Tribes: Vengeance GONE GOLD

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  I played Tribes 2 for over 3 years. Loved every minute of it. This game is EVERYTHING Tribes is not. ... : spyrext
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    Can you give specifics as to what you think is missing? I'm interested in the pure 'Tribes" experience t... : hawke
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      turret power has been weakened, auto stationary turrets gone, poor base design, smaller maps, grappling h... : johnny skidmarks
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        There are going to be more than 4 maps. Emerald and Cavern are very small. Winterlake is okay s... : hawke
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          I dunno the reason to me for small levels would seem to be unreal engine... I have never seen it capable ... : thebigbeefsandwhich
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            Could be.. I guess what we need to do is decide how big is big and fire-up UnrealEd and see if we can ... : hawke
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              yeah I'm real curious to know the answer to this... I poked around in the editor but I'm not familiar wit... : thebigbeefsandwhich
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                Okay, this is what I found.... I made a map that took 8.5 minutes to run straight across. (1.75 minute... : hawke
                • Oh, and I could have made the map bigger...but that's jsut the random number I chose. : hawke
          • I know the dev team has a tribes1 to T:V terrain convertor that works...which would lead me to believe th... : Vorlonesque
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          Yup, the majority of the flaws can be fixed with map design, which is why I havent totally written off t... : johnny skidmarks
          • Even the turrets could. The Unreal engine allows you to add new code/script for objects or gameplay chan... : Vorlonesque
    • A few examples of things I did in Tribes 2 that I can't in Tribes 3: 1. A vehicle in T3 lasts an aver... : spyrext
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    R.I.P cause all the T2 servers are alive and well packed with ppl playing the game? T2 had a nice visi : mc-fine
    • I made more friends in Tribes 2 than I ever did in any other game I've played. Teamwork was necessary an... : spyrext
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    Have you looked at the history of Tribes compared to say...the UT and Quake franchises? I LOVE Tribes..an... : Mitchell Gant
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      I don't really think T:V is a mainstream game. It took away the things that made it appealing to a hardc... : artillery
      • Both good points. THe changes are probably an attempt to bring the game to the mainstream, but is the pre... : johnny skidmarks
      • Tribes is definately a hardcore game. Think about it. It was released with NO SINGLEPLAYER! None. ... : hawke
• I remember the Tribes 1 guys saying that Tribes 2 was a slow ass dissappointment with no depth (I enjoyed... : Vorlonesque
• I agree. I really liked the vehicles... : perforierer

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  weird, it always ran pretty decently on my machine =/ : timmie
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    It ran really well for me : johnny skidmarks
    • Yeah, I never had any problems with it running. Even that first week when it wouldn't even boot on a lot... : hawke
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    Yeah, I never understood the whole "T2 ran like poo" thing. I blame user-error. :[ : My Documents
    • To be fair, as I recall, T2 did run very poorly until someone discovered that changing some sound setting... : Dynotaku
    • Well, the early patches were kind of rough, if I remember right. :| : Zibro

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  the time has come for what? also, YAY! i loved the beta. : jet-poop
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    c' on, you have to know it ;) the time for THAT game... :) : lonestar3
    • You mean Barbie Horse Adventure:Mystery Ride Oh boy oh boy oh boy! http://gamestop.com/product.asp?pro : Dynotaku
    • The game where you smack around jumping headcrabs for 10 hours and then shelve it? : Commee

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• Too many games *head explodes* I wonder how some games would have done if they came out during that dr... : ghost in my shell
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  It's not? I guess 5150 and Vanguard aren't Tribes players. :[ : My Documents
  • This is a good point...if the hardcore people (who in this case aren't in it for the prize money...since ... : Vorlonesque

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  I dunno, just the resident Tribes fans that seem hostile to any new addition to the franchise maybe. : SpiderMonkey
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    Go read tribalwar.com forums. Seems like most of the Tribes fans like the game a lot. : Battlemagic
    • And the tribalwar.com forum folks are a scary bunch about this stuff...they're probably a good barometer ... : Vorlonesque
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  Hype always has two sides. : rorshack
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    Tribes 1 fans on one side and Tribes 2 fans on the other. : pulse2115
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      Guess I must be in the middle. I liked T1. I liked T2. And I like T:V. : r0gue3
      • Amen! Loved the first two...love this one. : Mitchell Gant
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  I loved T1 and played it from the day it was released. I really really wanted to like T2 but just couldn... : Sapiens
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    "Any quirky balance problems and bugs will surely be ironed out with future patches." And you tried to... : Ratsofatsorat
    • I don't think predicting that a game will ship without any bugs or potential balance issues is that crazy... : Sapiens
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    They're changes, and that fact alone will make some people crap themselves and cry foul regardless. Al... : Hatta
    • The problem, I think, is when you change the most distinctive parts of a game in the sequel. Vengeance (... : artillery

