Figure Id give my review on the game. The campaign just doesnt really feel like a campaign to me. It is kind of repetitive and half the time I seem to be lost with the story, it often tells me to just go do somethin when I have absolutely no idea why. Ive only played the resistance so far and for their campaign its basically just guard this and guard that. Campaign feels like multiplayer, I dont like how their are enemies constantly respawning in the story mode I like how in traditional shooters in just kill a couple wave, complete the objective, and move on to another objective and fight some more waves.

Now before some idiot starts posting something like I didnt research the game and watch any of the videos, I actually did. Developers said they were going to be kind of combining the multiplayer gameplay with campaign. I thought itd be cool but I completely misunderstood and thought of something completely different

Another thing Im not too happy about is that there are no lobbies.
Now BEFORE some other idiot goes and starts posting about how Brink is supposed to be a unique game and Call of duty has lobbies which makes lobbies bad,
1. There is nothing wrong with lobbies, I find them the easiest way to get into a quick game
2. Call of duty did not invent lobbies
3. I do not want to go looking for people to play with on the forums or my friends list because I dont know anybody that plays brink on the 360

One last thing that I wanted to talk about was the lack of game modes, such as TDM, FFA, And CTF.
Now BEFORE yet another idiot starts complaining about how Brink is an objective game, every other shooter out there has TDM, FFA, and CTF, or Call of duty has TDM therefore TDM is apparently bad to all the COD haters.

Sure Brink is an objective game, but it would not hurt to add in a TDM option in here. If you dont like it, simply do not play it. Halo and COD are non-objective games, basically just a regular shooter, u kill baddies and u win, but they have objective game modes in their multiplayer, so why shouldnt Brink have some traditional TDM? Brink was looking to please everybody, and I believe this is the way to go.

I got this game because you have so many options and opportunities and skill caps and potential that you can unleash in this game, unlike COD or Halo or any other game. I really like that and how the game mechanics work in this game. The SMART Movement is genius and def puts alot of potential to those who know how to use it. I like the game mechanics, I just think we need to fix a couple of these things and we can have a game that really DOES please everybody. Hope I changed somebodys opinion.

You could never create an FPS that pleases everyone.

Isnt that what the developers were trying to do though?

No, but that's no excuse for creating a bad one.

Brink suffers from some very serious problems. Among them, crappy graphics (to the point of actually detracting for gameplay), disjointed gameplay (between SMART and Attack and Defense objectives), poor story telling (show, don't tell), limited level design (ie. choke points in all of them), frustrating objectives, and some pretty shallow gameplay (Mob up men!)

But at least it has Alec Newman.


Anyway, the fact that everyone has different tastes does not get away from the very real problems that make Brink less appealing than it could be. And giving those two cents, by bringing up potential failings for further discussion and hopefully review by the devs, is the only way that we can hope to achieve some measure of that lost potential.

You can't please everyone. Goodbye.

Well you have to just trust them if your concerned about the technical problems. I mean its a new game of course there is going to be some lag. I do understand your point on the poor story telling and limited level design. Thats what I dont like about the campaign.

Yes but you sure as hell can please the majority so enough of all this "you cant please everyone" crap because thats what the developers were aiming for. They didnt literally mean that everybody that plays the game will like it. Of course people are going to have their opinions on things but I think they really couldve made the game to where it pleases "everyone"

The majority? Who's the majority? Check steam stats. Brink has 9,500+ players on right now while CoD has around 8,300. Last night Brink had around 9,000 only.

The only reason why you think you're part of the majority is because everyone that actually enjoys Brink is too busy playing right now to comment on the forums. Go play another game if this frustrates you so much.

The only game that "pleases the majority" is Call of Duty, its unavoidable to mention that and even the spell of that game has seemed to wear off 6 months on. Dont know about you but im glad that this game is far different.

We already have lots of FPS' that please the majority. What we don't have lots of, is FPS' that encourage teamwork above K/D whoring, and objective play over the classic TDM and CTF. Not that there's anything wrong with CTF or TDM, mind you, but it's been done to death.

Why u gettin so defensive man? Lol Im just tryin to share my experience with the forums and hopefully get some supporters. I respect others opinion if they say the game is great, so I dont see why you dont respect mine. And I bet over half of that 9,500 players could think of a bunch of ways the game could be alot better, most reasons alike from eachother.

