Those fuckers, just floating about, the cheek of it. I wouldn't have the fucking nerve.
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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes
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Those fuckers, just floating about, the cheek of it. I wouldn't have the fucking nerve.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Oh yeah, I forgot that was papier-mache too! I should make something else soon. Hell, might make a Frank head
dapperbandit
Banned
Like they own the place!
NinjaBoiX
Member
So I fucked my bike up this morning (well a car did) so I'm looking to buy a new one. I got my old one for free from work, and it's always been a bit knackered, so it seems like a good opportunity to actually buy a half decent one.
I've been looking around and my local bike shop has these Specialized ones on sale:
Specialized "Pitch"
Are Specialised actually any good? If not, what would you recommend? Looking to spend around £300-£500.
I've been looking around and my local bike shop has these Specialized ones on sale:
Specialized "Pitch"
Are Specialised actually any good? If not, what would you recommend? Looking to spend around £300-£500.
Check on gumtree, you can usually buy high quality stolen bikes for pretty cheap.
Always looking down on us!
Always looking down on us!
So I fucked my bike up this morning (well a car did) so I'm looking to buy a new one. I got my old one for free from work, and it's always been a bit knackered, so it seems like a good opportunity to actually buy a half decent one.
I've been looking around and my local bike shop has these Specialized ones on sale:
Specialized "Pitch"
Are Specialised actually any good? If not, what would you recommend? Looking to spend around £300-£500.
There's a dedicated Bike GAF thread here that may help.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Musha_Soturi
Member
So I fucked my bike up this morning (well a car did) so I'm looking to buy a new one. I got my old one for free from work, and it's always been a bit knackered, so it seems like a good opportunity to actually buy a half decent one.
I've been looking around and my local bike shop has these Specialized ones on sale:
Specialized "Pitch"
Are Specialised actually any good? If not, what would you recommend? Looking to spend around £300-£500.
Specialized are an excellent brand. It all depends what you want the bike for?
Word of advice: never, ever buy a bike from Halfords.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Yeah, not sure about second hand bikes. I'll have a look but eh.
Cheers man, I'm posting in there too.
Yeah, I always thought that they were a decent brand, just sometimes a decent brand can be taken over by someone else and suddenly become a shit brand!
I'm mainly going to be using it for my work commute but also for bike rides so a road bike is a no go.
And I'm not buying from Halfords, going to buy from Harry Halls, my local friendly bike shop. They're cool man, they often fix my and my bro's bike for free (although I always give them a fiver/buy them a pint, whatever). Really sound guys.
Also looking to take advantage of the government's Cycle To Work scheme to get it cheaper. Boosh!
CyclopsRock
Member
I'm actually in the process of getting a (probably stolen) bike from Gumtree right now. I just need some old hunk of shit to poodle to the station on, so my budget is set at £50. I just text "Raj" to see about his £35 bike. I mean, I'm expecting quality. I'll need a lock, too, but I can't imagine you can get many decent locks for less than £35, and it'd sort of pain me to spend more money on the lock than the bike itself.
show me your skeleton
Member
well i have no desire to see a film whose advertising didn't appeal to me, reviewed poorly and is part of a franchise that has a 40% success rate.
also robots are scary.
also also a bike? c'mon man, everyone knows four wheels good, two wheels bad.
Show me your negativity
What are good Melvins songs apart from Honey Bucket?
Also i just traded in a wad of games. I stood in the shop with the inention of getting Splatoon but didn't.
Left with Dark Souls 2. Let the fun begin again 😀😀😀😀
Also got captain toad because toad is the only Nintendo character I actually love.
Also i just traded in a wad of games. I stood in the shop with the inention of getting Splatoon but didn't.
Left with Dark Souls 2. Let the fun begin again 😀😀😀😀
Also got captain toad because toad is the only Nintendo character I actually love.
Did you get Scholar of the First Sin?
Musha_Soturi
Member
Ok so you want to keep it fairly light, so stick to a hardtail. The Pitch is alright, my personal fave is the Rockhopper, but either the Hardrock or Crosstrail are the best for multi disciplines.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I'm going to have to do this now, aren't I?
NinjaBoiX
Member
Melvins - June Bug
Stoner Witch is the best Melvins record.
Truth fact.
Yeah, probably going to stick to a hardtail. I already have my eye on a few, just waiting to hear back from HR about this subsidy so I can get a super fly one.
Yep. 60 frames per second souls is gonna be weird!
I'm gonna play it before Bloodborne so I've caught up fully.
