Does Brink Deserve Your Money?

VGW: Last week, we received a retail review copy of Brink, the promising FPS from Bethesda and developer Splash Damage (the team behind Quake Wars: Enemy Territory). Ordinarily, what you’re reading now would have been the space devoted to a thorough review of Brink’s ambitious team-based shooter. After all, we’ve published a lengthy 4-part interview with the game’s lead writer, and several of us have been genuinely anticipating this one. Instead, we’re issuing a buyer beware, with an opportunity for Brink to redeem itself.

[Lavitz2012]

I tried the game on my friends 360 and it will actually a good game.

[killyourfm]

No, it totally is -- until you get online.

[BakedGoods]

I thought it was the opposite--the game sucks *until* you get online, then it's amazing.

[Ducky]

^ The 360 has online issues from what I've read.

The PC has performance issues with ATI cards.

The PS3 has no issue so far aside from PSN being down.

=/

[afterMoth]

No, Brink does not deserve my money and will not receive my money.

[EliteAssass1n]

Yes Brink deserved my $40. Hell, it would've deserved my $60 if I was gaming on consoles. IMO!!

[Joni-Ice]

I had the PS3 version. Gave it back to Amazon. Will get again when price drops. Getting LA Noire with that money.

[moodymofo]

yea me to i have a paid off reserve copy of brink at gamestop but decided not to pick it up due to the psn issues and now switching the money to la noire that game looks great ,ill probably check out brink later maybe when the psn is back up

[Troll_Police]

No

[Optical_Matrix]

Not when I heard that it was glitchy with pop in texture, lacked a campaign mode and only possessed 6 maps. With so many other games out this year, I don't see the point in spending £40 on a multiplayer only game. Will get it when it receives a price drop which you can bet will be in a month or so.

[Ducky]

... isn't there 8 maps? O.o

[OC_MurphysLaw]

its 8 maps... and the game got a day one patch for the pop in texture issue as well as some network code. Anyone who reviewed the game pre-release day did it on the old code and wouldn't see the changes...

[antz1104]

...has a campaign mode as well. Two actually.

[Optical_Matrix]

Imo, multiplayer maps with cutscenes and bots doesn't constitute a campaign mode. May as well just play online multiplayer. As such, as I said, it's not worth mt £40. Maybe when its £10-20 I'll pick it up. But i just spend £17 on Bad Company 2 and having a blast with it. No need for Brink right now.

[Rybakov]

yeah totally worth the 60 bucks for me
enjoying it 100% even with the call of duty children play online and don't do anything and make the team lose

[BeaArthur]

Haven't played much of it but based on what I played I would say absolutely not.

[TreMillz]

honestly i dont care for reviews as ive been enjoying Brink so far i play as the operative and my team needs me to hack intel and what not. i tend to work close with engineers since they can hack turrents and i can eventually control them. Also disguising in this game is cool its not like KZ3 you have to break the disguise to attack again.

[barrelboyHD]

So it's come to this? They won't give it a proper review until the next patch. Ridiculous. They released it a week early, implying the May 10 retail version was as polished as it could be.

The game should be reviewed as is.

[Kingdom Come]

I think Game Informer have the right idea, saving their judgement for a later date. I have my pre-order for the game and its released here in the UK on Friday. I for one can't wait, it looks great fun and I've heard from a friend of who has the game in the US that its a blast...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

This game is definitely fun...and its definitely a game you will want to play with a community of gamers. If you don't have a core set of friends that are getting the game check out www.G4TE.com as we have a large community of mostly US & UK gamers and I know a large group of them are getting/gotten the game and play together all the time.

[gazerino]

Played it, meh.. its okay.. Nothing new

[BabyTownFrolics]

i personally enjoy it

[sickbird]

The game would be awesome if it ran properly, lag and graphical issue ruin this game. I hope they are working on a patch.

[mananimal]

My Question is Simple. Does any Intelligent, Clear Minded, human being,STILL think this was just another coincidence?..lol, Come on Sheeple!, Wake Up 4once!, How could you spend all the time, effort and $$, to promote this NEW IP, with Constant Interview after Interview, after Interview with the Development Team, over just about every aspect of this game, THEN YOU RELEASE THE GAME A 1WEEK EARLY, and its TOTALLY UNPLAYABLE?, lol. You'd HAVE TO BE!...HAVE TO BE the Biggest SHEEPLE, MORON, Scared SLAVE!, to think these Intelligent Business people who MAKE,SELL(The Industry)the games, could keep releasing broken game, after broken game, after broken game, and NOT SEE THE PATTERN here?, lol. This is happening to U!!! the Gamer!, BY DESIGN!!!!, you don't want to believe it, cause your a scared SHEEPLE!, lol, don't expect things to change until "THE INDUSTRY", gets what is REALLY WANTS:...your "Dissatisfaction" is what "THEY NEED", in order for "THE SHEEPLE", to be on Board with Gaming being a "STEAM" Like Experience, a "ON-LIVE" Like Buisness Model, lol, See SHEEPLE, once they CONTROL your gaming experience through "Floating Point" Server Tech, a Total Control Business Model, then they'll produce games that work day 1. But 1st they must, "Break the Will of the People!", once this Conquest as Been Established in the minds of the SHEEPLE.... Gamers Enslavement would be an adequate term to describe your gaming future.

[Morbius420]

*passes out the tin foil hats*

[mananimal]

LOL, typical SHEEPLE Response, LOL,.....But in the End, when I'm proven to be Right, you will have just proven, to be SCARED sheeple. Its called Laugh NOW, But your CRYING Later, enjoy.

[esemce]

Yeah about £5 is all.