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[BRINK] Hang on, the Boat-Bus is in for some chop! (OUT NOW!)
CarbonFire
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Welcome to the Ark
Brink info in Post #2
Known Issues / Fixes
Poor performance on computers with ATI graphics cards
Grid lines on some textures
All textures are solid blue
More fixes to come....
- There is a driver hotfix (11.5a) available, but it doesn't seem to help the issue much.
Grid lines on some textures
- Known issue on some ATI cards (4xxx series), waiting on AMD for a fix
All textures are solid blue
- disable motion blur
More fixes to come....
PC Server Info
For now, use: Free Play > Direct Connect
Sladvan's Server "Angry Dome?"
IP: 68.232.177.82
Port: 27015
Password: I]the usual[/I
Bear is Driving's Server "Parkour Parkour Parkour"
IP: 68.232.168.121
Port: 27015
PW: I]the usual[/I
Talk*c's Server "..."
IP: 68.232.162.72
Port: 27015
Password: I]the usual[/I
LIST of PA FREEDOM FIGHTERS / PEACE KEEPERS
(PA Name - In-Game Name)
PC
SMARTWANG Steam Group - 128 Members Strong!
Feel free to drop into chat to look for / organize games. The dedicated servers are having a few day 1 launch issues, but those should hopefully get worked out shortly.
360
Metatag - PABrink
hatedinamerica - Captain Dino
Skull2185 - Skull 2185
Entaru - Phenyhelm
ObiFett - Obifett
warder808 - Rezin8r
Dashui - Vacorsis
Shadowfire - Windrunner
Moridin889 - Moridin889
Kadoken - JamaiconBacn
mynameisguido - VonVogler
Missing a Legg - Missing a Legg
skibo8826 - mashbaugh67
Trevor - TheMegaTrevor
Heffling - Alpha_Night
Ninjabear - DinoTeen
Tridus1x - Tridus1x
Continental_Op - TeenageHead
Merton Blask - Merton Blask
Steel-Lion - Groltag
Custom Special - customRUB
Musicool - StumbledTuba
Domhnall - Minty D Vision
Lt. Fragg - Ltfragg
Vee - Dr Girlfriend
TheRoadVirus - TheVashtaNerada
Dr Dinosaur- Dr Dinosaur PhD
Angel177 - Angel177
Skull2185 - Skull2185
Chadzilla1983 - Chadzilla1983
BritishDavid - BritishDavid
NeuralFizz - NeuralFizz
Emerlmaster999 - MrBeeb
Jedi_Boi - Gavin A259
Ashdrake - ashdrake
Darkewolfe - Digitalwolfe
mere_immortal - lego pencil
AngryPuppy - AngryPuppy
Karrde1842 - Karrde1842
acidlacedpenguin - acidboogie
Caedere - AgentTamerlane
Disco11 - Canadianllama
damagemanual - damagemanual
Iolo - MobiusBacon
Courtesy of Domhnall
Skull2185 - Skull 2185
Entaru - Phenyhelm
ObiFett - Obifett
warder808 - Rezin8r
Dashui - Vacorsis
Shadowfire - Windrunner
Moridin889 - Moridin889
Kadoken - JamaiconBacn
mynameisguido - VonVogler
Missing a Legg - Missing a Legg
skibo8826 - mashbaugh67
Trevor - TheMegaTrevor
Heffling - Alpha_Night
Ninjabear - DinoTeen
Tridus1x - Tridus1x
Continental_Op - TeenageHead
Merton Blask - Merton Blask
Steel-Lion - Groltag
Custom Special - customRUB
Musicool - StumbledTuba
Domhnall - Minty D Vision
Lt. Fragg - Ltfragg
Vee - Dr Girlfriend
TheRoadVirus - TheVashtaNerada
Dr Dinosaur- Dr Dinosaur PhD
Angel177 - Angel177
Skull2185 - Skull2185
Chadzilla1983 - Chadzilla1983
BritishDavid - BritishDavid
NeuralFizz - NeuralFizz
Emerlmaster999 - MrBeeb
Jedi_Boi - Gavin A259
Ashdrake - ashdrake
Darkewolfe - Digitalwolfe
mere_immortal - lego pencil
AngryPuppy - AngryPuppy
Karrde1842 - Karrde1842
acidlacedpenguin - acidboogie
Caedere - AgentTamerlane
Disco11 - Canadianllama
damagemanual - damagemanual
Iolo - MobiusBacon
Courtesy of Domhnall
PS3
DouglasDanger - DouglasDanger
Louie - Loupa
twotimesadingo - twotimesadingo
Adda - ?
