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    I Hate Brink...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by InspiredE1705, Dec 22, 2011.

  1. InspiredE1705

    InspiredE1705 Notebook Evangelist

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    Steam let me test play Brink twice, and I gave it a go twice. But I didn't like the game simply because you can run out of ammo easily and you can be critically hit and lie down and then you have to wait for a medic needle or ammo resupply. So that's what killed the game for me. Didn't notice if there was a game map. I won't even buy it from Steam at 75% off for $6.74 for the Complete Pack.

    How about you? Do you have the game / like or hate it / what is the common opinion of it?
     
    InspiredE1705, Dec 22, 2011
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  2. Rambisco

    Rambisco Notebook Consultant

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    I tried it too. Just couldn't get into it. I mean, you die, and you have to wait for some medic? That's just, a killer for me.
     
    Rambisco, Dec 22, 2011
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  3. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    It's either wait for a medic or a respawn timer. Baka believes it's normal ._.

    People are just spoiled with instant respawn from CoD and BF franchise ._.
     
    Baka, Dec 22, 2011
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  4. Rambisco

    Rambisco Notebook Consultant

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    I'm fine with respawn timers, I just didn't think the game was fun.. at all.
     
    Rambisco, Dec 22, 2011
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  5. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    hmm, people seem to dislike the game.... I'll probably like it :(
     
    whitrzac, Dec 22, 2011
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  6. reaversedge

    reaversedge Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah it is a fun game, as long as you're friends knows the how to do. and lying down waiting for medic is just ordinary. but imo im better off with the respawn thing, time is of the essence :)
     
    reaversedge, Dec 22, 2011
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  7. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    I thought it was like Borderlands but with a grind so hard that you grow tired of trying to match your objectives on time. I mean, you can get stuck in a hallway fight for a full ten minutes and your objective timer is like 15 minutes most of the time. To be good at the game you need to have mapped out the objectives and patterns like a Navy Seal team. I didn't like it.
     
    imglidinhere, Dec 22, 2011
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  8. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    Hey now, BF has timed respawn... A lot servers just set it to 0 or a very low number.
     
    Prydeless, Dec 23, 2011
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  9. Mitlov

    Mitlov Shiny

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    Back when I played Ghost Recon, we didn't get either ;)
     
    Mitlov, Dec 23, 2011
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  10. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    Go back to the counter strike times. You die, you wait for the round to end. No respawn, just spectate mode :p
     
    Baka, Dec 23, 2011
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  11. aintz

    aintz Notebook Evangelist

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    your not along. brink is garbage im glad i payed 50bux for it
     
    aintz, Dec 23, 2011
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  12. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    I'll go back a little further, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault's Search and Destroy mode.
     
    Prydeless, Dec 23, 2011
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  13. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    I wanted to try it out, even though I had heard it was crap. Installed it during the free weekend, started it up, CTD twice. That was about as much as I cared to see.
     
    hockeymass, Dec 23, 2011
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  14. Kirrr

    Kirrr Notebook Deity

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    Really bad game. Pointless parkour and hectic gunfights in capped fps. This is a typical example of how bad can be a console game on pc.
     
    Kirrr, Dec 23, 2011
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  15. Pluberus

    Pluberus Notebook Evangelist

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    Horrible performance on ATI. =\
     
    Pluberus, Dec 23, 2011
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  16. Steven

    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    I thought this thread was about the home security company, Brink.

    Joking aside, I didn't like the game either.
     
    Steven, Dec 23, 2011
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  17. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I got Brink when i bought the ID gamepack and it did not have any performance issues on my AMD card but for me that game was average.
     
    DEagleson, Dec 23, 2011
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  18. Steven

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    I didn't have any performance issues either but the game was mediocre at best.
     
    Steven, Dec 23, 2011
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  19. reaversedge

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    imo. ambient occlusion eats up alot of fps.
     
    reaversedge, Dec 23, 2011
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