Brink

1. ultraddtd

   May 10, 2011

   10

   I love this game so far. It's NOT Call of Duty, and you have to work WITH your team in order to succeed. Once you realize that you're notI love this game so far. It's NOT Call of Duty, and you have to work WITH your team in order to succeed. Once you realize that you're not going to dominate based on your K/D ratio, then you'll have a much better time accepting Brink.… Expand

   • 12 of 18 users found this helpful
2. iasjdasldjs

   May 11, 2011

   10

   Game is complete **** Bots are so **** stupid that at times, you wont win a game because they keep **** up **** you are trying to do.
   
   FewGame is complete **** Bots are so **** stupid that at times, you wont win a game because they keep **** up **** you are trying to do.
   
   Few maps and game modes make it boring fast. Customization is nothing special. Every gun has the same few things which you wont use as they make the gun worse. The parkour is just stupid. If you want to go up a wall, just take the stupid stair as it is faster. They could just have put stairs where you want to jump up. Dont forget the stupid SMART system that does not know what the **** you want to do, expect to move over objects you dont want to,… Expand

   • 0 of 4 users found this helpful
4. Bullseye76

   May 10, 2011

   8

   I am giving Brink an 8.5 which I had to round so I figured I would round DOWN, to an 8 to be a little more realistic. First of all let me say,I am giving Brink an 8.5 which I had to round so I figured I would round DOWN, to an 8 to be a little more realistic. First of all let me say, this is not your typical FPS game, if you try to play Brink like you play Halo/COD/Battlefield/Etc this game will punish you beyond words. I personally believe a lot of the negative reviews have to do with two things, #1 a supposed string of bad code(That I didn't notice in my copy that causes awful lag/slowdown/graphical distortion/etc.) and #2 You can not go into Brink with the FPS mindset of old.... If you listened to any of the developer videos they said over and over, they key to Brink is to MOVE, more than you SHOOT. I had to constantly remind myself of this as I was playing the challenges with a friend online (Which ran pretty flawlessly for us...) I found myself annoyed at first, then I found myself understanding this wasn't typical FPS fanfare, then adapting and enjoying the HELL out of this game. I believe people will have a hard time letting go of the comfort of traditional FPS, and that is fine with me, keep playing Halo/COD and the other dime a dozen FPS games out there, leave Brink to the people who appreciate something different. If you were interested in this game at ALL, ignore the reviews, go to the official site, watch the videos, give it a rent, or go out and buy it, but I promise you this is an experience of something that is slightly similar, but at the same time completely new, and it honestly has made the tired and worn out genre of FPS fun and exciting to me again, and for that I am grateful... Thank you Splash Damage! 360 GT-Waynetech B76… Expand

   • 26 of 39 users found this helpful
5. Super-Evil-DOOM

   May 10, 2011

   6

   This game is insanely mediocre. It lacks depth and variety which is not a trait that should be found in a game that is 100% multiplayer. ThereThis game is insanely mediocre. It lacks depth and variety which is not a trait that should be found in a game that is 100% multiplayer. There is absolutely nothing special about Brink whatsoever which is a shame because it certainly has some style and an interesting idea in the whole freerunning element mixed with an FPS. The movement is clunky, like people were saying. There are lots of issues with sprinting and bumping into teammates that will just outright stop people which is pretty silly considering multiplayer games always spawn you next to the entire team. The SMART system isn't as precise as it should be which contributes more to movement issues. There would be several times where something wouldn't work or would be really slow and pointless to use and I would just think of how Mirror's Edge did the first-person free-running thing so much better. I remember watching these trailers and I questioned whether or not the parkour would really change FPS gameplay. Imagine stuff like wall-running or jumping off walls in an FPS. They try to show some of this in the trailers but the fact is, you will die if you try anything other than random sliding in the middle of a firefight unless you're trying to run away. Some of the level design is interesting but overall it doesn't feel that the majority of them took advantage of the fact that you can run all over the place.
   
   There is a lack of maps and the modes are all pretty much attack/defend with an occasional escort objective thrown in, with really long time limits. The majority of the time this makes it really easy on the attacking team because all you have to do is get one good run and you will get the objective but maps are broken down into around 2-4 different objectives, all usually with a 6-10 minute time limit which can makes gameplay extremely tedious and based around camping. The classes also don't bring too much to the table other than going for class-specific objectives. There's the Medic that every class-based game has, Engineer, Soldier, and Operative, which is kind of like a poor man's Spy from Team Fortress 2. The game itself is kind of like a watered down Battlefield with a style reminiscent of Borderlands, but even the general shooting gameplay isn't really tight. It feels like someone threw a wrench in the Call of Duty machine (and Call of Duty's formula already has some dead rats twisting in the gears) and out came an extremely basic FPS in an era full of them. I don't really care about a game lacking single player but it's absolutely ridiculous to call something a 2-8 player co-op campaign when it's just playing against bots.
   
