If I had to sum up Brink in one statement, I would probably call it an unorganized Star Wars Battlefront. Instead of focusing on kill-to-death ratios, Brink players need to cooperate for the greater good. Experienced Halo or CoD players can probably hold their own for a while going solo in team games, but in Brink, it practically guarantees death. The idea of having a long tutorial to explain every aspect of the game sounds great on paper, but again, is executed poorly.īrink is not like other recent FPS’s as it mandates teamwork over all else.
Instead of watching one thirty minute video, why couldn’t the video be broken down into bite sized chunks and properly labeled: combat, classes, abilities, objectives, etc? The system forces the player to sit through 20 minutes of video if the ending wants to be re-watched. The game fails to mention that the video drags on forever and some of the information even repeats itself. Any newcomer who wants to get the most out of the game will of course want to watch this. While this decision making process does not nearly carry as much weight as in games like Mass Effect or Fallout 3, the pressure to make so strong a decision with little background information is intimidating.Īfter selecting a side, the game gives the player the option of watching a gameplay tutorial video for bonus experience points. The problem is the player has only been exposed to a simple opening cutscene so choosing a side is quite difficult. Brink opens the game by having the player select which side to fight for. But as more and more people seek refuge in this Ark, it becomes heavily over populated and chaos ensues. In the near future, oceans start to rise so an “Ark” is created to retain life. Everything lines up very well on paper, but unfortunately, the final product is a different story.Įven the story starts in an interesting direction. It has had quite a bit of development time, looks action packed according to the game’s trailers with its highly stylized caricatures and environments, features a unique parkour movement system, includes an RPG-like ranking system with new weapons and abilities, and welcomes team based multiplayer combat.
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