Anyone else changed their play styles in cod or whatever fps you play, even though they dont have the parkour feature?

My buddy and I have been running around black ops jumping out of windows and onto tables trying to adjust our minds to that kind of playstyle. Obviously its not the same but sometimes you can actually pull off something pretty cool. we call it "Brinking"

I've been doing this for years. I always try to find ways to use the environment to my advantage - In Brink, I will be able to do it properly.

I already did this in W:ET. Trickjumping. I never specifically practiced it, but I got good at it by just trying occasionally. Some jumps were really cheap though(Oasis wall), while others were very usefull(Fueldepot to get over wall). If you could do this properly, you could not only reach better/more places, but you were able to get in and out of the action way faster.

If you want to practice "Brinking" then go rent/buy a copy of Mirror's Edge. At the very least you should be able to download the demo from PSN/XBL or purchase it for cheap on Steam.

I just watch parkour videos like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHy9W9LpvlQ

The new black ops map Kowloon is meant for running around and jumping to ledges. Good enough besides me playing ACB

well in FPS's i usually try to find little shortcuts in the game. such as with MoH. somany roofotps and walls to jump on if you can angle, and get your speed right.

Exactly this. God, I loved W:ET so much.

Mirrors Edge? Not really, because you have to press more than one button to do the moves, but I see where you're getting at. I don't think you can shoot people while doing the moves? Not sure I sold that game a while ago so I forgot some of the things you can do/not do. :tongue:

Huh? You can do everything the SMART system does and more effectively by manually inputing your commands in Brink. I think you need to read up on Brink a bit more.

All I've gotten from info I've read up on is that you press the SMART button and look under to slide or over to climb/vault. From other things I've gotten is that jumping before using the SMART button makes certain things faster. If you could give me a link where it says that you can manually do things SMART does (ie. Mirrors Edge) than that would be great. :turned:

I've been unconsciously doing it on CoD4 lately because I've watched so many videos of Brink. I find myself choosing an SMG and running like hell.

Good, then Splash Damage is doing its job.

:P

So far they seem to have been pretty clear that all SMART does is automate the jumps and slides to get you from A to B without having to bother doing it yourself. Run up to a wall while holding smart, it will climb and mantle over it once you get there, yet you can do it on your own using the jump button (I assume). Run up to a railing while looking down and SMART will automatically slide under, yet there's nothing preventing you from simply pressing the slide button manually.

In fact, it's also been mentioned that SMART isn't optimal, as you said. If won't jump to the wall to minimize time required to mantle over it, but wait until you get there before climbing; nor will it be able to wall-jump to reach higher ledges, which will have to be done manually.

However, some maneuvers might be extremely hard to achieve without the use of the SMART button. Just look at the http://brinkthegame.com/features/freedom/ video, especially the part going from 0:29 to 0:38. SMART figures you're trying to cross over to the other side and thus jumps slightly to the left and right to land on the available ledges; although possible, timing those jumps perfectly might be something few can achieve every single time, and the use of SMART in that situation might prove helpful even to the best players.

Thanks for the info :thumbsup:

He could have been performing those moves manually - which seems more likely than just holding down SMART.

I brink all the time irl. I saw a chair, ran up to it, jumped on it, then frontflipped off.


...Ok I lied, I tried to jump on the chair but I couldn't reach so I fell over and busted my head on the ground and cried for 3 hours, then I woke up and saw blood gushing from my head and passed out again.

I guess so! Weird thing is that it works reeeeeeally well!

Same here.

Same here, too. Marathon Pro was my first Pro Perk in MW2. Lightweight Pro my second.


This is freerunning, not Parkour. :rolleyes:


SMART is a very simplified Parkour-mechanic and nowhere as complex as Mirror's Edge.

You can enhance the SMART-system by adding manual commands, but it doesn't make the system as complex still.

I must be have troll bait in my pocket or something.

Seriously reread my http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1166991-playing-brink-style-in-other-games/page__view__findpost__p__17177592 that you quoted. I was replying to a comment about Brink in which the poster thought the only way to move over or under object was by using the SMART system. I simply corrected this error by mentioning that you can manually input all of the commands that SMART handles as well. Never once did I refer to Mirror's Edge in that post; only the post to which I replied mentioned it.

I've been brinking for a while also. Ever since I actually took up free running a year or so ago it has changed the way I play games. I tend to jump around and climb more. The fact is that when you do free-running for a bit you start to get what we refer to as a third vision(a bit like what mirrors edge tried to emulate with the red objects). For example when you see objects, most people will see a fence, not a speed vault, kong etc. Which is why I was hoping that brink would allow more manual control as optional because then it gives me more freedom over how I move etc. Also, I have noticed out of my friends that do parkour or free running, and those that don't, The free runners tend to fair better at jumping about in shooters, because they get a feel for a character and what he can do. I.e. can he make this jump etc.

If you want a more brink styled one, watch this because these guys are wearing headcams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdyOQSsw0f8

Not really trolling, he's saying Brink and Mirror's Edge parkour system are very different.

Which is a perfectly fine comment to make, just not in reply to my comment that has nothing to do with that.