So far I thought Demon's was amazing in spots but also quite rough around the edges and apart from one or two levels just didn't have that same horrible (lovely) atmosphere of Dark Souls. I think my expecstations were way too high based on GAF. It's still a pretty rough 2009 game.
And obviously Dark Souls is just magic.
I've got really low expectations for DS2 so that'll be nice.
Obvs got to finish Dragon Age first and it's pretty much the never ending game. Now I've gotten used to what kind of game it is my only real complaint (the glitchiness is endearing) is that there's just too much to do. Every inch of the game is just crammed with stuff. It's really overwhelming at times and at its worst is just like ticking off errands. At its best you really feel like you're in charge of a political / military organisation with a bunch of likeable characters.
show me your skeleton
Member
i am umming over getting a 360 version of dragon age. hmm.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Dooooooooooooo iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
dapperbandit
Banned
lol look at this old gen peasant
Which one? Have you got a gaming PC?
Glancing at the meteoritic user reviews for the 360 version of Inquisition, there seems to be quite a few angry comments about performance.
show me your skeleton
Member
OH WELL IF I HAD KNOWN THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE PAID £22 FOR A COPY.
gah.
ah well.
and nope, i have a macbook pro which is about as good for gaming as it is at making waffles.
i am so fucking poor.
Well dragon age could last you years if you take to it. I think a normal play through is maybe 80 hours or more? A full one would probably be about 200!
show me your skeleton
Member
i've liked the ones in the past, i love dumb fantasy rubbish, i'll probably like it but a tiny part will hate how old and last generation it is. grow to resent it. like realising that your child's a red head.
Yeah. It's my first dragon age game and although the lore seems impossibly complicated there are actually some pretty good ideas there, like the fade and the veil, tranquils etc...
It doesn't feel like a marvel on the ps4, you know! It's still really glitchy and the load times are irritating. It does look very sharp though.
How is everyone today?
It's Friday etc! I'm actually (gasp) going out for drinks tonight with (gasp) friends and (gasp) wearing makeup and (gasp) clothes that aren't four sizes too big (just two sizes too big 😀
.I was woken this morning by my wife trying to push a clothes hanger into my face while complaining that she couldn't turn it off, so that was kind of an odd start to the day.
Have been playing Batman, but it's kind of shit. I loved Arkham Asylum because you could sneak from room to room, taking out baddies in elaborate set pieces, Arkham City wasn't bad but lowered the encounter rate of same by having more multiple buildings. This one, I think I've fought about 10 guys after 2 hours. As soon as the action begins to flow, it's rudely interrupted by the need to go and get the Batmobile. Need to get through a corridor, use the Batmobile to break an external pipe. Need to get under a gas leak, get the Batmobile to break an internal pipe. Need an elevator to work? Batmobile. Attacked by tanks, here's the Batmobile. Need to get across a rooftop? Try using the batarang to grab the... HAHA ONLY JOKING. GET IN THE BATMOBILE AND JUMP OVER THE ROOFS!
Yet it controls like a shopping trolley right down to the busted front wheel.
Have been playing Batman, but it's kind of shit. I loved Arkham Asylum because you could sneak from room to room, taking out baddies in elaborate set pieces, Arkham City wasn't bad but lowered the encounter rate of same by having more multiple buildings. This one, I think I've fought about 10 guys after 2 hours. As soon as the action begins to flow, it's rudely interrupted by the need to go and get the Batmobile. Need to get through a corridor, use the Batmobile to break an external pipe. Need to get under a gas leak, get the Batmobile to break an internal pipe. Need an elevator to work? Batmobile. Attacked by tanks, here's the Batmobile. Need to get across a rooftop? Try using the batarang to grab the... HAHA ONLY JOKING. GET IN THE BATMOBILE AND JUMP OVER THE ROOFS!
Yet it controls like a shopping trolley right down to the busted front wheel.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Okay, that's the best sentence I'm going to read all day.
It's like something out of Goodfellas as directed by Ken Loach with a script by David Lynch.
TommyTosser
Member
You're still at the beginning, it picks up really soon. Stick with it.
Does the Batmobile explode irreparably?
Arkham Knight is a metaphor for Americans over reliance on driving everywhere.
Or it's just a shit mechanic that they got over excited about that they felt the need to shoehorn it in at every single opportunity. Don't know how Batman managed to survive Arkham Asylum or Arkham City without his car.
TommyTosser
Member
Nope, you still have to use it a fair bit
Amazing! Was she still asleep?
