Brink Media Blowout: Three New Gameplay Videos

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  Console versions are by far the greatest money making method. They're just showing off what most of the ... : Memphis-Ahn
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    The profit margins for console games is a lot smaller. EA for example bet big on big console games over t... : free2game365
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      Fair point, I suppose that companies also sink more money into console games. I don't see how companies ... : Memphis-Ahn
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        Because the development costs are much lower for PC games. : free2game365
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          Dev kits might be cheaper, but programming time sure as hell ain't. Even with DirectX simplifying the dev... : three-d
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            Programming staffs don't make up the largest part of game developers, artists and level designers do, and... : free2game365
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              Yes, but the amount of programming time required goes up *considerably* for PC game programming. I rememb... : three-d
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                "hardest to replace" no they aren't, they're an employees with an easy to gauge technical skill, it's not... : free2game365
                • It might be easy to gauge, but if you think there's good (notice I said if they're any good) programmers ... : three-d
• Reasoning is that getting a game playable on a controller is a lot harder than it is on a mouse and keybo... : CurbDog
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  Never could get used to that Mouse & Keyboard.....,for me games this way are just unplayable ! Really tr... : sometimesme
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    Then you must abhor precision. : perkam
    • I like how he puts a space before ! : rick

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  I hope that is just for the console version. With Splash Damage PC background I cant imagine they will me... : abjectblitz
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    Intriguingly enough, I didn't mind the 65 FOV in Borderlands PC version. It is very limited and odd compa... : perkam
    • Ahh but you dont have to, thank god. : abjectblitz
    • I was fine with it too, Although I'm not using a wide screen monitor, so maybe thats why? : rick

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  Of all things to complain about... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Well, the environments look really nice, but this new trend is an insta-immersion kill for me, unfortunat... : electric_wizard
• i agree with you, it looks stupid : hanged_man
• There was a debug cvar in QuakeWars that did the same thing but you could only turn it on with cheats ena... : EnderWigginDA
• As long as Borderlands devs don't sue, yes they are. : perkam

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  Doom 3 ++ : uncleanmonkey
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    you mean id tech 4 ++ : hanged_man
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      so doom3 ++ it is then : X-GOUKI
      • Looks like doom3 --darkness. : Memphis-Ahn
• More like Quake 4++ : perkam

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• I'm intrigued, but not sold. Can't put my finger on it either. : three-d
• It's the map design IMO, its very amateurish. Doesn't give the player a sense of place. I personally ... : perkam

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  to me the weapon bob when the player is walking, is really really exaggerated. a good example being the ... : senor135
  • though i bet something like that they'll fix / tweak : senor135
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    Eh I'm pretty sure I'd be a flailing mess holding a gun and walking. Not that I'm a futuristic super sold... : Shadsy
    • ya but the pistol would bob up and down like 5 times for each step.... that just doesnt make sense. the ... : senor135

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• The PAX demo was real-time. (As were all Brink demos this year!) : johnsto

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  And some Mirror's Edge in there too. : jeremy_mccurdy
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    Definitely a big influence on the movement side. I loved Mirror's Edge, despite it's legion of faults bec... : holaareola
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      I liked how ME did all the parkour things with jump and crouch buttons (well, there was also an extra "do... : MamiyaOtaru
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        The extra button is probably just shift, functioning as both run/dash and SMART. So it would be just like... : Memphis-Ahn
        • Honestly the SMART button sounds a lot like the free movement button in Prototype, which worked quite wel... : three-d
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        You don't have to be holding the smart/sprint button to perform these moves, regular jumping and crouchin... : Smooth UK
        • That's even better! : Memphis-Ahn
  • Yea, was gonna say TF2 and Mirror's edge : CaptainSurly
• that's what I thought too : Ksey17
• Good definition. Yes, awesome. : zehh

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• yupppp : magicfucker
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  Really? You clearly need to get out more. : CurbDog
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    not everyone lives in the u.k to hear such accent : hanged_man
    • really? you don't say! : niceguynick
    • Not everyone feels the need to draw attention to that fact. : CurbDog
• ...It wasn't that bad. I had no problems understanding. : fade2black244
• Leave the house once and a while, might meet some interesting people. : dhvyse