   If you want a class-based multiplayer shooter, get Bad Company 2, Monday Night Combat, or Team Fortess 2. If you want to do cool free-running, buy Assassin's Creed or Mirror's Edge. If you want very little of both that leaves very much to be desired, buy Brink. It saddens me that this game doesn't bring anything special to the genre. I've been playing the Gears of War 3 beta for three weeks it's better than Brink.… Expand

   • 10 of 18 users found this helpful
6. HydrophobikFish

   Jun 9, 2023

   5

   Parkour elements are fun and the character customization is awesome but overall pretty half baked. Campaign is just multiplayer maps with AI.Parkour elements are fun and the character customization is awesome but overall pretty half baked. Campaign is just multiplayer maps with AI. Multiplayer is fun but poorly balanced. Overall forgettable.… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
7. TrueBlue

   May 12, 2011

   4

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First I'd like to say I greatly enjoy the "co-op" mechanic of Brink, You can't just go "lone wolf" it in most instances you really need to buff, heal, and stick with a group of team mates to really make things work. I prefer the tactical shooter over any other and by far. Sadly I must give Brink a negative rating simply based on lag issues. Every other game I play on xbox has no lag issues my network is the best I can afford because the one thing that KILLS games for me is lag. Sadly this one is full of it. If they manage to fix the lag, which makes the game entirely unplayable 9 times out of 10 during multiplayer, which is MOST the game, I could give it a 6 at best. Lots of fun ideas, the SMART makes getting around easier than any other game (assuming your not having a massive lagfest), which is AMAZING imo, sadly the maps aren't really big enough to thoroughy enjoy it. The classes and abilities are entertianing though making Soldiers/Operatives a little more useful couldn't hurt, may also be people haven't really gotten use to that sort of class yet. I ran with a medic and pretty much stick with it throughout the game. Buffing/healing can be rather annoying when you have more than 1 person in front of you, making most intense firefights turn out rather poorly. Again, if lag is an issue (and it almost always is) this task is near impossible. ALL my buffs cannot affect me, which is harsh, I would kill for a little Adrenaline boost in order to get my team back on their feet and gladly die soon after etc. Customization is another high point in the game, though in all honestly its not as vast as I'd hoped. They could definitely use more attachments for your wpns, but still its good fun to mess around with. The way they did the weapons and how you unlock them was interesting to say the least. You can get all of them unlocked within about an hour of picking up the game which leaves you with the task of finding out which ones suits you without a "compare" button. The weapons themselves are quite entertaining, though it puzzles me the lack of rocket launchers they have. My only gripe (as with most shooters) is that sniper rifles don't do nearly the damage they should do. That, combined with the lack of high ground or any good sniping positions makes them a rather useless wpn. Clothing is purely cosmetic, and you get a decent amount of options to make your "yours". These are the items that take the longest to unlock, done so by leveling up. The "campaign" is really just the 8 maps/missions you can play online with voice over during the loading screens. You get to play those 8 maps on both sides (yay) making a wopping 16 different missions, if you can really call them that. Really one side is attacking and one side is defending is all. Playing solo is difficult as AI bots that are the enemy are TERRIBLY accurate, hitting you regardless of you jumpin, sliding, ducking or anything else for that matter. Your team mates AI sucks as they will often charge off alone to try and accomplish tasks that are either pointless or not acheivable by ones self. It would be nice to have some "control" over your AI team mates, or at least which objective they should focus on. Graphically the game WOULD be nice but it does this annoying "re-rendering" thing every time you respawn or progress through a level. Leaves most textures looking blurring and lame in comparison to what they actually should be.
   All in all the game is quite entertaining though the lack of decent campaign reminds me greatly of S8. Maps should be bigger and have more of them. Lag should be fixed. Then you'd have a solid 8, heck just fixing the lag would put the game in the "positive" range. Add some more wpns/attachments/clothing, or even armor to the game and get that score even higher. I'll still be trying to play it as the days roll on, I like its gameplay I just can't stand the lag.… Expand

   • 6 of 17 users found this helpful
8. IamScouse

   May 15, 2011

   0

   I was so looking forward to this game, what with the quality video and magazine reviews, so i rushed out first thing friday morning andI was so looking forward to this game, what with the quality video and magazine reviews, so i rushed out first thing friday morning and snapped this game up even paying extra for the special edition. And what a complete waste of my money, it looked nothing like the video and graphically its like a game from the old xbox, very clunky and the AI must be one of the worst i have ever come across in all my years of gaming. And the game itself becomes very repetitive and boring very quickly, do not buy this pile of rubbish and first thing monday morning this game is going back.… Expand

   • 0 of 3 users found this helpful

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