Why was Brink so hated?

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**BlapBlapBlap**

Hey,

I want to talk about Brink. It was released by Bethesda and Splash Damage, it's an FPS, you know what I mean. What I'm wondering is why people disliked it so much? I for one love it. It's beautiful, the setting is really quite good, the mechanics are interesting and there's always a sense of movement and fluidity. What was wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Blap

**LordofHats**

I'm just gonna be lazy and repost the reception section from wiki:

Brink received mixed to average reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox 360 version 69.74% and 68/100,[17][22] the PlayStation 3 version 69.63% and 72/100[18][20] and the PC version 68.94% and 70/100.[19][21] Eurogamer gave it an 8/10, saying that Brink was "an exceptional team shooter, smart, supremely well balanced and with a unique, exciting art style."[24] GameSpy gave Brink 4 out of 5 stars. Saying that "Brink has the potential to become your new favorite FPS."[26] Videogamer.com gave Brink a 8/10 saying that "Splash Damage achieves the impossible: a game that feels fresh in the stalest of genres." The Guardian gave Brink 4 stars out of 5, they praised Brink by saying "Brink deserves to be ranked among the finest co-op games available." Official Xbox Magazine UK gave Brink 4 stars out of 5, saying that Brink is "A meticulously designed Live shooter." Gaming Nexus gave Brink a B+ saying that Brink is "the most solid and well-balanced core gameplay yet from Splash Damage." Other reviews were very positive, calling Brink the best multiplayer FPS since Battlefield: Bad Company 2[30] or saying that "Brink is no less than an excellent multiplayer game".[31]

The game was also, however, criticised as being incomplete or unpolished, with GamePro saying that "Brink is about two or three updates from being one of my favorite shooters of all time, but I'm not reviewing the game I want it to be. I'm reviewing the game that it is, and what it is something just short of being the awesome experience that I want".[32]

Some reviews were very critical. Joystiq gave the game a score of 2 out of 5 stars, stating that "Brink's artistically compelling soldiers can sail effortlessly over obstacles, landing acrobatic maneuvers never before seen in the genre with effortless poise—unfortunately, just about everything else lands flat on its face."[29] 1UP gave Brink a D, commenting that "Brink is unfinished. And that doesn't mean it's full of technical problems. Well, it's got those too. But mostly, it's just an unpolished, poorly executed mess of ideas." Giant Bomb also gave Brink 2 out of 5 stars, with site founder Jeff Gerstmann noting that "Flat combat and a lack of variety are just two of the things that make Brink such a disappointment."

Emphasis mine. Basically when the game first released it was glitchy beyond belief, didn't have all of its features implemented (including basic ones).

**Melissia**

I thought Brink was fun. But overpriced for what it was. If it was 20 bucks instead of 50 I'd have said it was a good buy.

And lazy, too. "Adding women is too hard, so we're not doing it." was literally the excuse the devs used to completely exclude female characters, even NPCs.

**Rotgut**

Well the problem was what the game was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a great online multiplayer game with co op elements, you were supposed to be able to play with your buddies and so on.

Then it came out it was near impossible to play online, you either could not connect, or you were disconnected, and forget about trying to connect to anyone specifically. So that leaves you with the AI, which when the game came out (I havent played since the first DLC) was horrendous, your team is very stupid while the enemy team is always awesome, kind of like real people I guess.

I personally loved it when playing with friends (like twice) and raged playing against the AI (kind of like when I play COD online), but all in all I think it suffered from not being ready at release, Ive though about picking it up a few times and seeing how it is since they updated it.

**KamikazeCanuck**

I liked Brink actually. I thought the way the competative multiplayer worked was quite well thought out.

**Sigvatr**

Melissia wrote:

And lazy, too. "Adding women is too hard, so we're not doing it." was literally the excuse the devs used to completely exclude female characters, even NPCs.

Seriously, with those fugly faces, I am happy there weren't any females.

The faces. They haunt me in my dreams. *cowers*

**KamikazeCanuck**

I liked the art style. The faces were cartoonish but expressive.

**HiveFleetPlastic**

Melissia wrote:
And lazy, too. "Adding women is too hard, so we're not doing it." was literally the excuse the devs used to completely exclude female characters, even NPCs.

That was my excuse for not bothering with the game. Seeing all the marketing copy about how it has "the most character customisation of any shooter ever!!1" next to not having any female characters was just a bit insulting.

**Trondheim**

Sigvatr wrote:
Melissia wrote:

And lazy, too. "Adding women is too hard, so we're not doing it." was literally the excuse the devs used to completely exclude female characters, even NPCs.

Seriously, with those fugly faces, I am happy there weren't any females.

The faces. They haunt me in my dreams. *cowers*

I agree, I wish to be abel to sleep after all. And beside that the game was as mentioned before somewhat half assed