This for £30 or Section 8: Prejudice for a tenner?

" I totally agree with the Topic Creator, this game is good on PC. Glad that one of the 5 members of GB made them all hate it because of a review of the console version. Also was shot down for TNT this week because of Jeff's(one person's) review of the game.But hey! it's the internet! Weeeee "

" Looks like a situation where the PC version will likely gather a greater audience that may keep that game alive.  Hearing about dedicated servers on the PC version and seamless netcode from that review makes it sound like they were developing for PC and porting over to consoles, only to mess up a lot of it throughout the process.  However the two complaints that are valid regardless of the platform are the dumb AI (at least true for any characters in the early levels I have heard) and that $60 is understandably quite a bit much for what looks like a multiplayer component to what should feel like a bigger game. "

Don't buy this game because the OP says it's good, don't not buy the game if Jeff Gertsmann doesn't like it, buy the game if YOU want to play it.

Reviews help me form an opinion but my opinion is still my own. I'm not a sheeple and watching video coverage from many sources gave me all of the information I needed to realize I didn't want anything to do with this game. Any gamer worth their salt knows that a review isn't ever the end all be all when it comes to making a decision.

" Is that why ars technica refused to review it? Not because it was broken but because it's so fun? Right...

 http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/why-were-not-review-brink-and-why-you-shouldnt-buy-it-yet.ars  "

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/brink-for-pc-runs-great-plays-well-online-is-a-ton-of-fun.ars

I guess so.

I disagree with A LOT of GB reviews.

It seems to be getting pretty low-average scores on PC with a 72 on metacritic.

I tend to agree with most Giant Bomb reviews.

" I totally agree with the Topic Creator, this game is good on PC. Glad that one of the 5 members of GB made them all hate it because of a review of the console version. Also was shot down for TNT this week because of Jeff's(one person's) review of the game.But hey! it's the internet! Weeeee "

Opinions are opinions.

First time? Really? Damn.

"  @papuccino1: The publisher sent it to them on the 360. No one but occasional reviewers are playing pre-street date, so bots are what you end up with a lot of the time. Why is that so tough for people to understand? Jeff himself on Twitter said the PC version was a better game after spending a little bit of time with it, but if the publisher doesn't send that to you, I'm not really sure how anyone was supposed to know that, or if it would have changed the review all that drastically. "

" @papuccino1 said:

" Buy this game, it's really fun and it's amazing how they removed the K:D rating. "

No. Regardless of reviews, what I saw of the game in the Quick Look seemed extremely middling. "

Oh, and if you want to blame anyone for them reviewing the console version, blame Bethesda for sending them the 360 version. "

Here's what I had to say in the "What's Jeff's deal?" thread.  I think it applies here;

It's not a great game.  Brink tried to pass it's self off as a full fledged AAA title complete with a single player campaign.  Anyone who has played this game knows that is a lie.  It deserves the scores it's receiving.  If they had marketed as a multiplayer only game and actually gave some polish to it they might of had a chance at getting better scores.

Personally, I bought this game and I'm having a lot of fun with it so far.  You have to really...caress the fun out of this game though.  You have to be an incredibly patient person to have any real fun with this game.  Things like having to keep trying different rooms until you find one with out latency so bad that it's unplayable.  It's a niche game that's arrived piecemeal.  It's not for everyone.  Get over it.

People need to stop freaking out when a game they like gets a bad review. A review represents the experiences that the writer had, not those that you have or will. 

It seems like the PC version is the way to go. I've seen lagless matches on the PC compared to the consoles. 

" @iAmJohn said:

Oh, and if you want to blame anyone for them reviewing the console version, blame Bethesda for sending them the 360 version. "

Really?I don't necessarily agree or disagree with the review (it's far too out of my wheelhouse to have that valuable an opinion anyways) but you really believe that should be a standard for how reviews go down? "

" People need to stop freaking out when a game they like gets a bad review. A review represents the experiences that the writer had, not those that you have or will. 

If the reviewer had a bad experience with the game doesn't mean its shit, a review is meant to be a suggestion.

Stop complaining and go play your fucking game.

"

Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game?

" Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game? "

" @Mahonay said:

" Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game? "

That would mean that posters have to be reasonable. No, Brink is the worst game to ever be created and released in the entire existence of forever. According to Giant Bomb posters, this is fact. "

" @Mahonay said:

" Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game? "

That would mean that posters have to be reasonable. No, Brink is the worst game to ever be created and released in the entire existence of forever. According to Giant Bomb posters, this is fact. "

Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game?

I am very meh on the whole game. As for reviews it seems like the first time in years anyone as ever talked about bots in a multiplayer game. Its bizarre for what is obviously a multiplayer focused game everyone including Jeff seems to talk about its awful singleplayer.

" It might be good if you have an Nvidia card, but last I checked it didn't fucking run at all on ATI cards. "

" @Mahonay

Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game?

No, because Call of Duty is given AAA ratings even though it has lag, imbalanced multiplayer (not saying Brink does) and the players are as dumb as Brink A.I. Brink is a much better game then Call of Duty. "

i was really looking forward to this game, but im not sure now.. One point Jeff had, was that you it's not worth 60 dollar \ 50 euros with that little content..

" Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game? "

" @Mahonay said:

" Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game? "

That would mean that posters have to be reasonable. No, Brink is the worst game to ever be created and released in the entire existence of forever. According to Giant Bomb posters, this is fact. "

" @Mahonay said:

" Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game? "

Isn't every game a flawed game?   "

Yeah its a very divisive game. Some people (like me) love the game, but alot of people don't like it or won't even give it a chance.

@NekuSakuraba said:

" @Mahonay

Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game?

No, because Call of Duty is given AAA ratings even though it has lag, imbalanced multiplayer (not saying Brink does) and the players are as dumb as Brink A.I. Brink is a much better game then Call of Duty. "

The players are as dumb as the Brink A.I.? In what way? Not an arsehole question, just genuinely curious what you meant by that.

" @ShiftyMagician said:

" Looks like a situation where the PC version will likely gather a greater audience that may keep that game alive.  Hearing about dedicated servers on the PC version and seamless netcode from that review makes it sound like they were developing for PC and porting over to consoles, only to mess up a lot of it throughout the process.  However the two complaints that are valid regardless of the platform are the dumb AI (at least true for any characters in the early levels I have heard) and that $60 is understandably quite a bit much for what looks like a multiplayer component to what should feel like a bigger game. "

But your playing multiplayer so why care about AI. "

Ok now I'll buy it.  

This game is horrible on console, at least. Broken on so many levels. I kinda want to return it, and I never return games. I'm going to wait and see if they fix it up within the week.

All I can say is this, I went into the QL not having seen a Single Second of this game played, I had seen some marketing videos but never actual gameplay, and what I had heard gave me high hopes, And instantly it looked Slow, Plodding and frankly boring, its a cool concept but there are So many good shooters out there, this just isn't up to snuff.

" I "disagreed" with Mercs 2, Brutal Legend, Dante's Inferno... it doesn't really matter though. "

" @TooWalrus said:

" I "disagreed" with Mercs 2, Brutal Legend, Dante's Inferno... it doesn't really matter though. "

I liked Dante's it wasn't GoW but it was fun, BL was alright, Mercs 2 is the only one I have to ask you about, I LOVED, Fucking Loved mercs one, one of my favorite Xbox games bar none. But when I played 2 I just remember (PC btw) the frame rate being completely off the charts bugs abounded, the reason I say this is because I loved Mercs, do you think its worth going back to for  a 2nd try? My computer would be able to run that game 4 times over now so not worried about performance but is it worth bothering? "

" This game is horrible on console, at least. Broken on so many levels. I kinda want to return it, and I never return games. I'm going to wait and see if they fix it up within the week. "

" @Evilsbane said:

" @TooWalrus said:

" I "disagreed" with Mercs 2, Brutal Legend, Dante's Inferno... it doesn't really matter though. "

I liked Dante's it wasn't GoW but it was fun, BL was alright, Mercs 2 is the only one I have to ask you about, I LOVED, Fucking Loved mercs one, one of my favorite Xbox games bar none. But when I played 2 I just remember (PC btw) the frame rate being completely off the charts bugs abounded, the reason I say this is because I loved Mercs, do you think its worth going back to for  a 2nd try? My computer would be able to run that game 4 times over now so not worried about performance but is it worth bothering? "

Dude, I don't know what's wrong with me, but I fuckin' loved Mercs 2. I played on the xbox, and never really noticed any framerate issues (or maybe I just wasn't paying attention to that). I never experienced any bugs either (I didn't really count the retarted way dudes hung out of windows as bugs, it was just dopey and lazy programing.) I don't know man, I never played Mercs 1, but 2 was goofy and you could blow stuff up real good. That deck of 52 was pretty rad too. "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Mahonay

Can we all agree that it's just a flawed game?

No, because Call of Duty is given AAA ratings even though it has lag, imbalanced multiplayer (not saying Brink does) and the players are as dumb as Brink A.I. Brink is a much better game then Call of Duty. "

The players are as dumb as the Brink A.I.? In what way? Not an arsehole question, just genuinely curious what you meant by that. "

You can't be wrong for liking or disliking something. I disagree with reviews all of the time -- I bought Kanye's MBDTF and was totally bored by it. 

I rented it from Gamefly, and I'm having a good time with it.

It's not fantastic, but it's definitely not a 2/5 either.

" The Witcher 2 > Brink "

Yes, the Quicklook was boring. As are all Quicklooks with Jeff and Ryan (or Jeff and Brad) when Jeff doesn't like a game. He get's that whiny sigh-voice, he stays in the menus for 10 minutes to really make things dull, and he generally acts like sniveling little child. When asked what he doesn't like he says things like "(sigh) I don't know... (sigh) it's just bad." Then repeats that sentiment in myriad forms for the next 20 to 40 minutes. And for some reason, Ryan and Brad are very susceptible to getting sucked into and reinforcing his whiny spates. I can't be the only one to cringe whenever Jeff feels the need to crush Brad's enthusiasm of a game so it won't get in the way of whatever cynical bitchfest Jeff wants to go on about.