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(Maawdawg) #421

Semper Cognatio article…

“Brink: The Next Best FPS?”
http://www.sempercog.com/?p=1052

(3Suns) #422

Brink release date April 27, 2011 according to Amazon.com.

(Mustang) #423

And March 26 according to Amazon.co.uk (has been for ages)
I don’t believe any of these release dates until I hear it from SD or BS themselves

(LyndonL) #424

The only store listing I’d trust is on the Steam page.

(Spaiker) #425

http://twitter.com/brinkgame
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(Maawdawg) #426

XBOX 360 magazine has Brink at #1 in their “5 dark horses that will blow everyone away in 2011” article.
http://www.x360magazine.com/features/5-dark-horses-that-will-blow-everyone-away-in-2011/

(Humate) #427

The only real interesting thing is the criticism of the bots.

As elegant as this solution seems, it does have its drawbacks. Our session was not completely filled with players, so we had to rely on AI team mates for crucial tasks, and they kind of… well, the word SUCK comes to mind. And HARD. So playing in a game where the count of live versus AI players is fluctuating could be really frustrating. It’s a balancing issue we hope gets seen to before release.

(Vaporman) #428

[QUOTE=Humate;248658]http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Review/239639,brink-is-looking-cartoony-but-fun.aspx

The only real interesting thing is the criticism of the bots.[/QUOTE]

I think this is an issue that is probably high on the list of priorities of final tweeks being done.

(H0RSE) #429

I think it’s odd since up until the above criticism, people seemed to be complimenting the bots.

(darthmob) #430

[QUOTE=H0RSE;248704]I think it’s odd since up until the above criticism, people seemed to be complimenting the bots.[/QUOTE]Maybe they got it wrong and it is the people that sucked and the bots that actually did quite well. :smiley:

(LyndonL) #431

Haha, well it has been said in past reviews that it was hard to distinguish between people and bots. Maybe you’re right!!

(DarkangelUK) #432

There was no criticism, the comments on the AI are on par with some quick flame posts I would expect to see on a forum, not in a review… they gave no justification or explanation for their comments on the bots. So basically with regards to their review… words SUCK and HARD come to mind.

(Crytiqal) #433

we had to rely on AI team mates for crucial tasks, and they kind of… well, the word SUCK comes to mind. And HARD.

Apparantly what he talks about is that the bots were unable to fullfill crucial tasks. Is that the explanation your looking for? I just hope he’s wrong about them, but I rather play with real people anyway, no matter how good the bots would be.

(Mustang) #434

I too wonder exactly how/where they “suck”
Not performing crucial tasks like completing objectives is completely understandable, these should ofc be player driven
However if it’s something like a medic running past a downed teammate 10’s of times, then the description might be a little more fitting
Without further elaboration from the author of the comments maybe we will never know?

(LyndonL) #435

Or maybe we’ll have to wait til to know when we see it in person in Spring :wink:

(Humate) #436

Exactly :wink:
Nothing beats your own direct experience.

(DarkangelUK) #437

Brink in CVG’s top 10 games to look out for in 2011

(Maawdawg) #438

a delay speculation article due to recent job postings from SD. :frowning:

http://www.sempercog.com/?p=1191

(Spaiker) #439

Nooo, but if they have to, we can’t say anything against it. Gotta see for yourself, you want a game that isn’t finished with bugs, or a game with almost no bug?

(xTriXxy) #440

[QUOTE=Maawdawg;249777]a delay speculation article due to recent job postings from SD. :frowning:

http://www.sempercog.com/?p=1191[/QUOTE]

first quarter, second quarter… i will wait. better will be to wait for perfect game, then get bugged, not optimised game (like black ops as bad example)