Brink

Brink in September

by beggin • 21 Sep 2009, 16:55 • News
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Brink has grabbed the spotlight in September, with plenty of news, interviews, previews and content floating around. The multiplayer component of Brink is building up quite nicely, and is based on the similar team experience found in the Wolfenstein series. There are plenty of video interviews and Q&As going into a lot of detail on the multiplayer, even though Brink won't see the shelves for a further six months. As expected from Splash Damage, Brink won't be a regular FPS. The game will feature up-to 8 player Co-op throughout Campaign mode, as well as a few other surprises. Richard Ham described some of the advanced modifications Splash Damage have made to the id Tech 4 engine - to quote (not exact), Splash Damage have pretty much made it their own engine, with plenty of stuff re-written from scratch. A new feature added to the engine will only add textures to the memory that you can see, allowing high detailed textures - hence superior graphics. More information on this can be seen in the video interview.

Previews
PC Gamer
Co-Optimus
GameStooge
The Goozex Report
SideQuesting
360 Sync
GamePro
EndSights

Q&A/Interviews
NowGamer with Brink's Creative Director Richard Ham
The Goozex Report with Brink's Creative Director Richard Ham
UGDB with Brink's Senior Game Designer Ed Stern
VG247 with Brink's Game Director Paul 'Locki' Wedgwood

Video Interviews
Videogamer.com with Brink's Creative Director Richard Ham
The Weekly Blend with Brink's Creative Director Richard Ham
Colony of Gamers with Brink's Creative Director Richard Ham
MTV Game One with Brink's Creative Director Richard Ham
Machinima.com with Splash Damage's CEO Paul Wedgwood
Giant Bomb

Screenshots

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Gathered from Splash Damage, Brink the Game Twitter and Google News.
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freeze 21 Sep 2009, 17:57
great success
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bestestplayer 22 Sep 2009, 19:29
und alle so yeaaaah
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Kendle 21 Sep 2009, 17:58
Compare this with the MP info we got for Wolfenstein ...

Only issue I have with Brink is it'll also have deployables, and tbh it was the deployables I hated most in ET:QW, even more than vehicles.

Other than that, it looks really promising.
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arca 21 Sep 2009, 19:23
Deployables work great in TF2. (Sentries, dispensers and teleporters)
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Jeebs 21 Sep 2009, 22:05
yeah they pissed me off aswel, but after they got limited and people used there heads they became uselss pretty much in ETQW i still think they should take this sort of non skill bs out tho :S
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peoples 22 Sep 2009, 17:44
Why? To make it more like ET or why? If done well, I see no problem having them. It's more or less balancing issue.

Disabling them by mods is something that might be possible.
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Jeebs 22 Sep 2009, 18:56
ET? whats that ? no i just dont like the idea of having automated turrets (technicaly with aim bots) killing people for you. fair play if you have to mount them and shoot em yourself now that would be cool.
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peoples 22 Sep 2009, 22:07
You haven't played TF2 then.
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loazis 21 Sep 2009, 18:07
IT'S A PICTURE

HURRAY!
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eiM 21 Sep 2009, 18:11
Brink will kick ass x)
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Bestik 21 Sep 2009, 18:12
so try to write something better except bitching?!
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gottie 21 Sep 2009, 18:39
Another failure incomming.
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h8m3 21 Sep 2009, 18:41
they made the engine even worse?
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M 21 Sep 2009, 19:15
is that even possible?
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h8m3 21 Sep 2009, 20:22
SplashDamage
impossible is nothing
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M 22 Sep 2009, 13:16
will be nearly impossible even for them..
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Rahdo 23 Sep 2009, 00:43
we're trying our best :-)
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M 23 Sep 2009, 12:58
so your trying your best to make Brink worse then Wolfenstein? nice then i might download it for Co-op modus but definetly not buy it. Wolf was the worst 37 euro i invested _ever_.
could've better invested a bit more and drank a bottle of scotch in one go.

i bet getting your intestents cleared in a hospital is more fun then that MP.

and yes im serious.

edit: i know my question does not rephrase your comment. but im serious about the Wolf part.
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alhric 21 Sep 2009, 18:42
this one looks at least interesting and original, unlike wolfenstein.
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hAn 21 Sep 2009, 18:46
deployables and ironsight in a tf2 style


do not want.
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Rahdo 23 Sep 2009, 00:44
i've talked about iron sights at length in the uber brink thread.

what's the concerns about deployables for people?
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hAn 23 Sep 2009, 01:51
ETQW deployables are horrible overpowered , too fast constructed and just boring ... if iam going to play a multiplayer game i want to mess with real human players and no bot-controlled-auto-aim things.

