Picked up Brink.
I kind of hate it, but I kind of love it.
I picked it up day one despite the negative reviews, since I had played it before for a brief period and knew I loved the core gameplay. That part has not changed. Some things have changed though, like the performance. Holy hell, this is like launch Gears of War 2 levels of terribad lag, maybe worse. Nothing sucks more than literally having your gun teleport across screen to aim, and the other guy somehow killing you with his. Not every game is laggy though, I have had some good ones. Something else that I realized, you can't really tell how much content a game through a brief demo. Brink has 8 maps, and one game mode for each of those maps. The developers try to bullshit their way through this by saying all the modes are one in the same, play campaign with friends!, play multiplayer by yourself! Brink is a multiplayer only game, I always saw through this veil, but you see how much you can repeat maps over and over very quickly. Still, I love the core gameplay, so I dont regret buying it, but I kinda do because of the other stuff.
I recommend it to all fans of team-objective games(TF2, Enemy Territory, Battlefield), because it sits among the top of these with its core mechanics. That is, buy it eventually. I do not recommend you buy it now, wait and see if the devs add more stuff, and fix the net code. If not, dont pick it up and leave me to wallow in buyer's remorse all alone.
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