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AusGAF IV - A No Hope, Government - Double the price, region locked and now adults
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Yeah, that's frustrated me ever since consoles started going online, pretty much. Obviously patches have been happening for PC games for decades, but very rarely to fix critical bugs, just little niggles or whatever. Nowadays it's par for the course (just one look at my Steam download queue is testament to to that)... not to mention every time I fire up a console game I haven't played for 6 months will almost always have something that needs to be downloaded.RandomVince said:Umm, so they are. But I also avoid Bioware and Obsidian as well, for the same reason.
What bugs (!) me is that this gen, people have gone from tolerating frequent but minor bugs, to tolerating critical, game-killing bugs and now you see people even defending such shoddy practices with a "wait for the patch" line.
I mean, fair enough if the developer is someone like Troika who go under, but Bethesda/Bioware should know better by now. Or if not by now, never.
viciouskillersquirrel
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You'll never do as good a job. You lack the proper tools and knowledge. I've had steak that was so tender, it melted like butter in your mouth. I couldn't cook it that good in a million years. Cost $150. Worth. Every. Penny.reptilescorpio said:
But yeah, nine times out of ten, you're right. When you pay like $35 for a steak that was just OK, you feel a bit ripped off.
actually
VKS if you want an awesome restaurant that wont be booked out six months ahead, Sydney Tower, 360 degrees
ive been there, its brilliant. $95 per head plus drinks but the food is amazing. And its on the revolving restaurant bit, so you see teh whole city, very high up
good for tourists
http://www.trippaswhitegroup.com.au/data/assets/venues/1/360 Dinner Menu.pdf
VKS if you want an awesome restaurant that wont be booked out six months ahead, Sydney Tower, 360 degrees
ive been there, its brilliant. $95 per head plus drinks but the food is amazing. And its on the revolving restaurant bit, so you see teh whole city, very high up
good for tourists
http://www.trippaswhitegroup.com.au/data/assets/venues/1/360 Dinner Menu.pdf
reptilescorpio
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Best to go for the 2500k and overclock to 4ghz with stock cooler.elfinke said:
Also Dead Island was announced back in 2005 or something stupid. The friggin trailer wasnt even made by them!
I've never tried the one in Sydney tower, but Summit at the top of Australia Square was pretty decent. Haven't been there in ten years though, but like Choc said, would be a great tourist experience. http://www.summitrestaurant.com.au
Shaneus said:
Exactly this.
I can think of three good examples of large scale games in recent years that had very very few bugs (although no doubt there would be a couple in there, but they arent frequent). Orange Box, Twilight Princess, Batman Arkham Asylum. Two by developers who take a "when its done" approach, one by a developer that has seemingly come from obscurity to god-tier.
I look at those games, with open worlds, large amounts of detail, variety in what the player can do and in playing all three for dozens and dozens of hours I have not encountered one single bug that has either impeded my progress or made me even notice it. Hell, I could add more games: RE4, Metal Gear Solid 3, Halo 1/2/3/Reach, GTA3/Vice City, Mario Galaxies, Portal 2, etc etc etc. Not one single bug.
Yet I cant go ten minutes in Fallout 3 or Oblivion, or Assassins Creed, or KOTOR or Fable 2 and not see a flying horse embed itself in a mountain, someone walk backwards up a wall, get stuck in the ground or have a conversation with hovering teeth.
I mean this with all sincerity: Call of Duty is the fucking Mona Lisa or an engineering marvel like the Great Wall of China compared to the buggy pieces of shit that all manage to get GOTY editions this gen.
Shaneus said:
Getting off the hype train is the best thing to do. There are so many great games out there from quality developers that don't need the hype to sell. Nintendo, Valve, Bungie, Blizzard, Platinum Games, Rocksteady, parts of Capcom and Konami - there are some developers that do polish their games and don't even need a trailer to justify consideration of their games.
When someone hypes their game solely based on a trailer trying to tug at the heartstrings of emotionally stunted manchildren who think Mass Effect is the literary equivalent of Dostoevsky, it's best to steer clear.
You didn't list any "open world" games. Those are all fairly linear.RandomVince said:
It definitely revolves.Choc said:
http://www.summitrestaurant.com.au/about/aboutthesummit/tabid/2975/language/en-AU/Default.aspx
"The Summit offers a truly unique dining experience. Revolving 47 floors high above the city in Harry Seidler's famous Australia Square, this venue is nothing short of breathtaking."
reptilescorpio said:
Long story, but I'm not buying an all new PC - just the core innards (RAM/mobo/CPU/GPU plus a new PSU) for the smallest amount of dollars as possible, so when a real PC upgrade occurs next year I can shoehorn these bits into a HTPC and not regret having spent much money on them. So 2500k is out of the question this time around atleast
reptilescorpio
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Relative. If I can make a very enjoyable dinner for $10 i expect a $40 dollar version of the meal to be 4 times better.Fredescu said:
I think when I ever get a girlfriend, Instead of saying see you tomorrow i will say see you on the morrow!