Please tell me that Brink HAS good story telling and HAS Lobbies and HAS Team Deathmatch and Free for all and you wouldnt change a thing about the game because apparently it is so amazing that it is perfect.

Well I just finished posting in another thread saying that Brink has a [censored] story line and that I wished they did a better job on it. Also, I play on PC so that whole lobby issue isn't a problem for me. Regarding TDM and Free For All? I used to play ET so objective based multiplayer was what I became accustomed to so I really don't know what to tell you lol.

And I do respect your opinion. Everyone has different tastes, but I'm just saying why waste time bashing the game because you don't like it? The developers purposely made it so there was no TDM and you don't like the idea, but that was what the developers were aiming for to begin with. I highly doubt that complaining about it is going to make a change.

Well as a player I always encourage teamwork and cooperation, I know that its one of the most important aspects of multiplayer, but I dont think it wouldnt hurt to add a TDM or FFA in. Dont get me wrong I think its cool that the game really does encourage teamwork and rewards those who are teamplayers, but I still think the game deserves a TDM. I think we can have it while still working together.

Well who knows man maybe I will change somebodys mind and maybe they will add it to the game. Sure the lobby thing might not be a problem for YOU, but it is for alot of people out there. Theres a poll on the forums about lobbies, and about 95% got marked as "NEED LOBBIES" while the other 5% is "Lobbies not needed" Im just tryin to get through to somebody here and maybe Ill make a difference, but youll never know unless u try

I honestly dont see why they didnt put in TDM if so many people want it or the lobby system. I dont hate the game for it, as a matter of fact Im playing it right now, I just want it to be a little better

Does this mean you hate it? LOL


Wanting lobbies for a game is not a hard thing to ask for. STEAM? Really? This is a console game too. Console gamers make up a pretty large chunk of the market and it's growing exponentially each year.

The mindset of a PC gamer seems to be as ignorant as some of the CONSOLE gamers.


REPEAT.....this is a MULTI-PLATFORMED game. They can do things for each differently. Other games have.

Its not perfect but what game even is. If I bought an SP game like Heavy Rain or LA Noir then I would expect an epic story but realistically how many people buy an FPS for its SP as oppossed to its Multiplayer...hardly anyone. Free for All doesnt have much place in a highly team-orientated game, TDMs evidently popular enough though I think its bland and boring but fact of the matter is it was made clear that it wasnt going to be there. What confuses me is that there are many games out which already incorporate all of these features you mentioned but you would rather be able to play them on Brink instead of going back to those games why is that :shrug:

HA HA REAL GOOD DEDUCTION.
No, I love the game.

Did I say wanting lobbies was a hard thing to ask for? I was advocating for them to add in lobbies in a future patch or update in numerous posts last night. What the hell are you even trying to say here? I was pointing out that the game was doing very well on Steam, which means this game isn't such a total let down like you numb nuts imply it is.

REPEAT.....I KNOW.

Brink has everything that I wanted when it comes to features -
Awesome Customization
Lots of guns
Nice mobility
No restrictions like in COD or Halo
Classes
A leveling system
SMART System
Teamplay

This really brings up alot of oppurtinities to the table and a higher skillcap than most FPSs and I truly thought the aspects that we really enjoyed in traditional shooters like lobbies and TDM would be in here on top of these nice features. And even though alot of people really buy games for the multiplayer, they almost always play the singleplayer

TDM would get rid of the entire teamwork thing. TDM = Team Deathmatch. You kill people. Not what SD was going for.

Btw I would have this on my PC If only I had a better computer. I bet brink would really pair up nicely with my razer naga although since I cant play it on my computer im kinda forced to have it on my 360

Well then just seperate objective playlists from TDM, its simple I dont see why we cant do both.

The game was released last night. It should be high on the charts. The test of time is what will show the games life to be. The letdown is the TOTAL GAME. Not just one aspect. The idea of the game and the "revolution" was not realized by the VAST majority.

It IS what they are going for. You kill people to reach a point. Then kill them more to complete it. As the defender of a game match....you are essentially playing TDM.

No one hyped it but the people who were keeping up with Brink. People just bought into it and I really can't say anything about that. I don't see anything wrong with the game to be honest aside from the crappy story line. I'm having a great time playing this game using SMART and everything they promised, but apparently this isn't the case for some people.

Just wait I guess? Or you can always just stop playing this game altogether and wait for BF3.