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AusGAF 5/5 - Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy, a rental at best
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BanShunsaku
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Serrels, your quickly written up articles are better than most of what gets written by gaming journalists on the net.
Hates Skyrim without having played it, loves everything Nintendo related and generic sports games
I don't understand you
indeed. Me either.
Heading home early after a successful work day is great. Beer plus skyrim awaits.
reality is probably cooking and looking after my son 
;_;
It's quite easy to understand. Played oblivion and fallout 3. Was faced with numerous bugs and crashes, lost all faith in bethesda games and their ability to make something that is relatively stable.
PES isn't generic though. It's a quality football game from Konami, not Nintendo. The series has always been accessible, deep, provides an exciting game where there can be a lot of variety of play (no invincible fifa keepers, for instance). It's been like that since I first touched the series back with ISS Pro '98 on PS1.
Not a difficult concept to grasp I would have thought. Some people have patience with bugs, I do not.
Marshmellow
Member
Skyrim does not contain said bugs. Game is beautiful. I fail to see argument about Bethesda hate being relevant to skyrim's game quality. Especially having not even tried it.
Heading home early after a successful work day is great. Beer plus skyrim awaits.
reality is probably cooking and looking after my son
At work I'm all like 'yeah, going home to play Skyrim tonight, life is good, ladedahlala'.
Gets home, makes dinner. Watches crap tv with wife. Gets tired. Goes to bed.
Are you saying it's free of significant bugs?
I'll say it again: it's not bethesda hate. It's a complete lack of trust in their coding skills.
If I were to buy it, PC is not an option and that leaves two versions. One of which reports say it becomes unplayable with >7MB save files, and the other is still subject to the occasional crash and bug like falling mammoths. Edge mentioned it in their review, numerous accounts on GAF mention stuff like that too.
I'm sure the game is good - people obviously enjoy it. But it's not by any account a stable release, and my caution regarding bethesda releases is entirely reasonable given their history.
Marshmellow
Member
Coming in late to discussion sorry, yes, should have been more specific but PC i safely say is free of significant bugs.
If left with only console then i hear 360 doesn't run that well at times but have not heard of anything game breaking like the save bug on PS3
8.8
Skyrim still is buggy as shit in certain areas but it's so infrequent, especially compared to Oblivion and F3, that I generally don't give too much of a shit. Also there's a Thanksgiving patch in the works already (DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION VINCE) and modders are going to make it insanely good
(Vince is totally right with his attitude though because what I can put up with might not be what he can put up with. Actually for a while there it was treading dangerously close to 'fuck this shit', but then I sat around in the world for a few more hours and it became awesome again.)
Game breaking save bug was the ps3 version from what I read.
Were I a PC gamer, I'd probably consider getting it once it had been bedded down and modded to fix most issues in a few years. But a console version of a game that does have the history the series does (eg bethesda never patched major problems on fo3 on ps3) is a no go for me I'm afraid. Plenty of other good games that can keep me busy.
You fail to see that a companies last two products being buggy doesn't make some consumers worried about buying their new one?
Really?
No... really?!
Wait....... several (i.e. a fair amount) are having to manually edit .ini files to be able to complete quests in the game.
And that doesn't constitute buggy to you?
bodyboarder
Member
Good idea. I'd be keen on Rayman.Ok so im posting out halos today to roosters
anyway lets set some ground rules on this community bundle of games we will hopefully have
1. You have to post impressions of the game in ausgaf
2. The discs in the community pile will be promo NFR's. I know that means lots of you won't be able to contribute at first, if ever but it stops the situation where someone gives up something they paid a lot of money for losing it if that happens. Just think its better. It puts pressure on those who get NFR discs to offer them i know but i think its better way.
3. Postage is paid for by teh person posting it.
4. Once you have finished the game you pass it on to the next person who wants the game
Current list of games
-Halos
-Forza 4 (X3n this is on the way, it got delayed sorry about that)
-Uncharted 3 (currently with Legend166)
-Rayman Origins (when i finish it, it will get added)
Cheers
Hope you all think this is a good idea
Playing devil's advocate, I'd say the key word is "significant". What constitutes a significant bug is subjective. Mr Mallow obviously has a higher tolerance level for bugs than I do. Which is fine.
