This game died quick.

(rami730) #21

Brink is dying. Do you know why? Because no one buys it. Why? Because they saw the bad reviews. The solution? Make a demo and show them how ‘great’ Brink is.

(Kinjal) #22

That’s it man, game over man, game over!

(legend123) #23

I dunno man. For example I dont give a **** about review websites.

Wolfenstein (the game that sucked badly) had a ‘demo’ and it was awful.
I didnt buy the game because of how terribad it was. Plus everyone else said it was bad (people from W:ET and RTCW).

(Kinjal) #24

[QUOTE=legend123;319490]

Wolfenstein (the game that sucked badly) had a ‘demo’ and it was awful.
I didnt buy the game because of how terribad it was. Plus everyone else said it was bad (people from W:ET and RTCW).[/QUOTE]

Wolf 2009 was a good game, i can say this after playing COD: BO, MW2 , BFBC2, Brink

(legend123) #25

You will find that a huge number of people disliked it. Especially the competitive RTCW and W:ET players.

(sirius89) #26

Wolfenstein 2009 was funny but i expected WAY better.

A Wolfenstein title should be a AAA title with glorious gameplay,glorious graphics,glorious AI and a glorious MP.

(Kinjal) #27

In wich points Brink is better?

(rami730) #28

[QUOTE=legend123;319490]I dunno man. For example I dont give a **** about review websites.

Wolfenstein (the game that sucked badly) had a ‘demo’ and it was awful.
I didnt buy the game because of how terribad it was. Plus everyone else said it was bad (people from W:ET and RTCW).[/QUOTE]

You don’t give a **** about reviews, but many others do.

(SphereCow) #29

[QUOTE=jazevec;319363]Enemy Territory games, which Brink is a direct successor of, get better with experienced/inventive players. Once players know their tools and maps well, it’s much more fun. Maybe that’s the problem - Xbox players being less insightful. I wouldn’t be surprised.

If you wanted to know a bit about Splash Damage/Enemy Territory games, they started with Quake 3 Fortress mod which was inspired by Quake 1 Team Fortress. So all accusations of huge similarity to TF2 are at the same time accurate and pointless. TF2 hasn’t invented Team Fortress formula. TF2 still bears similarities to Quake1 if you take a look at weapons.[/QUOTE]

Weapons relegated to castrated, boring classes. Never much liked TF.

(SphereCow) #30

[QUOTE=Nefarious;319332]Gameplay is repetitive as hell with 8 levels and no other game modes other then ‘Objective’. Consisdering that there is no Single Player or real story line to this game and is pretty much purely and MultiPlayer Game its a shock of how there are no player Options for other game modes.
[/QUOTE]

Two weeks in and you’re asking for new gametypes and maps because you’re already bored of the original 8. You’re a clown of clowns.

(Murderous Pie) #31

i play in big team and have no connection problems at all, true 8v8 people not just 4v4 with bots. maybe you should try that.

(wolfnemesis75) #32

Brink Troll. Go play something else. Brink has been out 1 week. Bye.

(wolfnemesis75) #33

[QUOTE=GrieverXVII;319434]New member here and wow people are acting very rude and immature…but besides that. Ive been searching the web for awhile now trying to find similar topics to my problems with brink and this seems closest.
I bought brink for xbox 360 im loving the gameplay and everything…my biggest gripe is everytime i try to join online matches, i have only ever got into a 3-4 human match with the rest bots…im sick and tired of versing useless bots…and when i do get into a decent match with humans its usually a 6 vs 2 game which just makes me want to ragequit with no sense of auto balancing…i live in canada with shaw cable extreme internet service…theres no excuse for me to be getting put into these matches unless literally no one actually plays this game for real…but thats my two cents. Love the game…would like to play with full human matches though.

Edit: oh and before a reply. Forgot to mention…yes ive tried old skool mode and many other online mode combinations to no avail…either i get put in a room by myself or 2-3 others and thats it, rarely. And most often its utterly unbalanced when u think u got into a good match.[/QUOTE]

A lot of people are playing Brink, with each other. The way the matchmaking works in Brink is it searches for friends first before it starts looking for randoms. If you don’t have any friends, it searches next according to best connection with 6-16 available spots open. Many times it is fastest for matchmaking to create an empty room to streamline and speed up the matchmaking process. 9/10 if you do not have at least one friend playing, it will create a room for you with bots (Because there are bots in Brink similar to how the Gears of War 3 Beta did matchmaking. Bots allow rooms to be created faster and be on-going to optimize matchmaking times). It is a system optimized to find a match quickly rather than one that would be slower: searching for a match with 1 or 2 open spots. If several people are searching at the same time as you for a match with only 2 spots available, it will slow down the process.

