History VideoGame / Brink

* ViralMarketing: the Italian [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork Playstation Store]] used to have a bug back in Summer 2010, in that the download link for the ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' trailer redirected to a ''Brink'' icon. This was fixed just a few weeks before the release of the former. Some have since suspected this to be more than a coincidence.

* ObviousBeta:
** On the PC Version, numerous startup bugs, random crashes to desktop, sound card issues, etc.
** Online mode on the 360 version at release was so plagued by lag that it renders the game almost completely unplayable, even with a fantastic internet connection. Thankfully later patches remedied this.

* AfterTheEnd: As far as anyone Security, the Ark is the last site of civilization left. [[spoiler: Mainly because the people presently living on the British Isles are brutal savages.]]

* FreudianExcuse: Apparently Chen's contempt for the forces behind the Ark stems from the fact [[spoiler: that when he and his brother were helping construct it, said brother got buried alive in the concrete-like Arkoral.]]

** Perhaps the clearest example of this is the briefing and opening cinematics for the mission where the resistance [[spoiler: plans to launch a missile into Founders Tower. Chen informs the resistance that the tower is empty and it is merely a symbolic blow. Mokoena tells his men that the tower is in fact occupied and that a strike on it would kill ''thousands'' of people; one of the security officers mentions that if it were to be destroyed, it would take a dozen other pelgos with it, presumably from falling debris. It's unknown who was telling the truth]]

** GodzillaThreshold: In the resistance canon ending, this is crossed;[[spoiler: Sure, people beyond the Ark may well be hostile savages, but the sad fact of the matter is that the ''Ark is dying''; the arkoral has gone sterile and the Ark is slowly crumbling out from beneath them, and the Guest slums are not so slowly rusting away. Ironically, Chen and the resistance don't know that they're crossing this line because they don't know about the hostiles in the outside world, and more so, the resistance members themselves don't know that the line ''needs'' to be crossed as Chen hasn't told anyone - Founder or Guest - about the problem with the arkoral.]]

* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler: Chen believes should the resistance's plans to escape the Ark work, he should give up his seat on the plane to someone younger, someone without blood on their hands.]] In the end, [[spoiler: he does stay behind, and the war with security continues over the ark's marketable resources ]]

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Chen]] seems to be losing it a little, getting increasingly paranoid and power-mad.

-->Elmhurst: [[spoiler: "What's this? 'Demolish the house and build a boat. Abandon wealth and seek survival. Spurn property, save life. Take on board all living things' seed.' Who wrote this?"]]

* ShoutOut: Several, contained in the pre-order [[AndYourRewardIsClothes bonus outfits]], to VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} and VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3.

* StandardFPSGuns: [[{{Handguns}} Pistols,]] [[HandCannon magnums,]] [[MoreDakka machine pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles,]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns,]] [[SniperRifle sniper rifles,]] [[MoreDakka machine guns]] [[GatlingGood gatling guns]], [[GrenadeLauncher grenade launchers]]... This game doesn't skimp on firepower. Most of the above can be customized with different parts.

** Example: One of the resistance's biggest motives for wanting to escape the ark is a plague ravaging the slums. [[spoiler: A security officer mentions that it's really just the latest strain of flu.]] A resistance fighter even questions why [[spoiler: the founders would hesitate to look for outside help since the sickness threatens their children as well, but another, more extreme rebel counters that it doesn't threaten them as they live in much better conditions with more medical supplies to spare.]] It's unclear [[spoiler: whether Chen's lying about the whole thing to rile up the guests, or the founders have been lied to about the nature of the sickness. Another Security fighter is seen in the opening cutscene wondering why Nechayev was in the infirmary, which Chen claims to be because he was tortured. Given how slowly Nechayev moves, it seems quite likely.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Chen's reaction to the aftermath of the What-If mission where [[spoiler: his forces take matters into their own hands and destroy the Ark's reactor.]]
-->'''Chen:''' I said ''THREATEN'' to do it - not ''ACTUALLY'' do it!
* WhatWereYouThinking: Chen's reaction to the aftermath of the What-If mission where [[spoiler: his forces take matters into their own hands and destroy the Ark's reactor.]]

The folks at Splash Damage promise a bold new fusion of single player, [[CoopMultiplayer Cooperative]] and [[CompetitiveMultiplayer Competitive]] play, where your character will move from one to the next seamlessly. You will earn ExperiencePoints for whatever you do no matter who you're playing with, and earn new items for CharacterCustomization. You will also be able to move through the environment LeParkour-style using a context-sensitive, one-touch interface that allows you to jump, vault, slide and wall run all over the place.

