Poll: Brink or LA Noire?

[DefinitelyPsychotic]

I haven't really seen that much of Brink to compare the two.

But I'm definitely getting LA Noire.

 

[MercurySteam]

I wasn't gonna say this, but I actually looked at some Brink videos some time ago.
My conclusion; it's Team Fortress-y with a dallop of generic and brown.

So this is all I have to say: HOW IS IT ORIGINAL?
YOU CAN EVEN MAKE THOSE SENTRY TURRENT THINGS FOR CHRISTS SAKE!

Wait, so before you were saying that it's a rip-off of Mirrors Edge and now you're saying that it's a TF2 rip-off? By that logic all games are rip-offs in one way or another. Yes, it's a team based multiplayer game with objectives and yes, it has parkour but that doesn't make it a combined Mirror's Edge and TF2 rip-off. Similar concepts, but a different game entirely.

How many team objective based multi/singleplayer with parkour and extensive character and class customization games are out there?

 

[MercurySteam]

Okay, I guess better wordage would be "It's highly derivative."

To each his own, though the concept of Brink appeals to me because unlike TF2, you can complete multiple objectives on your own as well as the main objective with your teammates to win. Also unlike TF2, instead of patching in new weapons and aesthetics later on they're already in the full game waiting for you. In Mirror's Edge most moves took perfect timing and complicated button combos, but in Brink they can be executed with the press of a button (or is it a pull of a trigger?) improving the flow of gameplay. It may not be entirely original but it feels like a whole new game to me.

Well that's my opinion anyway.

 

[Waaghpowa]

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2) I was trying to get at that despite the fact that TF2 has snipers, the ability to camp in a single spot and dominate anyone who happened to pass by, like some other shooters, was nearly impossible because of balancing.

3) Operatives seemed like the most likely to use sniper rifles because of their unique ability to tag enemies, giving them some kind of usefulness at extra long range. The assumption is also that there would be more than one operative as sniping wont be as preferable.

4) For a game with limited variety, they seem to give you a lot of unlocks in attempt to make you unique, ultimately it's an illusion of choice.

5) Tried to make a point regarding CoD level of customization.

7) I mention CoD because most complaints I've heard regarding sniping in other games usually has some reference to CoD. So that's an assumption on my end. Most of the time people would like to hit the easy button and play a shooter where pointing, clicking and getting a kill is what they would consider fun.

All I'm getting at is that this game is unique by comparison, and to actually try it before judging it hastily as "awful" simply because they may have altered your favourite gameplay mechanic.

 

[radioactive lemur]

L.A. Noire. It takes a particular type of shooter (read: developed by Valve) to get me interested in multiplayer. Also, after Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar have certainly got me pretty interested. The setting looks awesome too.

Um, Valve IS involved with Brink.

 

[RA92]

Brink. Looks interesting enough gameplay-wise.

Other than that, I'm highly suspicious about L.A. Noire. The main pitch for the game seems to be its story and cinematic experience.

Never a good thing.

 

[Outright Villainy]

L.A. Noire. It takes a particular type of shooter (read: developed by Valve) to get me interested in multiplayer. Also, after Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar have certainly got me pretty interested. The setting looks awesome too.

Um, Valve IS involved with Brink.

Brink is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Splash Damage.

Distribution doesn't count you know.

 

[Kraj]

Definitely Brink. It's the closest I'll get to mirrors edge meets call of duty. >_>

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

L.A. Noire, if nothing else, shows that Rockstar is willing to take some BIG risks.

The game does have free roaming elements, but YOUR the cop, you can't go around shooting up the whole town this time. It's about the story, the style, it is about being art.

 

[SovietSecrets]

La Noire all the way.

 

[Zomni42]

L.A. Noire. It takes a particular type of shooter (read: developed by Valve) to get me interested in multiplayer. Also, after Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar have certainly got me pretty interested. The setting looks awesome too.

Um, Valve IS involved with Brink.

Brink is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Splash Damage.

Distribution doesn't count you know.

Brink will use VAC, that wildly popular(with hackers) valve anti-cheat system.

Aside from that i do not think valve is involved.

 

[ShakyFt Slasher]

I'm getting both but I prefer L.A. Noire just because I like supporting game developers who believe that great storytelling is important.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

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2) I was trying to get at that despite the fact that TF2 has snipers, the ability to camp in a single spot and dominate anyone who happened to pass by, like some other shooters, was nearly impossible because of balancing.

3) Operatives seemed like the most likely to use sniper rifles because of their unique ability to tag enemies, giving them some kind of usefulness at extra long range. The assumption is also that there would be more than one operative as sniping wont be as preferable.

4) For a game with limited variety, they seem to give you a lot of unlocks in attempt to make you unique, ultimately it's an illusion of choice.

5) Tried to make a point regarding CoD level of customization.

7) I mention CoD because most complaints I've heard regarding sniping in other games usually has some reference to CoD. So that's an assumption on my end. Most of the time people would like to hit the easy button and play a shooter where pointing, clicking and getting a kill is what they would consider fun.

All I'm getting at is that this game is unique by comparison, and to actually try it before judging it hastily as "awful" simply because they may have altered your favourite gameplay mechanic.

I'm not saying it's awful just because of that, and sniping isn't really my favorite game mechanic. I'm just worried, is all. It seemed like a really awesome game at first, but everything I hear about it makes me more and more nervous. I'm gonna just stop reading about it and wait for the beta at this point.

 

[yndsu]

LA Noire is not coming to the PC so Brink for me.

 

[Nightfire3230]

I had the same question because of gamefly. Im renting both Brink and L.A. Noire, so I need to return 1 game next month. I would say L.A. Noire because I love mystery games/books/movies and the 1950's.

 

[DustyDrB]

Upon seeing footage, Brink looks intersting. I typically don't like First Person Shooters, but this has a TF2 with a twist vibe. It might be one of the rare FPS games I like.

 

[Shirokurou]

Of all the topics in all the forums of the world, you have to ask this in this one?

here's LA Noire looking at you kid.

 

[Netrigan]

Brink is probably the bigger gamble of the two, since it's much more of a MP game. Even if they do everything right, it could still fail to garner enough interest to carry the on-line aspect.

Figure Rockstar will deliver the sandbox goods with L.A. Noire.

 

[Waaghpowa]

I'm not saying it's awful just because of that, and sniping isn't really my favorite game mechanic. I'm just worried, is all. It seemed like a really awesome game at first, but everything I hear about it makes me more and more nervous. I'm gonna just stop reading about it and wait for the beta at this point.

You said:

Brink looked cool until I saw a video of it's horrendous gunplay mechanics, and read about the awful things they were doing to sniper rifles.

This read, to me, as being dismissive and interpreted as "They broke what I like, so I wont get it" considering this thread was about "What are you going to get?". So yeah, that's why.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Both, if I have my way.