Tribes Fast Attack Canned

Tribes 2 rocks, it took a while for me to get into it because I only
played on fanboi servers who run nothing but base rape/tribes 1 maps and I had been
away from tribes 1 for so long.
After I found new servers, it was much more enjoyable. Did they
shut down the tribes 1 servers or something? I mean, if tribes 2 sucks so much,
do what the quake guys did, and just play QW while waiting for quake 3.

I posted this on blues:

So let me get this straight.. Aug 4, 17:19 anon@207.195

Sierra is reviving support and re-releasing a game for 10 bucks that is improved/fixed from the original release. The people who already own the game can get new maps/content for free.

I don't understand why there is even a reason to be upset about this. It's not like they are trying to rip off the people who have purchased the game already.

Where is the problem here people?

The whole Tribes 2 community can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned. It's going down and down (lots of bugs when issued and the newest product from Sierra is now shelved) and deserves to be in last place traffic-wise (http://www.gamespy.com/stats).

I have Tribes 2 but never learned how to pick it up. The game comes with basically no documentation. I went the extra mile (you should NEVER have to hit fan sites to learn how to play a game,,, that's retarded) and got all the newbie FAQs I could find and played (tried anyway) for several hours.

The more I played, the more questions I had. So, I made the mistake of a lifetime and created a (one! Just one!) forum topic in one of the big Tribes 2 fan sites. I was ripped high and low and basically told not to bother the Tribes 2 community with that kind of crap anymore.

Think it was one person writing be back? I got that same response from a dozen people in the Tribes 2 community.

If the Tribes 2 community is not going to die, the Tribes 2 community needs to desperately get their heads out of their butts. Playing Tribes 2 is THE most difficult online fps there is bar none. No question about it. You people need to embrace all newbies and help them along.

After my rude introduction to the T2 community, I just uninstalled T2 and said F*** it. I had bought the game and was MORE than willing to learn it. I think the game could rock! Too bad the community is staffed wall-to-wall with assholes.

I am amazed at how many people have nothing better to do than bitch about Tribes 2. Personally, its one of the best PC games ever released. Its the ONLY game i still can play after it being out 2 years.
Tribes 2 rocks, im happy to see continued support for the game after all this time... Nothing beats 64 player Renegades servers =)

Not to mention there are Linux binaries, you cant beat that.

My fear is that this might kill the series, which is unfortunate. But i definately look foward to the patch, and all the levels.

I urge anyone who never botherd to get Tribes 2 to buy it when it comes out that the discounted price, remember its a 2 year old game, you will be impressed. It has a lotta depth, and so much to do (with all the mods especially), and ground and air vehicles, and all the huge levels. You'll never be able to go back to a claustrophobic cooridor shooter again (with the exception of Doom 3 im sure ;)

This is really just staggering. This is the end of the Tribes franchise then.

The Tribes community has done nothing but bitch about Tribes 2 since its release and IMHO, this Fast Attack was the only thing going to save it.

Think anyone will even care a little bit about Tribes 2 once UT2k3 comes out? I doubt it either.

Haha, I remeber talking about Tribes 2 not long ago here on the shack (yesterdays ER ?) and most of the people who had been loking forward to the game were quite looking forward to this and even told n00bs (T2-wise) like my to check that one out. Well, looks as if i have to get my hands on a budget copy of T2 now, and of course get al the latest patches

God, this pisses me off.

Not the cancellation, but all the bullshit coming out of some 'gamers' mouths and how Tribes sucked "because it had bugs."

I know I will come off biased, but Tribes 2 is easily the greatest and most in-depth multi-player FPS in history. Nothing, and I mean nothing even challenges it. The satisfaction of learning it and the depth you can get into this game is staggering. Hell, you don't even need to get in-depth in the game to have a blast. I had friends who came to a LAN party, were introduced to the game, and in 15 minutes they were playing CTF and having an amazing time.

There simply is no rational excuse to pass up this game if you like FPS's.

I wonder if its a good thing....

Of course, dammit Sierra why don't they just leave the game market ...
all the good things -cancelled
Larry, Space Quest, Babylon 5, CS Mac Edition, Tribes ...

Don't believe what some of the commentors here are saying; this is far from the end of Tribes. It's also a good move on the part of Sierra. They actually listened to the current Tribes community who want it to remain the way it is rather than getting newbie-friendly. Tribes is a HARD game to learn and to play well, but that's one of the many reasons so many love it. It's a very rewarding experience to play.

If this really were the end of the Tribes franchise, do you think Sierra would have Garage Games working on a final patch for Tribes 2 and re-releasing it? And do you think they'd be bringing the most prominent members of the community to them to talk about the future of the game if they didn't care about it? Of course not!

Tribes isn't going anywhere.

This is the second single player tribes game to be cancelled by sierra. Remember Tribes Extreme?

Most people in the tribes community are HAPPY it was canned, because they weren't going in the right direction w/ it, and it just would have pissed people off even more.

Now, they can start over and figure something out how to make a tribes game that dosent suck, and that the community loves like they did tribes 1.

Woo, who remembers the whole bab5: Into The Fire thing?

Sierra still suck, pity they also have a few good franchises that support them :< (half-life, anything blizzard, homeworld)

WOW! This is just incredible considering how much they pumped it up.

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

interesting. I wonder if fan reaction(which was decidedly mixed) had anything to do with the decision?

I was surprised that Tribes2 had such terrible reception....... not enough people even tried it i don't think. I was an extremely avid fan of Tribes 1, but when Tribes 2 came around I had stopped playing, as I was so busy... and simply didn't even try it.

Also, all of the copyright protection probably stifled it some.

10 bucks for Tribes 2? Sounds like a good move to me. I wasn't too interested in a single player Tribes anyways. I personally don't think that Tribes 2 got a fair shake from the community. I still think it could easily compete graphically today. It's a better game than CS in most respects.

wow. That's an incredibly gay decision. Of course, this is Sierra we're talkin about, so I put nothing beyond them...