GazzaGarratt

What’s up y’all! Hope everyone’s doing well. 
 
OG here from the Alliance clan back in the day during MW2 days. Just starting to play the new Black Ops game. Feel free to add me!
 
used to go by LampCity
 
gamertag is now: MuzzLiteYear

This is the real issue with PS5 accessories. They are flimsy as anything. And the most hilarious thing about it? Get the PS5 Edge controller, which is awesome btw....until you get stick drift in that one.
 
"Never fear, you can change the items easier for just £20!"
 
No. No you can't. Because the interchangeable controller never has ANY REPLACEABLE ITEMS IN STOCK.
 
Why then go on eBay to buy ONE stick for £40-60....when you can then just buy a new PS5 standard controller for around the same price?! Absolutely mental.

Loving the detail on the objectives for just a seasonal update.

This is the real issue with PS5 accessories. They are flimsy as anything. And the most hilarious thing about it? Get the PS5 Edge controller, which is awesome btw....until you get stick drift in that one.
 
"Never fear, you can change the items easier for just £20!"
 
No. No you can't. Because the interchangeable controller never has ANY REPLACEABLE ITEMS IN STOCK.
 
Why then go on eBay to buy ONE stick for £40-60....when you can then just buy a new PS5 standard controller for around the same price?! Absolutely mental.

Red Card is a 50/50 map for me. Inside and the stadium side is great, really enjoy every battle those sides. Outside the front it is just way too open and not enjoyable. For most objective games it works well as not much is out in the open.
 
New Extraction makes it feel sweaty to play as some hardpoints are just wide open from lots of angles. No.3 on the Helipad is horrid. You can also get spawn captured at the sea end.

Red Card is a 50/50 map for me. Inside and the stadium side is great, really enjoy every battle those sides. Outside the front it is just way too open and not enjoyable. For most objective games it works well as not much is out in the open.
 
New Extraction makes it feel sweaty to play as some hardpoints are just wide open from lots of angles. No.3 on the Helipad is horrid. You can also get spawn captured at the sea end.

Looks like a different theme to snow and mud runner games. The way that objectives could work in this seems way more viable given the amount of trucks and tools on show.

Red Card is a 50/50 map for me. Inside and the stadium side is great, really enjoy every battle those sides. Outside the front it is just way too open and not enjoyable. For most objective games it works well as not much is out in the open.
 
New Extraction makes it feel sweaty to play as some hardpoints are just wide open from lots of angles. No.3 on the Helipad is horrid. You can also get spawn captured at the sea end.

I hear you and partly agree on this. Hot Wheels 2 is good to own but it doesn't have sticking power in the MP zone. The platinum on the first one is a grind too, one I still haven't finished yet so picking this up with the rest and probably will end up forgetting I had them in a few weeks 😅

I hear you and partly agree on this. Hot Wheels 2 is good to own but it doesn't have sticking power in the MP zone. The platinum on the first one is a grind too, one I still haven't finished yet so picking this up with the rest and probably will end up forgetting I had them in a few weeks 😅

Felt perplexed a minute ago. Saw someone interview Kane about whether 2026 will be his last tournament. Rightly, he said he doesn't believe it will be. Now I get it in one sense, as we all think when you get over 30 its time for some youth to come onboard and take the helm....but to just put into persoective, he has been the first English player to the Gerd Muller trophy and the European Golden Boot trophy.
 
We are always quick to say we need a change when we don't get what we want - however Kane is on 69 goals for England and we'd be stupid not to back him to reach 80 and beyond in future competitive games.

So just a thread really about a few of the controllers I have and to provide some general conversation around the various PS5 accessories, do you have any and do they get frequent use?
 
So I have had a couple of different PS5 controllers now, a second hand Dualsense Edge controller and yesterday an impulse purchase of the Nacon Revolution Pro 5 which has prompted this post.
 
The Edge is a definite improvement over the original controller, it feel's nicer to hold, the rubber grip and just feels better made, a more premium feel if you like. I don't however use the back buttons much really but it is just a nicer controller to use.
 
However we popped into game yesterday and picked up 2 items from their clearance area, the first being a christmas present from the wife that she has now put away (another thread to come) and the Nacon Revolution pro 5. I have been after a new controller as the rubber grip is coming away from the controller which is irritating me and I don't know why but stuff like that grinds my gears unnecassarily (so tips to repair it would be appreciated!) I saw this controller and it was half price so £100 as opposed to £200 and I thought it was worth a shot at that price. Turns out this controller is brilliant!
 
