Brink Has "102 Quadrillion" Unique Characters

[Snotnarok]

And people still complain about the lack of female characters.

Because they don't understand the amount of work that goes into making a game.

 

[dancinginfernal]

And people still complain about the lack of female characters.

This is exactly why people complain about the lack of female characters, actually. They could find the time to add so much unnecessary tweaks to customisation, yet negate the absolute most basic.

Others have already explained the reasons how it would not be so simple as you say.

 

[Nifty]

I think they're over compensating for the fact that their multiplayer content lacks one single original idea. Boom.

 

[Veloxe]

And people still complain about the lack of female characters.

Don't worry, even if they did include female characters people would probably just complain that the "bewbs" slider doesn't go up high enough.

 

[Kahunaburger]

Others have already explained the reasons how it would not be so simple as you say.

Eh... other devs don't have much of a problem. It's a question of priorities.

 

[Outright Villainy]

And people still complain about the lack of female characters.

This is exactly why people complain about the lack of female characters, actually. They could find the time to add so much unnecessary tweaks to customisation, yet negate the absolute most basic.

Others have already explained the reasons how it would not be so simple as you say.

I wasn't talking about it being simple. I was just saying they shouldn't have bothered with customisation at all if they're going to neglect the absolute basics.

 

[Dragonpit]

Okay. I'm sold. I guess I'll give it a try.

 

[DRSH1989]

Marketing bullshit... I think everyone on the escapist knows better.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

I like Brink because of the movement system and the team based gameplay, but the fact that it's character customization is that huge makes it even better.

For me it was because it's TF2 with free running and "realistic" elements, as opposed to cartoon. It looks great, and I hope that it turns out to be just as much fun as TF2. If it does, you can guarantee many hours will be spent playing it.

Amen to that brother.

 

[EGtodd09]

Realistically it's only 9 million (pppffftttff, "only 9 million") and even then, that's two of every character except on a different team, so it's really only "4,530,240". But at least they put in the effort to show me a real number, I was disappointed when borderlands had a metric shittonne of different guns instead of gearbox calculating an actual exact (or at least very close to it) number of things to kill with.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Oh god... Character customisation!

There go hours and hours of my life.

I approve wholeheartedly.

 

[Roan Berg]

>Including weapon variations in the equation for character appearance variability
Did anyone notice this? Because when removed, the basic number (pre: tints/body types) becomes a lot smaller . . .

 

[crunchieman]

This is an outrage! This is obviously a snide, purposeful attack on women everywhere, to deny us the ability to create a female character! Insulting!!!

Problem?

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

Is "102 quadrillion" done with real world numbers or like borderlands numbers?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Looks good. Just placed my pre-order. Not because of the amount of customisation, but because I need a good FPS that isn't COD or Halo.

 

[Kraj]

Damn, that's more guns then Borderlands!

I hope brink and borderlands have a love child someday...
... It won't happen but I neeeeed it.

 

[deathbydeath]

All of those customizable options, but they couldn't get more than 8 voice actors? >_>"

Unless "packs" means an unspecified number of voices in different catagories like smart ass, insane, smart ect.

i think in one of the dev interviews, they said that they had to go to whatever region, and find someone there, get enough takes, and then pay that person. they did a lot of weird stuff for the customization in this game.
not that im complaining...

 

[James Raynor]

And not a female in sight.

 

[rsvp42]

Pre-ordered and chomping at the bit right now.

I wasn't talking about it being simple. I was just saying they shouldn't have bothered with customisation at all if they're going to neglect the absolute basics.

Yeah, because "all or nothing" is how budgets and time constraints work at game studios. They didn't have the funds to implement a full set of female models, so they shouldn't have done the male ones properly? I'm not saying I don't think females should be in--they should--but condemning a company that went the extra mile just because they didn't go the extra five miles seems a little unfair.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Damn, that's more guns then Borderlands!

I hope brink and borderlands have a love child someday...
... It won't happen but I neeeeed it.

...Excuse me, I must wash my pants.