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How The Ark Became A Warzone In Brink

You can tell these guys are bad because they are wearing masks and sunglasses.

Aug. 10 2010

Posted by: Matt

In This Episode:

Brink

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Edited By gosukiller

Not 2nd.

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Edited By mustachioeugene

still not sure about this game.

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Edited By LimblessPoet

cool

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Every single time I see a piece of Brink media, I just can't get passed how terrible the humanoids look. It's like a bad trip that I cannot come down from.

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Edited By KillEm_Dafoe

I'm always glad to see more on this game. It looks excellent.

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Edited By Vorbis

I'm interested unless it's being released near KZ3, then I lose all interest as the games seem rather alike.

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Edited By SavageM2

I think this game looks pretty good. Each video gets me a bit more interested. I like the look of the game. The way they were talking about the game though sounded a bit cheesy to me. :P

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Looking forward to checking this out.

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Edited By Alphiehyr

I can also tell it's very bad because it's a sausage-fest. No females - no purchase from me.

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Edited By MaddProdigy

I don't think the parkour will get used as much as I'd hope, but the combat looks cool enough, and the graphics and environments look sweet! Count me as stoked for this, especially the story. I'll admit ever since Star Wars, I'm a sucker for rebel causes.

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Edited By MJHAYLETT

words cannot describe how much I detest the character design - their heads mostly. Somehow it makes me want to look away - not a good reaction for a video game.

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@Alphiehyr: sausage-fest - that is funny. have to remember that. :)
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Edited By radioactivez0r

I didn't learn a lot about the game from this video.  What I wanted to know is if the player fights on the side of the hoarders, the rebels, or goes back and forth MW1 style.

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Edited By Sin4profit

on the fence...no idea what to think of it.  I like a game that tried something different with it's art direction but from the videos i've seen the story seems to take itself pretty seriously and at that point the hyper deform characters just don't work with it...i dunno.

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@MJHAYLETT said:
" words cannot describe how much I detest the character design - their heads mostly. Somehow it makes me want to look away - not a good reaction for a video game. "
I agree, and the worst part is that I think everything else looks right.  I like the colour scheme/art direction, how the characters move, how the guns look and sound... it's just those stupid heads.  Maybe if we could toggle some mode where everyone is wearing a mask...
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Edited By cookiemonster

Doesn't look too bad, just don't see there being a lot of people playing the mulitplayer a couple of months after release. I doubt it will pull people away from the big hitters like Halo and MW2.

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@MrKlorox said:
" Every single time I see a piece of Brink media, I just can't get passed how terrible the humanoids look. It's like a bad trip that I cannot come down from. "
That's interesting. I like the model design and the characteristic looks of them. 
 
==
 
I am also biased.  I like Splash Damage. The elaborate fiction behind something that might or might not look like a TF2 clone mixed with the Waterworld floating village in the looks of Borderlands or upcoming Rage ... is also something I don't mind at all. 
 
Sadly, I'm a Single Player and PC guy - the efforts are completely lost on me, I fear, unless there's a couple hours of intriguing SP Campaign.
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Well, I'm sold on the world. I REALLY hope the actual game is good.

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@Alphiehyr:  name 5 FPS games with female playable characters.
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Looks good, all of this keeps making me think of Shadowrun and I'm not sure why.
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@Alphiehyr said:
" I can also tell it's very bad because it's a sausage-fest. No females - no purchase from me. "
So I guess you didn't buy TF2 either? :P
 
Anyway maybe it's because women would look really fugly in that art style. TBH I think the world itself looks nice but the people look...off let's just say. But if the game is fun I can overlook that I guess.
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isnt this just tf2?

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Edited By crusader8463

Please please please please please please please don't fuck up the PC version of this game like everyone seems to be going out of there way to do now a days. This game looks like a lot of fun.

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@MrKlorox: That seems to be a style choice rather than anything else. What gets me is that everyone seems to have leapt (late) onto the TF2 bandwagon. Don't get me wrong, with Valve unable to update their console version as they'd like there definately room for something to take it's place. Not sure either this or MNC are it though.
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@BionicMonster said:
" @Alphiehyr:  name 5 FPS games with female playable characters. "
Do they have to be preset characters or can they be just customizable? Regardless:
 
No One Lives Forever
Metroid Prime (maybe this one is a bit iffy)
Left 4 Dead  
Perfect Dark
Halo Reach (your character can be customized to be female as my understanding goes)
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i'm officially interested.

