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[{"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304497878.814368, "message": "It's out next week, anyone else as excited as I am?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 910556}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304504120.4663911, "message": "I'm guessing, no? I never really got into Enemy Territory, and I understand this is the spiritual successor to that. Maybe if I look at some of the videos and such...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 911483}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304526578.0534229, "message": "It did look promising, but given my current backlog of rather excellent shooters (Vanquish, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2) I'm not even gonna consider getting it.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 915273}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304566733.4986241, "message": "This is different! This is multiplayer!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 923837}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304566790.8102059, "message": "Mind you, I'm getting it on PC, so I'm not going to go out of my way promoting it to you lot. :P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 923854}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578441.2998021, "message": "Yeah, it's gained quite a profile with the ridiculous amount of marketing it's had.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925580}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304576779.4216599, "message": "I'm not yet 100% sold on it.  Actually, TBH, I don't know all that much about it\u2026", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925180}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304577830.390429, "message": "I think based on our discussions re: team based multiplayer, you're likely to enjoy it a lot. I *may* just buy it on 360 too if enough of you get convinced.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925419}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578586.8620951, "message": "Yeah ... I'll be honest, that's kinda my worry too. Especially right now.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925618}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578754.960604, "message": "Weirdly, the many many many hours I recently poured into \u014ckami kind of \u2026\u00a0removed me from the gaming \"scene\"\u2026?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925672}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578077.19367, "message": "I shall read up more.  I'm guessing we're about to be inundated with reviews anyway.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925487}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578644.6478741, "message": "On the other hand, I might play it *more* than I am ... anything, really. I can fit in time for a quick hour or two of multiplayer most days, but I rarely feel like sinking into a singleplayer epic.\n\nI've got a lot of singleplayer epics.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925639}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578545.181494, "message": "I just don;t get the time for these sorts of games atm. Will see what the near future does to my time.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925607}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304578593.310889, "message": "I'm really totally \"out\" of the scene right now.  Any marketing Brink may have had went over my head.  The only game I'm aware of on the basis of marketing is L.A. Noire, and that only because I've been subscribed to the R\u2605 mailing list since time immemorial.  I currently delete about three L.A. Noire-related emails per day without reading 'em.  (Those guys know about wall-to-wall marketing.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925620}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304610560.1717241, "message": "I'm gonna go ahead and through a \"meh\" in here.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 930892}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304616107.3501871, "message": "I'm genuinely finding it hard to believe no one is even nearly as excited about this as I am. It looks amazing, and it's been getting nothing but good press!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 931994}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304624452.9927959, "message": "Eurogamer preview:\n\nhttp://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-28-brink-hands-on\n\nHuh.  Does sound *potentially* interesting, in an I'll-have-to-play-it-and-see kinda way.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 933485}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304872043.1538661, "message": "I retract my previous statement. It actually does look like it could be a great online shooter. Unfortunately being where I am, getting enough friends to play with (which with these kinds of shooters become essential) will be difficult.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 958341}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304890424.9230349, "message": "Yeah, that's my only hesitation too. :(", "group_id": 9493, "id": 961019}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304908645.730021, "message": "OK, scratch that, I just preordered it on Steam.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 964730}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304922062.227381, "message": "I had a look at some videos on Xbox Live yesterday and \u2026\u00a0I remain unconvinced.  I'll wait for feedback from you guys.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 967665}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1304972409.690315, "message": "I'll see how the reviews go on this one...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 977221}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305005409.1379249, "message": "6/10 from IGN, http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/116/1166987p1.html", "group_id": 9493, "id": 985258}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305004870.115911, "message": "Hmmm - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/why-were-not-review-brink-and-why-you-shouldnt-buy-it-yet.ars", "group_id": 9493, "id": 985145}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305005447.077498, "message": "8/10 from CVG http://www.computerandvideogames.com/300618/reviews/brink-review/", "group_id": 9493, "id": 985263}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305016234.267391, "message": "2/5 from Joystiq, http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/10/brink-review/", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986814}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305016983.6556699, "message": "A lot of reviews harp on about the disappointing single player, but I think this misses the point - it's just your standard tacked on single player in a game that's designed from the ground up to be played online. The game's fault lies in bringing in a story that no one playing the game cares about, and making it seem relevant. Really, they should have ditched the idea of a storylined campaign completely, because their execution doesn't make any sense *anyway*.