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Brink |OT| _/^\_
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Well, I can see this thread is going places.. are you guys actually gonna start discussing the game any time soon rather than whether GB is good or bad and funny or unfunny?
Here's the Giant Bomb thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=392431
Here's the Giant Bomb thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=392431
Genesis Knight
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DevelopmentArrested said:
Yeah, it's used as duck and cover by fans but sometimes it's a legitimate comment. Often you'll get a bad impression of a game when you don't have any idea what you're doing.
Genesis Knight
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Kintaro said:
Yeah, point taken.
DevelopmentArrested said:
Its not an unreasonable excuse at times. Like Bulletstorm, some people REALLY arent playing it right. A decent amount of people got turned off from BS immediately, since they were trying to play it like CoD (having to use sights instead of the crosshair the majority of the time...even when point blank/ 3 feet from the enemy).
"You're doing it wrong" may be tossed around alot on the internet, but often its an accurate statement. Hell, the same thing happened with Vanquish, Bayonetta, or even Gears of War. I've even had complaints from people that TF2 sucks because you "can only use two guns and its cartoony".
Awesome, I was also credited another $10 from Amazon. I'll take that over the Psycho Pack anyway. So basically with all the Amazon credit, I'm getting Brink and LA Noire for $65, which isn't bad at all. Hopefully the lag issues in Brink get resolved, because watching Brandon's stream and the game seems to be exactly what I'm hoping for. Can't wait for UPS to deliver, so I can hop on and try my luck with the online.
Phife Dawg
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It seems a lot of the posts in this topic are by people not even interested in playing the game. What's up with that? Makes reading quite a hassle - have to wade through countless posts...ugh.
I'm in the same boat. Didn't get a key at all but a download link. Apparently it's for the NA version?! Downloading anyway, it's only 5 gig.Dina said:
Genesis Knight
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Phife Dawg said:
I agree. Luckily I've got a few of these people ignored. I would be interested in a Community thread so that people who don't play can stay the fuck out.
Mr. B Natural
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Wrong. Extremely wrong. Psychologically and logically wrong. It is VERY HARD to play a game "to win" aka fully immersed using your full attention and talk about something other than how to play to win. It is very much like playing the piano. You just don't realize how dumb you look and sound when playing games. Nobody does. It takes self awareness to recognize such a thing. When 100% immersed in a game, you don't have the time to stop and realize it took 3 seconds to respond to someone right in front of you.To you, the conversation is going fine, to the other person you sound like your iq dropped 75 points. Your mouth is agape amongst other oddities. Nobody has 150% attention. Not even self-absorbed leet-dumbasses on Gaf.vidal said:
I'll repeat, GB is not trying to win the match. They're trying to show the game and talk about it in realtime. Again, talking clearly and precisely with no pauses > high level play.
There's good reason why EVERYBODY puts in their two cents after taking footage except GB, these guys don't and that helps to get the in-the-moment opinions and thoughts that you don't get with people that talk afterward. They both have their ups and downs. The question is, what in the world does that have anything to do your self-esteem? These previews are NOT about impressing you or making you feel better about yourself. If it does, fine, why are people posting this crap online? Is it some self-esteem multiplier to tell the public how much better you are than some guy online?
I'm out. this thread is embarrassing.
spiderman123
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I just got the game and the graphics are off on mine. I have an Xbox and Toshiba hi def (1080p) TV. Am I doing something wrong ( or is there a particular setting)?
SpiderJerusalem
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Will i lose out on anything playing offline until psn is back. The message telling me to go online said something about my records if I'm not signed in.
Well, I did all of the 2 star challenges and hopped online, the game is pretty freaking awesome, IMO. This is just after 2 matches, the 2nd did have some lag issues towards the end of it, but it seemed to correct itself in a minute or two.
In only 2 matches I already want to smack the 1UP reviewer for saying building things like shortcuts are pointless, good lord.
Don't let the reviews scare you off from this one, if the guy posting in here from SD is any indication, I'm pretty confident the lag will be cleaned up in due time, the actual gameplay is really good, especially if you like objective based games. This isn't a lone wolf slayer game, so stay away if that's you.
In only 2 matches I already want to smack the 1UP reviewer for saying building things like shortcuts are pointless, good lord.
Don't let the reviews scare you off from this one, if the guy posting in here from SD is any indication, I'm pretty confident the lag will be cleaned up in due time, the actual gameplay is really good, especially if you like objective based games. This isn't a lone wolf slayer game, so stay away if that's you.
