I'm starting to loathe the general gaming population. I heard a guy in game the other night saying Brink was boring and he was going to go play Black Ops. So a game with no objective other than shoot other people while leaning on the heavy aim assist is more engaging than team based objective games like Brink? That makes absolutely no sense what so ever.

Then I'm reading some PC forums and reading posts from PC gamers that can't grasp the concept of Brink and dismiss it as a failed FPS, some of which didn't seem to have even played the game before passing judgement and spreading misinformation about the game like it's their job to be some internet town crier.

On this same board some of the same morons are praising Terraria for how awesome it is. Are you kidding me?

It's no wonder that more companies are getting away with putting less effort into their games and expecting more cash. This kind of idiocy facilitates the current trend of holding back aspects of a finished game to sell back to the players a few weeks or months after release. Some companies have dropped all pretense and sell DLC on the day the game's released.

It's a sad day for gaming when a solid, fun, and unique concept like Brink gets slammed while turds like the CoD series, Terraria, and Maple Story?!, get praised by the general gaming community. How in God's name do those games have a bigger following than Brink?

I think I've just lost all faith in the general gaming community as a whole.

I lost almost all faith too, but, the trick is to find like minded gamers who feel the same way we do, and try and stay in that minority of the gaming populace.

CoD svcks, but no CoD launch has EVER been as bad as Brinks. Brink is comparable to a beta. Some arcade games hold more playing time without the flaws. Until its updated Brink is probably the biggest let down since MW2, maybe in all FPS history. EVERYONE was talking about Brink before it came out, now everyone is just talking trash on it. As much as I love Brink, it deserves it.

Your right it is fun and unique, but this game is not quite what could be. I like playing it and I'm ging to keep it, but it needed more polish and lobbys, D servers, plus a really deep beta. You absolutely need these if your going to have a team base MP game.

It may be down to the fact that while brink is capable of being fun, it was delivered is a less then desirable manner. Most people expect their online focused games to actually work. Even at it's best, Brink is mediocre, at it's worst, it's an unplayable & buggy mess. I'm by no means a CoD kid, i have no love for that franchise, but nobody can deny that Brink has some serious & at times, game-breaking flaws.

Agreed. I just hope after the patch hits, we will be able to full out love Brink like I thought I would from day one. MP experiences are what make and break FPSers.

As a PC player I have had almost no issue with Brink at all. The game is fun and works well for me. I don't consider it "beta" or "unpolished" at all. Some new maps sometime in the future would be nice and there is a sound glich on 1 level that needs patching. But the game has been out only 9 days now. I'm still having fun with what we got and they can get me dlc in a months time and I'll still be happy.

Am I a really devoted fan? In that I am a fan of the game, I suppose so.

The only 2 things I wish were different for this game:
1: I wish they had had enough money and time to add female characters in too
2: The Xbox release was smoother or they dropped the Xbox from the release

Honestly people are complaining about the game being repetitive are probably the ones that don't play online with other people, they just play by themselves, so in that aspect yes Brink can get repetitive in Single player mode..

my first online fps was unreal tournament. loved it (imho was much better than quake arena) im well used to action packed games, even UT had some decent teamwork with CTF.

over the years i think younger gamers think fun can be defined as hiding in a tree with a sniper rifle trying to get as bigger k/d as possible. they seem to think skill is defined by k/d. it used to be but in UT/quake the person with the best k/d was actually frikkin awesome at the game, they didnt hide waiting for easy kills. they ran around killing everyone, with flair!

brink, to me, has been the best fun since bf2142 (again a great game that never did so well, maybe the idiots didnt buy it?), the teamwork is great. maybe its a good thing the brainless cod players didnt come over (not all COD players are idiots, just the ones who are idiots )

people on here really also need to distinguish between pc and console. if you want a decent fps experience you have always needed a pc. consoles kinda ruin the experience (how many people could brink accomodate if it was pc exclusive?) with crappy p2p servers, no server lists and general dumbing down of the FPS experience. in this respect i admire dice with bf3 - they basically told the consolers that the pc crowd shouldnt be held back. fair play to them for that.

to the annoyed xboxers: not everyone is having your issues. ive had virtually no problems on PC. i know you are annoyed but saying brink is crap just isnt right. it might be crap for the time being on xbox, but i hear ps3 is fine and a lot of PC people are fine too.

also - brink is a teamwork online game, yes, it can be played offline but it shouldnt be classed on that. its a bonus really

What's terraria?

So true. I got this on PC, and even the sound bug has only happened once in 12-ish hours of play. We are starting to see the men separated from the boys here: all the people complaining are starting to quit, leaving the people who like the game, to play the game together. I think the community is only going to get better from here

Pretty Much, I agree.

A 2D game totally unrelated to Brink, It's not a FPS game but a 2d side scroller..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udp5ozoYfxM

I do not agree Brink works perfectly fine for me, but Black Ops still doesn't. To bad I can't play now because my SSD where windows and everything is installed just broke after a month..... ... ......

First of all Terraria doesn't have anything related to Brink so why did you bring it up?
Most people don't have any satisfaction guarding a package all game long, while shooting someone is so much more enjoyable. You think PC gamers can't gasp the concept of Brink? are you [censored] it's a miracle that consoles are able to play FPS.... oh wait they aren't, that auto-aim is doing all the work.