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  I really wanted to like ETQW, but it was too Battlefieldy (huge maps, need vehicles to get around etc. ki... : Memphis-Ahn
  • ya the vehicles and open environments left something to be desired the infantry combat was also quite ... : flasher 907
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  I with you man, loved Q3F. Wolf ET and OMG ETQW. Just played ETQW the other day, seriously good game and ... : abjectblitz
  • In all fairness I think Endrant was handed a platter of shit to begin with. : CurbDog
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  I really liked it too, but the shooting itself in this looks pretty awful. Looks like it's way too contro... : free2game365
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    The weapons are one of the areas that we will be tweaking non-stop up until release. Different weapon... : Smooth UK
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      Yes please. Since it's easier to aim with a mouse, hitting things should be inherently harder. This mean... : Memphis-Ahn
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        That's just completely false. As I have said many times before, for me personally it's pretty hard to ai... : Syrek
        • With a small analogue thumb-stick you can't have the fine control/speed that comes with a mouse. In a str... : Smooth UK
        • It's not false. There's a real basis for why mouse aiming is far superior -- the mechanics of it. Cons... : Dr_Tran
        • This is where I think the difference between accuracy and precision comes in. If you're playing a game l... : Memphis-Ahn

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  And who said it was a game aiming to be realistic? Foo1 : abjectblitz
  • hyper/quasi-videogame analyst / online tough guy did : SniperWolf22
  • I'm not talking about simulation type of realism, It's not like I don't like plasma rifles or other non-e... : salceson
• people said the same kind of things about borderlands and that game is hands down my favorite game in yea... : Ksey17
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  OR Perhaps its just early preview footage that's meant to whet your appetite for more details and isn'... : CurbDog
  • that's what I hope, because as I said, it looks nice : salceson
• even mw2 has more common with a bit of realism than this MW2 is a game set on (near) present-day scena... : zehh
• The foot speed does look too slow, but I completely disagree with all other points. The game is very much... : Dr_Tran
• Please man, It's a game. This Is what always Irritated me about people that play "games" for real life ex... : ktseymour
• I've read elsewhere that the weapon bob has been fixed. This is supposed to be a 6 month old build of the... : jet-poop
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  Aiming down the sights is more of a console shooter thing, to make up for the controllers poor accuracy. ... : tree8
  • Yet the PC only BF games have aiming down the sights also and ppl use them damn near 100% of the time. ... : MOB712
  • I've never understood this hatred of iron sights but I've never seem it as a console driven change but mo... : CurbDog
• The footage is nearly a year old, relax. : eonix

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• It's already fixed ;) : Smooth UK

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• This is not Wolfenstein 3d and we're no longer in the early 90s : hanged_man
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  it still makes him (and me) sick. :( : pillzer
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    I assume you've never been in a car. In fact, I hope you don't move much at all, all that head-bobbing w... : Memphis-Ahn
    • Silly people...Head bobbing Is for chicks! : ktseymour

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• Except with exceptionally better color use. Maybe not better, but certainly more interesting and vibrant.... : f1kt1t1ous
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  Neil Alphonso Killzone 2's lead level designer works at Splash Damage so you're pretty close to the mark ... : CurbDog
  • That might explain this. :P : razlebol
• yeah also the post processing effects remind me of KZ2. : mc-fine

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  This easily looks like their best work. Quake Wars didn't take off for a lot of reasons. They could have ... : Dr_Cube
  • i loved enemy territory but quake wars fell kinda flat. it was fun for a while but it wasn't exceptional.... : flasher 907

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  At least I see leaning! Wonder why MW2 decided leaning wasn't a good gameplay mechanic. : coyoterys
  • The maps weren't balanced for that. : Memphis-Ahn
• It's id tech 4 so just /sensitivity X in the console. : EnderWigginDA
• purposely turning slow so you can see what is going on in the video : kemical

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• Richard Ham (Rahdo) went on Crossfire.nl to get their input on the game so I think we're pretty safe that... : CurbDog