this game is hilariously bad

(zenstar) #21

[QUOTE=Dragnerok X;374526]That’s a pretty good idea, actually.

Though there’s a big difference between complaints and constructive criticism (which doesn’t belong in the complaint thread).[/QUOTE]

I’d say it’s up to the mods to decide what is constructive and what isn’t.
While I agree that the posts that are just pure QQ and/or rage are pretty worthless (as are the posts that are pure suck-up) people still have a right to express their opinions within the confines of the forum’s rules. The line between “QQ / Rage” and “Upset but not able to articulate well” can get pretty blurry and it’s the moderators’ job to say “this topic has been derailed / is not constructive” and then lock the thread.
Often a negative viewpoint can still shed a different light on a topic that may make that topic better even if the negative post doesn’t have much volume.

You always have the option (and I have done this before) to reply saying “Stop posting non-constructive negativity. Explain yourself.”
If they cannot explain themself then it’s likely they won’t post a reply. If they can explain themselves then they will be adding to the discussion. Trying to hide the negativity is only going to blinker the future of the game and make it weaker as a result.

(RabidAnubis) #22

[QUOTE=zenstar;374525]There is a brink complaint forum. It’s called “the Brink Forums” and is for discussion, compliments and complaints. While like topics should be grouped under threads there is no way a single thread will adequetly cover the number of issues people wish to talk about and/or complain about.

Also: I find your “let them whine in that thread” attitude quite rude and snobbish. If you don’t want to read any complaints then don’t. The thread topics give a good idea of what the thread contains and it’s pretty quick to see which threads are complaint threads as soon as you open them.

I mean imagine this: One thread gets made called the “compliment thread” and every nice post you want to make about Brink or SD must be made in there. If I suggested that to you you’d be pretty annoyed, and yet you’re happy to say pretty much exactly the same thing to a large part of this forum community.

Seriously.[/QUOTE]

There is a difference between constructive criticism, and right out bashing, and suggestions for balance. The Brink ‘skill’ thread was constructive criticism. This is dumb. He is just like, F THIS. He isn’t even saying WHY.

Now if there was a compliment thread, where we just said, “This game is awesome.” and didn’t say anything else, THAT would be calling for a compliment thread. But that isn’t everywhere right now.

(DarkangelUK) #23

People post good things, people post bad things, people post ok things… it’s not up to you or any other normal poster to decide what does and doesn’t get posted, and where anything should be posted. People rag on cheerleader threads, cheerleaders rag on complaint threads… that how it is dude, lern2deal.

(RabidAnubis) #24

Lol.

You know that thread was more or less a joke. I hope EVERYONE realizes that is my way of saying, “that wasn’t even CONSTRUCTIVE…” and I still don’t get WHY people are on the forums if they are going to say, “This sucks!” I mean, if you have a suggestion then it’s wonderful and all. If you have an imbalance then post it. I hate CoD but I’m not on THEIR forums, even though I bought the game. I’ll let the people enjoy the game who want to. I hope the people who play it enjoy it, but I know I’ll wait before buying the next CoD game.

(DarkangelUK) #25

You do know it works both ways right? Gleefully smiling like a Stepford wife, blindly saying all is well and anyone that says otherwise is wrong, and equally not contributing the discussion except to wind the opposition up also adds nothing to the forum. You don’t NEED to post in every thread, hate or like…

(Sleepy) #26

I like to read funny threads like this, especially from people who writes like they never played Brink before :stuck_out_tongue:

(Jimmy James) #27

[QUOTE=TheLegend;374443]
They dont look like soldiers at all. All the different customization options pretty much look the same and all lead to a HILARIOUS freaky character result.[/QUOTE]
Correct, the archetypes are stylized. It’s just an artistic choice. Sorry you don’t approve.

[QUOTE=TheLegend;374443]
The guns dont matter they all shoot the same and its just jumping around and hitting rando, buttons.[/QUOTE]
So, you haven’t actually played Brink. I see how it is. (Hilarious!)

-JJ

EDIT:

[QUOTE=SinDonor;374447]New drinking game!

Every time the OP said “bad” you gotta drink a beer. Every time he said “bad bad” you gotta take a shot.

Go![/QUOTE]
WARNING! SinDonor is trying to kill us all!

(Thundermuffin) #28

Eh, the guns really don’t play that differently from each other when you compare them to say ET:QW. They’re all spray’n’pray weapons, lol.

