Gaming and streaming each have different requirements. Gaming needs low latency, but doesn’t require a lot of bandwidth. Streaming requires high bandwidth, but is okay with a decent amount of latency.
Bandwidth is the amount of traffic you’re sending through your pipe. It’s a lot easier for your provider to keep this steady and they can guarantee a certain level of service here. Make sure you look into how much bandwidth you’ll be getting and how much bandwidth your streaming setup requires, then give yourself at least a 25% headroom.
Latency is how quickly that traffic makes it from your computer to the internet. This will have a far bigger impact on your actual performance in-game. If you’re in the competitive scene, the other players will likely all have cable/fiber connections and they will have a real advantage on you as they can see you faster and react more quickly. This isn’t as much of a problem if you’re a casual player online or with friends.
Your quality of cell service will have a major impact on latency and it will also probably be inconsistent throughout the day as there’s more and less cell network load. This means that you could find yourself where certain games only run well during certain parts of the day.
All this to say, usually cell providers have a return policy before you’re locked into the plan. Try it out with some stress tests and see how it plays out. Keep in mind you’ll likely need enough bandwidth to both stream out of the network and enough to watch the stream to monitor it as well.
So far, the critical component that the Sims clones lack is character. Sims understands that Sims are a bit different than real people and they go out of their way to make them quirky and a bit hyperbolic. The clones seem to try and be real life simulators which I would argue is difficult to actually make enjoyable. Real life is boring.
The first time I played through it, it didn’t really sink in. When I got to the ending where
SpoilerYou you give up Songbird in exchange for your cure and you find that they are able to heal you only by removing your cybernetics
I booted the game back up the next day, but just couldn’t bring myself to continue with my character. It felt like I finally got them out of that world. I didn’t pick it back up again for another month and started with a fresh character because of how hard it sunk in.
Orochi in Okami. You spend the first entire third of the game building up to your first fight with him and by the time you’re fighting him, you have an incredible amount of context for how legendary your battle actually is.
Many of the boss battles in that game had amazing lead-up.
Maybe reason isn’t the right word. Was just trying to mention it due to this:
However, some found the developer’s explanation unconvincing, questioning how the studio’s Co-Founder could be unaware that the game hadn’t been indexed for nearly a year and reading the apology less like “I’m sorry” and more like “I’m sorry I got caught.” With both interpretations equally plausible – and equally impossible to prove – it’s up to everyone to decide for themselves whether Wrong Organ deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Been playing Tower Networking Inc. Pretty challenging networking game that teaches you how to setup core routes and such. Very fun if you’re a nerd like myself.