Thoughts as they occur:
There's practically nothing to download. Register, and you're off.
There are plenty of games with a free trial.
$5.99 a day sounds like something I can take advantage of.
Everything is so fast and smooth!
I'm trying Darksiders. I get 30 minutes.
Okay, Darksiders isn't really my kind of game. The framerate is okay, but the graphics aren't great - I think I need to find my settings because it doesn't like my Internet connection (because I had a load of torrents turned on when I first started up).
The mouse control seemed really sensitive - might have just been the game - I'll find an FPS.
I'm trying FEAR2 now. While you wait for the game to load, you watch someone else who's playing it. Genius!
It could do with a way of remembering my key bindings (especially as I'm not a WASD player)
Okay, FEAR looks much better.
There's a little input lag with the mouse, seem to notice it more when stopping movement than when starting, more like a console. Is the server guessing where I'm going to move the mouse, maybe. I guess the servers are in America, though - expect it to be much improved if the get a UK centre.
Keyboard responsiveness is fine.
I'm perfectly capable of killing bad men. There is a delay from mouse click to gunfire, but it's a small one.
This is a little laggy. If you already hate the idea, then you are going to find plenty to dislike. However, if you've got a lunch break to kill at work, this is going to be the
mad shit.
Arena mode lets you see people playing a game, and zoom in and watch them if you like. I like it. You can 'cheer' and 'jeer' at the person playing
It's all so
fast.
So yeah. Colour me impressed.