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Brink |OT| _/^\_
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Incendiary
Banned
Finally got my copy today, booted it up earlier for a few matches. I played two matches with real people, then the next campaign match was me and one guy and six bots versus two guys and six bots, and that was not as fun. I think my favorite class to play is Medic right now, but I haven't really sunk my teeth into Engineer or Operative yet.
Brink also gets a prestigious award for being the first game in a long time to make me read the instruction booklet so I could play the game. I went into the first campaign doing a solo round expecting to get some sort of tutorial, but nope was just dropped right in. Figured it out eventually, am really digging the SMART system.
The lack of a lobby system kind of sucks, how am I supposed to meet up with fellow GAFfers now?
Brink also gets a prestigious award for being the first game in a long time to make me read the instruction booklet so I could play the game. I went into the first campaign doing a solo round expecting to get some sort of tutorial, but nope was just dropped right in. Figured it out eventually, am really digging the SMART system.
The lack of a lobby system kind of sucks, how am I supposed to meet up with fellow GAFfers now?
I really tried to be on the Positive Parade Bandwagon, but this game is ass online. This game is just filled with issues. From getting your XBL party in one game successfully, to getting even a game without terrible lag in it. The objectives are sort of neat, but I'm losing the care factor. Just feel my money was wasted. I won't do that again if I can help it.
*Duke Nukem will save me*
*Duke Nukem will save me*
Are people noticing differences in how they maneuver by using manual jump/crouch commands rather than holding the SMART button?
On a Light/Medium body type if I get lucky and time my jumps correctly it seems almost like I vault and climb 2-3 times faster, but I may be wrong. Either way, seems fast.
Now if I could only learn how to time them correctly ..
On a Light/Medium body type if I get lucky and time my jumps correctly it seems almost like I vault and climb 2-3 times faster, but I may be wrong. Either way, seems fast.
Now if I could only learn how to time them correctly ..
X-Frame said:
This may have something to do with momentum and stringing things together. Were you running, then vaulting over something, into a jump, into a wall hop, into a slide, etc? When you chain things together apparently you go much quicker in covering ground is what the developers said in an earlier interview.
Fuck it - Bought.
Who knows if it'll run on my system, who knows if anyone will even be playing it in a week, who knows how I'm going to pay my electric bill this month, but I can't stop reading these threads, I can't stop watching streams, and I tune into thebrink.tv every night. Even if it runs like shit and never gets patched and all that's left to play with are bots in a week, I figure I at least owe Splash Damage the $50 for W:ET. I played that game for years, joined a team, entered tournaments, designed a couple of popular maps, made a lot of long lasting friends, and never had to pay them a dime. So take my money Splash Damage. Please.
Who knows if it'll run on my system, who knows if anyone will even be playing it in a week, who knows how I'm going to pay my electric bill this month, but I can't stop reading these threads, I can't stop watching streams, and I tune into thebrink.tv every night. Even if it runs like shit and never gets patched and all that's left to play with are bots in a week, I figure I at least owe Splash Damage the $50 for W:ET. I played that game for years, joined a team, entered tournaments, designed a couple of popular maps, made a lot of long lasting friends, and never had to pay them a dime. So take my money Splash Damage. Please.
fuzzyreactor
Banned
u wont be disappointed. been playing the game at 15-30 fps and still am addicted. once this game is patched my social life will be goneDEO3 said:
Played earlier in the day. I want to thank Genesis Knight and the others for the Galactic SMG recommendation. That, the Kross, and another SMG that I can't quite remember are my favorites at this point. I also made my piece with the Assault Rifles; They seem to be meant for either very long range or very close range, and I was just wasn't used to that type of guneplay. Now I just run a Medium with two SMGs as one of my characters.
I finally tried the "start a new character" thing for the Be More Objective 3 star challenge, and after about 8 tries I finally beat it. Now I have just two 3 star challenges left, and only one of them is actually a challenge for me, Tower Defense.