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986905}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305017610.367871, "message": "If you're not familiar with Enemy Territory or objective based multiplayer, then you have to approach Brink without preconceptions. This probably isn't like any game you've played before. Depending on your role,  playing well might mean avoiding combat altogether. The focus is always on the objective, whether it's a door that needs hacking/defending, a prisoner that needs escorting/stopping. Kills and deaths don't matter if they're not in service of the team.\n\nIf you are familiar with those games, then Brink ... is a lighter, faster, rougher, yes, but much more accessible iteration of the genre. Just don't come in expecting Halo or CoD.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986995}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305016767.0539789, "message": "I don't want to prematurely go into a rant about the Joystiq review, because I've only played it a few hours myself. I'll give more elaborate impressions as I play more, but as of right now, a 2 out of 5 seems incredibly harsh for an incredibly competent game that might just not be everyone's cup of tea.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986881}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305017699.5775001, "message": "The part of me that enjoys Battlefield *might* enjoy this.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 987020}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305016864.1730649, "message": "Regarding the lag that the Ars Technica review mentions, that was definitely my experience for the first hour or so. I don't know what it was, some sort of server overload, beats me. But all the games I played after were lag free, and fun!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986894}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305016253.104455, "message": "8/10 from Eurogamer, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-10-brink-review", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986816}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305016379.323735, "message": "It's no ETQW. It's sort of like Enemy Territory-lite. There's a lot that's weird, not least of all the fact that simply getting into a multiplayer game with friends seems like some sort of puzzle.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 986830}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305019461.7930729, "message": "I'm not suggesting anyone buy this yet, it needs more investigation.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 987472}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305024740.0623641, "message": "I'm keeping an open mind, as long as you promise to help me find my brain if it falls out.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 988084}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305028253.022212, "message": "Neilan, are you playing this on Steam?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 988270}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305035257.570677, "message": "My time and budget are just too tight to get this.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 989498}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305042419.609761, "message": "Well, I was going to wait a few months before I get this anyway. Hopefully by then it would be patched and working (and PSN would be online... it WILL get back online, right? RIGHT?)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 991684}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305047821.4822209, "message": "MrG: Yeah.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 993190}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305058983.8768871, "message": "http://i53.tinypic.com/28a6q1g.jpg", "group_id": 9493, "id": 995517}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305065622.6307099, "message": "It's not implying ALL console gamers are new to objective multiplayer. Fact is, there are only a handful of games of the sort on consoles. There used to be a whole bunch on PC before there suddenly ... weren't.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 996757}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305065125.310035, "message": "... yeees? It's as good a way as any to get people to actually watch training videos, instead of running around as medics that don't revive.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 996686}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305065451.653348, "message": "I think it's just them pretending that Battlefield doesn't exist on consoles.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 996727}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305070782.87062, "message": "I'm mostly joking, and I don't think anybody playing Brink is going to be that new to objective-based multiplayer shooters. There have been a couple of big (multiplatform) shooters that, at the very least, catered to that crowd in some way. And who hasn't played TF2?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 997888}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305093999.4469931, "message": "I took it more as a sideswipe at certain other recent first person games betraying their console roots even on PC.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1002620}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305134441.9516871, "message": "\"Brink for PC: runs great, plays well online, is a ton of fun\" : http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/brink-for-pc-runs-great-plays-well-online-is-a-ton-of-fun.ars", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1010631}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305137982.5816879, "message": "Ooh, a game that runs great? SOLD.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1011576}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305139403.009763, "message": "(I'm probably getting this on Steam, by the way, so you'll have to play with me.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1011954}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305140654.93049, "message": "And I'm only too happy to have people to play with!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1012343}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305140547.0007989, "message": "Sorry, for context - that's a response to their earlier article shredding the buggy state of the Xbox version.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1012314}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33594, "date_created": 1305143742.261657, "message": "It's only fair to mention that I've had my fair share of bizarre bugs in the PC version (I'm not sure if these are shared across platforms) such as global loss of sound (i.e. everyone in the match simultaneously), and weird animation spazzing on certain actions (in my experience, mostly in Operative disguising), the occasional crash (although mostly during Alt-tabs), and inexplicable dropping from games.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1013147}]