Personally, I like to have characters in my games that feature texture maps for their faces, as well as associated geometry. I also am a fan of horses that remain at ground level, but not below. I also get irritated at games that fail to boot, save, or continue running until I'm done with them for the session. Some people consider an in-game BSOD to be a minor annoyance. I don't have any patience for that. Some will say that is extreme, but I am one who tends to have little patience with computers in general. I dont appreciate reliability issues leaking into my entertainment time.
880/1000!!!
Marshmellow
Member
Sorry probably didn't write that out very well, typing in between working. =_=
Apologies
Personally tried oblivion, hated it, i also hate fallout with a passion. Despite what they are i disregard those 2 games' influences. I went into skyrim expecting morrowind all over again and i am happy. I have have few to no problems and that is good.
Vince i mean to say i had heard nothing apart from the game breaking ps3 bug that i found out about on sunday.
as far as other people go, i do understand that there would be a lot of doubt based on past games, but at the same time should you not give every game a fair go?
For instance i loved morrowind and went into oblivion with some expectations and was thoroughly dissapointed while other people loved it, but i had a fresh view for skyrim
Marshmellow
Member
Have not run into this after 50 hours of game time, can't comment
Understood. I thought that was what you meant.
I think for me the key thing is time. In principle every game should be given a fair go. But with limited time, and being spoilt for choice - it is a luxury to be picky and in practice, I can discriminate based on past poor performances. In pretty much every genre these days there are competing and competent alternatives to all big name games.
I'm confident I'll get more out of Xenoblade than I ever would out of Skyrim, and far less irritation from game crashes, for instance.
When oblivion and fallout 3 are the only games that have given me the kinds of bugs and hard crashes that they did (ps3 an 360), it makes it hard for me to consider it to be a problem with the systems.
Huh? BSOD = Blue Screen of Death, which only happens on PCs. Why are you mentioning that for consoles?
Sorry, was using that term widely. Ive had red, black and blue screens of death/crashes on ps3 and 360.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Expected 24th november @ $800.
codswallop
Member
And it was expected Nov 17th before that, and IIRC Nov 14th before that.
Also: http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-nexus-16gb. $730 from the UK delivered in a week. I bought my current phone from these guys.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I just hope it is available before christmas. Hoping the price would go down, I'm not keen on spending anything over $600.
You are no man!
You are no man!
I will be honest and it sounds to me like you are just making shit up to fit your argument.
You are correct sir!
Next topic.
Thanks man!
Sooooooooooooooo.
A: Pharmacy guild does deal with Pfizer after blackmores deal gets shot down.
B: Pharmacy guild does deal with weight loss company http://www.theage.com.au/national/weightloss-gene-test-in-the-spotlight-20111026-1mk8e.html
C: Pharmacies get 11 billion dollars of government monies >.>
The Government is giving community pharmacies $11 billion to help them dispense medicines, provide programs and maintain their community service obligations. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-21/pharmacists-threaten-to-leave-guild/3684536
I used to be against woolies and co getting pharmacies in their stories, now, fuck em, they are just asses, may as well give it to the commercial pros if they are gonna sell out to every tom douche and barry.
A: Pharmacy guild does deal with Pfizer after blackmores deal gets shot down.
B: Pharmacy guild does deal with weight loss company http://www.theage.com.au/national/weightloss-gene-test-in-the-spotlight-20111026-1mk8e.html
C: Pharmacies get 11 billion dollars of government monies >.>
The Government is giving community pharmacies $11 billion to help them dispense medicines, provide programs and maintain their community service obligations. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-21/pharmacists-threaten-to-leave-guild/3684536
I used to be against woolies and co getting pharmacies in their stories, now, fuck em, they are just asses, may as well give it to the commercial pros if they are gonna sell out to every tom douche and barry.
reptilescorpio
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Would love to play Rayman Origins if someone has a 360 copy so the gf and I can game it up together.
