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The "world's fastest shooter" Tribes returns for a sixth entry - new footage lands ahead of playtest (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ZippyBot@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

If you had ever went skiing and thought to yourself "Hmmm, I wish I could be playing a First Person Shooter game right now.", then Tribes is the perfect game for you!

Very interested in what will become of this latest installment. Ascend kind of went out with a whimper rather than a bang. Tribes 1 and 2 are free to download the full game off their website.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Hell yeah! This game was a big part of my childhood.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As long as they focus on making the skiing feel good and projectile weapons dominate, I think they have a good recipe here.

Never knew why Tribes didn't hit it off in the e-sports scene, it seems real ripe for that. I think Ascend stepped away from the classic Tribes experience to get to that and lost what made the experience unique.

Here's hoping the new team does well.

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m gonna say it never took off because its fucking difficult. Trying to get an aerial shot off on a guy zooming through the air at 100 mph while you are also bouncing around at 100 mph and leading them properly because your projectile takes time to travel is not easy even for players experienced with shooters. Great game, I always had fun with the old ones, but most of my friends just could not keep up. Shit, I’m getting older, I dunno if I can keep up anymore. It’s cool to see this coming back, but I expect it to remain a niche game.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

In Ascend I played the engineer/technician class, so I'd put my turret somewhere that would hit a lot of players without it getting spotted. Skiing would be to get to those hard to spot places

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But that's exactly what would make it an amazing esport. It not only requires tons of skill, but looks awesome if you do have that skill. Seeing people accurately predict someone's movements when they are travelling really fast has a very tactile feel for the spectator, without having much game knowledge.

In addition, skiing fast over a vast landscape looks cool too!

[–] CazzoBuco@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Do it in VR you cowards!

For anyone who doesn't think it would work, check out Jet Island