2011 - Tribes Returns - Tribes Universe & Tribes Ascend

m0rnin,

A few weeks back, Fuzz I think, p0inted me in the directi0n 0f yet an0ther Tribes game in devel0pment f0r this year; Tribes Ascend

Judging fr0m what I’ve already heard ab0ut Tribes Universe, I am thinking that Ascend will be m0re d0wn the alley 0f the traditi0nal Tribal.

http://www.tribesascend.com/

http://www.tribesuniverse.com/

Like Tribes Universe, Tribes Ascend will be based 0ff 0f Tribes 2; the best 0f the 3 previ0us Tribes games ( Starsiege Tribes, Tribes 2, and Tribes fl0p Vengeance.). g00d call in my 0pini0n.

Tribes was 0ne 0f the earliest games I played that had a big emphasis 0n team w0rk. Sure y0u can play the game with few pe0ple, but when the server fills up t0 its 64 player capacity ( 0nce there was a 128 player server.. lets n0t g0 there..) y0u quickly find all r0les must be fulfilled bef0re anything can get d0ne. Cust0mizati0n is als0 a big part 0f the game, y0u ch00se fr0m 3 types 0f arm0ur, light, medium, 0r heavy, and als0 have the 0pti0n 0f a vari0us number 0f packs ( i spent pretty much the wh0le game as a light arm0ur with a repair pack.. I kept everything running, till s0me heavy arm0r with a m0rtar c0rners y0u in the generat0r r00m….).

Tribes als0 features jetpacks and skiing. c0mbine these tw0 meth0ds 0f m0vement, and y0u have c0mbat flying thr0ugh the air at 120kph with insane levels 0f adrenaline and early frusterating ( tribes takes a bit t0 master, give it time and y0u get the hang 0f it..)

Vehicles, depl0yables, large scale team class based c0mbat, 32v32 player servers ( at least.. CM0N!!), vari0us game types fr0m classic CTF t0 s0mething strangely en0ugh like AFL, large maps, l0ts 0f carnage. The Tribes franchise has all the hallmarks 0f an IPX game. I think its big turn 0ffs are the fact that m0st pe0ple have never heard 0f the series, and that it takes a bit 0f time and patience t0 get the hang 0f.

What I will d0 is, firstly welc0me all t0 c0me and j0in. But really I will try Tribes Ascend first and give that a review bef0re rec0mmending it t0 everyb0dy. I will als0 likely give Universe a test and see what the big differences really are, besides persistent 0nline multiplayer blah blah blah…

Check the links. Read up. Watch the trailer(s?), and I’ll let y0u all kn0w when the times c0mes if it is w0rth it 0r n0t.

Hashy p0lishes his Spinfuz0r >=)