Dan

25 minutes ago, sith said:

I'm a Manchester United fan, but you can fuck off mate.

I didn’t mention Man Yoo, wind you your neck in, your fans don’t invade the pitch, but often trash oppositions toilets and rip up chairs when winning something. 

Just now, ilpostino said:

 

If any team won in that circumstances I'd reckon there'd be a pitch invasion. No need to be a prick about it.

They destroyed the goal. I’m not being a prick, they are chavs and always will be. I’ve seen plenty of teams win in similar circumstances and it not happen. Difference is that Citeh are daft manc scroaty bastards

Looks like Citeh can’t get their scroat fans off the pitch. No how much money and success they have the majority of their fans will always be daft Manc chav bastards. 

22 hours ago, Darhkwing said:

So how can I actually play this?

 

I get this - which looks like I can access the BETA but no download link?

 

You’ll need an invite with a code. 

2 hours ago, Arn X Treme said:

I have to admit, I'm really enjoying what I've played so far. 

 

I've not played a lot of smash bros since the wii u, but this is hitting the spot nicely for me.

 

A good selection of characters from the geekdom I can get behind and when it comes out it's going to be totally free you can't argue with that!

It feels like Fortnite x Smash. I’m doing pretty well after 4 games. I feel like I’m mashing buttons a little, but that’s the case for me often with Smash Im going to spend some time in the tutorials now, which seem really good.  Combat seems pretty deep. 
 

No problems at all with lag etc.  All 4 of my matches have been flawless. 
 

I think this could be something special, though I bounce off Smash every time as I’ve usually not got the gaming time to get good.

This does have characters that can provide support to team mates, so it may add an Overwatch vibe of helping out when you’re not pulling off mega combos. 
 

Maybe they might add Hodor from GoT? He’d be like Rheinhart, letting Shaggy lob his Sarnies whilst he’s protected! So much potential! 

2 hours ago, Windowlicker said:

I got in earlier and have a couple of codes spare if anyone wanted one.

I’d love one, if you’ve still got any?  

It’s the Alpha for this now. Did anyone manage to get a code? You can share three codes with friends. I didn’t manage to get in so far, didn’t realise I’d received an invite email until yesterday  

I can’t seem to find anywhere to see my best points record for bowling, anyone found it? 

5 hours ago, Hello Goaty ♥ said:

 

 

And i did it too  

 

On a different note -  one thing i would have liked to see -  When you are wearing the same clothing as the Soldiers.... A brief little second or two for them to  realise you are not one of them, giving you time to do a super surprise attack on them!   For example when dressed like them, i would like the Trumpeter man to come and check me out before sounding the horn.  That would take it to another level.

I think that kind of AI is a little way off with the soldiers; they just nonchalantly walk past their mates laying on the ground that I’ve just massacred 5 seconds earlier Though it’d be impossible to clear out areas otherwise.
 

I’m not very far into this and feel like I’ve wasted a lot of time messing, but just got a bow from a hidden away merchant near the starting area and it’s so cool! Currently silencing sine time gathering supplies for arrows
 

22 minutes ago, Popo said:

Absolutely gutted I can’t play this over Xcloud on my laptop while at work. 

Remote play?

Just now, robdood said:

Also you don't need a shield for the guard counter, you can do it while two handing any melee weapon. 

Hold Y (triangle?) and then RB to switch between 1 and 2 handed I missed the instruction for this(though im

guessing this was only an issue to me because I’m new to the series?!). 

7 minutes ago, Uzi said:

It's insane. I took a screenshot of it on steam but because I had HDR on it came out washed out.

 

So resorting to phone pics as I'm too lazy to toggle HDR off and keeping in with the 360 grafix theme.

 

This is me lad after 10 hours. Check out the cup protection.

 

Prioritising your balls, before your brain like a true warrior!

6 minutes ago, yakumo said:

 

Thanks, I was just going from A - B and since it was only a hour into the game I assumed I had to visit these places and deal with Margit before the game opens up and having to explore. I guess was treating the game like Zelda BOTW which is similar but more focused on guiding the player where to go and do. But that's my fault.

There’s something to acquire to make the first part of the battle easier. I haven’t done this yet, but someone else will be able to help you. 

6 minutes ago, deerokus said:

There's also a new guard counter mechanic which is like a mini-parry which might work. I ditched the shield pretty earlier on though so don't know much about it.

 

If anyone needs to learn this they could fast travel over to the beginning and do the combat tutorial again as it covers this. I completely missed this section early on by mistake(as quite a few others did I believe )!  

1 minute ago, cassidy said:

Huh? 

He’s being funny or trying to be, I laughed anyway the horse thing is called Torrent. 

5 hours ago, Ste Pickford said:

Every time people post that launch time map, I think it's the map from the game and I think, "whoa, that's massive!"

On 15/02/2022 at 10:55, catinthehat said:

It was Streets on Fire. Classic.  And Nervous Breakdown to boot.  

 

 

I had this on VHS back in the day. Me and my mates would watch it all the time. My local video rental place also

had Public Domain. Kids these days don’t know they’re born with YouTube and the internet

1 minute ago, Len said:

I'll take forever to read and way over think my starting class and then be totally undecisice for far, far too long. Then choose a big bloogy knight...again.

You can branch out into any class later on in this. It’s only the start that makes a difference. You can become any class you like as the game progresses and put your stats where you want them. 

1 hour ago, jonamok said:

Agree that’s not great reasoning. But that hardscrabble roleplaying focused start for the Wretch, where every item found in the early game is like mana from heaven, is what really appeals. 

The confessor class looks like it could be a halfway house. On the Redbull thing the guy that picked the class said he wanted to try it because as well as it having healing and stealth magic, it also meant that he could use the stuff he found early on. 
 

I’m a noob to all of this, but have watched a few videos on classes. 

4 hours ago, ScouserInExile said:

I've just checked and I could remotely switch in my xbox and connect to it from someone else's WiFi on Android. Seems like this could be a good solution for when you're away from home for a week. 

It’s very handy to have. Sometimes I’m away with work for a few days and all I need to do is load the rewards app on my Xbox to click that I’ve done some of the tasks. 
 

I’ve found playing certain games doesn’t always work so well, But for keeping on top of the rewards it’s great. 

1 hour ago, Ry said:

 

What's the easiest class to use? I have seen nothing of the game and don't play souls games (well I have but I give up very early)

I was watching some streamers and a dev talk about classes at the weekend on that red bull stream and they mentioned that whatever class you choose doesn’t mean you’re tied down to it at all, you can develop your character to be anything. However, it can be quite important at the beginning of the game. 
 

I think since I’m new to these games I’ll try Vagabond/Knight. I did fancy a magic based character, but I’m thinking that may make the game difficult for me starting out? The confessor looked interesting, but seemed to take a lot of damage early on. 

3 minutes ago, Jamie John said:

Still haven't watched any trailers beyond the initial teaser and that 10 second leak. Staying strong!

Well, just let me tell you this, it’s looking way more amazing and spectacular that you can could ever imagine

56 minutes ago, djbhammer said:

From what I have read online, it should be. It appears to be a local midnight release for whatever region you are in.

I saw 00:00 25/2/22 somewhere on the Xbox, so definitely. Which means set your timezone to NZ and you can play much earlier  11am Thursday??

2 hours ago, Floshenbarnical said:

*shits pants*
 

im bad at games

I’ll raise your bad at games and add that I’ve never played a souls game before. Can’t wait I’m looking forward to the challenge and am prepared to learn the mechanics and develop my skills.