Edit: Also, I may just be getting better at the game, but playing against people is loads easier than playing against bots online. Hard mode is hard.
I finally tried the "start a new character" thing for the Be More Objective 3 star challenge, and after about 8 tries I finally beat it. Now I have just two 3 star challenges left, and only one of them is actually a challenge for me, Tower Defense.
Edit: Also, I may just be getting better at the game, but playing against people is loads easier than playing against bots online. Hard mode is hard.
Played a pretty fun match on the GAF server today. Played as a resistance operative on the terminal level... we had a really good medic and a decent engi, together we we're kickin ass.
I love running around as the light type slide tackling and knifing peeps to death. I was pretty successful with disguising and bringing down the attackers from within their own ranks.
We were holding them off until like a minute left when they stole the flag and made it all th way back to like 15 ft from the point before we finally brought that slippery fool down. Pretty epic ending to a really fun match.
The lack of in game voice chat is the worst.
Fake Edit: this is when the other guy on my team posts that the enemies were all bots.
I love running around as the light type slide tackling and knifing peeps to death. I was pretty successful with disguising and bringing down the attackers from within their own ranks.
We were holding them off until like a minute left when they stole the flag and made it all th way back to like 15 ft from the point before we finally brought that slippery fool down. Pretty epic ending to a really fun match.
The lack of in game voice chat is the worst.
Fake Edit: this is when the other guy on my team posts that the enemies were all bots.
Captain Fish
Member
I'll have to try the galactic again without a silencer. It wasn't doing enough damage so I switched back to the Carb-9. My favorite combo right now is Semi-automatic rifle and the 20 bullet machine pistol.
Tonight I realized that you can mark enemies while disguised. It's a great way to make the most out of your time behind enemy lines. Mark a few dudes that are hiding, and then take a couple out with a grenade and a burst.
Tonight I realized that you can mark enemies while disguised. It's a great way to make the most out of your time behind enemy lines. Mark a few dudes that are hiding, and then take a couple out with a grenade and a burst.
Chanser said:
Get on the GAF server if you can (its always full...or for some reason says 14/16 and still full atm) pretty much lag free.
Also I think im really going to have fun with the light body as an engineer. Think I might be either Engineer/Operative or Engineer/Soldier...
Got the PS3 version today. Seems to run alright. Wish there was a bit less texture pop.
No install required but I see a lot of drive light blinking so I assume it's caching to the hard drive. Not sure if an install of some kind would help with the texture pop. Probably not, otherwise I assume Splash Damage would have made that an option.
Obviously unsure about online performance, but I hope it's good. The bots are just plain retarded and it's not very fun as single player.
No install required but I see a lot of drive light blinking so I assume it's caching to the hard drive. Not sure if an install of some kind would help with the texture pop. Probably not, otherwise I assume Splash Damage would have made that an option.
Obviously unsure about online performance, but I hope it's good. The bots are just plain retarded and it's not very fun as single player.
Well, aside from having to deal with the grid, poor performance in general, and random lockups, I think I'm giving up until it gets patched. Its just not worth the effort. I've spent as much time trying to get this game running well as I have actually playing it. I really really want to play it right now, but I simply need some kind of boost to performance and some issues fixed before its worth my time.
My friend has it on PC and he's one of the people that have it running just fine in SP. MP is still a terrible mess and the AI needs a SMART (pun intended) patch, but it's still been a blast playing a few rounds. I think it'll be a buy for me once the first few patches roll out.
TheApatheticOne
Member
Well dont know what happened, but I just got off about 3 hours of lag free gaming on the XB360. If this sticks, I'll be incredibly happy. Now that Im getting the hang of it and unlocking stuff, the game is simply fucking awesome, IMO of course. 
Not much going on in the GAF gamertag. Have yet to get a respond or an invite. C'mon y'all, commence the jiggling.
Not much going on in the GAF gamertag. Have yet to get a respond or an invite. C'mon y'all, commence the jiggling.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Started this up earlier and playing for a few hours straight.
