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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

A new Tribes?

SHAZBOT!

[–] TSG_Asmodeus 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love tribes - I even still have the same mousepad from when I played it last - but I want to warn people this is being made by Prophecy Games, who have straight up abandoned their last game. Starsiege Deadzone, put out in July, is already dead. Take a look at the steam charts for proof. I want Tribes more than most other old IPs, but we have to be real cautious with our hype, so to speak.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It seems like it was their only game released so far, so maybe they’ll learn from their mistakes this time. There could be multiple reasons that it got abandoned.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Please be good... Tribes deserves love.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I hope so too. Tribes Ascend was one of the few shooters I've enjoyed despite HiRez's best efforts otherwise. If they can put together a good game I'll be all over this. Few things in gaming are as sweet as the sound of a blue plate special.

[–] RazorsLedge 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sha sha sha sha shazbot!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, I didn’t quite have high speed internet yet and missed out on tribes in the yesteryear.

Cool to see a storied franchise hopefully make a return.

[–] Marcumas 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tribes 1 was magic. I played on 56k dialup for the first year, and there was minimal lag even when it was 16 vs 16 matches

[–] PixellatedDave 1 points 11 months ago

Missed 1 but played 2 exclusively for a good couple of years. God I loved that game it is still my favourite PvP of all time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I didn’t even get 28.8 speed with 56k… 🥸

[–] rip_art_bell 7 points 11 months ago

I have memories of buddies in college being SUPER into it. I was never very good. But it still stands out to this day as a game with a unique feeling of speed and motion and control.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I'm going to reserve my excitement for when I see gameplay footage or actually play it. Quake Champions looked really good in the beginning and then it ran like an internal pre-alpha. Tribes Ascend had so many OP hitscan weapons on release you thought you were playing Call of Duty. Waning general interest in "boomer shooters" and disastrous releases make these games more nostalgic memories than interesting future games in my mind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I think there are no hitscan weapons in the new one, at least currently.

[–] DABDA 5 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The guys who develop Midair will be pissed. Especially now that they open up their beta tests more and more 😐️

[–] UkaszGra 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] BigilusDickilus 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One thing that I (seemingly incorrectly) kind of disliked about Ascend was that if was so focused on kind of being an e-sport. My favorite part of the original were the havoc and ultra renegades mods and bringing it heavy weaponry to try and crash through the other guys base before they could do us. The new games feel like you just see the lights zipping through at 300kph and my reflexes can't keep up with that anymore.

[–] Mango -3 points 11 months ago

Any game that I might play that's a competition between two parties needs to be "balanced for esports" because otherwise I'm gonna find the imbalance and wreck everyone without all the fun parts and effort.

I play games that are a fight to get into the flow state. That's the fun in it for me. If I'm not pushed to the top of my performance capability, I'm not into it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Love tribes, can't wait to play.