My opinion on BroTranquility.

After reading his posts at a friends house, all I can say is "meh..."
Overhype is a bad thing.

To be honest, he's not bad. He has a lot of stuff I should like (a lot of street fighter, streetfighter, streetfighter), but in the end the execution lacks something. Polish maybe?

Just felt like throwing my two cents out there.

Re: My opinion on Brink.

Frustrating when playing alone, incredibly fun when playing it with friends and talking to them on Mumble.

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He without expectations is not disappointed.

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You apparently never played Final Fantasy XIII.

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No, I haven't, and I'm never going to touch any game that comes out of Japan. No offense to them, they just make really weird *** games.

Except for Capcom. And even then only for MvC.

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Thou has to play the Shin Megami Tensei games. Everybody with a PS2 (so everybody basically) owes that to himself.
Awesome stories.

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(I bought it for the Xbox)

-Terrible AI. Normally this wouldn't be much of a problem but bots are a significant part of this game. And they suck.
-Bad maps. There aren't really any opportunities for using the SMART system they raved about. You can get creative once in a while but overall the "corridor with some low walls" theme is annoying.
-Clunky controls.
-LAG LAG LAG. As soon as the game hits 13 human players I start rubber-banding out of control. Impossible to play.
-Character system is lame. You either have to make a weak, jack of all trades guy, waste time leveling up different characters, or respec and get demoted.

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The lag issues are being worked out. Patch coming out to make 8v8 a big team game and 4v4 are suppose to help those with really bad connections, i hope they do something more to the connection issues.

Besides the patch that was released launch day, a second patch will be on its way according to brink forums. and due to all issues on launch the first DLC will be FREE, including new maps and character stuff. And will be out in June.

I don't know vortex, i leveled from 1-15 on 2 adds playing medic the whole time. Id suggest changing classes or stepping your game up. Its really not a hard game.

There are lag free games, just might take a minute to find them but i recommend taking the few minutes to find a good connection, normally games will last a few rounds before migrating hosts.


Off Topic, Anyone else notice how quiet the 360 forum has become...Its odd to see all these players 5 months ago, and now barely anyone on here. Im waiting for the MNC update, but the way things are looking we are going to have to knock up our waiting time to 12 months + for it. I wish UBER would kick up the woop *** machine and get this thing in motion already, or at least not keep us in the dark. I hope its not a year for every MNC update, thats super lame.

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It's true the game could use some polishing but most games can, Bots are stupid I agree but i still think it's a fun game overall just play with some other people, And what saint said matchmaking lag will be fixed within the month at most.

Off topic: Saint i agree 360 general is kinda dead but it'll pick up again in a month or so i think

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I did not pay $60 for a game that will be playable a month or so from now. 4v4 is incredibly boring, so I hope a patch comes out soon. This game has it's moments.

That's irrelevant, I'm the top of the scoreboard when I can find a half-decent game. I was more referring to your inability to change characters ingame. Want to cover a hole in your team because no one else will do it? Have fun with no skills unless you make a bad build.

So far only playable games have been when a host migrates and everyone but seven or eight people are booted. Believe me, I have tried to find good matches.

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Bad AI: The only bad AI i have noticed is the medic not reviving. All the other classes are actually pretty smart with their constant buffing and doing their objectives and actually shooting the enemy.

Lag: Is to be expected from an over seas game that was meant for the pc in the first place. If you want to find no lag games easy just search the competitive option. Doesnt take long to find
Ea servers had extremely bad servers when they first launched battle field bad company 2 and it lasted a while.

Changing Characters: Isnt a problem as long as you have 3 other friends you can play with. Even if you dont the only reason that you should change class is to fill the void if the map is based upon that specific class other wise it wouldnt really matter too much.

Host migration: The reason from what I can tell if you see 7-8 people drop then usually is because the host was bad and the game changed host to try and fix it. Those 7-8 people stay in the same game though. One thing the game doesnt recognize though is who has the better host.

Leveling: Easy to reach level 20 in a day even on days i go to school. Honestly I would rather spend 30 minutes unlocking all the weapon attachments then opposed to black ops where I would spent forever trying to unlock every single weapon attachment for every single weapon.

Clunky Controls: Dunno what you mean, more details?

Maps: For the most part the maps are pretty good. One map though has a horrible spawn trapping capabilities but iv only noticed it on the Container. Smart system is super useful, makes you reach your destination as fast and efficient as possible. As for SMART not being useful because of the maps design I would have to disagree. These maps have several different paths you can take (high and low) and when you play light class and learn how to wall run and wall jump the capabilities are endless.


I think that covers everything

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Okay bot team, we've got 1:00 on the clock. We need to make the final push!

HEADING FOR THEIR COMMAND POST
HEADING FOR THEIR COMMAND POST
HEADING FOR THEIR COMMAND POST

I'm not going to bother quoting you because most of it was just wrong. Play Call of Duty or MNC, then play Brink: That's why the control is clunky.

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Just because that certain situation didnt go your way doesnt mean the AI is bad. I could give you way more reasons on why the bots do somthing good instead of something bad.

You didnt quote me because you couldnt think of any valid reasons why I was wrong

I have played Call of Duty and Mnc when they both started and iv played so many games from then to now. In fact comparing Mnc isnt even fair. Mnc is more of a cartoony game and a 3rd person shooter. As for call of duty I can move around way better and faster in Brink then i can in cod, with the slide strafing and wall jumping. Just because you havnt learned how move around doesnt make the controls bad.

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Not the controls itself, wow... The aiming. You said the AI was great, how am I supposed to respond to that? You seem to be past the fanboy line for reason.

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Your AI partners are stupid. Going for the command post is most of the time not a good idea, and they do it all the time.

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Hard A.I Bots are just as good or even better then human players. Hard Rank 5 bots are damn near unstoppable.

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I had seen you joined my game last night Fojib. I was playing without my mic so that's why I didn't talk at all.

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Is there like no aim-assist? From videos that's what I've seen.

Although the bots, also from what I've seen, all belong on the short bus.

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Your bots are the retards. The enemy AI can at least kill stuff.

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There is slight aim assist but who needs it anyway, it annoys me more than i find it useful.

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Thats why I asked you to clarify. I have no problem with the aiming. There is aim assist and its not as helpful as Mnc which makes it harder to shoot. Theres look sensitivity for the x and y axis which is more then what most games give you.

Just beacause I like the AI doesn't make me "past the fanboy line". It means I actually compare it to other AI in other games. These bots have to concentrate on buffing you (deciding which buff since theres way more then 1), setting up turrets, doing their objectives, killing the opponents and like I said its not perfect but im impressed that the bots are able to actually do all of these things every single game. You cant expect them to react to every single situation perfect, no AI will ever have that. So as a result you have bots setting up their priorities wrong. Its gonna happen.

Yea we got destroyed that game, nobody would join our team xD
It was my first game using the light body type with revolver and its pretty sick.