Brink to set new standard?

Just 9 days after the last headline about Brink, the 2010 roundup here on Crossfire (read more..) it's time for another quick update featuring Brink.


First off is the launch of the first EU-based Brink dedicated fansite, aimed towards the future competitive Brink-scene - BRINKish.eu which hopefully will be a good compliment to the Brink coverage here at Crossfire. Apart from the actual site there is a large amount of ways to follow BRINKish.eu and among these we find Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Xfire.com, YouTube.com and obviously there's also #BRINKish @ irc.QuakeNet.org.

To celebrate the release of BRINKish.eu the site have arranged, together with Brink developer Splash Damage, an exclusive community Q&A where it's readers get the opportunity to send their question (or questions) to the Brink devs thus contributing to what eventually will become an official community Q&A or you may in fact call it an interview with Splash Damage. This is a great chance to get answers about Brink that has yet been replied on as should be seen as a compliment to the otherwise so great Brink Q&A-thread here on Crossfire were Richard "Rahdo" Ham continues to do an awesome job. Click your way to BRINKish.eu to find out how to make your submission.

Since the last update Rahdo has also been interviewed by Game Informer were Rahdo explains what makes Brink so special. The interview also talks about weapons and for the first time its unveiled that Brink will hold 24 different weapons.

Quote by Rahdo

We’re planning for Brink to ship with 24 different weapons, spread across four different categories. We’re making sure that each of these has a really unique feel and use in combat, so it’s not just going to be a bunch of gun clones with slight stat differences.

We’ll have five sidearms, six light weapons, six assault-sized weapons and five heavy weapons in Brink. The different classes directly relate to the three different body types a player can choose from. So, a “light” player can have a light weapon as his primary, and a side arm as his secondary. A “normal” player can have an assault weapon as his primary and up to a light weapon as his secondary. And a “heavy” player can have a heavy weapon as his primary and up to an assault weapon as his secondary (so he can really bring the pain!).

And as 5+6+6+5 adds up to 22 and not 24 we can only guess that 2 are yet to be talked about even though there's rumors about two specialized explosives yet to be confirmed. You can find the full interview at GameInformer.com.

In the German PCGames.de Brink hands-on Preview PCGames.de state that Brink is to set a new standard for FPS-games and that you "will never look upon a FPS with the same eyes again". There is a English translation of the article found on BRINKish.eu.

Quote by PCGames.de translated into English

As Wikipedia mentioned, Brink is "an ancient germanium word in geographical names since the early Middle Ages, a slightly elevated spot, a border or a coastline known." Thank you, Wikipedia, but that does not sound like a scene for a computer game. Besides replacing the mind "slightly elevated" to "float", "body or coastal edge" by "scarred by the civil war wannabe Utopia" and "Dark Ages" by "2025? – and voila, even the description applies perfectly to the Brink. Too complicated? Then again slowly: Brink sends you into a scarred from the civil war wannabe Utopia, the so-called Ark, which floats on the surface of the flooded soil in 2025. Wicked, right?

And even though Brink takes place around 2045 (and not 2025) it's a nice read.

Other smaller updates not yet mentioned on Crossfire is the Italian SpazioGames Brink Preview, the English theBitbag.com dito and the video interview featuring Brink and Splash Damage game Designer Ed Stern made by Electronic Playground (Episode 2 of 2010).

And also, if you for some reason still missed out on it, check out Krosans journal "What keeps you playing ET?" as there's still a chance to have your say.