So is the percentage of PC users having troubles really high? Or is this one of those things where it seems worst then it is because your going to be much more inclined to log on and complain about it not working then working.
This game kind of flew under my radar but looks like something I'd enjoy. This thread is kind of scaring me off though. I do have an upper tier quad core system.
This game kind of flew under my radar but looks like something I'd enjoy. This thread is kind of scaring me off though. I do have an upper tier quad core system.
So people voicing their legitimate concerns about a game which was knowingly shipped broken is trolling in your opinion? Lol, keep it classy Splash Damage. I'm sure Zenimax will make the right decision in a few months.DeanoCalver said:Need to blow off all the steam building up ignoring trolls all day, playing this broken game for a bit sounds like a good cure
360 - DeanoC if anybody wants to kick my arse or swear at my for being useless (i'm useless at Brink btw, srsly really really bad)
Genesis Knight
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Ramirez said:
360 or PC?
Mr_Brit said:
Get that shit out of here, son. Wishing people to lose jobs? That's fucking low.
thezerofire
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what system?Ramirez said:
Genesis Knight
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Ramirez said:
Thanks and good to hear; can't wait to give it a shot this afternoon.
derFeef said:
So knowingly shipping broken products is better? How would you feel if Samsung shipped knowingly broken TVs and brushed off those affected? You would expect severe consequences.Genesis Knight said:
I'm sure a large part of Splash Damage are good guys but that still means that they have to suffer the consequences for the actions of the bad guys in their company as they operate as one group.
Ideal situation would be for the guys who messed up to go and let the others have another chance.
Danne-Danger
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My impression is that the most severe issue (framerate) is fixed or at least made much better by turning of AO, haven't seen many framerate complaints for a while now. The "blue screen (not of death)" (which I've seen pop-up a lot) seems to be fixable (temporarily?) by deleting the .cfg (the game will make a new one). Haven't seen any fixes for the sound disappearing and things like that though. Your mileage may vary, but I feel like I'm seeing less and less complaints.KiKaL said:
Now I'm sure this'll bite me in the ass due Friday (when I get the game), but hey! I'm a positive guy.
See the top of the page and try to not be an asshat towards a guy working to fix your problems.Mr_Brit said:
TheApatheticOne
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Mr_Brit said:
Well, I mean, I havent played it yet, and there definitely seems to be some legit concerns out there. That said, as someone that has followed this thread since 6 am EST time, Ive seen the same names, over and over, hate on this thread. Game didnt turn out the way you wanted day 1, youre not buying it..... great, thats completely your choice. However, once you've made that choice and expressed your disappointment.... move on. Most are sticking around posting still, wanting to watch the game burn.
Just my observation. Cheers.
Hmmmm
- Just like the GT review mentioned, the SMART parkour maneuvers are very situational. It doesn't seem like the maps were designed around it. There really isn't any use for them, besides being stylish
- The force feedback, at least on the PS3 version, is too weak. It needs to be more robust. Also, there is no vibration at all whenever you're doing any SMART moves. I'd like a better sense of whenever I'm holding onto an edge or perform a wall jump. I believe there isn't any rumble when you perform a melee as well.
- Hit detection isn't convincing. This is probably one of the most important aspects of any shooting game. I want to know when my bullets are hitting my target. Blood splatter, sparks, contortions, grunts, moans, ect. Gears of War and Halo have done a great job at this. Not only does it make the experience more visceral, but it helps me know that my bullets aren't whiffing into the air, but instead making contact with my target. Small visual and audio indicators of doing damage also helps the player conserve ammo too.
Other than that, Brink is pretty good. Graphics are solid, though it doesn't look as good as it did in preview videos last year. The music and audio design are excellent. The character and weapon customization, so far, is deep and very well thought out.
- Just like the GT review mentioned, the SMART parkour maneuvers are very situational. It doesn't seem like the maps were designed around it. There really isn't any use for them, besides being stylish
- The force feedback, at least on the PS3 version, is too weak. It needs to be more robust. Also, there is no vibration at all whenever you're doing any SMART moves. I'd like a better sense of whenever I'm holding onto an edge or perform a wall jump. I believe there isn't any rumble when you perform a melee as well.
- Hit detection isn't convincing. This is probably one of the most important aspects of any shooting game. I want to know when my bullets are hitting my target. Blood splatter, sparks, contortions, grunts, moans, ect. Gears of War and Halo have done a great job at this. Not only does it make the experience more visceral, but it helps me know that my bullets aren't whiffing into the air, but instead making contact with my target. Small visual and audio indicators of doing damage also helps the player conserve ammo too.