Great article from Serrels as always, keep up the good work mate!
Had Parmagna for tea. Fuck yes I said. Then it arrived out of the oven. What the hell? EGGPLANT? Where my chicky whicky at? This is an outrage! Gave it a shot anyway. Got 4 bites down before the bile shot up in my throat too high for me to continue. Can't do pickles or gerkin either.
Great article from Serrels as always, keep up the good work mate!
Had Parmagna for tea. Fuck yes I said. Then it arrived out of the oven. What the hell? EGGPLANT? Where my chicky whicky at? This is an outrage! Gave it a shot anyway. Got 4 bites down before the bile shot up in my throat too high for me to continue. Can't do pickles or gerkin either.
They almost make me want to shop at EB!
Pretty understandable going by the amount of mothers/fathers wandering in and sheepishly trying to get something for their kid. Also Nintendo stuff is for kids.
The big business for EB has been second hand games for quite a while now. As long as people keep trading in that copy of MW3 for $30 and they resell it to some moron for $99 they will continue not giving a shit what publishers think of street date breaks.
Somewhere is selling for $49, JB or Big W maybe?
$190 at Dick Smith on Wednesday.
I agree, after all, I bought UC3 at launch because I just wanted to get into the damn thing. If It was another week until we got it over here I would be much more comfortable importing it and waiting the extra week since we ALREADY have to wait. Same happened with Arkham City on the PC, then the bastards kept pushing back the PC date.
Probably lead to less sales as people blow their wad on the dozen or so great games that have come out in the last month after not being able to hold back with all the street date breaks.
The long tail on Nintendo software sales leads me to think that they don't care too much about having stilted releases around the world since they make up so much of their sales over the long term rather than the success of the game being make or break in the first week like a lot of AAA games.
I like your jib cut, even if that jacket is much too warm for the weather at the moment, which leads me to conclusively believe that you are a gang banger. Drop the hate and love your fellow man, man.
Careful dude! There are people out on the roads that I care about.
So brown switches seem like the best option, how quiet are they? Also any recommendations for one that would be comfortable and looks pleasant enough for the whole family?
Yup, GOTY edition or maybe even pick up the vanilla release if I am bored in a month or two if it has a decent price drop and the community has cleaned most of the problems up.
reptilescorpio
Member
Rain at the cricket. ffffffffffffffffffffff
I wanna see (read) Ricky get his ton!
I wanna see (read) Ricky get his ton!
Interesting, thanks. I do think it is absolutely justifiable for retailers to parallel import. Too many distributors have had their cushy monopolies for too long. It has taken a couple decades, but the situation is finally changing. If only the publishing industry would take note, instead of dooming bookshops to closure.
luckily thats not whats going on
reptilescorpio
Member
It has it's moments. Hasn't been good for about 3 years though, don't get me started on the current season! Boy howdy!
Edited in a superior comparison between the Blue and Brown Cherry. Not a massive difference, but it is there. The strike on a blue is much sharper in sound, but the difference in the actuation deadzone will be what makes the difference for you, with the Brown being superior for gaming while still keeping the awesome tactile feel when typing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi1GejndyeQ&t=2m07s
If I were to buy one, it would be the Filco Majestouch 2, found here. That is the brown as you require.
If you like a wrist rest, they do one also. It seems to be discounted if you buy it at the same time as a keyboard.
These keyboards may be cheaper elswhere, but this seems to be the best place I have found locally.
Wait... eggplant instead of chicken? What the fuck, dude?
PS. Love that you say "tea". I almost always try and correct myself and instead say "dinner" but I was raised as a tea boy. I should go back to it.
You don't need to watch three seasons of it to know it's crap. I experienced it when it was shown about 20 times a week on Go/Nine (ie. before I got cable internet) and it was fucking woeful. Do yourself a favour and check out a decent comedy in a similar vein... Happy Endings. Like HIMYM, but not stale and no laugh track.
Oh I know! But just off my having seen snippets on nine, whenever i'd get into arguments people would be all you dont know what you're talking about you don't even watch it.
Now I can be their victor.
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