I've clearly been reading a little too much song of ice and fire.
My lower back is starting to tense up for some reason, Boo to you back. However the new DT album has certainly grown on me, More so than the Opeth album.
I've clearly been reading a little too much song of ice and fire.
My lower back is starting to tense up for some reason, Boo to you back. However the new DT album has certainly grown on me, More so than the Opeth album.
evlcookie said:
I hope thats the only thing you learn from ASOIAF. Although spiced wine sounds good.
Heh, the meat and mead ceremony you get in the series (ie every fucking visitor to anywhere gets meat and mead, if not killed) is almost like the repeat poetry in the Iliad/Odyssey. Great stuff.
And whats this about new DT? I thought they packed it up?
Fredescu said:
And by definition, games like Fallout/Oblivion are not games if you can't play them for all their critical bugs.
fappenmeister
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This question has been buried. I need a new monitor. Dell is selling them cheap ATM and I'd like an IPS if the performance for games is decent.
Dell 2412M for games? Yes or no.
Love you long time for the help.
Dell 2412M for games? Yes or no.
Love you long time for the help.
reptilescorpio
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Im a man who knows his tastes. Cant think of much that I would order in a restaurant that I wouldnt make at home. Would pay out the nose for some nice yabbies though since we cant get them back home now we have been on the water pipeline for nearly ten yearsFredescu said:
Ruthless_Barbarian
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You "avoid" games by Bethesda and Bioware just because of a few glitches (which get fixed anyway)?RandomVince said:Umm, so they are. But I also avoid Bioware and Obsidian as well, for the same reason.
What bugs (!) me is that this gen, people have gone from tolerating frequent but minor bugs, to tolerating critical, game-killing bugs and now you see people even defending such shoddy practices with a "wait for the patch" line.
I mean, fair enough if the developer is someone like Troika who go under, but Bethesda/Bioware should know better by now. Or if not by now, never.
Entirely due to the trailer. The past 5 years has bred a generation of suckers for hype.
I pity the fool!
viciouskillersquirrel
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Ooh! That might be nice, too!Choc said:actually
VKS if you want an awesome restaurant that wont be booked out six months ahead, Sydney Tower, 360 degrees
ive been there, its brilliant. $95 per head plus drinks but the food is amazing. And its on the revolving restaurant bit, so you see teh whole city, very high up
good for tourists
http://www.trippaswhitegroup.com.au/data/assets/venues/1/360 Dinner Menu.pdf
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Just don't go around birthing bastards.evlcookie said:
RandomVince said:
Although bugs are obviously a hugely subjective thing depending on what machine//software version you're playing with, I can't help but feel it's hyperbole to refer to either of these games as unplayable. In mine and many others experience, they can be played, despite the frequent glitches and bugs. It's totally alright for you to feel those bugs make the experience not worthwhile for you, but I feel it is unfair to call them unplayable. As many people clearly have played them.
Something like Daikatana, where you literally could not progress past the first level on a majority of systems might approach your hyperbole.
I'd say you're a man unaware of the breadth of tastes available to you. It's the equivalent of only ever playing Call of Duty "because that's what you like" when there's such a broad pallet of gaming available to you in other areas that it really can't be said that "you know what you like" in any meaningful way.reptilescorpio said:
Ruthless_Barbarian
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That's expensive, I just picked up a 27" view sonic LED monitor 1080P for $350. 24" ones go for 200 bucks or so.Fredescu said:
heh, they all add up to be about the same in the end.Choc said:Marque is good, and also very expensive
he did ask for expensive
Given the occasion, vks, you should go for a place with a nice view - so one of the ones choc has suggested. Having a nice view makes the night extra special! Oh and if you do book one of choc's suggestions, make sure you tell them it's a special occasion and ask for a good table
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Unplayable? Mate you just made me laugh.RandomVince said:
reptilescorpio
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Ive tasted lots of food and still go out a bit. I know which places are worth the price and those which dont line up valuewise for me. I still like lots of asian food but most asian places are much much cheaper than those restaurants that were brought up in this thread. Foods that I havent been able to eat regularly yet I would prefer to try more overseas rather than keep eating it here where it is an interpretation rather than the actually taste.Fredescu said:
Shaneus would be aware of Parkers steakhouse in Geelong. Great steak but I havent been in a few years.
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