....and many mooooore! (hopefully)
Steam: CarbonFire MWO, PSN, Origin: Carb0nFire
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Brink is a Class-Based Shooter that features a parkour-like movement system called SMART, tons of Customization options, lots of guns, leveling, perks, a unique art style, and possibly a kitchen sink. Playable by up to 16 players on 8 different maps, BRINK comes out on May 10th (May 13th in Europe) for the PC, 360 and PS3. Brink is being developed by Splash Damage, whose previous work includes Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.
THE FACTIONS
SECURITY: PROTECT THE ARK
Back when the Ark was a floating five star eco-resort and R&D eco-science park, it only needed a small corporate Security team to perform risk management and VIP protection duties. But as the seas rose, and the trickle of refugees to the Ark became a flood, the Ark needed a police force and then an armed gendarmerie.
Ark Security has now expanded into a heavily armed counter-terrorism force. Most Security personnel have volunteered because they're convinced that for the Ark to survive it must have peaceful order and conserve its remaining resources. And the extra water ration comes in useful too. Resistance provocations have forced Security to clamp down on Guest unrest, which has lead to the Ark teetering on the brink of outright revolt.
RESISTANCE: FIGHT FOR THE ARK
When the seas rose and coastal nations fell into panic, boatloads of refugees fought to find the Ark's secret location mid-ocean - only the lucky ones survived the trek. Initially, they were happy to have survived and gratefully accepted the cramped temporary housing, water rationing and dangerous maintenance jobs. But as the years passed, and conditions worsened, the Ark's new "Guests" came to question the status quo.
Are the Ark's Founders really doing all they can to re-establish contact with the outside world? Why are only the Guests on rationed water? If their work keeps the Ark afloat, why are they second class citizens? The Resistance formed from those sick and tired of being the Founders' captive workforce; they want equal water rations for all, and to use the Ark's dwindling resources to reach whatever's left of the World. Growing Guest unrest has led to Security crackdowns, which have brought the Ark to the brink of civil war.
SMART
The SMART system, or Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain, is arguably Brink's biggest and most unique feature. This video details the basics of SMART.
SMART Movement Video
Classes
The Basics:
Soldier: Distributes ammo, plant charges, throw molotovs
Engineer: Deploy turrets, repair gun emplacements, plant and defuse mines, buff friendly weapon damage
Medic: Heal, revive and buff teammates
Operative: Disguise, hack turrets / doors, spot mines
Class Gameplay Video
Body Types
Body type can be changed between matches in the Customization menu, but cannot be changed while in-game. Medium is the starting type, Heavy is unlocked at Level 5 and Light at Level 8 (supposedly).
Medium: The starting body type. Can perform basic parkour and some advanced parkour like wall climbing. Medium amount of health. Can use Assault Rifles and SMGs.
Heavy: Big, fat, and hard to kill, heavies are the tanks on the battlefields of the Ark. Extra health, but at the cost of only being able to perform the most basic parkour moves and slower movement speed. Able to wield heavy weapons like miniguns, autoshotties and grenade launchers, as well as assault rifles.
Light: Running here there and everywhere, the Light class are the darlings of the SMART system. Able to climb anywhere, jump off walls and get to places other classes couldn't dream of, the light trades lower health for increased mobility. SMGs and Pistols are the Light's tools of the trade, along with a handy knife for close up melee kills.
Game Modes
Brink can be played in Single Player, Co-op or Multiplayer. The story and gameplay are the same in each mode, and the missions can be played in any order (though there is a story progression through both of the 8-mission campaigns). There is no traditional on-rails single player story against waves of enemies.
There are also challenge maps that can be completed to unlock weapons and weapon attachments. Challenge maps will reinforce basic gameplay mechanics as well as teach advanced gameplay techniques, and will feature multiple levels of difficulty.
THERE ARE NO FEMALE PLAYER MODELS IN BRINK. SORRY, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
Clothes
There are supposedly hundreds of pieces of clothing and character customization options, including tattoos, piercings and headgear. Clothing options are faction specific, and you can customize the look of each of your characters (up to 10) separately. Clothing items are unlocked by earning XP and Leveling up, which is accomplished by completing just about any action in the game.
