I have to say I am extremely excited about Brink. It shows all the good qualities of a great First Person Shooter and the guns sound incredible. The art is absolutely beautiful and the game looks like it's going to KILL on the PC. The only thing that worries me, is the fact that I may be part of a select few who have high hopes for this game, only to find out when the game is released that it is extremely janky and has multiple issues with gameplay. Am I crazy?! Or does this truly look like something worth getting hyped about? Looking forward to your input

Considering the fact that Brink has gone through at least 6 months of bug fixes, I think we'll be alright.

I imagine anyone you find on a games forum 4 months before release is going to have high hopes for the game. And the majority of the people on these forums have been here a while. Some people have been around for a year or more already, thanks to the pair of delays this game has had.

I would be surprised if you found anyone on these forums that didn't agree with you for the most part. I would guess that, at the most, people just have one or two things they aren't happy about, if that.

I think the real question that should be asked is, "Is the general gaming community ready for an innovative shooter?" For the last 2-3 years now, shooters have been pretty stagnant. Sure, the latest edition of Halo or whatever franchise have you, has a feature the previous one didn't, but it was a feature that was borrowed from a different contemporary shooter (think Halo: ODST's Firefight vs. Gears' Horde mode, which was also influenced by Rainbow Six's terrorist hunt game mode). Game developers, more recently, tack on "new" features to their sequel games that have been well received from other games; they like to play it safe. And there's a reason for that.

With innovation is the risk that the new way of thinking about shooters may not be accepted by gamers, which hurts game sales. Take Shadowrun, for instance. The game was based off the Counter-Strike archetype, but now players could use a combination of magical abilities along side weapons and classes that were differentiated based on stats rather than arsenal. The game received abysmal reviews all-around. And in my opinion, it was because gamers were comparing it to the games that set the tone of the time (Call of Duty:MW, Halo 3, Gears 1), and clearly, Shadowrun was a completely different animal.

Brinks seems to innovative enough to make players think about shooters a bit differently, but is familiar enough that it doesn't really redefine first person shooters. In the very least, let's hope it's a sleeper.

I agree. I think the innovation will probably attract more mature gamers, but I doubt the little kids, obnoxious teens, and know-it-all college douchebags are ready for such innovation and will stick to CoD.

By the way, whats a sleeper?

Sleepers are games that become popular with the gaming community, but avoid the limelight (and thus, casual gamers) one way or another. Usually it's a game that didn't have large sales at release, but slowly caught on.

Based on the fact that people were able to get into the game in a matter of minutes at the various expos means that Brink is easy enough to pick up, which attracts the casual gamers, but the question is if they will find out about the game, or be willing to give it a chance.

Well then I'd want Brink to be a sleeper. That way it'd be popular enough for a potential sequel but you wouldn't have the groups I just stated corrupting it

BTW, Merci Beaucoup pour le definiton

Yeah, but we can't really avoid those gamers :/ They're apart of the gaming community whether people like them or not, and they're everywhere. Good news is that there's the block and mute option (thanks Xbox Live!).
In any case, I hope this game is as successful as possible (especially since I plan on dropping an early 60 clams for the python set!).

I'm not excited about BRINK at all.. I'm just here because I randomly clicked Google-Results.

I'm a troll in disguise... I'm just posting so frequently so people trust me. Then when Brink comes out... Bam!

I'll start whining about my enormous K/D ratio and how my team loses even though I kill so many people compared to my handful of deaths.

I think I'm too excited, because right now I have no games that appeal to me, and I'm really bored in terms of video games right now:( My brother brought black ops home for thanksgiving break and quite frankly I don't think it's worth the money since there is little improvement and imo some steps backward compared to MW2, I'm tired of starcraft 2, Reach is a hit or miss for me some days, and I've already done another full playthrough of ME1 and ME2. So now I'm waiting and waiting for Brink, trying to find some game to take up my time! Does anyone know a MMO comparable to the quality of EVE but is free?

Also, I don't think Brink will be in any way ruined by bugs/gameplay issues since it has been delayed what, 2 times now? Bethesda isn't known for releasing incomplete games, and it seems that the care and detail being put in the game would eliminate any glaring issues. Compare BFBC2 to Brink for instance, an incomplete game with multiple game-affecting issues that to this day aren't fixed compared to a game that is probably being painstakingly combed for issues and polished as we speak. All games have minor issues when they are released, but some have much less serious ones than others.

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Yes. [censored] Everything about it points to it being a [censored] amazing [censored] game. I mean, with [censored] SMART, and it's [censored] awesome [censored] Character Customization, and all the [censored] Objective [censored] Based gameplay, and yeah. I can't [censored] wait for the Xbawx [censored] 360 version.

You. Can't. Even. Imagine.

Well since Killzone has sold out to the COD retards, BRINK is the new oasis for skilled gamers.

This has not been proven yet.

I'm very sure you thought the same about Killzone 3 before you played/saw it.

im with you buddy!

yeah bro, we all are... it's not everyday a game of this caliber gets announced..but for us guys who'v been following this game for over 2 months, its no big news, so why share? just wondering, not trolling...we're all excited for this game, thats why were on this forum 5 months before it gets released

I've been waiting for this game since before ever. I found it while browsing the "You might like" on gamespot, and that was quite a while ago. I've since told anybody that will listen how awesome it looks XD

Yeah I'm just trolling to......
Edit: typos!!!!

I joined in '08 so I've been following brink since day 1 of the first snippet of information ever released about it.

SO IM THE COOLEST

I'm a Splash Damage groupie, and have known of this game since it was whispered about in 1893. You sir, have been outdone, here is a hat to commemorate this occasion.

I have known about this game since the summer of 1191 when my great great grandfather was a Master Assassin named Altair working alongside Mr. Wedgewood's great grandfather, a man named Al Muam. So you sir, have been outdone, heres a cookie for the trauma.

I shall take your cookie, AND EAT IT UP!
*Starts work on time machine*

I've been following splash damage since area of effect attacks were first used in warfare, and I've followed Brink since the big bang was on the brink of happening. Yeah you know.. the brink... get it... err...