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It’s a frustrating experience for a veteran Destiny 2 player, so I can only imagine what it’s like if you’re new to the game and you picked Stadia as your platform of choice.ĭestiny 2 isn’t the only game experiencing this problem. I’ve regularly spent 10 minutes queuing for Destiny’s player-vs-player mode, crucible, only for it to error out because there aren’t enough players. Basic things like visiting planets and participating in public events can feel lonely, and you often load into strikes with nobody by your side. A lot of the game involves shared activities and missions, where you can form a premade fireteam or be automatically matched with random players.īungie hasn’t implemented cross-play in Destiny 2 yet, which has left the Stadia version feeling empty a lot of the time. A big part of Destiny 2 is the mix of player-versus-environment (PvE) and player-versus-player (PvP), with modes like Gambit that blend the two together, or the planets you visit in the game where other players roam freely next to you eliminating the same enemies. Destiny 2 has around 1 million daily players across PC, Xbox, and PS4, but only around 10,000 are playing on Google’s streaming service. Bungie’s online-only multiplayer shooter is bundled free with Stadia Pro, and it was one of the bigger launch titles for Google. Some of these early launch issues have now been resolved, but it certainly felt like Google rushed to meet its launch date all while the world was waiting for Stadia to flop.ĭuring the past six months, I’ve primarily used Stadia as a way to play Destiny 2 when I’m not on my main gaming PC.
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Free buddy passes weren’t available for the first couple of weeks to invite friends to play, Google Assistant was mostly useless, there was no 4K streaming in the browser, and you couldn’t even connect the controller wirelessly to use Stadia on a PC or phone. I’ve been playing on Stadia since its November launch, after Google fumbled many of the features it had originally promised. Instead, it feels like Google is still in the process of building its stadium, and it’s empty.Įven when you’re playing massively popular online games, Stadia is a lonely place.
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It’s supposed to be full of people discovering games from YouTube links or playing along with creators and streamers. Stadiums have hosted sports for centuries, and Google sold Stadia as a new venue to build a virtual stadium for the future of games that stream to any device you own.
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Google’s cloud gaming service was unveiled just a year ago with the promise that the future of gaming isn’t a box under your TV but a place instead.