Weapons
Weapon and attachment unlocks are only obtainable through completing challenges, which are short bits of gameplay used to teach both basic and advanced tactics in the game. Not a lot is known about what these challenges will be, but we do know there will be at least one parkour/SMART course. There are an unknown number of attachments and customization options, but there are 24 base weapons to choose from. It's also been rumored that weapons can be used by any of your characters, which if true means you only have to unlock a weapon or attachment once.
Perks
Not entirely dissimilar to COD's perk system, each player gets to choose from a set of perks at the start of each round. Perks can be generic, like increased health or damage, or they can be class specific, like faster healing or hacking. There are 58 perks available in the game, but only 20 unlock points per character (20 levels). You can have up to 10 characters, so making characters with different perk loadouts is strongly advisable. You can reset your perks in the customization menu, for the cost of one level.
Perks/Abilities Video
VIDEOS
Get SMART Video Series
Got Class?
Filling your HUD with wonderful things
Slide Tacklin' Er'Day
Watch this in-game for 1000XP
BRINK - Objectively Awesome
Will there be a demo? No, sadly Splash Damage has said NO DEMO for now.
Link to old thread - [Brink] and you'll miss the May 10th release date
Nice work.
Steam
Continental_Op - TeenageHead
Thanks!
2 weeks!
Oceanic SWTOR Guild - Voidstalker Brigade
So... 2 weeks...
*CarbonFire sneaks up behind Chronocide disguised as a friendly Soldier, hacks his turret, then proceeds to shiv him in the back while his own turret riddles him with bullets*
If you could add me to the 360 tag, I'd be much obliged. "Merton Blask" is the GT.
Will rent, and buy depending on how the game feels.
Twitter
TF2 spychecking will make it's way into Brink in some form. I mean, how much more viable is the operative over the spy?
Oceanic SWTOR Guild - Voidstalker Brigade
Considering how he does stuff with enemy corpses? Somewhere between a lot more and a lot less. I never had any sucess in W:ET with them, but then again, I suck at the spy too
All while doing some form of parkour.
Really, as we get closer I'm quite excited for the game. I want it to be good and fun, and I will do whatever I can to try it out so that I can see that it's good and fun and buy it asap.
Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
stream
Yeah, they haven't really done me wrong yet on release day delivery for games.
Groltag
One which involves high class and top hats.
Edit: Seriously I am unsure. But medic seems to be the way I role when that's an option.
You? Lies? Never good sir! Never!
Let's catch some scum! And whilst we're at it maybe I'll build an MG nest or heal you or something.
Reckon I can get a Steam group invite?
What he said
Played a few rounds at Eurogamer Expo last year, and it was a tonne of fun. Splash Damage are good people, and I hope that the PSN troubles doesn't effect their sales on PS3. Or at least anyone not getting it because of the PSN stuff picks it up on one of the other platforms.
best totp is best
Custom Special - customRUB
TWO WEEEEEEKS.
Actually, only 13 days now...
Musicool - StumbledTuba
hAmmONd IsnT A mAin TAnk
Just an FYI, release date delivery is not available to post office boxes. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't seeing the option for release date delivery, and that was the reason I was given. So I am now having it delivered to my apartment.
Nice OP.
http://bethblog.com/index.php/2011/04/27/get-smart-series-objectives/
new bit of info-- team work works for objectives too-- if you and another engineer both do the same thing, say build an mg nest, it will get done quicker than if you did it yourself
Also, the game has 3 different things to play: The single player campaign, the challenge modes and multiplayer maps/objective gameplay.
Is this info correct? Game looks like a lot of fun.
I want to know more PA people on Twitter.
That is a flawed and outdated concept that does not work.
Stick your penis in the stove instead.
If it's anything like ET, there will be several phases to a round, with the objectives changing as a main objective is completed and the round moves to the next phase.
You look like a trustworthy fellow (must be the tophat), I'll take your advice when I get home.
I want to know more PA people on Twitter.
Yeah, it seems thee are several phases. The different sides have different, competing objectives. The newest Get Smart movie showed a little bit "transport this object" objective gameplay, which looks sort of like CTF. And there are escort objectives, destroy/build this objective while the other team tries to stop you.