I was considering a purchase, but I can't decide because most people seem to think it's either really good or really bad.


Is it worth a purchase?

Yep.

Long answer: It's heaps of fun if you're looking for a team-based action game rather than a COD/Halo clone and are willing to put up with some minor technical issues.

Is it good? yes
Is it great? sometimes...

You love it or you hate it. It seems to in general attract more fans from the BF:BC/BC2, MAG, TF2, etc. sort of squad-based crowd, and gets a beating from fans of games like the CoD or Halo series.

I come from the former crowd, and I gotta say, it stomps all over any of the listed games IMO. But, then again, you may hate it. Either go on your instinct, or rent it. But bear in mind that based off reviews, platform performance quality seems to go PC (with a good rig) > PS3 > 360.

Just get it used at Game Stop so you have a week to decide if you like it or not. If you hate it take it back for a full refund.
Unplayable lag is a little more than a minor technical issue; in any case I'm considering getting Black Ops because Brink's gameplay is decent. Brink has ADS, slow movement speed, quick kill times and all purpose boring as [censored] automatic weapons just like COD.

And Battlefield.

And Homefront.

And every other shooter that has quick kill times, a sprint button and ADS, ie, most of them these days. The fact that Brink is Objective based doesn't make any difference in random groups, hell I'm sure COD premades actually focus on Objectives once in a while.

I'd say yes based on personal experience, but it really is a "try before you buy" game for most people.

If you like Splash Damage's previous games, Brink takes them and amps all the best parts up.

If you like objective based multiplayer games, but find it annoying that people don't focus on the objectives, Brink pretty much forces them to if they want a chance of success. You can't just run-and-gun and come out with the highest score - helping your teammates is worth more than killing everything, and the game doesn't track KDR, so you can't obsess over that and get respect.

The SMART system allows players to move around in ways previous FPS games haven't been able to manage - it's a huge step forward in controls - but it's unfamiliar.

Another sticking point for a lot of people is the lack of realism - you can stand on a grenade and only get knocked over, and shotguns usually take 2 blasts to kill, even at point-blank - it allows the game to retain a sense of speed without losing balance and fairness, but some people get annoyed that their enemies can take so much damage before they fall.

Also, there's the lag/graphics glitches on the XBox, and the ATI graphics card problems some PC gamers have. I know a couple of PS3 players who have had issues, but for most of us, it's fine.

Brink, Borderlands and CoD4 are the only P2P games I own... and Brink is the only one so far that has lag so minimal at times I forget I'm online.

Also Brink weapons take twice as long to kill as CoD, literally in some cases. Brink is also has some of the fastest movement speeds I've seen, if you're a Light.

I don't really see much of a difference between .2 second kills and .4 second kills while using an AR or SMG. Also, movement outside of SMART is so stupidly slow that it makes strafting pointless. Bloom (crappy RNG mechanic which becomes more potent the MORE you move) also makes ADS (which slows you down even more, yaaaay!) manditory for maximum damage output.

As for the lag, I'm playing on the 360.... So, yeah...

You know very well that's a huge exaggeration. Brink guns are weaker, have worse spread and are less stable. You can sustain fire on an opponent whilst ADS pretty easily on CoD so 0.2 seconds is probably possible, but even at close-range in Brink you either have to spray or burst... both of which can take a couple seconds, frequently.

And isn't ADS generally "manditory for maximum damage output"? The difference with Brink is that from close quarters to close range, I find a lot more success with hip-firing than in other games. Bursting ARs whilst hip-firing is essential, but you can hold a Kross or Galactic on full-auto with hip-fire and still maintain some degree of control, even until the mag runs dry. So strafing does have it's uses, and alongside it, hip-fire seems to be effective overall at longer ranges than most other games.

Also, I don't know about you, but as a Medium I feel near-enough the same speed of movement as other games. Maybe Brink is marginally slower than some, but then not a lot of games follow the same style of map design with corridors, chokepoints and multi-levels. Even just walking as a Light I feel quite nimble. I certainly have never been playing the game and thought, "oh gee, sure is a drag how slow this whole thing feels", even having played as a Heavy.