Once burnt, twice shy.
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Rahdo 23 Sep 2009, 08:31
right, i'm not crazy about the deployables in ETQW either, but are you saying the deployables in TF2 are equally bad for the same reasons?
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hAn 23 Sep 2009, 09:56
i never played tf2 because of the cartoonish style , so i just thought about etqw deployables.
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Kendle 23 Sep 2009, 12:36
Radho, I'd agree with hAn, ET:QW deployables were too powerful, and of course getting a machine to do your shooting for you rather than having to shoot someone yourself kinda undermines the whole purpose of the game, it is a First Person Shooter after all.

Personally I'd ensure the deployables are not that powerful, say a Sentry gun that can be taken out by a single player, as long as they're fast / accurate enough etc. and for competition a cvar to disable them completely should the competitive community so desire (which I suspect they would).
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Rahdo 24 Sep 2009, 01:08
so then just to be clear, the main concern about deployables is when they're so powerful, it's taking the game away from what it should be focused on: fighting other players. that's fair enough feedback :-)
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SsAP 24 Sep 2009, 16:34
you got that right:P

but imo maybe just include enough spread for the sentrygun to result in 33% acc same damage the mp does and somewhat slightly increased rate of fire but give it less 'health' than a player has, maybe 75% of that.

(But still I can't say it more often: make ammo/health cabinets - you put in one pack and it wouldn't fade untill the cabinet is destroyed(maybe even make 2-3 packs get dropped by that - based on how many packs were in it at that time - and maybe have let them have 2 packs for 1 pack being inserted(by players) or 3 packs for 2 - and issue the xp to them when the packs are taken) - really would appreciate that:)

And if there is something compareable to a rocket deployable - let it have a low rate of fire - not targeting (actually shoot grounds with a small splash area) but with more health than the sentry would have.

(And maybe have a targeting delay of 1 second for the sentry and if there is explosive deployable)

Wouldn't actually like buffing deployable's what so ever - since people would just have 3-4 of them on their team as defensive team and would become imbalanced (even if you intend to perfectly balance:P)
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Glot 25 Sep 2009, 14:37
mb make deployables human-long-range-controlled only, with no aim-bots. a players decides whether to use a turret or to shoot with his own hands. if he uses a turret - his body is unprotected, very much like flyer-drones in ETQW.... but not flying and not blowing (lolz) up!
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pheex 23 Sep 2009, 14:47
Deployables and landmines are similar. They have to be balanced, that means that one player should be able to annihilate them with one clip or one hand grenade or whatever. Fair game!
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TosspoT 21 Sep 2009, 19:06
Crossfire are interviewing Paul Wedgewood soon too!
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Sainted 21 Sep 2009, 21:57
*Wedgwood :P
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crAshh 21 Sep 2009, 19:14
hope the engine is really different from etqw/wolf, though I have no clue how they can change a whole engine so fast...
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Chr1s 21 Sep 2009, 20:42
ET:QW was released almost 2 years ago, plenty of time to make changes.
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blitzz 21 Sep 2009, 19:33
screens looks like a comics book
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Nonix 22 Sep 2009, 13:58
i had the same feeling
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mtvm 21 Sep 2009, 20:26
to work under zenimax is a bit different than work under activision

i hope that this will be a new start for quality multigaming :)

(for sd and id too)
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caliban 21 Sep 2009, 21:56
still waiting for real gameplay
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Sainted 21 Sep 2009, 22:01
First I was like "Yeah right, September next year perhaps", then I realized I failed.
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v3rtigo 22 Sep 2009, 01:59
I also failed, so don't feel so bad :)
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Jeebs 21 Sep 2009, 22:04
awesome, this game will be great no dout.
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dohfOs 21 Sep 2009, 22:42
n1 beggin
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Neverrrrrrr 21 Sep 2009, 23:44
game for gay
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Ethr 22 Sep 2009, 01:01
looks good :)

hope we here more from the sd boys and rahdo soon on cf soon :)
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v3rtigo 22 Sep 2009, 01:11
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

mw2 > wolfenstein < brink
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Spirea 22 Sep 2009, 01:35
QuoteThe game will feature up-to 8 player Co-op throughout Campaign mode

Now this is something :)
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mmmeL 22 Sep 2009, 02:18
the future background never did a great success, i mean, in multiplayer games.

and plus this graphic doesnt say me nothin', nothin' special. Until i dont see the game in my hand i think sd and their games after et:qw need to be taken with no so special entusiam.
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pe0p 22 Sep 2009, 11:26
will fail: 1) dude starts the interview by telling how great the gfx are. 2) after that he talks about the great stuff they implemented for the consoles. 3) trying to emulate cod4? 4) way to much stuff is being implemented.
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darthmob 22 Sep 2009, 11:35
The best thread to read for impressions is the Q&A thread on the splashdamage forums: http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18079

Most of the questions are asked and answered that came up after seeing the screenshots / presentation.
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Shuki 22 Sep 2009, 15:46
Get a hobby.
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Overactive 22 Sep 2009, 17:15
new game to find on my local foodstore!
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