I opened the box and the first, strange thing to happen was upon opening it, there have obviously been lengths taken to make the box opening a little different. It was perfumed in some way and opening it, it actually smelt nice which was a bit odd. The controller itself is great, it feels really great in the hands and there are a number of weights that you can swap in if you want a heavier or lighter feel to the default. The controller comes in a pretty strong case with a USB-C cable, USB dongle, several weights, 2 additional thumbsticks (one higher and one a different style), and an alternative D pad button.
 
The controller itself has quite a number of back buttons (more so than the edge), it has the xbox layout with the thumbsticks which I have always found a little more comfortable and the default thumb sticks are reminiscent of the PS2 controllers which is quite nice. Oh and it also has what is known as hall effect thumbsticks which are meant to somewhat eliminate stick drift which is common today with modern controllers.
 
The other thing is how responsive this is, it really feels instant when gaming, like moreso than the 1st party controllers which is strange. It may just be in my head but it really does feel more responsive.
 
So yeah if you are looking for a new controller and can afford it I would recommend this one from my limited experience so far 🙂 

I usually like to try and stay positive … but this seems like a really bad month. 

Just going to come in quietly, leave this here and slip away again 😎

I see the notoriously racist Maccabi ultras got a taste of their own medicine last night.
 
I don't think I have a violin small enough 😢🤣

I met Dane after the West Brom game and he seems a top bloke. Scored a crucial last minute equaliser! He's had a few loans here and there and really struggled to get going, but with us I think he'll really kick on and his goals against Derby and Swansea were also good finishes. He did well against Tuesday against Hull and started over Mark Harris once again but we have about 5 key midfielders out injured right now including Brannagan, Matty Phillips, Placheta, Dembele and Edwards so service is more limited than we hoped but he's really getting stuck in and making things happen. 
 
Hopefully he wont get recalled and will get to finish the season here. 

I'm kind of inclined to follow non Spurs teams if one our youth players is getting a run out. I see Dane Scarlett is finally getting a run out at Oxford Utd so I'll be hoping he helps them hang on in the Championship. We have a few others in other teams but I've been watching Dane a while now and he needs to step up. Couple of recent goals should help...

ten Hag can be held responsible for the terrible signings during his time at the club, it’s obvious that they were his players that he wanted to bring in. He was backed by the club and they haven’t worked out.
 
I don’t disagree however about the deep routed issues at the club. That’s the excuse all of the other managers and pundits have used.

Yep, it's been a culmination of the board signing inappropriate players, wasting big money and not giving managers a chance. It all started with Moyes and over a decade later and it's the same old story. Some of these managers probably haven't even heard of half the signings made by the club and I think it was Ole that had to play players even if he didn't want them in his starting line-up. Jose once even had to ask a player what his name was at the training ground or something ridiculous. 

Not mega old, 2007 I think? GTA 4.
 
I've been playing it on the SteamDeck.
 
Forgot what a good little game it is. Some of the dialogue between Niko and Roman is hilarious and it's much more brutal than I remember. Poor Vlad 🤣

Currently revisiting Return to Castle Wolfenstein 

Ooooo my sort of post James 😄 
 
My suggestions and I am making these based on the sorts of games I have seen you talk about on here -
- Max Payne (Fairly sure this is on steam)
- Deus Ex
- The longest Journey (Think Broken Sword esque)
- This is because it is one of my favourite ever games and I think everyone should play it - Dragon Age Origins
- Medal of honour Allied assault (On GOG store)

Anyone got any good retro recommendations they are currently playing, looking to play or have played recently? Anything that is easily accessible i.e available on PC or on the current consoles, would be ideal.
 
I've recently finished Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars for the first time since the late 90's and also the Smoking Mirror sequel which I never got around to playing back in the day. Two excellent games and they've recently released a remaster of sorts called Broken Sword Reforged which preserves the original game but upscales everything. It's £24.99 but as I had the original in my Steam library, I opted to just play that. 
 
I have also just started the OG Resident Evil trilogy from GOG and playing the second one first as it's practically 25 years since I last played it way back on the PS1 and it's my personal favourite of those games. Actually played the original, RE2, RE3 and Code Veronica all in 1999 and the difference from the 1996 original to CV on the Dreamcast at the time was absolutely insane! 
 
After those, I am tempted to finally get around to playing the Tomb Raider Remastered titles as they are incredibly faithful versions and currently 50% off on Steam. Had the original on PC around 1997 time and picked up Tomb Raider II for the PS1. They seem to be really solid ports so I'll have to definitely check them out. 
 
After all them, I will likely be gagging for an FPS title so instead of wasting £70 on Black Ops 6, I need to complete the Half Life trilogy by finishing Opposing Force for the first time in 25 years. I did Blue Shift last year but didn't have a chance to to this one.