At One Point This Morning, I Was On The “Brink” Of Ecstasy

[News Bot]

See my title? Did you see what I did there? I made a fun-pun. Head over the jump for less puns and more coverage of Splash Damage’s upcoming sci-fi shooter – Brink.

Brink is a little bit difficult to define in terms of how it plays. Imagine you took Call Of Duty 4’s shooting, the free running capabilities of Mirror’s Edge, and the customisation and experience parts of Mass Effect. Confused? That’s no surprise. I knew next to nothing about this title coming into the demonstration, and by the time I left all I knew was I wanted to get my grubby little hands on it.

The shooting aspects of the game are instantly comparable to any of the best shooters of today, but what really separates Brink from the crowd is the “SMART” button. Simply holding this button whilst running at an obstacle will allow you to escalate/jump it whilst tapping it sends your character into a short slide action. As demonstrated to us, this slide can be used whilst sprinting as an additional method to avoid gunfire and other incoming nastiness. They’ve captured the animations in the first person view perfectly and the demo – which was a pre-alpha build – was running at a consistent and smooth 60 frames per second.

Visually the game is stunning, with vibrant colour pouring out of every part of the environment. This is a testament to the world Splash Damage have envisioned, a floating city known as The Ark.

During character creation you’ll be able to decide whether you want to play as the resistance, or the oppressive law-ensuring regime (who incidentally, are not aware that they’re a little hardcore in their politics). During play you will also be able to switch your character class at any of the terminals spread around the levels.

Co-operative play is a large part of the Brink experience as well, allowing at least three players to roll together (it could be four, but in this demo we only saw the three). When one player picks up a new mission objective, the other players are given objectives that are specifically intended to support their teammate.

I have to run now because we’re about to record.* It suffices to say I’m impressed with Brink, whether it lives up to my expectations or not really requires me to play it, but for now you can be excited… VERY excited.




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[fyremakyer]

Haven't heard anything about this game. What platform is it on

[Krelith]

PC, Xbox 360 and PS3

[Cheese]

Read about this in 360 magazine and I've got to say, I've been looking forward to more news about it ever since. Does it have a fixed release date yet?

[MightyMutt]

^Spring 2010. I knew very little about this game before I saw it but it is now on my must buy list.

[PillowFort]

brink brink brink hell yeah brink

[TheStonedSheep]

OPM had a huge preview on this ages ago, lol, "How smart is the smart button?"

[TomCoopz]

Is brink the fps where it automaticly does your jumping for you.?

[MightyMutt]

Read about this in 360 magazine

Yes and they reported that the SMART system stood for Smooth Movement Over Artificial Terrain (which is a bit dumb as it spells SMOAT) It actually stands for Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain.

"How smart is the smart button?"

- Very

Is brink the fps where it automaticly does your jumping for you.?

- You still need to be holding a button.

It appeared to work in a similar manner to the movement in AC or Mirror's Edge but deals with all types of terrain from debris to obstacles like security gates.

In fact Brink looked like Mirror's Edge, Crackdown and COD4 (Multiplayer) got together and had a beautiful baby! With 8 on 8 player battles that follow the same story as the one player game this looks like it could be an excellent game for the SG community.

Add to all that a dynamic XP mission system that gives you more XP for missions that aid your team. For example defending your position may give you 10XP but you will get 300XP for being an 'engineer' class and unlocking a short cut. Should you pick that mission, a new mission will appear for your team mates (either human or AI) giving a 'soldier' class extra XP for successfully defending you while you open up the shortcut.

We all went from not knowing much about this game to saying we will be buying it. I expect this game to be next year's Left4Dead, don't sleep on this game, you will want to be buying it yourselves.

[TomCoopz]

Originally Posted by MightyMutt Yes and they reported that the SMART system stood for Smooth Movement Over Artificial Terrain (which is a bit dumb as it spells SMOAT) It actually stands for Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain. - Very - You still need to be holding a button. It appeared to work in a similar manner to the movement in AC or Mirror's Edge but deals with all types of terrain from debris to obstacles like security gates. In fact Brink looked like Mirror's Edge, Crackdown and COD4 (Multiplayer) got together and had a beautiful baby! With 8 on 8 player battles that follow the same story as the one player game this looks like it could be an excellent game for the SG community. Add to all that a dynamic XP mission system that gives you more XP for missions that aid your team. For example defending your position may give you 10XP but you will get 300XP for being an 'engineer' class and unlocking a short cut. Should you pick that mission, a new mission will appear for your team mates (either human or AI) giving a 'soldier' class extra XP for successfully defending you while you open up the shortcut. We all went from not knowing much about this game to saying we will be buying it. I expect this game to be next year's Left4Dead, don't sleep on this game, you will want to be buying it yourselves.

Thanks for clarifying man, this game looks rather cool, i may rent it