You may or may not have heard of Bethesda’s up and coming “Brink”. It’s an FPS, and the basic premise is the same as most, you kill men, and achieve objectives. Brink has a twist though, and to me it’s something pretty amazing, first off because it’s never been truly done in a multiplayer game, and secondly because it looks bloody fun. The developers have decided to throw parkour into the mix, giving the player near to total freedom over how they move in the game. Rocket coming towards you down an alley? Well, you could try and dodge, or you could keep running and vault onto a roof, turn around and blast your assailant with buckshot, or whatever else you choose.
In my opinion, that’s bloody amazing. Not only does it seem to be the kind of thing that’s incredibly hard to pull off for multiplayer games, due to all the animation needed, but also the extra strain on servers to be able to watch players in all 3 axes of movement and let them climb where they should be able to climb. There’s even going to be a character customisation mechanism in there! Of course, there’s a lot of hype surrounding it, as there always is with any big release, so do take what I say with a pinch of salt, but I think leaving you with the video is probably the best course of action here.
Before I do though, watch out for the very TF2-like characters that appear throughout, and don’t forget to do a barrel roll!
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Oh my god that is so much <3. That would be the greatest game ever, work with Valve on that and make Team Fortress 3 and it'll get no1 game in no time. (saw spy and demo in there) Keep us updated!
from what you’re saying and watching the trailer, it looks very promising. i love the style and new gameplay element they’re trying to introduce, i just hope they make the parkour controls simple enough, this will be the key to the gameplay quality imo.