Poll: Was Brink able to live up to the hype?

[Vippy]

Ever since I saw the first trailer for Brink, I was massively excited. Looking at all the character customization stuff, the huge emphasis on fluid movement, duel campaign with no real heroes or villains... looked great.

But now I own a copy, and it's a bit... "Meh..."

Yes, the character movement IS pretty fluid, and climbing is easy and rewarding and feels great, and yes the creation is very open an- oh... wait.

For a game that prides itself on customization, there isn't really that much to customize. You get like, 12 outfits per side to mix and match, and whilst there's alot of gun attachments, most are exactly the same, and just look a bit different. Saints Row 2 had more customization than this. Hell, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 had more customization, and that was 2 generations ago. And not very good.

And the storyline isn't great either. For a start, there's not much story at all, and there's only about 10 missions between the two campaigns, just you do them from opposite sides. And freeplay is just the campaign missions, but in any order. Yes Star Wars Battlefront did that, but it worked then because you could change the objectives and whatnot. This is just exactly the same in either mode.

Maybe the DLC coming out soon will change my mind, because I love Brink's gameplay, there just wasn't very much of it. So if the Dlc gives us a truckload of new outfits, a stack of new levels, and maybe a couple more challenge modes, I'll probably be nicer to Brink, because any game I can make a lightning fast Jamaican and insist to everyone it's Ussein Bolt after he became a political activist and got an engineering degree is off to a good start.


But that's just "My two cents" as I believe the expression goes. What do you think?

 

[fozzy360]

I wouldn't be surprised if the upcoming DLC di have more outfits and knick-knacks for your character, though, I am worried that Splash Damage is going to charge for most of it. It'd be nice if they didn't and just charge for maps or something (and even then...).

On the original point, no, Brink doesn't live up to the hype, but it's far from terrible. In fact, I quite enjoyed my time with it when I rented it, and I do plan on buying once it goes on sale. The online is really fun if you get into it, and finding a match with people actually trying to accomplish objectives on both sides creates some satisfying matches. Some of the maps are just fundamentally broken, which is definitely its biggest flaw, alongside the horrendous lag. The lag can most likely be fixed, but those broken maps need to go. That's why I think they should release more free maps that flow better. Oh, and I still don't know why lobbies weren't implemented, which seems kind of backwards nowadays.

Get past the flaws, and Brink is really fun. Maybe a sequel can fix some of these major issues, no?

 

[de5gravity]

The first DLC will be free so we'll see!

 

[Mechanix]

This was strange hype for a game. I had never heard of Brink until 3 days before it came out. At that point a million people exploded about how amazing it was going to be and how excited they were. In the end it's just another decent, nothing-all-that-special game, and the only hype it deserved was "oh yeah there's this new FPS coming out, it has a few quirks, might wanna give it a look".

 

[Vippy]

The first DLC being free is a good point, and if they keep releasing little DLC's that cost nothing I can actually forgive the lack of substance. Almost, because what if you didn't have LIVE? You'd be knackered, and Brink would die a very abrupt death. Mind you, single player is a bit naff anyway, because the friendly AI's all have Down's Syndrome and the enemies are all hyperintelligent supersoldiers, meaning you have to do everything yourself and you'll die alot.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Brink has 100% less rage than any other FPS i've played lately... Seriously when everything's going just as planned (i.e. no lag) the difficulty is challenging but not controller smashing rage difficult (i.e. COD) Death doesn't feel as... Punishing as most other FPS's

Also the best hit and run tactics game i've ever seen (light body type ftw)

Yeah it's not perfect but vaulting over stuff fluidly is going to make me hate other FPS's movement systems

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Broken Maps? Sure some of them can be a bit difficult for the attackers but i wouldn't really say they're broken as such.

 

[Vippy]

Actually, there is one aspect of Brink I hate.
I can't play other shooters now. I went on Modern Warfare 2 yesterday (Not Black Ops, credit me with SOME taste) and was soon playing some search and destroy. Suddenly, I was aware of an enemy coming up the stairs, so I sprinted to a hiding spot to ambush him. Except I didn't. I threw a flash bang. Then he shot me, because I was blind. And exposed. And a prat.
LB to sprint? NO. LEFT STICK IS ALWAYS SPRINT. Petty gripe I know, but I do hate it when games muck about with formula.