I'm really not quite sure what you're trying to get at here. :huh:

Yes its a very fun game online.
It is different from the other FPSes but if you get used to it after a few hours of play you will really like it.(at least I did)
But you should consider waiting waiting a few weeks for a discount or buy used, because right now its not a 60 dollar game. More like 40

Probably what I'm going to do.

Well I personally am more than happy with my $108 NZ ($85 US) purchase. Heck, it just so happens that the place that was doing the Spec Ops preorder was selling it the cheapest, I would still have very happily paid the $130-140 NZ (around $107 US) it's retailing for in other places.

Rent it. You may kick yourself for not getting it earlier if you wait.

Wait till it's patched and wait till it's cheaper or get it used.

renting is not a good idea because it has a sharp learning curve

Brink is an amazing game if you're not just looking for another Battlefield/Call of Duty clone. It does a great job at standing out in a market of plagiarists.

Which platform are you using? I can only talk about the PC version here, and i have only played a dozen hours yet.

It is definitely a good game. It has some flaws (technical bugs, character progression too fast, levels not distinct enough and could be moar), which hold the game back of being great on paper.

But for me it is great anyway, i can easily overlook these minor flaws. What i really care about is innovation, good stuff i have not seen like this in a MP-Shooter before. And Brink has tons of this stuff for me:

- unique Art style (i adore it, but it is a matter of taste)
- Character customization, i already spent hours combining clothes :spotted owl:
- Weapon customization FINALLY. I've waited for a feature like this for ages. Nice huge 3D-View of many weapons, which i can modify with lots of attachments.
- heavily team based gameplay (ok ET, Quake Wars and TF2 has this also, but i feel Brink is bestest because of all those nifty skills which work together so well)
- totally fair gameplay (few onehitkills, no cheap tricks like invisibility or air strikes, well balanced classes)
- Parkour movement, there could be even more ways to use this in the game, but it is a great innovative addition anyway

And all those checklists aside, the game is just FUN. The weapons feel great, you have tons of stuff to experiment with (classes, skills, weapons, level architecture) and just very satisfying teamplay. But if you just want to shoot stuff you better look somewhere else. ^_^

I traded Brink in for L.A. Noire, so I guess you see where I stand on the matter.

Brink is great. Don't listen to the haters. Couple more weeks and most haters should be gone!

Can't wait!

Great for PC, wait and see for Console.
Gameplay and Concept are excellent.
Issues make the game far less enjoyable.
It all comes down to whether SP can fix these issues.

honestly right now its worth 30$ so many bugs and the inablity to play with a large group of friends makes me want to return the game asap.

Does a bear #$%& in the woods?

Thought I'd chime in with my purposeless, anecdotal quip.



There isn't even that many bugs...what are you talking about? None that I even noticed, and I'm playing on 360.

People talk about the texture load time, but you would never notice it if you were busy playing the game. Also, I have had a 50/50 lag free experience. When I get any lag and/or rubber-banding, I just leave the game - don't just sit there and wish it away. Odds are the very next game I join will be lag free (maybe the odd spike here or there - P2P ugh.)

And play the Big Teams Playlist...playing with bots is just dumb :banghead:

I miss lobbies, and I don't. Yeah, I like to put a team together in a lobby, or if I have to take 5, it gives me a chance. But, at the same time, I don't have to listen to a bunch of adolescent tardheads talk about less than meaningless bull$%&#

Posting my opinion on the thread topic. I was really excited about getting the game then when I got it... well it was not good like I'd thought it was going to be... (because the game is just based on matches, there is no real body to the game, just matches) I've not been online at all, which has been a real kill joy for me. But once you start playing this game and complete some of its challenges, get some unlocked stuff, it really started to tickle me I think my main worry at first was the controls, I got use to them, then it was the aim speed.. that needed adjusting.

Haven’t had much experience playing online with friends, which is why I got the game in the first place...
I’m glad I got the game.

(My opinion) I'd wait for Brink to price drop and its issues to be fixed before purchasing it. Because, as it stands, it isn't worth $60.

It's only money at the end of the day! I paid ￡40 for my copy, I could of got it for ￡32.99 at ASDA food stores, they always do brand new games for slightly less. What's anoyying is I've played offline so much now I'm level 17 and have not tasted online play properly

I'm on PC.