Talk:Brink (video game)

Untitled
Game has since been released/showcased. Update to page required. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.173.165 (talk) 15:31, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Entry mostly written by developers?
While I myself am excited about this game, this whole entry smells a lot like it's been written by the PR guy from the game developers company. We could use a few more references and updates here. I'm mainly talking about the "gameplay" section. Chulk607 (talk) 01:47, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, this was clearly written by some corporate entity with the aim of promoting the video game game. 173.78.66.133 (talk) 03:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Alright, I think I fixed it. I took out all of the biased junk and the marketing buzzwords. 173.78.66.133 (talk) 16:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Bias on the reception section
"Brink came out to mediocre critical reviews. Its release date Metacritic score was a 76. " i wonder how 76% good actually translates as mediocre, given that this coment was been made in the first 24hrs of the release of the game, i think for the credibility sake that the article shouldnt mention metacritic until metacritic receives all the "relevant scores" first to make a reliable average.


 * i wont edit the main article mainly because my primary language is not english, i think someone else should do the work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.66.132.184 (talk) 20:56, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, 70% (apparently it's dropping) seems like it's going from mediocre to bad at this point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.3.189 (talk) 04:27, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * So far the only, review I've read where all negative: single player doesn't bring anything, and multi-player is utterly unplayable ... So I'm wondering where the ""relatively positive reviews"" came from.
 * More or less, the Negative reviews are primarily based on the console versions of the game. I've heard only good things from those who have played the PC game.  Some of the big sites like Gamespothave only rated the XBOX360 version, which in terms of Lag and tech problems, is more than the PC.  Hmm, I could've worded that better, but I think you understand what I mean. - 174.102.160.125 (talk) 01:36, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the reception section introduction keeps getting changed to things like mediocre, poor, etc despite mid 70s being listed as generally positive according to Metacritic and as relatively positive on most other games pages on Wikipedia. http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/brink Use Metacritic to see those Good reviews and don't just go by "Oh, I read a few bad reviews, but haven't seen any good ones, so it must be seen as a poor game by critics." Shardok (talk) 00:40, 13 May 2011 (UTC)


 * From 2/5 to 8/10. I'd say it has received mixed reviews. Tommkin (talk) 20:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * User 24.170.189.6 has come in and added virtually every positive review the game has ever had to the reception section. Additionally that is the only edit the user has ever done.  This looks to be someone trying to trump up the game rather than providing an unbiased addition to the reception section.Crockd (talk) 16:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I added two very positive reviews from important independant European websites. However, I agree with the above user about some of the previous changes. Not that every positive review ever has been added, but those that were are the ones that Bethesda uses to promote the game. Still, it doesn't break the principle of neutrality since both good and bad previews are there, and it's what need to be mentionned in such an article.--92.156.212.191 (talk) 18:01, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * User 24.170.189.6 has once again come in and added material that seems biased and is also un-sourced. In the patches and DLC section the line "Bethesda has a announced another patch that will most likely fix all of the lag on Brink to be released momentarily" was added with no sources and seems like conjecture by the author. Additionally the line comes across as grammatically awkward.  As a result I have undone their edit. Crockd (talk) 15:47, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I have removed the POV-check because changes have been made that make the reception section more reflective of Brink's mixed to positive reviews. I has also inadvertently put the POV-check in the wrong section.Crockd (talk) 16:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

psst
you missed one —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.133.67.133 (talk) 04:40, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
The reception section is clearly vandalized. It says the PC metacritic score is 0, and makes several blatantly false quotations from Game Review sites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.102.21.42 (talk) 16:54, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm very new here (made an account long ago but haven't done much) but when I came to this page it was all messed up. Names of consoles were changed to things like "Babbys first game station" or No Games box the third. The image for the game is wrong...this page has been toasted. I'm still learning on what to do to fix this page so hopefully someone with more experience will be able to let someone know that its been wrecked. Wolfe202 (talk) 04:44, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

OK, by the time I finished typing the above the page seems to have been mostly fixed, though someone made another comment that "one was missed" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolfe202 (talk • contribs) 04:46, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

The one missed, which I can no longer fix myself as the page is now protected, is in the start of the Gameplay section.

"Brink is a first-person shooter with a focus on viral-style marketing." The last bit is the offending section. Wolfe202 (talk) 04:54, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed it&mdash;thanks. Orange Suede Sofa  (talk) 05:09, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Someone as written some rather derogatory words in the review section.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.164.66 (talk) 22:23, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Various random anons keep changing IGN's review, saying it was "unfair" or "ridiculous". 66.59.49.88 (talk) 13:26, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Early Release in Germany and Austria (Steam)
I just confirmed that Brink released on Steam for Austria and Germany a few minutes ago, the store pages are showing the Release header and the countdowns are gone, game is confirmed to work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SEKCobra (talk • contribs) 18:13, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Wal Mart doesn't operate in the UK?
THe article claims Walmart doesn't operate in the UK, but they do, under the brand Asda and Asda Walmart. 2.125.187.48 (talk) 09:16, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No, it's just ASDA. It may be owned by Walmart, but the term Walmart doesn't appear in any branding, hence to the layman Walmart doesn't operate in the UK.   a_man_alone (talk) 11:05, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Use of abusive/direspectful language under 'Gameplay' section.
Most of the matter under gameplay section uses a very crude type of langauge. I see the use of words like shit, f*ck etc.. I have edited some of them. I do not think this is the type of language to be used in a site like wikipedia. Please use a bit more civilized language. After all, this is an encyclopedia not the game's fan site.

"Mixed to mediocre"?
> The game received mixed to mediocre reviews

that doesn't make any sense. "Bad to mediocre" makes sense. "Mixed" on its own makes sense. But the way this is written means, "The reviews of this game ranged from varied to average." 81.157.182.158 (talk) 18:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)