* FingerlessGloves: You better hope you think they're badass, 'cause you're gonna be wearing a pair.

* DreadlockRasta: Many Resistance characters are seen sporting dreads. It makes sense, given that a sizable portion of the Ark's population is black and the Resistance are rebellious anti-government types. You won't see any Security types (played by bots) with this hairstyle. The white Resistance members usually have [[BaldOfAwesome shaved heads]] or [[TheQuincyPunk some kind of punk-rock hairdo]]. The members of Security can have dreads, but they have to have them in a ponytail or under a baseball cap.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, a green initiative to create a self-contained, self-sustaining city results in TheArk, [[ShiningCity a shining white utopia]] located somewhere out to sea to [[HiddenElfVillage hide it from unscrupulous parties.]] It originally housed about 5000 civilians, workers, security forces, etc. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Fast forward to 2025.]] [[ClimateChange The sea levels have risen, displacing millions of people all over the world.]] Some of these people decide to get on boats and set out in search of the Ark. Most never reach their destination, but a lucky few (about 45,000) manage to find the Ark. Our aquatic arcology is now dangerously overpopulated, cut off from the outside world and its once-sustainable resources are now quickly dwindling. Enter [[LaResistance The Resistance,]] angry refugees who believe that the Founders are hoarding resources and not doing enough to improve living conditions and reestablish contact with the outside world. Enter also [[WorkingClassHero The Security,]] the Ark's police force, who have been forced to crack down in an effort to maintain order and preserve the Ark. Both sides are now on the [[TitleDrop Brink]] of total war.

%% * MightyGlacier: The heavy body-type again.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In a cutscene from the Agents of Change DLC.

** The game's only revolver is called '''Ritchie'''. Because ''{{Film/Revolver}}'' is a Guy ''Ritchie'' film.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The security guards are enlightened, all wearing uniforms and defending the established government with a military style or order. The resistance is more lax, with everyone wearing whatever with informal interactions and opposes what they view as an oppressive government. [[GreyAndGreyMorality Did I mention that both sides believe they are right]]?

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, a green initiative to create a self-contained, self-sustaining city results in TheArk, [[ShiningCity a shining white utopia]] located somewhere out to sea to [[HiddenElfVillage hide it from unscrupulous parties.]] It originally housed about 5000 civilians, workers, security forces, etc. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Fast forward to 2025.]] [[GlobalWarming The sea levels have risen, displacing millions of people all over the world.]] Some of these people decide to get on boats and set out in search of the Ark. Most never reach their destination, but a lucky few (about 45,000) manage to find the Ark. Our aquatic arcology is now dangerously overpopulated, cut off from the outside world and its once-sustainable resources are now quickly dwindling. Enter [[LaResistance The Resistance,]] angry refugees who believe that the Founders are hoarding resources and not doing enough to improve living conditions and reestablish contact with the outside world. Enter also [[WorkingClassHero The Security,]] the Ark's police force, who have been forced to crack down in an effort to maintain order and preserve the Ark. Both sides are now on the [[TitleDrop Brink]] of total war.

* DreadlockRasta: Many Resistance characters are seen sporting dreads. It makes sense, given that a sizable portion of the Ark's population is black and the Resistance are rebellious anti-government types. You won't see any Security types (played by bots) with this hairstyle. The white Resistance members usually have [[BaldOfAwesome shaved heads]] or [[TheQuincyPunk some kind of punk-rock hairdo.]]
** The members of Security can have dreads, but they have to have them in a ponytail or under a baseball cap.

* BigBad: Subverted in the sense that they're isn't a clear bad guy in this conflict. But from the perspective of Security, Chen is a terrorist inciting unrest and anarchy among the Guests, which threatens the Ark; from the perspective of Resistance, Mokoena and the Founders are fascists who hoard most of the resources for themselves at the Guests' expense.

** Mokoena deems the Chen as a terrorist riling up the Guests into violent revolt, but a chunk of his Security is comprised of dirty cops and thugs who abuse their power and give Chen ammunition to stir up the Guests. Despite Mokoena promising to purge them from his ranks after hostilities cease, it's these men that incite said hostilities in the first place, when he could have publicly denounced them, or even fired them to make a point that Security does not tolerate them.