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Summary: Tribes redefined the multiplayer FPS
Review: Tribes is one of the select few games that can hold my attention. Lately I have been playing an excess of this great game. I have a GeForce II MX and a Pentium 2 - 333 mHz, and I get good framerates throughout the game.Tribes is a team-based first person shooter (FPS), playable online only (except for 8 tutorial missions). Finding a server to play on is as simple as clicking the Refresh button, and picking a server that meets your standards. The server IP, name, game type, game map, modification, players, ping, and CPU speed are all shown, and you can set servers you especially like as a favorite to be found easily. After a few seconds, you're in the game and playing. If the server is running a map that you don't have, it is automatically downloaded (and is hardly noticable, map files are very small). Once in the game, you will be greeted with a friendly server message, possibly what kind of computer the server is, and any special rules such as no team killing (TK). Click to spawn, and you'll be inside your base (or however the map is set up). Most games played are Capture the Flag (CTF), where you run into the enemy base, touch their flag, then bring it back to your own flag without being killed in the process. If you aren't good at capturing the flag (capping), you can buy heavy armor from an inventory station and use mortars to bomb the base, but you will move slower and the jetpack won't carry you as far. If you have a high speed internet connection, you can be a very good sniper, but even dialup users can snipe effectively. Winning is a team effort, the individual hardly matters in a game. If an entire team is trying to cap the flag, then nobody will be around to guard the flag. If everyone is guarding the flag, then nobody will be able to score. It relies on a balance. Even if you aren't a good fighter, you can help your team out by repairing all the base equipment and manning mortar turrets via a Command Station. Being an online only game, lag can be an issue. But the Tribes net code has been optimized so only a minimal of data is sent client-server. I have a 56k dialup, and only experience lag probably once or twice per game, and then only for a few seconds. I only have a few gripes. This game's 3D acceleration was built for Glide, a 3dfx only API, and OpenGL was added in a later patch. OpenGL can show some strange artifacting when playing from the third person perspective, but most of your fighting will be from first person so it isn't an issue. Also, some bots would've been nice, if for nothing else than being able to practice your skills offline. Overall, Tribes earns an A+ rating from me. Great job, Dynamix, I can't wait for Tribes 2 to be released.
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Summary: apex of gaming
Review: Tribes is the best game ever made on the face of the earth. This is THAT game. Miss the golden age of gaming? Tribes came out at the same time as Half-Life, and many people overlooked the game that could have brung it about a second time. It's a bit too late now, unfortunately. The community is pretty much gone. Unfortunately, many of the people that play it now are rather childish and 'elitist', which may detract from the experience unless you have a group you can play it with. Approach this game at your own risk. It's the best.
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Summary: THIS GAME OWNS
Review: TRIBES is the best game ive ever played, ive played doom and quake before but when i got tribes i was blown away! ive been playing tribes for 3years, and im still going.theres all kinds of mods to play in multiplayer and even though every year we get less players coming back it still is a populair game and lots of people still play it.
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Summary: Best Game Ever
Review: Tribes is the best game of all time, of any genre, in any human culture in the history of the Earth.
If Tribes had a downside, it would be that the player, when in the Tribes universe, no longer is affected by the normal rules of Time that we all know and are normally governed by. The side effects of this include Agelessness (and the consequences thereof) and, after prolonged exposure, inability to percieve time correctly when not in the Tribes universe (sped up/slowed down perception of time, as well as, in extreme cases, 'slippage', the inability to maintain a fixed path through the flow of time). Also Tribes simulates a mild euphoria that tends to keep the Tribes player in the Tribes universe indefinitely. If properly supervised, the Tribes player can be brought back out of the Tribes universe at regular intervals, but it must be a slow transition to avoid permanent damage.
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Summary: Amazing Game
Review: Vehicles. Vast outdoor environments. Focus on teamplay. Online support for at least 32 players. Base equipment and trinkets. Jetpacks offering full freedom of movement. Mixing and matching gear to create your own roles. Never the same game twice. Even today these features make Tribes stand out in a crowd of other FPS games, but several years ago when the original Tribes was released, it was downright revolutionary. Whether you bought the box, downloaded the demo, or "borrowed" it from a buddy, chances are you've tried Tribes. If not, then you've still experienced its influence in any number of other games that have since embraced its successful combination of features Best of all? Its free on FilePlanet!
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Summary: Its a pretty cool game!
Review: Well I've played this game a couple of times and its very well made. The graphics are so-so, and the textures for the ground look real close up. The guns aren't really unique, and some resemble a different gun but same look. Its good for people with 56K modems because the lag isn't bad, just depends on how much lag a game has. But overall, its pretty good.
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Summary: Are you Deep or Shallow?
Review: What a blast. Literally, I've played many games over the past twenty years and I have to say Tribes is one of the best. If your shallow you can just run around trying to gun the enemy, his vehicles, his weapons and sensor emplacements and generally blow things up, just watch out because the enemy is human too and there's not just one at a time. The game gives you multiple types of armor with a plethora of weapons and equipment you can outfit from. The servers that run the game, and theres alot of them, can modify every thing from the maps to the armor and weapons lists and abilities (Endless combinations). If Your deep, this game is deeper still the human equation really makes teamwork and stratagy paramount while stressing the need for personal skills. There is no end to the stratagies you can evolve personally and on a team scale. If you like to tinker and have a smattering of computer skills you can modify your client side, new reticles, Heads up displays for targeting or command screens and a bunch of other modifications that are out in the tribes community just to give the game specialized flavor for the individual user. The Playing community is extensive and one of the friedliest I've found for online games of this nature. One of the best things about this game is how easy it is to get into a game. There's always a game to be had any time day or night you just point and click and zap you going. Personally I like to play 10pm to 2am pst and I usually have a choice of 30-40 different games to join into with good ping rates. I have 5 or 6 favorites but a foray into the unkown is good once in a while, just make sure your ammo is full.
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Summary: Fun Fun Fun!
Review: What can I say. It is a great multiplayer game. The best even. It is an old game, but will never get old.
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Summary: TRIBES IS DA BOMB!!
Review: When i first got this game i wasn't sure if I would like. My friend had told me about it and i was thought i wouldn't like it. But as soon as I installed it I was hooked!! This game is totally da bomb. You will get so addicted. If you have ever played any version of MECHWARRIOR by MICROSOFT you will like this game. The graphics are incredable and the gameplay is awesome!! I HIGHLY recommend this game to anyone who wants to have fun.
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Summary: Great game, but why pay for it?
Review: You already know that Tribes is a great game from the other reviews, but did you know you can now get it for free? With the upcoming release of "Tribes: Vengeance", Vivendi Studios has made Starsiege: Tribes available for free to the public, downloadable off of www.fileplanet.com. So don't bother paying tewnty bucks for the jewel case, when you can have the full version of the game within hours for free, instead of within days for upwards of thirty dollars.
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