NeXus LAN

So who is getting Brink?  I know that Venus and I both have it pre-ordered.   

Some cool things about this game.   Your character lvls up no matter if playing solo, co-op or multi player!   I like that.   Comes with day 1 local dedicated server support.   They are releasing mod tools in the not too distant future as well.

Game looks very good, and fun can't wait for it launch on Tuesday.

i bought it comes with a weapon scope tattoo and a mask for free and a free dlc if you pre order it

Bought it for myself and Crashgirl.

If you buy it through Amazon, the bonus pack they offer w/ the game is the "Psycho Pack" where you get a scarecrow looking facemask, a fat oldschool looking revolver and a soda can silencer kit.

Has anyone picked up a copy of this yet? Just curious if it's worth getting. The trailer videos I have watched have been great, but I just wanted to check w/ anyone who has it to make sure.

Thanks.

Jeff, Ron, Rod, DD, and Myself all have it so far.

Its a good game.  Game play etc it nothing like COD, and its a VERY team based game.   If your a run an gun type you will die fast and alot in this game.

Cool. Thanks. The story behind it appealed to me and it seemed like something a little different. The COD games are just getting too cookie cutter-ish and more like xerox copy re-hashes of the previous game. That's just my opinion, of course.  ;D

Honestly I do not know what to think of the game.  I do like the focus on how importance of play as a team is, but I can not get over the graphics.  They are so uhm how can I put this?.... uhm so 2002ish (if not earlier).  Depending on the map, Quake 3 had even better graphics :)  Actually it feels like the original HALO. Though gettting 200FPS in a new game was fun to see.  And unfortuantely it seems so obviously a console port... (a first gen XBOX port at that).

Now with all that said, admittedly I only did the 1st campaign mission and have not tried MP yet, but the campaign is basically MP with bots so I am sure it compares well.  But this is just my first impression, I will give it a some more time and see how fun/interesting it gets.

One good thing is, I am sure this would play well with my laptop with only an 8800GT card.  So if we do plan to play this for the majority of the time at the next mini-lan, I might just only bring it.

Downloading it now. :)

Its not old graphics at all.   Its an art style that has not been seen in PC games in a while.   It is very similar to borderlands in the art style.    I think its much better then halo or 2002 graphics IMO.   If your a run an gun type of player you will HATE this game.  If you like team based gaming your will like it.

So far I like it.

Borderlands graphics IMO are better.  This type of graphics is just not my cup of tea but maybe it will grow on me.  I know one thing you probably will not need a beefy machine to play this.

Aaand Brink won't run on my system!  Been trying to play all morning but I've not been able to run it but it just keeps crashing at start up without even telling me where the error is.

I've done everything I can think of (Updating Drivers, reinstalling)...   Steam has an 8 page post on the issue and a lot on the Bethesda forums page, so I'm not the only one running into it.  They keep saying "Give us time" but this is a pretty huge bug to not catch before release. lol

Yikes! Sounds like another one to pass on, I guess.

Much like anything, its all about the experience. Or, maybe what you bring to the experience.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/brink-for-pc-runs-great-plays-well-online-is-a-ton-of-fun.ars (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/brink-for-pc-runs-great-plays-well-online-is-a-ton-of-fun.ars)

The above is high praise for the pc version over Xbox 360.

I have to admit I not too patient and get killed a lot against the dumb AI. Serves me right. Will need to give co-op and multi a go soon. I suggest a Brink channel be added to Mumble at some point. No rush. All interested people should plan for a time to game and do co-op and multi. Dave, you mentioned you would set up a server? If so then we can meet up on it and get our Brink on.

He is talking abou a local lan server, but yeah I am game.

Channel added.

As for server yeah it could be run online since its max 16 players I think but you would do better to find one out on the net thats dedicated for better ping.

When playing here at the store a local one is good for that.

Got Brink up and running finally. 

I just upgraded my graphics card. lol  I guess a few games have come out that I couldn't play on my old one (i.e Crysis 2 and Brink).

I don't know why nVidia couldn't write support for OpenGL 3.1 into Generation 7 cards but I guess it was time for an upgrade. 

Does anyone know if this will run on an Nvidia 9800M GTS 1g card? That's what I have on my laptop.

Thanks,

Lincoln7

The min requirements state a 8800 GTS so you should be ok.  But the graphics are so low (visually) in my opinion it should be able to run on any card within the last 5 years or so.  I mean for example Halo 1 has the same, if not, better graphics but that is just my opinion. 

Poly count on the model etc on brink are ALOT higher then Halo 1 etc so yeah an 8800 is probably the min.   

I found Brink available through Amazon.com for $23.  I am thinking about picking it up - am I wasting my money?

Anyone with a comment?  ;D

Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Brink-Pc/dp/B002GDRPYI/ref=sr_1_3?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1307668306&sr=1-3

Honestly I do not see us playing it at the mini as people just dont seem to like it.   I would play it but others that have it are not interested in playing it.  You would do better to get Homefront, and or Black Ops.   Everyone that comes to the mini has Homefront, and 95% have black ops.

Cool. Thanks.

Yes definitely get Black Ops and Home Front.

Does anyone have any thoughts on what would make Brink a better game?

There's a lot of things that could make Brink better.  I'd like to play regular gametypes like TDM, CTF and others - but I've argued this point before and all I've gotten was that Splash Damage put their own spin on all the regular game types. 

I think Brink is a really good game by its self.  But I also think that it tried too hard to be different.