Yesterday, I bought Brink, and it wouldn't get past the splash-screen.
No biggie. Many games take a little tweaking to get running.
However, I'm now into my 26th hour of "tweaking" and it still wont run.
I've now got it to give an error message, at least:
The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer.

------ Initializing File System ------Loaded pak000.sdpk2Loaded pak001.sdpk2Loaded pak002.sdpk2Loaded pak003.sdpk2Loaded pak004.sdpk2Loaded pak005.sdpk2Loaded pak006.sdpk2Loaded pak007.sdpk2Loaded pak008.sdpk2Loaded zzzdlc000.sdpk2Loaded zzzdlcenglish000.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish000.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish001.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish002.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish003.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish004.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish005.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish006.sdpk2Loaded zzzenglish007.sdpk2Current search path:C:\Program Files\Steam\userdata\71712577\22350\local/baseC:\Users\Wonkyth\AppData\Local\Splash Damage\Brink/basec:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\brink/basezzzenglish007.sdpk2zzzenglish006.sdpk2zzzenglish005.sdpk2zzzenglish004.sdpk2zzzenglish003.sdpk2zzzenglish002.sdpk2zzzenglish001.sdpk2zzzenglish000.sdpk2zzzdlcenglish000.sdpk2zzzdlc000.sdpk2pak008.sdpk2pak007.sdpk2pak006.sdpk2pak005.sdpk2pak004.sdpk2pak003.sdpk2pak002.sdpk2pak001.sdpk2pak000.sdpk2file system initialized.--------------------------------------Loaded 3854 manifest elements in 506 ms - 192KbDiscarded 0 manifest elementsMax filename length: 0 charactersBrink 1.0.23692.48133  win-x86 Nov 23 2011 12:55:20couldn't exec 'brinkconfig.cfg'couldn't exec 'autoexec.cfg'Vendor: 8086 Device: 00462394 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & HTT4 logical cores2 physical coresHT enabled3248 MB System Memory1024 MB Video MemoryInitializing performance queriesDetected 	2 2.39 GHz CPU	3248 MB of System memory	1024 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architectureThis system qualifies for High quality!Vendor: 8086 Device: 0046Winsock InitializedFound interface: {A8F431E5-EE73-467B-AD13-A56A731E0FDC} Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter - 0.0.0.0 NULL ip - skippedFound interface: {C785B430-D58A-41F7-A53D-950E66D273A8} Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) - 0.0.0.0 NULL ip - skippedFound interface: {91734A2F-C336-4BE9-8362-AA7479B0E354} Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC - 10.1.1.11/255.255.255.0Found interface: {9906F1F4-0DFE-4663-BECA-771C0AAAF9D4} Hamachi Network Interface - 5.30.148.175/255.0.0.0Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface--- Loading sequence: init ---sound index file 'generated/preload/sound/pc/english/init.soundpreload' is zero length------- Initializing render context --------Initializing OpenGL subsystem...calling LoadLibrary( 'wtsapi32.dll' ): succeeded...initializing Windows Terminal Server API...registered window class...registered fake window class...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded...initializing QGLGL_VENDOR: IntelGL_RENDERER: Intel(R) HD GraphicsGL_VERSION: 2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2559********************FATAL ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer.********************The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer.Shutting down OpenGL subsystem...releasing DC...resetting display...shutting down QGL...unloading OpenGL DLL...unloading Windows Terminal Server API DLL

And that is completely [censored].
I have an NVidia GeForce GT 425M, http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Geforce-GT-425M.34152.0.html.
But for some reason, as the error report shows, it's using Intel Integrated Graphics as the renderer. After checking with OpenGL Extensions Viewer, it seems that OpenGL is completely ignoring my graphics card!
The normal way of fixing this, if Google is to be trusted, is to fiddle with the BIOS. Unfortunately, I'm on a laptop which has a locked BIOS, so that's out of the question.

Please, can anyone help me?
I think this has been a problem for some time, but I've only just found out!