Batman just doesn't appeal to me. I know everyone says "the combat!!" but I tried Shadow of Mordor and it was just pressing button prompts when they appear. I think Dark Souls has the best combat in games that I've played. I know I would say that, but it's true. It feels weighty and real, and the stakes are always so high it's just a constant rush.
I'm including Bayonetta 2 in that and Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
I think Batman does it better (and Sleeping Dogs better still), it's still really simple with a bit of depth if you care about getting a super combo going, but it really just feels like there's a lot more weight behind the combat. Unlike Shadows of Mordor where it felt like I was slapping orcs with a wet salami instead of a sword.
edit: Dark Souls will only ever have the best combat if it lets me rev up a sword like DMC4 does.
Mordor was so poo, wasn't it?
I don't think I'll ever play DMC. Bayo 2 made me realise that I'm not good enough / don't have the patience to get good at character action games.
I'm trying to streamline my games that I play - hence me shifting a bunch of them yesterday. I have to just love myself and accept that i can count on one hand the games I truly love and count on the other all the games I actually care about playing that I've not played yet.
LIST WARS!
On my left hand
Ico
Journey
Flower
Dark Souls
Tearaway
On my right hand
No Man's Sky
Bloodborne
Shadow of the colossus
Last guardian
Hmmm
Dark Souls 2, I guess
Destiny doesn't get in because it's not good or fun. It's just pure crack.
List me up, dudes!
CyclopsRock
Member
I bought a bike off a guy. It came with a chain but he didn't know the code to it... Also, it has no brakes. I mean It physically does, but they perform no braking function. When I first toddled off down the road on it, I had to full-on Flintstones to stop it. Terrifying and exciting at the same time. Also when I move the handle bars the mud guard swings around and rubs on the front tyre. And the seat is too low but the nut to alter it appears to be basically melded to the screw thing.
Still, £35.
Still, £35.
Half awake, trying to turn an alarm clock off but grabbing at the clothes hanger thing at the side of the bed.
Even the combat in Batman seems a bit dumbed down ow, there's a rush attack you can perform that seems to break the flow. It used to be quite rhythmic but that's gone.
What are we listing?
I'm looking forward to Mad Max, Lego Dimensions, Fallout & Tomb Raider this year. Not sure there's much else I care for.
It sounds like the experience was worth the £35.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
All I'm looking forward to is MGSV:TPP. I'm pretty much squeeing over every bit of info... and I'm a grown man! Honest!
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
I've been avoiding everything... it is going to be so fucking good isn't it? A great end to the series, I hope.
Also, Journey PS4 on the 21st <3
Hahaha. Emma once shouted at me about me not caring about 'the shape of the team' while she was asleep. It was hilarious but terrifying.
Left hand - the games you truly love
Right hand - the upcoming games you care about
I saw you in the MGS thread! I was holidaying there. It was nice, the people were passionate and it was very gaming sidey.
CyclopsRock
Member
I accidentally sent the guy a text message about a cat in a garden (that was intended for my girlfriend) when I was basically standing outside his house, like some absolute nutter. He text me back basically ignoring it, asking if I was still coming. I then immediately knocked on his door which probably put the shit into him. "THE CAT MAN IS HERRREE".
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I saw you too! Yeah... that thread was a shitfest. I certainly didn't help things.
Honestly, say what you like about Kojima but you can't legitimately call the guy a "hack" with a straight-face. That shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the word "hack".
I saw you too! Yeah... that thread was a shitfest. I certainly didn't help things.
Honestly, say what you like about Kojima but you can't legitimately call the guy a "hack" with a straight-face. That shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the word "hack".
People don't read very well and just go to hyperbole straight away. It doesn't make for an interesting discussion because it just becomes hyperbole vs hyperbole.
He's not a hack. He's probably the antithesis of a hack.
It was a bonkers thread. I wonder what kind of person would've started it. Clearly he or she was just FURIOUS that people like the game.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
The MGS Community is... odd. Nice bunch though. The people in the that bonkers thread that were being the most obnoxious were the one's agreeing with the OP.
Then again, I would say that, wouldn't I?
I think 75% percent of people who use that word don't know what the hell that means. I've heard people use it to describe people like David Lynch and Grant Morrison, fercryinoutloud! FUCKING DAVID LYNCH?!
I'm okay. I need my papier-mâché head and a brown paper bag.
sounds like those aliens are looking at a key asset of social security,
I'd be prepared to run away from said detonation.
probably time to call John 117