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I really like the concept, and was immensely disappointed when I found out how multiplayer-focused it is. Ah well. At least Reach has a campaign mode.

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I wish the human's heads didn't resemble stereotypical alien heads.

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I want this game... now.

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Personally, I like the art style. The characters are somewhat odd, but it dosen't bother me too bad.  
The MP looks like a great mix between TF2 and Mirrrors Edge.  
 
It would be nice if it had a decent SP, instead of a story/plot for the multiplayer. 

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please be good brink 

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please be good brink 

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Edited By IkariNoTekken

Still not sure about this one, but its nice to see that there trying to flesh out some sort of story for it considering the game is so focused on a multiplayer experience.

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Actually looks like it could be good. I'm keeping an eye out for this one.

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Just so I have their fiction right. Glaciers melted which displaced "millions of people" and "a lot" of them went to the Arc, so now instead of there being 5,000 people at the Arc, there is 50,000. 
 
I wouldn't say 50,000 is "a lot" when you are talking about millions of people. Why would the people of the Arc, this new utopia in the middle of the ocean, even accept these displaced people instead of turning them away?

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All the regions near the ocean were flooded and the answer was an arc which could hold 5k?
 Dumbest  thing I've heard in a pretty long time.

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@BionicMonster: 
 
Well there's Portal
Fallout 3 if you want to I guess.
Oh and the pyro in TF2 may possibly but probably not be female
And aren't there female spartans? So possibly Halo Reach, idk I don't play Halo.
And of course the Siren from Borderlands.
 
There you go!
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Pretty excited for this one 

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@PjotrLeschenko said:

" All the regions near the ocean were flooded and the answer was an arc which could hold 5k?  Dumbest  thing I've heard in a pretty long time. "


From what I saw, the arc was built before any of the oceans were flooded, just in case they needed it. And sure enough, they did. 
 
@VooDooPC said:

" Just so I have their fiction right. Glaciers melted which displaced "millions of people" and "a lot" of them went to the Arc, so now instead of there being 5,000 people at the Arc, there is 50,000.   I wouldn't say 50,000 is "a lot" when you are talking about millions of people. Why would the people of the Arc, this new utopia in the middle of the ocean, even accept these displaced people instead of turning them away? "

50,000 in an area that is only supposed to hold 5,000 is a lot. Sure, 50,000 isn't allowed compared to millions, but it is compared to 5k. And a utopian society wouldn't turn people away.
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Apparently, women are not allowed in the Ark.....! :O

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This interests me, but I have to agree with some of the comments here.  With 50,000 people on the Arc, how comes theres no females?
Otherwise, I'm pretty interested in how this game will turn out.

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Cool plot, ordinary promo video.

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Borderlands much ?

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@Falconboom said:
" @BionicMonster:   Well there's PortalFallout 3 if you want to I guess. Oh and the pyro in TF2 may possibly but probably not be female And aren't there female spartans? So possibly Halo Reach, idk I don't play Halo. And of course the Siren from Borderlands.  There you go! "
MIrrors Edge
Perfect Dark
Metroid Prime
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 They're acting like they invented the wheel here. I mean come on.
 
Hungry freedom fighters vs. oppressive security forces in a post apocalyptic setting. Holy shit could it be anymore fucking cliché? 

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That dude at the beginning is a little too intense for me. This still looks cool and Brink has some cool looking environments, but I'm starting to get bored of this "everything's made from spare roofing parts, dawg!" I'll probably skip this just so it can't ruin my enjoyment of Rage. Yes, they are different, but I got tired of Borderlands, and since this looks like Borderlands along with the whole cheap and tinny housing sectors, Rage has a lot of that.

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I know the character design isn't amazing, but damn, some of you really hate it.  I think it at least gives it a little character and makes it unique.  Anyways, the gameplay looks so damn fun, I can not wait.

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@MisuseOfLasers: You can customize your character in multiplayer.  There's a trailer for it somewhere.
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Reasons for fighting are always my top priority in multiplayer shooters!

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@Landon said:
" @Falconboom said:
" @BionicMonster:   Well there's PortalFallout 3 if you want to I guess. Oh and the pyro in TF2 may possibly but probably not be female And aren't there female spartans? So possibly Halo Reach, idk I don't play Halo. And of course the Siren from Borderlands.  There you go! "
MIrrors Edge Perfect Dark Metroid Prime "
Wow not a single mention of Lost Planet 2 where there are a multitude of female character skins (although not nearly enough).