For years, we've been promised the dream of cloud gaming: playing the latest, most graphically demanding PC games on any device, from a beat-up laptop to a smartphone, with the magic of a powerful remote server doing all the heavy lifting. In 2025, NVIDIA's GeForce Now has come dangerously close to perfecting that dream. It offers a gaming experience that often feels indistinguishable from—or even better than—a high-end local gaming rig. But is it the straightforward, no-strings-attached future