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Saturday 6 August 2011

Brink
Genre: fps.
Console: Xbox 360, Ps3, PC
Players: single, co-op and multi player.
Developers: splash damage
Publishers: Bethesda
Release date: may 2011

When I first heard about brink, I was generally excited. I had just gotten xbox live, and was spending nearly every second of my life online. I thrilled at the knowledge I could create my own character and weapons and loved their idea that diffrent body weights would affect my game play.
When I finally got brink I was ecstatic. Finally a game that could throw me back into the world of multiplayer (as I have recently lost my taste for it)
This is what I spent several days playing...

Plot:
The word plot is used rather loosely. It sounds interesting with there being two factions, the security and the resistence who both have different idea on what should happen to the ark. It's never stated who are the bad guys as after playing both sides, I found there was a different take on the same missions which was a lot more different than most video games out there. Unfortunately this is never actually developed upon with most missions becoming a series of simple multi player battles. Still, I never really thought there would be plot to a multiplayer based game

Gameplay:
so first off, the customization options are very varied. There are multiple different items availabe for both sides giving you a rather unique character. weapon attachments do actually affect the gameplay, though most of them just do the same purpose, so go for whatever one you like more.
As for the weight options, well... there not really that different. Fatties have more health and skinnies have less. oh and they can climb on objects better. So those are the good points. bad points? Gunfighting is awful. The guns barely do any damage and the reload times take far to long, melee attacks are a pain to use and all the classes basically do the same thing. Go over an object and hold down use. Most of the objectives are a pain as well, with the player being sent into enemy territory to repair or hack an object. And considering the health bar gets eaten away like a pig in a truffle factory, you'll probably end up screaming like a...banshee at the death of her most loved person in the world? eh?

Graphics:
The graphics are actually rather good with quite a bit of detail being placed into the enviorments and character models, who would look close to real people if it wasn't for the weird art style that feels so out of place. Like if pixar did a dark film that was meant to appeal to adults.

Sound:
The voice acting is okay, but it's not going to win any awards. Most of the characters have over the top accents that could make some people giggle a bit. But I mainly found them to be rather annoying especially since they repeat the same phrases over and over AND OVER AGAIN!!!!
The music is okay but it's simply the same piece of music played...you guessed...over and over AND OVER AGAIN!!!
oh but the pitch changes.
Finally the guns. Well they sound really weak. The mini gun sounds like pebbles being dropped onto the ground and the shotgun...the really big one! sounds like a simple cough. Not a loud one more like a cough you hear after hearing a bad joke.

conclusion:
I really didn't like brink. I hated it with a passion. the gameplay was horrible the sound was horrendous and although the graphics where good, it doesn't make up for the horrible aspects of this game. And you know what makes this worse? it's the fact the game is actually addictive! I couldn't stop playing this terrible game because it was addictive! If you want to save yourself from hours of terrible torture, don't get this "game". but if you love multiplayer and if you love fps. then I'd rent it.