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January 13, 2010 1:19am

I remember reading the manual for Starsiege: Tribes over and over, taking in the sweet sweet lore that spanned massive empires over thousands of years. I remember getting so into the story, only to find out that the factions didn't really mean anything in the actual game and no one even played vanilla anymore by the time I picked it up. Tribes 2 was just about to come out. That game was different.

Tribes 2 was ahead of its time. There was a sublime feeling that accompanied the sight of a friend's mortar round landing on the green target I had marked. Flag runs in Tribes 2 were beyond epic. One of the few games that really made you feel like a soldier in a massive war on a far-off planet.

I only had a chance to play the beta of Tribes: Vengeance, and it was tons of fun, but felt more like unreal tournament than anything else. Not a bad thing in itself, but the charm of Tribes for me were the non-combat roles, the sense of strategy with maps and beacons and combined arms assaults.

Tribes seems to be totally dead now, alas.

Regardless, I'm tantalized by the idea of a Tribes game that would run with the lore and combine the best of games like Tribes 2, Modern Warfare 2, Planetside, and the upcoming M.A.G. for PS3.

View Public Profile Send Private Message michaelleung Jailhouse Inkman 40 points, 9 badges Friendly 5+ friends Slacker Earned no new achievements for a month Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times InterestedParty Commented on a blog post	Link	January 13, 2010 7:22am
	I remember playing the demo I found on a PC World disc back in November 2005 and I thought it was the coolest game back then. Problem is, I don't think a lot of people even remember Tribes after all these years.

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	michaelleung said: I remember playing the demo I found on a PC World disc back in November 2005 and I thought it was the coolest game back then. Problem is, I don't think a lot of people even remember Tribes after all these years. on the contrary.. even now (though is small numbers) its still played online :X lol and me and my friends run tourneys between tribes and unreal tournament

View Public Profile Send Private Message progglerock Dapper Dan 265 points, 8 badges InterestedParty Commented on a blog post Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times Friendly 5+ friends BuddyBuddy You added a friend!	Link	January 16, 2010 12:25am
	Tribes dominated a good portion of my high school years. I probably have more memories with this game than any other. As for the future of Tribes, I honestly don't think there is one.

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	I played this and it's still hard to believe I was playing a MMOFPS in... 1999? 2000?

View Public Profile Send Private Message merylvinchi Suicidal Stock Broker 32 points, 4 badges IceBreaker You created your first forum thread InterestedParty Commented on a blog post Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times OpenBook Filled out your profile in full	Link	January 28, 2010 10:06am
	Such Fond Memories Playing Tribes, It has Been Awhile Since The Last Time I Longed For My Very Own Jet pack, One Thing I Would Love To See In The Next Installment , Would Be User Created Level's ,Clans And Custom Weaponry , But Aside From The Norm I Would Like To See Something More Then ,"Online Only" Throw Some Story ,anything even the inception of jet packs.

View Public Profile Send Private Message progglerock Dapper Dan 265 points, 8 badges InterestedParty Commented on a blog post Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times Friendly 5+ friends BuddyBuddy You added a friend!	Link	January 28, 2010 1:18pm
	Story? Have you played Vengeance?

View Public Profile Send Private Message merylvinchi Suicidal Stock Broker 32 points, 4 badges IceBreaker You created your first forum thread InterestedParty Commented on a blog post Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times OpenBook Filled out your profile in full	Link	January 28, 2010 2:18pm
	No ,I Have played Tribes For Ps2 That Was My First Foray Into The Tribes World, I Only Latter Got A Chance To Play It At A Friends House ,Would Have Liked A Bit More Hands On With It,' So Tribes Vengeance Had A Story? Was It Good? And Thanks For Alerting Me ,I Must Amazon That Sucker.

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	I still play TV. Much love for it, and the people who still play as well. If a patch, or something doesn't happen for it, I think at least a game like it, with better support and financing on advertising, would be a great idea.

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	I've only played the online of Tribes 2 after it was released for free... Though I've considered getting vengeance from D2D or something...

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	BEST GAME EVER!!! So many good memories playing with BEML (Blood Eagle Mini League) It was so much fun

View Public Profile Send Private Message mysterd Speakeasy Barkeep 119 points, 5 badges Slacker Earned no new achievements for a month Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times BuddyBuddy You added a friend! IceBreaker You created your first forum thread	Link	April 15, 2010 3:49pm
	I had a blast w/ Tribes: V's SP component. Who owns the Tribes IP? I don't think Irrational owns it. Who bought it from Sierra?

View Public Profile Send Private Message progglerock Dapper Dan 265 points, 8 badges InterestedParty Commented on a blog post Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times Friendly 5+ friends BuddyBuddy You added a friend!	Link	April 15, 2010 4:27pm
	mysterd said: I had a blast w/ Tribes: V's SP component. Who owns the Tribes IP? I don't think Irrational owns it. Who bought it from Sierra? Activision absorbed Sierra. Though they'll probably just sell it eventually, considering they don't seem to have any interesting in using it.

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	It is certainly surprising that no Tribes games have come out in awhile, like mentioned above I am sure Activision will just end up selling off the rights to someone who wants to use them.

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	As for pondering--wasn't there an interview where the guys said this was a game they agreed to make just to pay the bills? I think if there's a future for Tribes, it's probably not here at Irrational.

View Public Profile Send Private Message progglerock Dapper Dan 265 points, 8 badges InterestedParty Commented on a blog post Populist Your comment was voted up 5 times Friendly 5+ friends BuddyBuddy You added a friend!	Link	April 28, 2010 11:41am
	TheMadSpin said: As for pondering--wasn't there an interview where the guys said this was a game they agreed to make just to pay the bills? I think if there's a future for Tribes, it's probably not here at Irrational. Who, Irrational? I doubt that. They were hired to make a Tribes game with a narrative, which they accomplished, however they have admitted that Tribes: Vengeance was probably their worst game because they just didn't understand the franchise or share the passion of its fanbase. Basically, this was a nice way of saying that Tribes isn't about goddamn story, but we were paid to do a job and we did it.

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	TheMadSpin said:I think if there's a future for Tribes, it's probably not here at Irrational. While I did like that Tribes: V has a good SP component and I did think they were successful at making a sweet SP component for a Tribes game... ...the future of a Tribes MP probably belongs w/ a company that can make awesome MP games and/or maybe even back with GarageGames. EDIT: I'd have no problem w/ say one company doing SP Tribes games, another doing MP Tribes games - kind of like how Unreal SP was split from UT (MP).

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	progglerock said: Activision absorbed Sierra. Though they'll probably just sell it eventually, considering they don't seem to have any interesting in using it. Knowing Activision-Blizzard they are going to some how make a new tribes and possibly kill the FPS genre the way they killed MMOs.

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