Really enjoying it. Gonna stick with medic for awhile.
Haven't had too much lag trouble(360 version), though I've noticed most of my matches have involved a crapton of bots.
Really enjoying it. Gonna stick with medic for awhile.
Haven't had too much lag trouble(360 version), though I've noticed most of my matches have involved a crapton of bots.
AusRoachman
Member
Found this on the teamxbox forums and found it mildly amusing
Im still waiting for my copy to arrive before i judge but based on some opinions ive read in here its not far off the mark
Im still waiting for my copy to arrive before i judge but based on some opinions ive read in here its not far off the mark
This is probably a stupid question (also, I've only played 2 games so far):
On the 360 version, how do you tell how many people are in the game with you? The usual 'back button' method brings up a different menu.
Is it me or is the menu GUI in this game very unintuitive? Don't have a clue what I'm doing half the time...
EDIT: I'm playing on the UK version, has Splash Damage released any info on a 360 patch to fix the horrendous lag? Rubber banding and lag on my button presses is making it difficult for me to truly appreciate thus game.
On the 360 version, how do you tell how many people are in the game with you? The usual 'back button' method brings up a different menu.
Is it me or is the menu GUI in this game very unintuitive? Don't have a clue what I'm doing half the time...
EDIT: I'm playing on the UK version, has Splash Damage released any info on a 360 patch to fix the horrendous lag? Rubber banding and lag on my button presses is making it difficult for me to truly appreciate thus game.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
AusRoachman said:Found this on the teamxbox forums and found it mildly amusing
Im still waiting for my copy to arrive before i judge but based on some opinions ive read in here its not far off the mark
**chuckles**
Just played the first solo mission (PC) as Security and it was fun! It's cool that you don't really need the iron sight to kill enemies, but if you want to be more precise, like a headshot or something, iron sight is the way to go. I thought I was playing a light body type at the beginning because all the jumping I could do made it seem that way. Was shocked when it was the medium type. I think I will stick to it. Don't know how much frames I have, but it's not 100 like I'm used to in 1.6.
Probably my connection, but haven't been able to find a decent game online out of the two or three times I've tried since moving to Freeplay.
Really want to get into a decent game and enjoy the meat of human competition. My roommate has it on PC and I envy him and his server list options. He's been playing lagfree since launch... :[
Really want to get into a decent game and enjoy the meat of human competition. My roommate has it on PC and I envy him and his server list options. He's been playing lagfree since launch... :[
SirButterstick
Banned
Wow, I totally went from not digging this game to enjoying it a lot. It's a ton of fun.
Mr Solo Dolo
Member
Is 8 v 8 working yet? Tried yesterday and it was a lag shit fest.
Oh and the "Doom" Machine Gun >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Oh and the "Doom" Machine Gun >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Once you wrap your head around things (play the challenges and read -- yes, read -- the tips database in the options menu) you will say, "wow."SirButterstick said:
There's an insane amount of potential for amazing shit to happen with a team that's spec'd properly and working together. Game's deep.
jetsetfluken
Member
Proven said:
Yeah, and the fresh character trick doesn't make Hard campaign any easier like it does for Challenges. Seriously unfair, I think I will just try to win them all online...
I was hyped for a long time for this title, but lack of friends wishing to make the effort and all this complaining around release are kind of grating...
Anyone playing this on PC and enjoying it as much as they thought they would?
Also, are there any plans for a GAF Steam clan or anything?
If you can convince me, I'll go out and buy it today!
Anyone playing this on PC and enjoying it as much as they thought they would?
Also, are there any plans for a GAF Steam clan or anything?
If you can convince me, I'll go out and buy it today!
I'm sad that Brink is having such a rough start, making many hesitate in buying it. Luckily I'm one of those who has only had smooth sailing performance-wise. The game is very team-oriented, and I've been having tons of fun with it. I haven't liked an online FPS this much since UT04'.