Splash Damage

[maZiix™]

I guess most of us that are interested in BRINK have doubts whether it's a console or not. Well Splash Damage are pure PC developers that have experience in making few PC games such as:

*Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein 2002

*Wolfenstein:_Enemy_Territory 2003

*DOOM 3 2004

* Enemy_Territory:_QUAKE_Wars 2007

All those games above are PC only that have over 80+ metacritic scores. BRINK is their first and only multi-platform game that also uses the same engine as ET Quake Wars. The engine is called Id Tech 4 which is highly modified for this game. Basically guys
If you can run ET Quake Wars nicely 60+ fps then you won't have any fps problems on BRINK. Since it's a multi-platform game, there might be slight chance you could have fps problems.

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Damage

btw I'll be making important suggestions for the PC version in the official forums.

[maZiix™]

I'm starting to think the console version will be a PC port.

This game will be good no doubt. Can't wait.

[Enad]

Yeah I have high hopes this will be very very good on PC. The devs got alot of experience with PC games and Enemy Territory Quake Wars was a great game but came out at a bad time.

[maZiix™]

I've just remembered BRINK was delayed for like 1 or 2 times. You wouldn't see that happening in COD games because of Activision greedy reasons. It's probably the only reason why MW2/Black Ops are console ports. Bethesda did not rush Splash Damage for obvious reasons. I'm hoping the PC version benefited from the delays.

[sharkietoo]

Iam not sitting bare assed on the photocopier just yet.
People stating that the game will be good/bad/best/worst are putting the cart before the horse.
If anyone followed the Homefront forums prior to its release would know about all the fanboi's talking it up, saying its no console clone, no Blackflops clone, made by PC experts for PC gamers.

Have a look now...a split community (Which may have been fixed with a recent patch) but a lot of people were unhappy with the end result...why??

Because their expectations were so blown up by fanboi's comments, dev youtube clips & heresay that the end result was so disappointing that they ran out and bought a pack of razor blades.

Let then game come to us. I would rather be delightfully surprised then horribly disappointed.

[Enad]

Originally Posted by sharkietoo

Iam not sitting bare assed on the photocopier just yet.
People stating that the game will be good/bad/best/worst are putting the cart before the horse.
If anyone followed the Homefront forums prior to its release would know about all the fanboi's talking it up, saying its no console clone, no Blackflops clone, made by PC experts for PC gamers.

Have a look now...a split community (Which may have been fixed with a recent patch) but a lot of people were unhappy with the end result...why??

Because their expectations were so blown up by fanboi's comments, dev youtube clips & heresay that the end result was so disappointing that they ran out and bought a pack of razor blades.

Let then game come to us. I would rather be delightfully surprised then horribly disappointed.

I found Homefront to be an extremely obvious console port right from the beginning, the whole stupid plot of Korean Invasion made me think of it being centered for the 'younger' console players, then when they did that dev diary and said "WE DONT WANT THIS TO BE A GAME WHERE IT TAKES 20 MINUTES TO LEARN HOW TO FLY" Yeah because 20 minutes is way too much of our time... -_-

On the other hand, Brink looks like something totally new from what I've seen, its really obvious its not gonna be like any other game (I've) played.

[sharkietoo]

Originally Posted by Enad

I found Homefront to be an extremely obvious console port right from the beginning, the whole stupid plot of Korean Invasion made me think of it being centered for the 'younger' console players, then when they did that dev diary and said "WE DONT WANT THIS TO BE A GAME WHERE IT TAKES 20 MINUTES TO LEARN HOW TO FLY" Yeah because 20 minutes is way too much of our time... -_-

On the other hand, Brink looks like something totally new from what I've seen, its really obvious its not gonna be like any other game (I've) played.

I hope your right Enad.
I originally was looking forward to Homefront, but certain things made me suspicious. I never bought it & very glad I didnt. On the other hand I have pre-ordered Brink...which I dont normally do...here's hoping!!