(Jimmy James) #29

Please don’t make me school you by posting actual gun statistics again. I’m really getting tired of it.

-JJ

(Tom12121112) #30

was anyone else surprised at the fact that the OP actually used the correct version of “your?”

(Thundermuffin) #31

[QUOTE=Jimmy James;374547]Please don’t make me school you by posting actual gun statistics again. I’m really getting tired of it.

-JJ[/QUOTE]
So a few points of difference makes the guns play drastically different from each other? No matter what gun you play with you will still aim for the chest unless you think you’re a “bad-a uber1337 gamer” and you’ll be killed in 5 seconds when someone just aims at your chest like this game requires you to do.

(Jimmy James) #32

Thanks for confirming, once again, that you are a troll who has nothing to contribute to these forums.

-JJ

(Thundermuffin) #33

[QUOTE=Jimmy James;374569]Thanks for confirming, once again, that you are a troll who has nothing to contribute to these forums.

-JJ[/QUOTE]
Lol, I’m not a troll. That’s funny if you think I am, as obviously you haven’t read any of my posts where I go in depth on reasons why things should have been differently, complete with actual explanations and even in some cases pictures to make it simple for people to grasp. I didn’t do that here, because wolfnemesis or other BRINK fanboys would just come in, dismiss all of it, and then say I was “playing the game wrong,” as if there’s any other way to play BRINK besides spray’n’pray and using grenade shooting.

I actually scrimmed the game for hours and hours playing against/with the best NA had to offer competitively, so am I still a troll? My opinions are based around actual experiences playing ET:QW and BRINK competitively with a lot of those same players. We tried pretty much every light gun and none of them handled that different as they all had random recoil that you were unable to control. I played with the Kross and did pretty much just as well as I did with the carb-9, besides the fact it felt worse than the carb-9 did when shooting. Something is wrong with the gunplay when players who I either dominated or got dominated by in ET:QW are killing each other 1:1.

Thanks for confirming, once again, that you really don’t understand how bad the BRINK guns are if you truly think they are drastically different from each other and that I’m trolling by saying otherwise. The only thing drastic about the guns is how badly they stink when it comes to shooting straight.

EDIT: Just so you know, adding +1 damage and -1 recoil to a gun doesn’t make it so much different from any other guns; that’s pretty much how this game is. It isn’t like CS where the guns are noticeably different in the way they recoil or the way the bullets come out.

(RabidAnubis) #34

HEY.

STOP THE ARGUMENTS!

Let’s have cheesecake in the meantime! :tongue:

(Dragnerok X) #35

HEY.

STOP THE ARGUMENTS!

Let’s have cheesecake in the meantime! :tongue:

Let’s. :slight_smile:

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(iezza) #36

The cake is a liee!

(Spendlove) #37

Is it cheese? Is it cake? OH THE CONFUSION.

Surprised you have not got Thundermuffin on ignore. He really has nothing to say thats of any importance whatsoever.

Not a flame post, just the truth.

OP. Shocking, shocking post! If there was ever a time to use facepalm.jpg this is it.

(morguen87) #38

Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, early fps games were a lot of fun and got me interested in gaming. Quake 2, however, is what really got me hooked into gaming by providing not only an awesome single player experience but an awesome multiplayer experience as well. Now, this isn’t just nostalgia talking - I have way more fun with most current generation games than I do the older ones. For instance, I enjoy the single player of Bioshock 10x more than the single player of Q2 and I enjoy the multiplayer of Team Fortress 2 10x more than the multiplayer of Q2. I’m looking purely at the current level of enjoyment, not clouding my vision with nostalgia. I’m being objective.
I came to a most scientific conclusion: Brink sucks. I went back and played through Quake 2’s single player and then the multiplayer as I was still able to find some decent death match servers. There is something very, very wrong when a game from the mid 1990s plays better than Brink - in every aspect.

Brink has absolutely ZERO value single player.
The ONLY advantage Brink has over some other games’ multiplayer is solely in theory and not an actuality. It’s neat to think of Brink is a class based objective shooter, but it doesn’t play like one. Classes are both indistinguishable in appearance, but in actual play as well. Everything Brink tries to do feels like a poorly executed gimmick.

(.Chris.) #39

This is a real cheese cake.

(Smoochy) #40

if $20is that big of a deal OP you might want another paper round or a proper job? or better yet, more education might be your thing.