So if this is a duplicate topic feel free to re-direct me. I was looking over game modes and can't find a single comment on whether there are competitive game modes in Brink. So what's up with game modes like TDM, DM, CTF? Though hopefully they have some unique competitive game modes as well. Anyone know?

There is only the standard objective mode.

There is Campaign mode, Freeplay mode, and Stopwatch mode.

In Campaign, you play the campaign. Simple enough.

In Freeplay, you play the maps in any order you wish, and can change some game options.

In Stopwatch, you play like normal, but you're being timed. Players then switch teams and play again, seeing who can beat objectives faster.

So the entire game is going to basically be multiplayer co-op.... or multiplayer campaign? There's no Player vs Player?

I will be sadly disappointed if there's no competitive mp

Soooo you never shoot at other players? You just compare stopwatch times?

You get two things for such an absurd post: 1) :facepalm: 2) :slap:

Glad you're having fun with your emoticons. congratulations.

So i'm really not bashing the game, it looks great in the videos and I love the smart button idea. It just appeared that from the videos they were defending objectives and [censored] so I took competitive MP for granted I guess

Would still like this confirmed tho...

You never shoot at other players?
The only competitive side to this game is how fast you can beat missions?

these are the game types they have

campaign(just the standard story mode)
multiplayer(resistance vs security(objective based like the escorting the robot)
co-op campaign
challenges

theres no team deathmatch or free for all

Thanks for the help

Sadly I won't be picking up the game as I don't care for roleplaying but the game really looked great. Maybe I'll pick up Brink2 if they add some real MP :/

The whole purpose of the slap, and facepalm is because there IS competitive MP. I didn't know people could be so ignorant of a game when they're posting on it's forum...

No, no, no, you've got the wrong idea. Both teams are filled with players, just like any multiplayer shooter. In Brink it's simply objective-based, meaning often (always?) one team is attacking and one team is defending. So in Stopwatch mode the attacking team tries to get a good time, while the defending team tries to thwart them, giving them a bad time.

Well according to apparently everyone else there isn't.... Unless you count comparing stop watch times as competitive. I thought bulletstorm MP was [censored] and this seems to be about the same extent. Thought I'm sure the missions will be fun the first couple times.

what do you mean "real MP" the multiplayer in Brink is real people against real people but it follows the campaign.
you can play verses bots by urself or join a mp match and play against people.

you would rly miss out on a great game if you didn't buy Brink, at least rent it

You don't understand his question. He asking if you compete with other players in Multiplayer modes.

Yes, you do. If you have ever played Killzone 3's operation mode, it will perform a little like that. There are cutscene for each mission, and campaign missions are basically Multiplayer missions, except against other players. They are very in-depth and you each map can be played twice, one version of the mission for Security, one For resistance. There are 8 maps, and 2 what-if maps.

You can also play the campaign with Co-Op and bots.

There are challenge modes, which you try to perform the selected challenge at the best skill level and compete for online leaderboards.

There are NO leaderboards in Brink, at all, so if you some super-devoted COD really devoted fan who loves to brag about his leaderboard rank, you will be disappointed. N K/D tracking, No W/L tracking, nothing. You play for fun.

Hope that answers any questions you might have. :spotted owl:

Ah ha. Thank you.

are we still talking about brink here?

it is not a roleplaying game, it DOES have multiplayer
it's like Left 4 deads multiplayer,
where you can either be playing with bots or with people
the bots are very smart
all the levels are objective based
like "take that command post" or
"put explosives on that wall"

you can play alone if you want, or against other people

So, have you re-considered your purchase now that you have the facts?

And brothers, do not hate on our new forum-goer. You simply weren't answering the question he was asking, which made him believe Brink was singleplayer only. He did not mean anything by it.

A better anology for Brink's mingleplayer would be Left 4 Dead.

Story driven missions, which can be played selectively (i.e. out of order) with all bots (singleplayer), just the Infected are bots (co-op), or your team and the [special] Infected are all humans.

Same maps, same missions, same story. Different players.

You're letting the term Campaign confuse you. Generally Campaign is synonymous with single player in games, but the word itself merely means several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal, or something to that effect.

The multiplayer in Brink is "real," in that both teams are full of human players, playing - yes, simultaneously - on different sides of the campaign.

This may be the first time i ever Ninja'd someone

a celebration is in order! :celebration:
very good anology!

Yup, definitely interested to find out what objectives are on the 8 maps and how they play. Glad to hear that they did away with stats. I really feel that's what is hurting objective based game modes in other games.

I'm fine with no leaderboards, but are you sure they don't track your K/D and stuff like that? I heard in a video with one of the developers that they do. In my opinion it's a terrible idea not to track statistics like K/D, W/L, points per game, etc. in a FPS.

Why is that terrible? In a objective-focused game, does it matter how many kills you have? Do you want everyone to go for kills?

Yes, I am 100% sure and any other veteran on the forums can confirm it as well. No. Leaderboards. What-so-ever.

I'm pretty sure they don't even track kills on the in-game scoreboard. Just exp.

Nearly every objective based game mode in every game is plagued with people trying to have the highest K/D. Whether it be in each individual game or whether players are trying to pad their overall K/D. CoD is a glaring example of this and every game that tracks statistics in the way they do is exactly the same. You can't play a game of domination in CoD with out having a guy with 25 kills that has 0 caps and defends.

Having no statistics is a great idea.

I understand that there are no leaderboards, but that doesn't mean each player doesn't have their own stats page. Like MAG. I heard straight from a developer's mouth that they do track stats like K/D but something could have changed since then. The reason I think it's a bad idea is because many people need some added inspiration to keep playing a game over and over again. In a game that relies so much on teamwork I imagine there will be a lot of mismatches and those games can be boring if you don't get to take anything away from them except experience points. And kills matter in every FPS, objective based or not. It's a lot easier to blow something up if the other team is on their respawn. I feel not keeping track of statistics will lose more good players than it will convert.

Also there are a lot more statistics than just K/D. Like I said, I want to keep track of W/L, points per matches, objectives completed, etc. Kills don't need to be displayed on the scoreboard, but it's a mistake not to at least the individual player see them.