"Who knows ... I could be wrong."
You are.
To elaborate:
Tribes: Vengeance is NOT more complicated than Tribes. It's about the same. In fact, it's a bit simpler than Tribes 2. The Tribes series has always been a "thinking person's shooter", anyway.
True, anyone can ski in T:V. In the original Tribes, skiing was an exploit, not an intended feature. Therefore, the people who learned to do it well could unbalance the game, skiing across an entire map in a heavy armor in only a few seconds. T:V and Tribes 2 made put restrictions and controls on skiing. T:V actually frees up skiing a little more than Tribes 2 did. Skiing WELL in T:V still takes some skill.
As for Half-Life 2, there's no comparison between it and T:V. There's no reason for Vivendi to release T:V based on when HL2 is released. People will buy both games.
This comment was edited on Sep 17, 11:44.