Here’s what you do: make room on your friend’s list. Go to Teamtactical.com and join. Or go to Xbox.com/PSN Post on here or Bethblog looking for like minded gamers. It is not Brink’s fault that online can be a very unfriendly place. If you are an older gamer like me you can join 2old2play.com. You do have to do a little work to build up a list of NICE people to play with.

In order to optimize your online experience in any online game (consoles) today, you have to do a little digging and set up, MS and PSN won’t do it for you. You have to build up a list of friends playing the same game you are at a given time. If your friend’s list is full of nothing but Gears players who don’t play Brink or any other game, your experience in Brink or whatever game will be tougher sledding in a matchmaking system. Gears of War’s original lobby system (similar to a PC search system, I think) is friendlier to a solo/lone type of player who has no friends playing a particular game at a given time.

So, you have to build up a set of gamers playing your game in order to get the most out of a matchmaking system. A game like COD has so many people playing it that there is a larger pool by default. Brink is a brand new IP; it has not had time to build up 5 million players playing at a given hour! No new IP can do that. Actually, only COD can do that if you look at Xbox live most played list. So, find some Brink friends!

Here’s what I did: I play any of the modes where VOIP is turned on; Old School, Competitive, or Big Team or Advanced. If you are playing with people, invite them to a Fire Team. This will invite them to use their mic. Many gamers now a days have their mic ready, but will not turn it on in fear of THE JERK. You know who I am talking about.

Once you have a few Brink friends, you will find that you will be in fuller rooms by default because of how the matchmaking works. Also set your search to MY Rank or Higher. There is just no sense in setting it to MY RANK in a teambased game! If you are lower rank, rely on your team for more support or choose a supportive role, just like in real life.

When you have at least 1 Brink friend playing when you fire the game up, you will have more doors open to be matched with more people in a room.

So, it is essential to add Brink players. Once you do, then the matchmaking will be more optimized for a search. I have even noticed that it will match you with a friend of a friend’s room before it creates a new room for you or puts you in a new room with only 1 or 2 people playing.

Brink’s matchmaking works like Epic’s matchmaking. By default, if you don’t have Brink friends, you will have to play matches to allow time for new players to join.

If you are a cool person, send me an invite. If you are racist, an a-hole, or unfriendly, please don’t! Just let me know if you are from this forum.

(jeez) #34

Id only start worrying if it fell below BFBC2. Been playing that before Brink and its perfectly ok in the 5k-7k range. Maybe we even gonna see a raise when uk people are able to buy it on steam and all the bugs are ironed out. Free DLCs gonna help too, better make the next 2 free tho after this less than optimal launch :o

(legend123) #35

hah. you do realize that there is wayyyyyyyy more people playing BC2 than Brink right?
Brink needs steam so the numbers are accurate. BC2 doesnt require steam.

<i>May 14

CSS: 59k
CS: 59k
CodMW2: 32k
BC2: 30k
CodBops:26k
TF2: 21k
Brink: 17k
L4D2: 13k</i>

and Brink went downhill like a sled.

(iezza) #36

Same, i am always with other dudes, any level. i once got into a 4v4 match with ma lvl 6 So i realy dont know your propblem. Jess, i might be online next weakend, wanna play?

(jeez) #37

Ah oops. Too used launching it thru steam to play with steam buddies. Still, ~6k is not too bad? v:pv

(legend123) #38

well its hard for me too say. I wish the community had 10,000-20,000 people Ideally.
Sds earlier game W:ET has ~4,200 on daily at peak hours.

This game had some advertising and was released in full (while W:ET wasnt).
I tihnk 6k is kind of disappointing :expressionless:

(m3lior) #39
(Bakercompany) #40

Dedicated servers bro. The Gears 3 BETA was completely lag free and one of the most amazing multiplayer experiences i’ve ever played.

You cannot trash Gears, as it is superior to you =)

And I’ll choke the next person that says “oh you’re playing on the failbox so you deserve to have a sh***y game.” And I have big hands, so watch out.

Sorry I don’t want to drop $1500 on a new gaming PC to play one or two games. And sorry I don’t want to buy a 600$ graphics card just to be able to play the next game that comes out.

And i’m sorry I get virtually the same gaming experience (usually) for 300$.

Xbox rocks, our game library is amazing. Splash Damage made a crapload of rookie mistakes with the Xbox and PS3 version. Lobbies being the biggest offender, and why this game isn’t and won’t take off on the Xbox nearly as well as it could have.

Joining random games and hoping your buddies randomly make it in is GARBAGE.

EDIT: There are still over 900,000 people on MW2 on the Xbox every day. That is a successful online game. Brink failed us in so many departments, mainly having to cancel what Brink was supposed to be (the original vids we were shown) and turned it into this shell of what it was supposed to be. Went from the best next-gen shooter to a PS2 game.