anything is automatically bad" fashion. I for one think this is awesome. You can play some cool things with online for cheap if your system can't handle the latest and greatest.

wccrawford 15y ago
I think it's a great idea, too, except for 2 things: 1) If you buy the game, you pay the same price as getting it at a store, but with no recourse if the company goes under. 2) The video is pretty bad. It's 720p with a lot of lossy compression. I tried it for one of the Lego games (which I'm quite familiar with on my consoles) and it felt really fuzzy and indistinct. It wasn't a very pleasant experience. I could forgive both of them if the games were cheaper, but they aren't. (And can't be, really, since the game publishers aren't going to give them a break... At least, not until they realize their DRM is unhackable.)
- motdiem 15y ago
  Personally I've found two things great about onlive : 1/ It's an alternative to downloading demo - 30mn is enough to see if I like a game, and saves me the hassle of downloading, installing/uninstalling etc - I don't understand why every new game demo is distributed this way now 2/ Their $4 for a week-end rental - for a lot of games, this is enough for me to play and get out of Video quality is good for playing on a laptop - not on a gaming desktop. Note though that many of the games on onlive are very aggressively discounted on steam at every steam sale - so I usually end up buying them from steam instead.
  - teamonkey 15y ago
    > Note though that many of the games on onlive are very aggressively discounted on steam at every steam sale - so I usually end up buying them from steam instead. They're doing pretty well at matching Steam. For example, there was a Labor Day 75%-off sale on OnLive this weekend. Also in another promotion they were offering Batman Arkham Asylum for $0.99.