Imagine that you’re sneaking around ruins, going in and out of bushes, using tranq darts to pick off guards, in hopes that a mercenary that’s inching closer to you doesn’t do anything too stealthy. But, most of all you’re hoping that your connection doesn’t completely dip and you have to run a test on your bandwidth.

That’s what it’s like to use Project Steam, which is an experiment with Ubisoft that allows people to play Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey for free. Sounds great, right? Well, the catch is you’re essentially at the whims of your internet provider. Project Stream is used to attempt to replicate the experience of playing great games around the world without a physical or digital copy that you need. It honestly varies from a pleasant experience to irritating, especially if you don’t have a strong enough internet connection.

If it’s above the bare-bones 15 Mbps amount, with a latency of less than 40 ms and a 5 percent loss, the game is comparable to that of the ones on consoles. You may notice some latency when it comes to attackers, but the game is around 30 frames each second, and the resolution will go up and down between 720p and a 1080p crisp look on a network that’s strong.

The goal of this to save those who are trying to stream cloud-based games with a higher fidelity in real-time sort of hardware that would otherwise be hard to run. it’s the basic genre of past services such as OnLive and PlayStation Now. It will go head-to-head with Project xCloud that’s a part of Microsoft’s arsenal. It could become a sign of the way the future of gaming does move, however since consoles are usually the way to go, but with Pcs becoming more on-demand, and with the demand for new and more impressive rigs, you’ll be able to create on-demand ownership-free models for this. But of course, we may be getting ahead of ourselves with this. it’s something that you can start right away, and something you may enjoy.

To sign up for this, you essentially need an access code following the announcement back in October, but you can still sign up for the beta. You need to be at least 17 years old and have a connection greater than 25 Mbps. Other than that, the only barrier is the limited number of accounts and the lack of a Ubisoft access code.

If you’re wondering how to play it, you essentially go to the project stream site on the browser, tests the connection, and then there you go. A big thing to remember is that just because it’s worthy doesn’t mean that it’s a stable one. If you’re on a network that passes through the threshold, doesn’t mean that you may get tested and it might cause you to have to quit the game. You can use any system, even Linux, and you can play it with either a mouse and keyboard or a keyboard and trackpad. You can also use your PS4 or Xbox controller for this for best results.

As for if this ends, there is an ending period. It goes until January, but until that point, you’re essentially allowed to do this so long as you have a nice connection to work with, and you’re not subjected to tests.

The best part about this is that you can play Odyssey on this, and you can always stop playing and play it back once again. It retains your saves very well, even without using the manual or the quick save features, and the startup and load times, in general, are pretty quick, so you don’t have to wait super long. There are some credits you can get, up to 10 bucks, and there is an XP boost you can get. You can use this, but if you’re good with AC games, you can use this, and you can take the challenging missions and breeze through them. it’s a fun beta that you can get into, so long as your connection is good, and that it can play the game relatively easy for you as well.