What to consider when playing a game on a computer? Of course, it is to consider whether the current computer configuration can play the game you want to play smoothly, and you have to consider whether the storage space is enough, because the current large-scale games are very large. In addition, platform issues must be considered. For example, many Windows-specific games cannot be played on the Mac. How to solve these problems? Spend money on hardware! But there is a better solution, and that is “cloud”.
Everything with the “cloud” seems to be tall, but the Tencent “cloud game” I will introduce this time can indeed help players solve some troubles, and it is very convenient. For Tencent itself, this is also of great significance. After all, Tencent’s game resources are very rich, but there are currently limitations. For example, Mac cannot play popular works such as LOL. Tencent Cloud Games is expected to fill this gap. , Can be called a “big killer”. Tencent Cloud Games recently launched an unlimited public beta. How does it play? Let’s experience it together.
What is the difference between local and cloud games? Compare it and you will know
Let’s take a look at the comparison of the steps between the local version and the cloud game mode version.
Ordinary game: Go to the official website of the game → download the game → install → start.
At present, many games can only be downloaded with the downloader provided by the official website. The game is very large, and it is common to download a game for several hours or even dozens of hours.
Cloud games: Open the game manager → select your favorite game → start.
As you can see, cloud games allow users to skip the download and installation steps of the game and start playing directly. Let users not have to wait. The most important thing is that players who are often short on hard disk space like Xiaobian do not need to consider whether there is space to install games. And cloud games do not require high user computer configuration, allowing users to use low-configuration computers to play games that cannot run smoothly.
Figure 1 The hard disk space of the editor is often full
How to apply to experience Tencent Cloud Games
So how can we experience Tencent Cloud games? At present, cloud games are in the public beta stage, you only need to go to the official website of Tencent Cloud Games (https://start.qq.com/) to apply for the experience qualification. Currently, Mac client and Windows client are supported. The mobile version and TV version have not yet opened the experience.
Application for experience qualification, all device types supported.
After applying for the qualifications, Windows users need to install Tencent’s WeGame game manager (https://www.WeGame.com/) to experience it.
Figure 3 Install WeGame
Mac system users need to download a separate START Tencent Cloud game client.
How to start Tencent Cloud Games: Windows also install WeGame
After installing WeGame, the editor can’t wait to experience the cloud game version of “League of Legends”. But finding an entrance can be complicated. As for the entry method of cloud games, WeGame has not yet set up a special entry column, and I don’t know why. So the steps to enter the cloud game are still more troublesome.
Steps to enter the cloud game: WeGame→search game→enter the game details page→go to the community→”start cloud game” in the lower left corner.
To play cloud games smoothly, there are certain requirements for your broadband environment. For broadband environments above 20M, the delay is less than 20MS. The other is that the provinces and cities that are currently supported are indicated in the current cloud game. The editor has not tested whether the provinces and cities that are not marked can be played. For hardware requirements, Tencent Cloud Games does not indicate specific hardware requirements, but the requirements should not be high.
Figure 4 Start the cloud game
Figure 5 Cloud game requirements
Tencent Cloud gaming experience: you can play without downloading back to local
Just when I wanted to experience the cloud game version of “League of Legends”, I found that WeGame does not currently provide a cloud game version. Then the editor found several popular games, but also did not provide a cloud game version. When the editor wondered if he was not eligible for the experience, he discovered that “Fortress Night” provides a cloud game version.
Entering the game details page of Fortnite, you can see that to play Fortnite, you need to download the 28G game installation package first, but if you choose to play cloud games, you only need to enter “Go to the community” and you can watch A “Start Cloud Game” button appears in the lower left corner, click it and wait a while, you can enter the game interface. Very simple and fast, no need to wait to download the game installation package.
Figure 6 Game details page
Figure 7 Start the cloud game
But when I started the cloud game, I was stuck at the login interface. It was still the same after more than ten minutes. It was the same if I had no choice but to log out and try again.
Figure 8 Always stuck at the login interface
No way, try another game. “NBA2KOL2” also supports cloud game mode. The same way of entering, this time all the way is smooth, and soon you can play the game happily. The editor came to a game, the overall feeling is not much different from the local version of the game on the computer, and the button delay is very small. The editor uses telecommunications 100M optical fiber. The game screen is also good.
Figure 9 NBA2KOL2 cloud game mode
In the cloud game mode, users can see that there is an additional setting button in the upper left corner of the game interface, and there is a default delay and bit rate display in the lower right corner.
Figure 10 Settings and information display in cloud game mode
The setting button provides users with the settings of “full screen/window, resolution, and delay display switch”.
Figure 11 Screen settings
In addition, the built-in setting interface of each game can also be set.
Figure 12 Game settings interface
Figure 13 Game interface
After playing a game, the unwilling editor tried “Fortnite” again, but he didn’t expect to enter it smoothly this time.
Figure 14 Fortress night
After a game, the experience is still good, the delay is small, and the picture is smooth, not much different from the local version. In addition, cloud games seem to have lower requirements for the user’s local computer configuration, and the content that needs to be rendered should all be calculated in the cloud.
Figure 15 Fortnite settings, you can see that the image quality can be adjusted to the highest, but your computer does not need to be high
Then the editor also came to a cloud game mode of “FIFA Online 4”. After a game, I forgot to write the draft.
Figure 16 FIFA Online 4
It is said that the lineup of Tencent Cloud game library for Mac is much larger than that of WeGame client for Windows. It has added “League of Legends”, “Crossing the Line of Fire”, “Gun Shen Ji”, “Inverse War”, “QQ Speed”, “Need for Speed” Online” and other Tencent games that do not have a Mac client, so that Mac can also play the LOL version of the national server. But I did not try, why is there a difference between the cloud games provided by the Mac and Windows platforms? Is it a cloud model that Tencent specifically prevents Windows users from playing these games?
Open the browser and play! Mobile games also have a cloud mode
Tencent has also prepared a cloud mode for players to play mobile games on the computer using only a browser. Players only need to enter the “cloud game” page of the first tour (https://gamer.qq.com/v2/ cloudgame), you can use the browser to play the cloud mode version of several mobile games. However, the current experience is not perfect. For example, the current keyboard mapping keys cannot be modified.
Figure 17 Cloud games
Figure 18 QQ Speed cloud mode
to sum up
Cloud gaming brings a new gaming experience to players, allowing players to play their favorite games on any computer that can connect to the Internet without downloading and installing. Unfortunately, at present, there are too few games available for cloud game mode in Tencent Cloud Games, and even League of Legends does not support it. I look forward to more cloud game modes for games. With cloud gaming, there is no need to worry about insufficient hard disk space or insufficient computer configuration, which is pretty good.
So can cloud games replace local games? There are opinions that cloud gaming will be the mainstream way of gaming sooner or later, but from the current experience, cloud gaming still has limitations such as unstable connection, limited number of games, and high network requirements . It is only suitable as a supplement to local games (for example, it can Play Windows games on the Mac platform). However, it is undeniable that cloud gaming has huge potential, and we look forward to a better experience in the future.
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