The brutal shooter Doom Eternal excites fans on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The demon-slaying orgy is also available on the streaming platform Google Stadia. Does the epic action fireworks work in game streaming? Our returning author Jürgen tried it out.
Wait, Jürgen is back? That’s right. I, Jürgen, am back from parental leave and just Doom Eternal has brought me great joy in the past weeks.
However, I was anything but sure whether the brutal action game works via Google Stadia. Because shooters are only fun when you can fully enjoy graphics and sound and for heaven’s sake, there are no stutters or input delays.
In Borderlands 3 via Stadia, such unpleasant problems occurred more often for me despite actually good internet connection. Therefore, I was correspondingly skeptical about Doom Eternal. Nevertheless, I risked the purchase and after the baby was taken care of and my wife was in bed, I started a round of Doom on the TV.
Doom Eternal on Stadia – You notice nothing from the stream
This is how Doom Eternal runs on Stadia: Doom Eternal launched without any problems and immediately threw me into the fray. After a short time, it really went off. The sound effects hit my eardrums, the metal music was booming, and demon blood sprayed in liters across the screen.
Everything ran absolutely smoothly and was – as my colleague Benedict writes in his preview report on Doom – a great fun. The controls were buttery smooth and there was no input delay neither with the controller nor with keyboard and mouse.
Everything ran as smoothly as if the game were running locally on a powerful gaming PC and not coming from a data stream from a server farm many kilometers away. That the graphics were “only” upscaled HD and not real 4K didn’t negatively affect me during all the action.
I later tested Doom on the PC via Chrome browser and even on the tablet and smartphone. Everywhere it ran excellently as long as the internet connection was stable. Only once, when the network was acting up, I had some unpleasant stutters on the smartphone.
The optimal game for Google Stadia
Why should you play Doom on Stadia? The developers apparently paid special attention to optimizing Doom Eternal for Stadia to ensure that the shooter runs well.
This makes the streaming platform particularly interesting for players who don’t have a powerful PC at home. With the Stadia version, it also works on a tablet or an old computer.
That’s why I love Doom Eternal on Stadia! I actually have a formidable gaming PC at home, but I now prefer the Stadia version more. On the one hand, because I really like to sit comfortably on the couch and play. But unfortunately, my wife and child often come into the living room and both don’t think much of violent orgies on the screen.
With Stadia, I can pause the game and continue playing on the PC next door without interrupting my progress. And more than once, a round of Doom on the tablet made my waiting time while taking care of the sleeping baby more enjoyable. The seamless transition between platforms really works exemplary with Doom on Stadia.
Therefore, I do not regret the purchase at all and hope that Stadia will get more such well-optimized titles like Doom Eternal in the future. I, for my part, am already looking forward to the evening and a hearty round of Doom on Stadia.
