u/Illustrious_Sock

First some context: I've been a long time user of GFN, but had some annoyances with it. The biggest one is limited game availability. Another one is lack of servers in Iberia, so I'd always get 40+ ms latency, which tbh isn't that bad since I play single player only.

Boosteroid seemed like a perfect deal - play almost any title, with lower latency thanks to servers in Spain, and for 25% cheaper. No free trial kinda a bummer compared to GFN, but it's also fair for a smaller player. So after skipping all the dark patterns to make me buy sub for multiple months, I bought ultra for 1 month for around 15 eur.

My first experience was very pleasant. I tried to play Outer Wilds which isn't available on GFN, and had a blast. But then I tried some other games and a shitshow started...

You can check my 3 previous posts on this sub for all the details, I'll also add another one I didn't write about before - when I tried to play NieR Automata, I got a server in.. Belgrade, out of all places?? I'm in Lisbon, there are tens of servers that could be closer than that. In the end I didn't even try coz Steam considered my IP too suspicious and didn't let me login.

In general I'd describe experience as: constant tinkering. I've been troubleshooting, trying to figure out what are the issues, writing feedbacks, trying what works - instead of actually playing and enjoying the game. Now suddenly 25% discount seems very little, when you need to be a free QA, whereas GFN experience is very polished.

I'll try to finish Outer Wilds before my sub ends, highly recommend btw, it's been running well besides some issues with my controller (but not sure if it's my controller, my mac, or boosteroid). But at this point I don't even feel like trying other games, because so far my experience was unpleasant many more times than it was pleasant, which is not fine for a paid product.

tl;dr: There are more games available than GFN, but the quality of the service makes you feel like it's less, since many of them are barely playable.

I play stalker 2 (through steam) that on each fresh install, makes you choose language, gamma level etc.

I installed it on boosteroid, set it up, played a bit. Later the same day, I load it up, and it's a fresh install again, and I need to choose language etc all over again? Is that supposed to be like that?? That's so dumb

Edit: also just played cyberpunk. On my first install, I actually needed to wait like 10 min to install it. The game worked like shit btw (in the opening screen, the animation was already laggy). Now, I reload it. I need to login into steam, accept eula, and download the game for 10 min again??? (it starts at 33% somehow, but then the download is slow).

Is this really the supposed experience? Login into steam, accept eula, download the game, set up the settings, each time that you want to play it??? This is so ridiculous.

On mac app, there's no AV1. I've heard other apps are the same. Why?

Is it worth it to just use the browser version? What will I be missing out on, compared to a native app? What's the most recommended browser for boosteroid?