Why I think Ascend will not be another T:V

[rhemawarrior]

Alot of people are worried Tribes Ascend will end up as another Tribes Vengeance, obviously because of using the Unreal engine as the basis for the game. Here are the reasons why I think this is a whole other game...

Hi-Rez has stated they are using Tribes 2 as the basis for their design in Ascend, they are not trying to "reinvent" Tribes into some other vision as TV was aimed at.

The Unreal 3.5 engine is leaps and bounds ahead of the version Irrational games used...not only that, they edited the code extensively for T:V, making it next to impossible to mod. Pretty sad considering the mutator feature in the Unreal engine is quite amazing...and wouldn't work right in TV.

Irrational games had one person who was familiar with Tribes [the guy who designed Lak Rabbit mod] on staff and I'm pretty sure his input didn't "lead" the TV project. Hi-Rez seems far more adware of the Tribes legacy and is listening to the community. They actually are.

Hi-Rez owns the Tribes IP and they HAVE to get this right in order to survive here. It is amazing what some pressure will do when applied in the right manner...and I think this is the correct situation for it. Hi-Rez is not contracted by VU games or anybody else. Tribes is all their puppy now, they are responsible and accountable for all of it. This is good in my book.

[rhemawarrior]

Btw those models in the video are actual rendered real time using the game engine. They are true representation of what we will see in the game. Unreal 3.5 does have some nice eye candy.

[Trafalgar]

Man this game looks amazing. I am hoping that it will be as successful as Tribes 2.

[ExarieousKuna]

www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/561/Tribes-Universe.html

Found this on mmorpg

[James]

yeah, im signed up for the beta... got no real solid word on when its gonna be done but yeah... I am extremely excited for this game

[Trafalgar]

I am stoked it is coming to xbox as well

[rhemawarrior]

Yeah at work there is a whole bunch of Xbox players and couple are already interested in Ascend from what I have told them about it. Might have the beginning of a 360 Ascend clan.

[Trafalgar]

I will do both.

[BlackOwl]

does anyone know if tribes universe/ascend will have a single player like vengeance cause tribes vengeance had a good story line

[sageowl]

My question is this: why are there two Tribes based projects in production now? Has it taken ~ten years for people to get the itch to try and continue the best FPS ever made (after all these Call of Duty and Battlefield clones). I just don't see the logic in there being two games harboring the name "Tribes". I have not done my homework on this dilemma, so therein lies my confusion.
I am hoping these games will be good because I do not need my love for Tribes to be in vane. I know for a fact these teams will not be as good as Dynamix, nor honestly fully be making these games for the "public's interest" rather than their own interest (quick cash).
Hell, Dynamix made Heart of China, and if you have never played that game, then shame on you. You are missing out on a funny ass experience in adventure gaming.
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Mar 31, 2011 14:49:48 GMT -7 rhemawarrior said:

Hi-Rez seems far more adware of the Tribes legacy and is listening to the community.

I see what you did there Rhema.

[Trafalgar]

Well said old friend.

[rhemawarrior]

HAah!!! "Adware"...I am the king of typos.

You guys see their concept art on the Tribes Ascend Facebook? I like it alot...I think this is gonna be what we've been wanting & waiting for...for a decade now.

[Trafalgar]

Sad that we had to wait a decade to receive a "hopefully" epic game.

[BlackOwl]

pause at a minute in and they are playing rock paper scissor