Other than that, Brink is pretty good. Graphics are solid, though it doesn't look as good as it did in preview videos last year. The music and audio design are excellent. The character and weapon customization, so far, is deep and very well thought out.
Mr_Brit said:
Microsoft made a system knowing full well it had a RROD problem. It took them out long to admit it? They corrected the problem and people still buy the console. Hell, people bought 3-5 of them.
Why don't you extend SD the same courtesy and allow them to fix the problems? Or is that too much to ask?
nismogrendel
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Gave the game another shot, had a blast.
Got on a team that was well balanced and everyone was good about buffs/ammo/revives. Played 3 games with no rubber banding. 4th game the sound cut out so I gotta find out whats up with that.
Gameplay question:
What's the deal with joining a server and sitting in spectate mode? I was in a server that was really only 5v5 but showed up as a 16 person in the browser. After sitting thru that round spots opened up and I got on a team but a few mins later the same happened to the next batch of people that joined.
Am I doing something wrong?
Got on a team that was well balanced and everyone was good about buffs/ammo/revives. Played 3 games with no rubber banding. 4th game the sound cut out so I gotta find out whats up with that.
Gameplay question:
What's the deal with joining a server and sitting in spectate mode? I was in a server that was really only 5v5 but showed up as a 16 person in the browser. After sitting thru that round spots opened up and I got on a team but a few mins later the same happened to the next batch of people that joined.
Am I doing something wrong?
I'll be interested to see 1UP's re-review, there's no way this game is a D with the patch.
I will say though, this game will live and die by the community, I had tons of medics run right past me in game and not revive me, I even kept buffing an engineers weapon because he apparently didn't know how to do it himself, lol.
I will say though, this game will live and die by the community, I had tons of medics run right past me in game and not revive me, I even kept buffing an engineers weapon because he apparently didn't know how to do it himself, lol.
Spiritreaver
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Man just got owned during 2-star Tower Defense, made it to the last wave and just got bum rushed. Damn it! Really loving the game though now that I've unlocked a lot of abilities and reached level 10. I like the system, how you get exp for doing anything right so even if you lose horribly you still get a nice chunk.
I dunno if it's just me, but it also seems like jumping into online games has become quicker, kinda weird, maybe fewer people are playing because it "sucks" so much.
I do have a question though, how are lower level characters encouraged to do well against higher level characters? I had originally thought that abilities and traits could only be equipped to some limit. Meaning you can't have all abilities up at all times, but it seems more like.. once you buy them they're there for good. So higher level players certainly have quite an advantage. Maybe I'm mistaken though.
Damn it! Really loving the game though now that I've unlocked a lot of abilities and reached level 10. I like the system, how you get exp for doing anything right so even if you lose horribly you still get a nice chunk.I dunno if it's just me, but it also seems like jumping into online games has become quicker, kinda weird, maybe fewer people are playing because it "sucks" so much.
I do have a question though, how are lower level characters encouraged to do well against higher level characters? I had originally thought that abilities and traits could only be equipped to some limit. Meaning you can't have all abilities up at all times, but it seems more like.. once you buy them they're there for good. So higher level players certainly have quite an advantage. Maybe I'm mistaken though.
By right decision I mean hopefully getting rid of the devs who ensured the game shipped broken and keeping the rest and giving them a chance as they clearly have a lot of talented people working there. I'm not hoping for their closure, just consequences for the people who messed up.Detox said:
TheApatheticOne
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Ill be on in 30 minutes, 360GAF, XBL tag is TheApatheticOne. Invite me up.
Team Klimt
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Ramirez said:
What are you gonna do? Grade the game on the potential of a patch? What if one doesn't come right away or at all? They should grade the game consumers will buy on day one. If its a D in their eyes they are within their right to say so.
Mr_Brit said:
I dont think its always the developers who have a hand in shipping a game with alot of glitches/performance problems. The publishers should share equal blame.
On that note, at least it properly supports 16:10 resoultions. Epic/People can fly's Bulletstorm still hasnt received a PC version patch to fix the black bars on 16:10 resolutions or performance issues (its not really bad, but still performs at lower levels on systems that should be able to maintain a steady 60 fps no matter what)...and thats after posting a "we're working on it" message on the Epic forums 2 months or so ago.