[Parliamentarian]

Brink, to me, looks like a bad ♥♥♥ COD type game. But since it's not trying to be realistic, it won't be utterly stupid.

Originally Posted by sharkietoo

Iam not sitting bare assed on the photocopier just yet.
People stating that the game will be good/bad/best/worst are putting the cart before the horse.
If anyone followed the Homefront forums prior to its release would know about all the fanboi's talking it up, saying its no console clone, no Blackflops clone, made by PC experts for PC gamers.

Have a look now...a split community (Which may have been fixed with a recent patch) but a lot of people were unhappy with the end result...why??

Because their expectations were so blown up by fanboi's comments, dev youtube clips & heresay that the end result was so disappointing that they ran out and bought a pack of razor blades.

Let then game come to us. I would rather be delightfully surprised then horribly disappointed.

The difference is homefront devs have made garbage games in the past and splash damage has made quality ones. Most people will probably bash it because it's not 128 vs 128 players with 40 vehicles buzzing over your head OR the "realism" hammer legion members will come out complaining about why it takes more than one headshot to kill someone and you might have to track someone for more than .1 second to kill them. Then they write a wall of text talking about real-life weapons, complete with ballistics graphs and stories of their military experience.

The only concerning thing is this SMART button looks kinda consolish. At least 3 of the 4 Splash damage games the OP posted had an element of trickjumping in the MP. Hope that doesn't go away.

Also with Homefront, the patch has fixed about 90% of what is wrong with the MP.

[Parliamentarian]

Originally Posted by sharkietoo

Iam not sitting bare assed on the photocopier just yet.
People stating that the game will be good/bad/best/worst are putting the cart before the horse.
If anyone followed the Homefront forums prior to its release would know about all the fanboi's talking it up, saying its no console clone, no Blackflops clone, made by PC experts for PC gamers.

Have a look now...a split community (Which may have been fixed with a recent patch) but a lot of people were unhappy with the end result...why??

Because their expectations were so blown up by fanboi's comments, dev youtube clips & heresay that the end result was so disappointing that they ran out and bought a pack of razor blades.

Let then game come to us. I would rather be delightfully surprised then horribly disappointed.

For me, if I can have fun simply watching a game being played, then I definitely will have fun actually playing it myself. And Brink gets my adrenaline pumping just by watching it.

[Robotkio]

Originally Posted by jahn

The only concerning thing is this SMART button looks kinda consolish. At least 3 of the 4 Splash damage games the OP posted had an element of trickjumping in the MP. Hope that doesn't go away.

In SMART's defense Splash Damage has stated that everything SMART does for you can be done with sprint, jump and crouch. Also, doing so manually will generally take slightly less time than just hitting the SMART button.

From my point of view I'm fine with SD giving the newer/more casual players something to help them, given that the hardcore players can still outperform through skill. It narrows the gap, definitely, but I would rather have close fights than horribly one-sided ones.

Though I kind of feel like I'm turning into someone like those aforementioned Homefront fans who over-hyped the game before release, so it's probably better to take this with a grain of salt.

Edit: To be fair my "console port" red-flags come from not having seen any PC footage. It looks like all footage I've seen has been played on consoles and most of the times I hear of reviews from people who have played the game say that they've played it on console. That and no PC system requirements yet makes me wonder.

[UberTrevor]

Originally Posted by jahn

This game will be good no doubt. Can't wait.

There is doubt, it was my bad listening to people like you chanting for Homefront that made me stupidly buy it. . . But you know what Brink Dev's do have a good history so who knows.

[MUNKY.]

lol, patience young padawon! After medal of honor i have learned to sit and wait a couple weeks to see what is said and been played. this one i went ahead and did the pre-order based on alot of information out there. so glad i didnt get HF, Crysis though.

[Draps]

The guys who formed Splash damage made Quake Fortress, Valve bought the title from them to make team fortress and team fortress 2

I love these guys :3