When I first came across the original cinematic of this game, I thought that it was going to be like nothing I'd ever played before. It seemed fresh, exciting, unlimited in potential. But the more I see gameplay, interviews, and articles on it, the more I question how original it was going to be.

For example, the much vaunted SMART system will probably be quite fun, there's little doubt of that, but hasn't it already been done before? What about Mirror's Edge? And I know that it's not an FPS, but what about Assassins Creed?

The crazy amount of customization is pleasant, but even the developers know not to call it new.

I don't know if any other game has done the same kind of body type system, but it is fairly common for games to force you to play class based combat, which I believe is basically the same thing (correct me if I'm wrong).

I'm really looking forward to May 17, but I'm also wondering if this will be as revolutionary as it's supposed to be.

What are your thoughts?

What does it mean to be original? What's new in the world of video games? Even Pong wasn't new, it was just a new way of looking at something old.

I don't see most of it as new features, but how they bring those features together is what makes the game unique.

Its not just one thing that make it special its the combination of all its attributes. Of course it isn't a completely original game, its a continuation of SD's style of teamwork/objective driven gameplay.

SMART was in the works before Mirror's Edge and is completely different. ME is a parkour sim and Brink is an FPS with a new and interesting movement system.

How many FPS's have the insane amount of customization in both weapons and appearance?

Plenty of games have classes, most aren't aren't that important to the core gameplay. Body types combined with classes provides you many ways to approach this game.

The weapons aren't based on class which is great.

Also having bots is awesome, I mean awesome.

I wasn't aware that Brink was all about originality it is about all the awesome things in it.

I voted "Mostly already done, but packaged very well."

SMART(and its use)? Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed did that already.
Leveling? Call of Duty inspired.
Classes? Quake Team Fortress was the granddaddy of classes.
Customization? To a point, done and overdone by too many games.

Brink's original in that it uses all of these together, a feat done only by Brink.

However, Brink DOES boast having created:

Extreme Customization - Tattoos? Weapon magazines? Hoods? Accents? Brink's the only game to go that far.
SMART(and its concept) - Based off of how super-soldiers couldn't get over a 2 foot ledge without super-leaping over it, Brink was the first to solve that age-old problem. Hold one button and you're good.
Mingleplayer - One of Brink's best known breakthroughs, though I can see many future FPSes incorporating mingleplayer.
Actually smart AI - Technically not created by Brink, but created by Splash Damage, so that counts too.

Well, yes, other games have had those features before, but what other game has ALL of those features? Paired with the hyper-realistic art style and merging of single and multiplayer, I don't see how much more original Brink can get, really. Brink is extremely original in my eyes, but would I go as far as to say it's one of a kind? Maybe not. I'll have my final thoughts when the game actually releases and I play the damn thing.

It's easy to compare individual aspects of Brink to already finished games, what matters is the final product which will hopefully be friggin sweet. As Mathonn said, what hasn't done before?

Pretty much summarizes my view as well.

For know i'm gonna have to say, first of it's kind.

I just edited the poll to try and reflect what I've been hearing here. Feel free to delete and re-vote.

Ah, that's better, a re-voted the new option

I still think it's first of it's kind though, since it brings new features to the table and expands on the ones it borrowed, as explained in other posts.

Pretty sure that's been done before too.

There are few truly new ideas out there, especially when it comes to games, especially when it comes to FPS games.

What makes games unique these days is finding a new way to apply ideas, combine them, or change old ideas slightly. Customization isnt new, even if you had to reference an RPG to find something similar, it still wouldnt be a new idea. In a similar way, theres always something you can compare to for all the other aspects of the game. What makes Brink unique is that it has the chance to combine and elevate ideas into something better. You could compare a spaceship to a high-flying plane, but that doesn't mean the spaceship isn't unique.

Brink is pretty close to a mod called "dystopia" with changes, it just seems really close.

A mod on what game? And what are some of the similarities?

Thanks, now I can actually vote.

I hate to tell you but almost nothing is original anymore. Its just how well you can hide your ripping **** off. Still I have to say the parkour is quite new to the fps genre. At least on this scale anyway. Mirrors edge did parkour but it was like an 8 hour single player campaign game so I don't care lol. The art style is original. The game is unique with the way it does things, even the taken of other elements from other games. Which is fine with me personally.

Dystopia is a half life 2 mod, and the similarity would be the light, medium, and heavy guns. Also originality of objectives, very different from the standard! It was a great mod, I just svcked at it. It had a medic and hack ability, it also focused on the objective

Edit: Umm I went to edit my old post and it made this one. please ignore thanks.

My pleasure. I'm glad the edit helped.

Brink's originality comes from it having all the best features of past videogames all in one package. Bro.




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Haha, ignore the entire post? Regardless, it doesn't really matter. I just wanted to hear what you thought of Brink's originality, no matter what your answer :happy:

Let's be honest,it's a FPS,which isn't original,but what it's doing is eliminating a lot of the things that we all hate in your typical shooters,like camping and OHKs.

So what Brink is doing is flipping the FPS genre on it's head.

I meant ignore that second post lol. Not the original one .

I voted other. Why?:

Because the full actual game isn't out yet and can't form facts like, "it's a very unique game" until we actually play it.

If Brink is exactly what the developers are telling us the game will play like. Then YES it most defiantly is original.