I payed 50euros for the PC version of this game on Steam and I want my money back, this game is not even close to all that you promised to the comminity for many reason:

(1) Brink is full of technical issues (audio problems, low fps, server lag....) so it is more a beta than a retail product. I dont want to wait for a patch, I dont have to becuase you are the developers and you SHOULD release your product 100% tested. Otherwise you'd be cheating your customers. And this is exactly what you did with this game.

(2) Brink doesnt have a solid character customization, you just implemented a very rigid character templates, but you promised the opposite.

(3) Multiplayer games does not have any teamwork at all, no tactics neither player skill. Multiplayers games are just a bunch of people shooting to the opposite side at close range.

(4) The game lacks of content in solo&muliplayer modes, you can play all missions and all game modes in less than 3 hours, after that all is repetitive. I dont want to wait for DLC content, since it has the flavor of an unfinished game.

(5) The game system is clearly unbalanced and it is senseless... as an example, you get more XP giving amo or extra-health to the people in your side than killing foes.

(6) Brink doesnt have any inovation in the control system, SMART is the same thing as climbing a ladder in other FPS games

(7) Maps are quiet simple and boring, there's always one main corridor in the middle of the map and two flanks on sides....you did really bad with the level desing

I have to congratule Brink's marketing departement, they did a great job selling this game. They caught my attention with videos, intervies, features, etc and I weekly followed your website and preordered Brink on Steam, but the real game experience is really really really poor, nothing related to what you promised. I want my 50€ back.

Send me your copy then Ill send you the money.

1) A boohoo...lag...get over yourself.

2) The opposition has no character customization.

3) Stop playing with the AI. They're stupid.

4) Poor baby...you get sick of the eight maps...get over yourself.

5) Yes, you get more points for TEAM WORK. That's the point.

6) Stop thinking two dimension and think three dimension, moron. Such as jumping over the gap, grabbing the edge, and pulling yourself on the other side in order to out flank the enemy. Also, PLAY A LIGHT. I've gotten to weird places.

7) I've found more than three ways into an area. You just think to linear.

I feel like the Brink forums turned into a blog since I was gone...

I hate to break it to you; but we don't know you. We don't care, at all if you return it.

Ownt.




I do agree with this. The game was promoted very well to stir up interest early and planted their talons in our heads quite quickly.
And I must admit, it's nothing like I expected it to be. Sure, it's bug-ridden, but in my case playable. The first initial 5-6hours were a bit of a drag for me. But once I started getting lag-free games and unlocked more content, I really started to enjoy it.
I crossed out the end of your quote there because although I agree with that final statement, it's not that poor at all. Personally, I think it was a Beta Test away from being near perfect. But give it time and Im sure we'll all get the fixes we want and this game will go from an ok/good game to a great game. Keep hold of your copy and just watch. I have faith. :L

Guess I'm the one person here who does actually agree with you. You make very valid points on everything except probably S.M.A.R.T. which I do like. I don't know what it is but I left the forums for 8 months and came back to find them filled with a bunch of immature geeks. It's sad. Things like "ownt!", "troll!", and "boo hoo we don't care" are all you hear on this forum now. I don't want my money back, and I'm holding on to hope that the patches/DLC improve the game but I don't blame you for wanting yours.

Well shouldn't of bought it on steam since last i read there is a no money back thing.
Ummmmm could sell the pc to get the money back for Brink?

All people do now is flame those who feel that Brink is not what it was promised.

I agree that the game has issues, and definitely feels incomplete. I try to work around them, and have been having fun. But I agree with the OP on the point about the maps all being the same basic design (with a main choke point) and with players not knowing what the [censored] to do, but that's more of a player issue than a game issue.

If people have issues with the game, we as a community should listen to their opinions instead of acting like brainwashed fan-boys. All everyone does is talk about how amazing Brink is, and if you don't like it then "Go back to COD you noob/new player/newb", or in this case "Too bad. Go play some other crappy "modern" FPS." . It's quite pathetic. I don't think I'll be sticking around much longer seeing as the forums are now flooded with fan-boys who are too busy sleeping with their copy of the game to help/hear out people with differing opinions.

Working fine for my on PS3. No lag or any issues at all.

That's exactly how we feel.

Screwed by a company that said this and that and delivered a DEMO......no a BETA since we all know this game feels UNFINISHED.


Go back to your local gamestore and tell them your copy is defective.....plain ole defective. Won't play on your system. They MIGHT give you a full refund. I have seen it before. That way you are NOT part of the problem, but the solution. Which is to let devs know they can't push out BETA games at finished game prices.

This.

Just because you don't enjoy BRINK doesn't mean you're a COD player.

The game is not unfinished -_- next person who says that will be marked as a troll and shot. There's a full campaign, customization, guns, maps, objectives, smart, classes. The game is finished, just has bugs(and don't go crying saying "A bug makes a game unfinished" because then you'll read your post and facepalm)
It's true some people don't like the game but the thing is that they post about it and we see it repeatedly it gets annoying. They are aware of the problems but if you don't like the features of the game (graphics, smart, bots) then that's personal preference.
Seriously, stop voicing your opinion if the topics already been discussed because this makes no one happy.

