So close But, So far

Game Info

Title-Brink

Type-Video Game

Genre-First Person Shooter, 

Age-Teen

A Little About The Game

Brink is a game that is widely known as a failed game that was given too much hype. You play a one of two teams. You are either a rebel trying to leave the overcrowded floating city called the Ark, or the the defenders of the ark who are trying to keep order and prevent the disruptive rebels from leaving. There are four classes and lots of customization when it comes to character types. You can play as a medic, soldier, engineer, or spy. Each one is need for the completion of certain objectives throughout the game. One of the most praised aspects of the game is its free run. Every character has the ability to jump off of walls and climb over high ledges. It turned out to be one of the few saving graces of the game. The game also has eight maps and only one game mode. IT also has a very short campaign clocking in at around 6 hours. Not bad for a game based mostly around its multiplayer but, still not a good thing. 

What It Did Wrong

Brink was a game that focused way to much on on customization. Now is most cases that isn't a problem but, as many people say they tried to do too much. There was also very little content. Eight maps for a game with only one game mode is honestly kinda pathetic. Also they tried to throw leveling on everything. Classes, weapons and even levels on customization. This would be fine but, the difference in a maxed out character and a new player is too different. The objective type game mode also limits the play for the player that wants to go off and lone wolf it up. The story was half decent but, preformed horribly. The guns also weren't very precise because it decided to take the realism of random bullet placement ( there was a spread on single shot guns even if it was slight.). This angered a lot of people and for the most part caused the game to die out. It's honestly a shame because if there were more maps and even more gamemodes the game might actually be really fun. I honestly found the game to be at least decent but, I also have never been able to play online. Anyhow I feel if it was executed differently it would have in fact lived up to the hype.