Brink says that it's all about team work while the sub-objectives promotes splitting up with your team, doesn't have the regular so popular game types like deathmatch and capture the flag and search and destroy, is badly optimized (crysis 2 runs better with better graphics), some games lag a lot even after the patch, the maps aren't well made for exciting parkour movements. It gives you 20 ability points so basically you can spend them on 2 classes for example you level up your soldiers and medics abilities and if the objectives requires a engineer or a operative, you ether have to quit the game to select your other character or reset abilities which levels you down if you don't do that you will be playing with a handicap.

It's rather dull there aren't any exciting moments in the game, and what do you know about "The Ark"? nothing... they said the story is like a AAA titles one and then you do all the campaign and still don't know sh1t. If they wouldn't have promoted the story so much it would be okay but it's so basic like I could make one. One side is the Police! the other is the Terrorist! one is defending the bank and the other is trying to break in. BOOM AAA story

I remember those days. BF2142 was awesome but only because Titan mode was a straight rip off of Tribes 1 and 2. I loved Tribes 2. All time favorite game and there was no way in hell you could camp or hide in that game. You weren't even safe in your base.

As far as the console vs PC experience goes:

I got the 360 version because a group of guys I usually game with were all excited for the 360 version, until they played it. They all complain about the simplicity and repetition of the popular shooters on Xbox but when they get what they thought they wanted they complain about that too.

Anyway, I'm glad they all flaked out and either traded their copy in or didn't even pick it up because I enjoyed the game despite the issues and I purchased the PC version. The PC version vs the Xbox version is like night and day. If you like the concept of the game but are unhappy with the execution of the console version, you should try the PC version.

That's not to say that the PC version's execution doesn't leave a lot to be desired because it does, but the PC execution is leaps and bounds more polished and stream lined than the console version is concerned if for no other reason than being able see how many people are in a server and what type of game they are playing.

This allows you to consistently play matches with both teams full of players and tends to change the experience of every map.

How quick people are to forgot about blacks ops release.

Hell, black ops is far from flawless even now.

If you are gonna spout meaningless [censored], atleast make sure its correct.

The games you are talking about are completely different genres (2-D Side-scroller and MMORPG) that attracts a different audience than Brink....
(I don't know if the typical hardcoe FPS players might be playing something as cute as Maple Story, lol. ) Personally, I think those games you mentioned
looked cute and fun---because I really like RPG's and side-scrollers. Just because I like Brink doesn't mean I shouldn't like other games in other genres.

You should also not be mad at the general gaming community. It's all about opinions. Some people like some games, while others like other games. It's
the diversity of life.

Also, Brink did not work for everyone and it apparently it relies solely on the online part (from what everyone on this forum and elsewhere is telling me), which
kind of....not fail, but didn't even work for many people---at least, at launch time, but some people are still having difficulties getting online or getting humans players without lag.

I'm one of those who feel that Brink is a bit unpolished or unfinished. I am waiting patiently for patches (and so are many other people) to fix technical/gameplay issues and DLC to add content and stuff. However, not everyone feels like doing that (which is completely understandable to me---especially if those people cannot get online at all without technical problems).

I'm a casual female gamer, and a newbie to FPS games----but I even I feel some of the CoD games were not as.....unfinished-feeling as Brink was at launch. I understand that Black Ops did not have a great online launch, but that's part of a franchise, so the CoD-devs feel like they can take that risk and still make money. Brink is a new IP, so people are less forgiving of flaws since it's Brink's first debut.

However, I still enjoy Brink, but it's frustrating to see the potential not being met. It feels like a beta compared to many AAA games, but that's just my personal opinion. Others may feel differently and that's okay. That's what diversity is for. ^_^

im not trying to troll dude but not everyone uses auto aim on consoles i turn it off when there is an option to and i always do well , just dont generalize us i sure u wouldnt like it if people started generalizing pc users just sayin. i love FPS and i play exclusively on my ps3, brink is awesome has a few bugs that need fixed but overall really fun ive stopped playing all my other games just for it, oh and just because some people dont like objective based games dosnt mean no one does its called preference, i dont get y everyone argues on these forums trying to push there way of thinking on everyone else about their thoughts on the game? y'all need to chill and enjoy the game. if you dont leave suggestions on what to dix dont just flood forum with hate. btw this last part is not directed at u just what ive been seeing on a lot of the threads.

Each to their own, not everyone has to like what you like.

you could be right, but then the doesnt help the game's possible future as they might drop ot. personally i hope they grow and improve brink and dont dumb it down like a lot of other devs do to try and gain the COD crowd.

some of the best gaming is when you get to know the people you play against. im too old for clan stuff and i never know when i get time to play so its nice to pik up a community

i think he was referring to the built in assist. you cant turn it off. they have to code for the inaccuracy of the controllers so hitboxes are bigger and there is a degree of assist built into the aiming, this isnt the assists you have in the menus. i prefer to know ive hit someone between the eyes with my own skill not down to some coding,

not bagging as im useless with a ps3 pad (although im great with a ps move and sharpshooter ) each to their own but i find playing with a mouse much more gratifying and natural

I totally agree with what I put in bold,but I guess I'm one of the few people that haven't had that much of an issue playing on PS3's P2P server.The key is to play with a good host,and the game will be very enjoyable.

I played MAG last night for the first time in a month,and I can honestly say that the Brink P2P servers are much better than the MAG dedicated servers.

That's just my experience though.

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