i have seen soo many games that were pressured to release on a certain date that they actually dont get to finish everything. so instead they finish it later and put it on dlc for like 10 bucks. and in the end the game turns out crappy with alot of patches needed. so im just asking that you dont rush the game too much. we all want the game asap i know but we all want a really good game so if you need to push back the release date a little than just do it. it also gives everyone else a chance to take a look at brink and follow it before release if they have not already.

rofl, it's been delayed twice, i'd doubt it won't be finished by spring 2011 :celebration:

They showed that they want to release a 'finished' game when they pushed it back, and I think they will be finished soon with the basic game and will start bugfixing and making it feel smoother. This is probably the most important part of development - you could play the game from prologue to epilogue, but there are some balancing problems, bugs, and stuff like that. You realy notice if the Devs put much effort into that or not, and I think they will do their very best...

They stated that they were done putting everything in and that they are now only polishing, balancing and fixing bugs. I guess you don't have to fear for a half ass game

DLCs are or adding additional content, not for "finishing" the game. I personally hope for some DLCs to add to the finished game and I do hope patches will be released if issues arise after release. It is impossible for games to be tested with every possible config possible and I've never seen a perfect game released. I have confidence this game will rock upon release.

Yup, this is pretty much right. Honestly imo, the game can lack abit content wise, because that can EASILY be made up with DLC. If the core of the game is screwed up, thats something that cant just be fixed. I'm not talking "minor bugs" that are patchable, i mean things that should have been fixed, or done right while the game was being made, such as game breaking glitches (think mass effect on PC, that needed a patch just to WORK), lack of core fundamentals, such as perfectly feasible, yet dropped features. (for example, if they dropped SMART because they didnt have time to finish it) or just leaving something half assed (like leaving levels with massive graphical artifacts).


Long story short, the game ITSELF is whats important, not little tid bit addons that dont change anything and can be slapped in later, and if something NEEDS to be done/fixed, they should well have the time to do it right. I'll gladly wait any amount of time for a game thats well polished, so long as they dont go all Huxley and just never release because they couldnt get some one's fingernails right or somethin...

Seriously.

They could go by valve time I hope not.

no, im sure that the developers are going to purposely run this game into the ground just because.

don't mind waiting a bit longer for a better product.
I just hope they don't take too long.

Agreed, I want this game really bad, but if it's not done, Then Do Not release it.
I want this game to be epic.
So if we all have to wait, Then whatever.
We will just have more stuff to talk about and complain about..lol

As with most people here, i have this game pre ordered, and have been looking forward to it for months.
That said i would rather wait than be bitterly disappointed.

They won't half ass it or they won't be able to say how innovative it is every 5 seconds.
that is their whole motivation. To rub it in the face of every other honest but samey shooter out there that they're reinventing the shooter.
And then Craptivision comes along and tries to delay it with a long lawsuit claiming that they invented Sniper Rifles and perks and guns clearly differntiating Sniper Rifles from guns