Stadia Pro games of September

[Mnementh]

VAMatt said:

Mnementh said:

You can claim games from the last three months or so, although it doesn't seem to be a strict rule. Destiny 2 was in from the beginning, on the other hand I don't believe Kona was already available for three months, this one seems to have been gone faster. Anyways, most games stay available for a while, and once claimed you can play them as long as you are subscribed.

I personally think the subscription is worth it with these monthly games, but that is everyones decision. But I would add, that you don't need to subscribe at all. Stadia Base is free, but you have to purchase the games you wanna play (or play free to play games). Stadia Pro adds these games mentioned above as claimable. Also you get some additional sales with Stadia Pro, things you purchased this way stay available after you end the subscription.

I mostly stay with the games I got via subscription (Gylt for instance is pretty nice), but have bought two games not available on Switch as I felt the itch to play them. Assassins Creed Odyssey, as I am a sucker for ancient greece (and the game has nice views and information about ancient greece) and Borderlands 3 (I liked 2, but somehow I am a bit disappointed with 3, maybe Borderlands humour is only working once - or more likely Handsome Jack was just awesome).

Is it still necessary to purchase $130ish of equipment to get started?  If not, what stuff do I need?

Nope. You need a device with a Chrome-browser basically. In my experience the Chromecast was not a good choice though, as it had problems with overheating when streaming games, which lead to reduction in quality and freezes. I didn't have these issues though playing on my computer, a Linux-PC with no special graphics card (I have not built my PC to be a gaming PC). I don't know which controllers are supported, so if you don't wanna play with mouse&keyboard you might wanna check that or buy the Stadia-controller. Well, looking at the FAQ I see the claim, that it works with Dualshock 4, a bunch of XBOX-controllers and the Switch Pro controller as well. That is something I have to check. probably only works via USB, as my computer has no built-in Bluetooth. I never tried playing on a smartphone, there is still only a limited list of supported phones.