Poll: Brink Reviews
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I'm not saying believe the good reviews and discard the bad reviews. I linked to good reviews to balance out the OP's post, acting like the game was critically panned, which is not what is happening for the moment. I'm saying make your own opinion of the game.D_987 said:
Yahtzee is amazing, and I'm sad to say I'm a bit of a fanboy, but his videos are pure entertainment. If you listened to him, you would probably only play Silent Hill 2, Prince of Persia, and Saints Row 2AlexNora said:
Just spent the past 3 hours playing it, and I must say it's pretty good so far. The campaign is actually pretty interesting and the challenges are, appropriately enough, challenging. Also, thank the maker, a PC FPS with lean! my old friend, how I have missed you so.
I haven't actually played any MP yet, but I'm waiting till tomorrow (today...) when people are actually all on. So far, my only real complaints are that the classes really play just about identical to each other, and that it feels like the health boost you get from the "heavy" body is just plain pitiful when you consider how much speed you give up, even compared to the medium body. Other than that, the gameplay itself is tight, the customization is just as deep as it was promised to be, the art style is awesome....really, so far the good outweighs the bad by a mile. Can't wait to wake up tomorrow and play some more, hopefully with some of my steam friends.
I haven't actually played any MP yet, but I'm waiting till tomorrow (today...) when people are actually all on. So far, my only real complaints are that the classes really play just about identical to each other, and that it feels like the health boost you get from the "heavy" body is just plain pitiful when you consider how much speed you give up, even compared to the medium body. Other than that, the gameplay itself is tight, the customization is just as deep as it was promised to be, the art style is awesome....really, so far the good outweighs the bad by a mile. Can't wait to wake up tomorrow and play some more, hopefully with some of my steam friends.
No you're not; you're questioning [incorrectly], the validity of a review that gave the game a low score. And it's the second outlet you've done that to on this thread alone. And reviews exist to inform and allow people to judge, after looking at the spread of reviews, when compared to the rest of the shooter market people should be able to tell, pretty quickly, that Brink is a shooter devoid of content with a number of poor design decisions that is still a fun game.de5gravity said:
I doubt anyone has the time or money to rent every game they might be interested in buying.
Well, it's either that or blindly purchase a game because there isn't a demo. I trust the opinion of Angry Joe and Zeitgeist Reviews because my opinion has coincided with them for the large majority of games that I have gotten that they have reviewed. If there was a demo I would play that and form my own, but there isn't, and there are no plans. I'm not going to throw anything more then $10 at it in a couple of years if I have no idea what I'm purchasing.ShadowAurora said:
Coming from the man who can't use punctuation or use the correct version of YOU'RE, supreme irony..........Don't be unpleasant on these forums pleaseShadowAurora said:
OT: it looks like a pretty cool game, it'd be a shame if it wasn't up to scratch.
It is. People have convinced themselves that anything below a 8 is terrible. I regularly purchase games with lukewarm reviews (Hyper Dimension Neptunia, Record of Agarest War) and enjoy the heck out of them.D_987 said:
I kinda agree with him.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Point was not that anything below 8 is bad, it's just that so many other games are getting reviews of 8.5 or higher and therefore, all "good" games are over 8.5 while all "average games" are below that. That's atleast how i feel about review scores.
it still looks fun, I trust Bethesda and I don't trust IGN, only for their guides.
I think I still give it a shot, an FPS that let's me do more movements than jump and crouch looks fun
I think I still give it a shot, an FPS that let's me do more movements than jump and crouch looks fun
i won't cancel my preorder. a lot of negative points were about the lack of on-hit kills from sniper/shotguns and grenades and this is working as intended. The only thing i could get behind is that the game maxes out to soon(level-wise) but this can easily be corrected with DLC/mappacks.
the only downside this game has for me is that the European release is 4 days before the witcher 2
the only downside this game has for me is that the European release is 4 days before the witcher 2
Popular franchises tend to get really good reviews because reviewers who are fans of the franchise are the ones reviewing it 99 times out of a 100. They're honest within that context (although they're always willing to gloss over faults that dominate user reviews), but their reaction is pretty much guaranteed to be positive unless the franchise takes a dramatic left turn.D_987 said:
New franchise is always going to score lower for that reason. No one knows exactly what to expect from the game, so critics are going in with no real expectation of enjoying the game.
And peaking at the reviews so far, it sounds like my impression is more or less correct. The solo campaign (the entire reason I play these things) isn't really that interesting. Since I don't care overly much for MP, I think I can safely give this one a miss... but I hope that SMART system makes its way into other games.
Reviews are all subjective, I never buy a game based on reviews, If I really want the game, like I do Brink, I'll get it.