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Tribes: Ascend Next Month

[Mar 09, 2012, 10:31 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Hi-Rez Studios announces an April 12th release date for Tribes: Ascend, their upcoming multiplayer first-person shooter remake they are describing as the "world’s fastest shooter. They celebrate the news with a new Llama Island parody trailer: "Tribes is all about speed and movement," explains Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios Chief Operating Officer. "In fact the community uses the term llama to refer to a player moving too slowly, like a plodding llama. So this video demonstrates the perils of trying to capture a flag while going too slow. The outcome is predictable but no less tragic."

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Re: Tribes: Ascend Next Month

Mar 9, 2012, 17:54

Hump

PHJF wrote on Mar 9, 2012, 13:23:
I play it because it's as old school as they come, which is something I needed after all my time in TF2.

It's not well done and still has a cornucopia of fundamental issues (skiing and projectile physics are hotly debated constantly).

BTW, that's a funny video

It's not done well? Are we playing the same game?

They've done a phenomenal job of emulating the old school feel of the originals while making the F2P aspects not only tolerable but actually interesting. It feels very polished. Even a lot of the nitwits at TribalWar are grudgingly admitting that, for what it is, its pretty decent.

Not sure of what physics issues are present. Physics in comparison with the original or just wonky physics in general?




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Comment [quote="Hump"Mar 9, 2012, 17:54][quote="PHJF"Mar 9, 2012, 13:23]I play it because it's as old school as they come, which is something I needed after all my time in TF2. It's not well done and still has a cornucopia of fundamental issues (skiing and projectile physics are hotly debated constantly). BTW, that's a funny video :) [/quote] It's not done well? Are we playing the same game? They've done a phenomenal job of emulating the old school feel of the originals while making the F2P aspects not only tolerable but actually interesting. It feels very polished. Even a lot of the nitwits at TribalWar are grudgingly admitting that, for what it is, its pretty decent. Not sure of what physics issues are present. Physics in comparison with the original or just wonky physics in general? [/quote]

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