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  Troll, troll, troll your boat... Seriously, if you can't contribute anything more than this to the dis... : Sapiens
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    meh. Take it easy guys, I'm just sad that it's steering away from the original. I just really despise tha... : mystifier
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      Did you bother playing the beta? The entire game isn't an arena, if you're making your judgement based o... : Sapiens
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        No i've seen more, that was one of my biggest disappointment. Besides, I think we all agree that we can m... : mystifier
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          I think we all agree that we can make up our minds solely on movies I would probably get nuked if I to... : Sapiens
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            Hehe. On the defensive already guys? You get called a troll faster than I can say troll over here.. gosh.... : mystifier
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              It's not my fault your opinion is wrong. ;) : Sapiens
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                Well let me ask you this - Do you HAVE to be in a beta test to have an opinion? ;) : mystifier
                • an informed one? Yes. : mc-fine
                • "Wrong opinion" jokes aside, as mc-fine said, the more hands-on experience a player has, the more valid h... : Sapiens
        • I think we all agree... Speak for yourself. :[ : My Documents
• Get out. :[ : My Documents
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  Don't let em push you around. I agree. : Ratsofatsorat
  • No biggie, i've seen worse. It's just that I miss T1 so damn much :< : mystifier

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  Funny thing is, you can whore the rocket pod fighter to kill infantry way better than the shrike in T:V. ... : Barbarian
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    The problem is that it's too wasy to aim and shoot whatever you want. The shrike required some work to s... : Priest77
    • wasy = easy : Priest77
    • The pod thing has a distinct drawback. One thing about being able to stop instantly and rotate to any ... : hawke
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    the pod should not be in the game as it is. The pod is a UT vehicle, not a Tribes vehicle. That is to s... : Luminair
    • Maybe the pod is just for the beta then? Who knows, but it's possible it could be changed for the releas... : Priest77

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  And you know that? :) Judging from 4 - 5 weeks old(?) beta client? : Battlemagic
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    Yeah, actually. : Ratsofatsorat
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      What stocks do you invest in? : Sapiens
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        The beta was buggy as hell, and I didn't find the gameplay to be nearly as enjoyable as the first two. Th... : Ratsofatsorat
        • If tribes 2 was any indication, your being ripped off if you buy it for full price release day. : Pneum0
        • mortars are junk? o_o they dont seem any different than b4 , except they sound cooler! : jane911

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  Yeah, I was going to get this game but then I realized how much fun Doom 1 was, so I am not getting it an... : Pink0r
  • Sorry, but I get burned on games waaaaay too often. I'll wait for the reviews and to see if the game is ... : PenicillinX57
  • lol :D : mc-fine
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  You've changed your tune quite a bit since Aug 17 eh? I was going to buy the game based on your rebuttal... : KinetiK
  • Yeah, I was absolutely loving it, but after awhile it gets very repetive. Everyone always goes the same ... : PenicillinX57

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• Onslaught is so much more fun. T:V is no more fun than Tribes 2 and its extensive mods, which can be h... : Barbarian
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  Eh, Ut2004 and T:V are totally different games. Ut2004 is more close to Q3 than any of the Tribes games. ... : Battlemagic
  • I played Quake3A for a long time, and I think it plays nothing like any UT game. I hate how you have to a... : TrptJim
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  yeah that was a real original flame. Just came out of nowhere.. : mc-fine
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    So Im not allowed to not like the game because my reason is the same as someone elses? I know us gamer... : Beady
    • Yes, but it's like a cacophony of clockwork monkeys banging those stupid cymbals. : CrimsonHandHiro
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      only if you feel Wolfenstien and Call of Duty are Q3 mods as well. Its just a silly flame that gets th... : mc-fine
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        Well, to me they are mods of the Q3 engine. I can play an FPS and can usually tell immediately what engin... : TrptJim
        • what felt the same? Physics? Can't be. They use a totally different physics engine. Vehicles? Nope... : mc-fine
• Being an avid Unreal-er and also liking Tribes begs me to disagree with you. If you take the time to l... : FuryVII

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  go try out the Beta. gamespy, go get it. : Dan 101
  • Gamespy is like fisting your own bum. : stelth

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• They dont look good enough to be july 2001 though : Pneum0
• My housemate is in the beta. It looks pretty much exactly the same : itsjames

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  yea i really liked the single player demo for whatever reason. this is the time of year my wallet starts... : Dark Horizon
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    wow, crazy, give me some of your free time ;) : dragocore
    • yea i know, i just finished fable over the weekend and have yet to really get into the cod expansion, and... : Dark Horizon

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• Huh? Dynamix was headquartered in Eugene for a long time and they put out plenty of good stuff. : sinistarfith

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• That's publisher logic. An example: Publisher: How far is the game? Developer: It's 59% complete - ga... : Dave Johnston

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• hehe ;) i saw your post in the other thread and said that it won't happen today (hopefully, i'm wrong :)... : lonestar3

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  and speaking of Vivendi, maybe we'll get a gold announcement for HL2! *runs* : dragocore
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    any minute now... : feek
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      heh... right..... : dragocore
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        I wake up everyday hoping for a Duke Nukem Forever Half-Life 2 Gold announcement. It's coming very soon..... : stelth
        • I hope its not delayed, I mean, I know the legal battles have been going for a couple years but I swear ... : dragocore

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• Like we need another new game on the market right now. This week alone is full of releases, there are : jrock