Brink - first developer diary

Published 10 August, 2010 Duration 2:55

Behind the scenes with Bethesda's FPS.

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  • Ron_Justice #1 2 years ago

    Plan to keep my eye on this. Looks very promising. I'd have like to have seen more gameplay though, instead of the PR wet dream, talking heads.
    Edited by Ron_Justice at 10/08/10 @ 17:01

  • AnsemsApprentice #2 2 years ago

    The Singleplayer campaign (If that's even what it is) looks like Multiplayer, and that annoys me a bit... The graphics are great, love the almost free-running element, good character design, the gameplay looks super super smooth but there's still something preventing me from pre-ordering.

  • EgbertoTheGreat #3 2 years ago

    Wedgewood's put on a few pounds, all those crunch time pizzas must be taking their toll.

  • kangarootoo #4 2 years ago

    Jesus, that bearded dude can knock those cliches out like they are breaths of air.

    "They've reached the breaking point."
    "They have to step it up."
    They have no choice."
    They are the thin blue line."
    "They are all that's keeping this place afloat."
    "They are the unsung heroes of ark."

    Unsung heroes?!? ENOUGH!

  • kangarootoo #5 2 years ago

    I'm sure its very good btw. This sort of scripted "this'll get your cockles stirring" type speeching just doesn't work for me.

    "Once more into the breach, dear friends!" etc.

  • Vortex808 #6 2 years ago

    This really can't get released quickly enough for me! Looks absolutely lovely. Hopefully it'll play lovely too......

    AnsemsApprentice, but surely L4D 1 & 2's campaign and multiplayer was essentially the same too. If they do it even half as well as that then this will be all win.

    /crosses fingers, touches wood etc

  • AnsemsApprentice #7 2 years ago

    Yeah that's exactly right Vortex, but the Campaigns weren't exactly involving in Left 4 Dead. It's a zombie game after all what do you expect, but the developers act as if Brink is really story-centric, and it just looks like Team Deathmatch from what I am seeing. Technically it is a breath of fresh air though, Team Fortress meets Mirrors Edge, very stylish.
    Edited by AnsemsApprentice at 10/08/10 @ 18:43

  • trip919 #8 2 years ago

    *Yawn* What an underwhelming pile of meh.

  • Vortex808 #9 2 years ago

    Team Fortress vs Mirror's edge in a game would be fine by me. If it's anything like as much fun as TF2 i will be a very happy man.

  • Dark_Era #10 2 years ago

    as always Brink looks really good, looking forward for it

  • brseg #11 2 years ago

    Looks competent, but everything in the video can already be found in other games. FPS need to bring something new (see Borderlands!).

  • JensonJet #12 2 years ago

    The first videos I downloaded of this (on my console) looked amazing. I was initially really excited about this game.

    The videos of gameplay in this current video make the game look very average.

    It'll always be a fine line between 'same old, same old', and 'a step above the norm', but what I originally consider a potential must buy is now looking more like a game I may bother to purchase, secondhand, one day.

    Still, it's early days but this video has really put a downer on my enthusiasm. The annoying sales-talk from the devlopers doesn't help. They sound false and rehearsed rather than geniunely enthusiastic.

    While story is important, considering how many games or films effectively rely on a rehashed version of previous stories, it's how it's handled and told that's more important than the underlining basic storyline. An Ark, last survivors of humanity, struggling for resources... that as the basis of the game is not a reason to get excited and certainly doesn't make the game sound interesting. I guess the games industry has lied too often, and dissapointed on too many occasions that whatever deverloper salesmen spew out often does more to turn me off than grab my attention.

    The games industry has turned selling average games to the masses into a fine art. It's slick at making 'nothing much' sound interesting.
    Edited by JensonJet at 10/08/10 @ 20:28

  • Death-Jester #13 2 years ago

    Heavies, techs, and auto-turrets. Silly hats, overly-clunky weapon models, and bottleneck maps. Cartoony graphics.

    Just call it TF2.1 and get it over with!

    This advert was completely ineffective: I went from being interested to bored to slightly cross.
    I'll keep a eye on it, but at this time it's definitely coming off my 'must buy' list.

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #14 2 years ago

    The refugees look a bit buff for people who are apparently starving and running out of resources. Evidently there are still steroids available.

    That said, it looks great.

  • ZernoK #15 2 years ago

    @JensonJet, I agree on alot of what you say apart from this: "The annoying sales-talk from the devlopers doesn't help. They sound false and rehearsed rather than geniunely enthusiastic."
    I've followed the game for a long while now, read alot on their forums. I must say I'm surprised at how much they talk to the community, never seen a game developer talk so much with their community. They even post some other forums apart from their own offical ones, even making a small clip on youtube just to prove that he is the posting on their forums and not just some random troll.
    So if it is anything I would go for its "geniunely enthusiastic." than "false and rehearsed."

  • JensonJet #16 2 years ago

    ZernoK
    Maybe it's their accents then. I find some American accents/voices sound disingenuous. Let's be honest with a whole nation saying "have a nice day"... a large percentage must be utterly insincere! Still, doesn't detract from the fact the game looks decidely less special now that it did originally. Guess we'll find out when we get to play the demo.

  • Kenshin001 #17 2 years ago

    Looked like a mish-mash of half a dozen shooters already on the market and the earnest way they were explaining the weak storyline actually made me want the game less.

  • HisDudness #18 2 years ago

    Looks promising, but I'll wait for a review of the MP. There has to be something more interesting than death match for me to buy, though the additional Mirror's Edge free running would help mix it up.

  • ZernoK #19 2 years ago

    JensonJet
    They are British ;) , but yes the game does look less appealing now but I will still get it for gameplay reasons which makes the game unique to me, unless they screw that up too somehow.
    Quakecon starts tomorrow, so we should expect some more gameplay vids since Brink will be playable for the first time by the public at quakecon.

  • Spekingur #20 2 years ago

    Want. Now.

    Just a few points. If they had the technology to build this Ark then they would have had the technology to make water from the ocean and harness the ocean for energy. How can you run out of those things then?

    And I laughed out loud when I heard one of the devs say:
    No one thinks they are wrong. No one says "Yep, I'm evil. I oppress. That's pretty much all I do."