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Brink

Single and multiplayer merge in Splash Damage's latest
Splash Damage might have a tough sell with Brink. Not because the game doesn't look phenomenal (it does), but because the concepts and technology they're dealing with a pure gaming witchcraft.

The idea; you shoot stuff with your mates online or in co-op in a long an elaborate story. But, at any point, other players might be working for the opposing side to take out or defend your objective. There's essentially no difference between the single player and multiplayer worlds.

The game's set in a weird future where those living in a megacity ecology thing have been cut off from the outside world. The population has split into two broad factions - protesters and the police and the streets have broken into open warfare. You can play on either side, and take part in the story from both perspectives.

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Here's where it gets crazy. All the missions and maps in Brink have a duality to them - think of them as more scripted and story driven versions of the levels you'd play in something like Quake Wars or Battlefield 2. Choose a class, and get out there and make stuff explode. Meanwhile someone else, or a group of other players will be in the same level, completing their story mode, be it on your side, or your opponents.

This feels like a big deal - a new and innovative way to play. And it feels like a big deal because it's Splash Damage, the mod-makers making it big. They've upped their game in a big way; and talk of heavy hitting hires. They've got the sound designer from Black working on the weapons. They've got the lead designer of Fable 2 producing missions. The little mod team is turning out a multiplayer powerhouse.

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Posted by The_KFD_Case
Sounds crazy in a sort of intriguing way. I'm intersted in seeing and reading more about this title, but the scales have not yet been tipped in favour of buying this game just yet.
Posted by Dajmin
Sounds like it could work amazingly well if it's done right. Would be great to have that single player depth but with multiplayer non-scripted randomness.

Of course if the missions all run the same way to the same people, it could be easy for griefers to just camp at a quest point and wait for unsuspecting newbies to run up and get taken out. They must know that and have a way round it though.
Posted by funkyjack
A cool design idea, lets hope they can follow through on it.
Posted by Frenz0rz
If SD can pull this off it will be one hell of a game. Hopefully they'll support it more post-release than with Quake Wars, though.
Posted by SleepySheep28
Yea! I hardly ever post but this deserves it! Trying something new which could be AMAZING!Not just another formulaic FPS never heard of again 2 months later...
Posted by adamp105
This is a make or brake kinda thing. But if it's done well, it could be one of the most amazing, groundbraking and awe inspiring videogame experiences since videogames came about. I'll definitly be watching out for this over the next few months.
Posted by ord1000
This concept sound very much like that game - "The Crossing" from Dark Messiah developers Arkane.
Posted by GenMayhe
I hope it turns out well cos the crossing was canned and this could be the game to throm things up in the air and make devs think more about their own games.......good luck Splash Damage!!
Posted by humorguy
Single player gamers getting killed by an experienced multiplayer play with a sniper rifle 3 seconds after starting the game.

Quite how does the story evolve in the same way for a single gamer player?

As a single player PC gamer (over half of PC gamer are!), I don;t see how this game is going to do what it says for both multiplayr AND single player. I think it's hype.
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