Pretty much.

The game is a finished and completed game, they are having some bugs (name one game that doesn't) and they are fixing them.

The thing people realize is that after the first month these threads all but disappear. The people who don't like the game move on and the people who do stick around. It happens every time so just sit back, and be patient and kind.

sorry I disagree with you on 2 points.

1.SMART, is not a new way of moving around a game. its simply an AUTO button for specific button presses which can be done independently. In fact the game actually states using the actual buttons for mounting, jumping, etc etc will be smoother and quicker than using the smart button. which to me makes the smart button pointless. Seems like it was designed to let children play the game(and not have to learn how to press multiple buttons at the right times)

2.FULL CAMPAIGN (and most importantly) that is complete crap. there is not a full campaign, playing a multi player map with bots, putting 30 sec intro and end vids does constitute a campaign.

Yes the game can get boring at the beginning since you can't really do much. But when you level up to some more powerful abilities then it will be a lot more enjoyable.

It has a lot of issues I'll agree to that. But even though I'll just play a multiplayer match without sound, than completely throw the $50 away. IMO, they had to release it, otherwise we'll all be pissed off with another delay!

And you use what they give to to make different awesome combinations. Different archetype with different colour scheme. Put on some different hair/hat. Add a tattoo/scar. Use a different face or voice.

Lag problem? Might be just the consumption of your bandwidth or server distance. I live in Beijing but I sometimes still get 1 or 2 servers with a ping of around 50 to 90. Other servers are over 100.

I agree that the bots are stupid, but so are the bots in many other games. Multiplayer had people shooting at the enemy at close range because they were on the way to their objective and happened to have bumped into some enemies and taking them down will make your team's lives easier.

Repetitive? This goes to all games out there. Especially death match! Just go around killing, camping and spawn killing for no reason. Yes just kill don't do anything else, repetitive or not?

You know why they made it so distributing ammo, boosting health etc. gives more exp than killing people? It wouldn't be a objective based game if you kill to earn more exp than completeing objectives.

SMART is a great feature of the game. Think about CoD if you've played it. They have fixed places such as windows and waist height fences there you can climb over, but you can't climb onto a table? or a car? In Modern Warfare 2 there is a scene where you see Ghost tic tac/wall jump to a muscle up, why can't the player do that?

In the maps, there's one main route, two flanks and little small paths that YOU don't even take time to pay attention to even notice it because you don't like the bots or complain about exp.

I have to contraulate the release of Brink as, IMO, the start of something big.

The game feels complete as is.

I'll agree with you saying the customization is lacking when you find me another cross-platform shooter that has more to offer.

Well...
1. Smart is still in the game, it's a universal ladder, what other competition offers something like it?
2. I see a beginning and an end, sure it's not what you want of to be but it's there nonetheless. I like the beginning/end cutscenes and I do want more but I accept the fact that they finished it.

Thanks for coming out OP, awesome "review".... :snoring:

As much as I agree with you about the game being not as complete as it was hyped up to have been, it doesn't help a developer to know that their customers are willing to cheat the system in order to get a message out. Aren't they hurt enough?

yeah OP i understand what u mean. I mean hes just stating what he thinks can hate him for that... people do it on these forums all the time lets face it this game wasnt what we thought it would be. People lie to themselves. I like the gameplay but all the bugs and stuff like that needs to get fixed or else im quitting the game!

1) Or for people who just want to play the game? I don't give a [censored] about hitting the right button to go over this wall, I want to go over this wall and get to the objective. If you get the timing down, you get over faster, get your gun out faster, and kill me. Why are you complaining?

2) You could say the same thing about mutli-player. You're not playing mult-player, you're playing single player with people! In short, opinions are opinions. I had a great time doing it, of course I have a few gripes, and of course the campaign could stand to be longer. But I got what I expected out of the game.

When the game looks horrible and doesn't work right I consider that unfinished. And if you don't wanna read complaints, don't click on the thread. People paid for the game so they have every right to voice their opinion. Personally they are really the only threads I enjoy, because it's how I feel and I"ve never been let down by a game this badly before.

Tell me then, what makes the game unfinished? And in reality, no one cares about what the game looks like, it's all about the gameplay.

In general: lack of very good storylines, graphics aren't top of the line, customization isn't as massive as it was boasted to be.
On 360: bad texture loading, framerate is terrible, lag online doesn't help much.

Gameplay is nice if the game makes that its main focus. BRINK was aiming for an excellent campaign and an insane level of customization as well (and I forget what other things it was trying to emphasize). I guess people were expecting APB-level customization for the latter, but SD did claim BRINK's campaigns were very narrative-driven, and that wasn't delivered. It doesn't help that these days, we expect COD-level graphics from our FPS games.

The X360 got the worst of the bunch, not so sure about PS3. It's slightly (just slightly) negligible considering this is SD's first actual console game, but still, they didn't really put on a super-amazing show.