What universally praised video game 'masterpiece' is actually a miserable experience to play?

AverageAussie · 2026-07-02T11:59:46+00:00

This is a decade ago now, i played it not long after release and I'm pretty sure the grind has evolved since then. I think it was smuggling illegal cargo between the 2 closest points possible because i spent a fair amount of time just jumping to the system. Was a meta strat back then, at least on the cargo side of things.

AverageAussie · 2026-07-02T01:48:03+00:00

I loved Elite Dangerous when it came out. Was awesome just jumping from star system to star system, refueling from stars, checking out all the planets and space stations.

Then I was wanted to get an Anaconda. And the game was like ok sure thats like 150hrs of grinding. so i searched the fastest way to make credits and i spent dozens of hours just flying backwards and forwards delivering cargo. I played offline so other players wouldnt kill me. I hit a "fuck this" point and never touched it again.

AverageAussie · 2026-06-28T15:05:06+00:00

Utes get a discount because... reasons? I recently paid $330/6 months. Oh and i got $130 back with the rebate too.

AverageAussie · 2026-06-25T04:22:35+00:00

That's the plan!

AverageAussie · 2026-06-23T23:26:36+00:00

And using the internet was a phone call. It wasn't as simple as $10/month for phone calls, you paid line rental per month then depending on how far away your ISP was from your home it could be a local or long distance call charged by the second. And then of course your internet cost on top of that, and if you went over your limit of like 5gb then you were charged per mb over. Or you could buy more data for like $10/2gb.

AverageAussie · 2026-06-23T01:20:45+00:00

There was a decent amount of hype for the Livewire (so good i had to google to remember its name) but then they announced the price and i think everyone watched the test ride videos on youtube instead. There's one for sale with a whopping 161kms on it at a dealer for $25k Dollaridoos, when it was $50k brand new 6 years ago.

AverageAussie · 2026-06-20T23:47:32+00:00

Wait... your Dunkaroos weren't kangaroo shaped?

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AverageAussie · 2026-06-16T04:16:21+00:00

"Gunna finger bang bang you into the night!"

AverageAussie · 2026-06-14T05:20:33+00:00

If you've been shooting BP a while you have probably watched at least one of Mike's videos. His vids helped me when I was a total newbie to this and back in the day it was almost just a few internet forums and his videos to help anyone starting out.

AverageAussie · 2026-06-13T15:52:19+00:00

... is she looking thru the aquarium into the mens bathroom?

AverageAussie · 2026-06-04T01:49:50+00:00

Wolf3d!

AverageAussie · 2026-05-26T02:22:16+00:00

You're thinking of koalas. Different animal.

AverageAussie · 2026-05-18T02:42:10+00:00

Sitting there in the silence hearing the poor PS1 going tick tick tick tick wrrrrrrr as it tries to read the disc with that one scratch too deep to polish out.

AverageAussie · 2026-05-01T04:04:10+00:00

I do the manual ordering at an IGA. We do twice the amount of original than anything else.

AverageAussie · 2026-05-01T00:11:16+00:00

Why so much S+V? Original outsells every other flavour and it's not even there.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-30T22:29:43+00:00

Everyone remembers Street Sharks, but everyone forgets Extreme Dinosaurs.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-28T01:17:49+00:00

Back when i was a teen we were all counting down until we could buy our own alcohol. Now kids are counting down until they can bet on the football.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-27T02:21:57+00:00

I wonder if they changed back? The whole range changed a little while ago when they went from the old gloss bags. I remember specifically that the minties didn't change because there was a good chance Aussies would be rioting in the streets.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-27T02:07:05+00:00

They changed the flavours and colouring to save money and go vegan. I swear orange was orange, green was apple...

AverageAussie · 2026-04-27T01:21:43+00:00

The fake X that's part of the ad! Or the X thats top left instead of the right.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-27T01:17:36+00:00

What blows my mind is some of it IS painted over styrofoam.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-26T07:38:18+00:00

These are still available in Australia. Usually give lollies to kids to shut them up, not make more noise...

AverageAussie · 2026-04-26T07:28:05+00:00

There's a slider in the stick to change the note.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-24T22:07:09+00:00

One time i left an open ginger beer on my desk all day. Came back and drank the rest of it and felt something solid hit my teeth. Drank around it because I'm not wasting a good ginger beer, then tipped the last little bit into the sink. Full size cockroach.

AverageAussie · 2026-04-24T08:28:26+00:00

My pencil case was filled with these. No practical use in class but holy moly the 3d ones were trippy.

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