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site posted:in case anyones interested theres a tribes 1 20th anniversary thread for the weekend i guess
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Tribes was cool!
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Jul 28, 2018 20:53
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I missed out on Tribes but played the hell out of Tribes 2. Never got good at it tho. Such a unique multiplayer experience that sadly, will probably never be replicated. I also remember the Tribal Warfare community being full of some really insane people and never figured out why.
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Jul 28, 2018 22:14
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Never got good at it tho. Such a unique multiplayer experience that sadly, will probably never be replicated. Even if some group comes along and tries to make a faithful remake of these old multiplayer games it just seems they can never capture the same magic. Just look at a case like Savage Resurrection.
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Jul 28, 2018 22:39
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Tribes is one of those games that I've seen lots of people praise, but I don't know what the deal with it is. It is just a CTF game or what?
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Jul 29, 2018 01:53
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Max Wilco posted:Tribes is one of those games that I've seen lots of people praise, but I don't know what the deal with it is. It is just a CTF game or what? It's a CTF game in wide open levels with lots of varied terrain, where every player is equipped with a jetpack and is capable of sliding without friction across any surface, and where all projectiles obey principles of inertia and velocity inheritance It's pretty wild, and doesn't really play like anything else
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Jul 29, 2018 02:05
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Plus it had vehicles in 1998 etc, different feel from other games at the time. Some of the kinda funny stuff you see in PUBG now was happening back then, a full vehicle driving off into the promised land at the horizon, wild stuff.
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Jul 29, 2018 02:19
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back in the day wide open maps and playercounts like that were new and exciting iirc the only other popular game like it was Delta Force but you couldn't ski across the map also tribes was the first FPS i remember where playing a support role was as fun and felt like there was more to do than just run around killing people if you wanted
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Jul 29, 2018 02:50
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Oh poo poo, cool news as Death Wish 1.5 is in development. Mostly multiplayer changes for co-op, but a couple tweaks to singleplayer sounds good. Oh, and then there's this. All I'm going to say is that the Vortex Rikers looks awfully greeble-y.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:34
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catlord posted:Oh, and then there's this. All I'm going to say is that the Vortex Rikers looks awfully greeble-y.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:46
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catlord posted:Oh and then there's this. All I'm going to say is that the Vortex Rikers looks awfully greeble-y. That level deisgner knows how to art real good.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:48
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Arivia posted:That level deisgner knows how to art real good. That’s Level Deisgner to you
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Jul 29, 2018 03:50
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catlord posted:Oh, and then there's this. All I'm going to say is that the Vortex Rikers looks awfully greeble-y. tfw when your 2018 remake looks worse than the 1998 original
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Jul 29, 2018 04:00
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it's a good replacement when it looks like a 2 dollar unity horror game on steam and i'm expecting a lumpy zombie to shuffle out of a door to chase me
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Jul 29, 2018 05:13
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Max Wilco posted:Tribes is one of those games that I've seen lots of people praise, but I don't know what the deal with it is. It is just a CTF game or what? Tribes is hard to explain. Its kinda like Battlefield mixed with Planetside mixed with Quake 3. It has faster movement than Quake, which is kinda insane. All players have jetpacks and you can do some really crazy physics things with "skiing" down slopes and jetpacking up and whatnot. Environments are huge and mostly outdoor. There's vehicles, classes, multiple weapons, bases, turrets, all kinds of weird stuff. And way back when most FPS were just doing deathmatch arenas, or CTF arenas.
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Jul 29, 2018 06:01
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catlord posted:Oh, and then there's this. All I'm going to say is that the Vortex Rikers looks awfully greeble-y. Looks like a fake game they'd play on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Jul 29, 2018 12:23
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Someone turned off the sun.
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Jul 29, 2018 12:25
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It looks like they've exported their meshes with smooth vertex normals, but not taking that into account in the normal maps. E: Yeah that Vortex Rikers is a prime example of broken normals.
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Jul 29, 2018 13:56
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Unreal is one of my GOAT but I rather not even see amateur "remakes" and with Epic riding the fortshite wave I don't expect a remaster of sorts for its 20th anniversary or w/e.
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Jul 29, 2018 13:58
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I woke up today thinking that NecroVisioN was a game that existed. I wish that had gotten a sequel but Farm51 seems to have gotten obsessed with making first person adventure games for some reason.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:39
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GUI posted:I woke up today thinking that NecroVisioN was a game that existed. I wish that had gotten a sequel but Farm51 seems to have gotten obsessed with making first person adventure games for some reason. I mean, it did. Necrovison: Lost Company. Prequel I guess.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:48
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I played it and it owned but it was more of an expansion pack than a sequel.
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Jul 30, 2018 03:22
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For the Tribes vets, how does it compare to modern takes like Titanfall 2? I loved mastering the movement system in that to the point where I was able to zip around the map, gaining momentum and rocketing over enemies while being a zippy little pain in the rear end to giant robots that can easily one-shot me. Combined with the EPG (basically a Quake rocket launcher in a hitscan-dominated game) it was poo poo tons of fun.
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Jul 30, 2018 04:29
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There's zero parkour involved and most maps are open, hilly terrain, but if you enjoyed mastering Titanfall movement mechanics you'll enjoy mastering skiing in Tribes.
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Jul 30, 2018 04:34
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Wild T posted:For the Tribes vets, how does it compare to modern takes like Titanfall 2? I loved mastering the movement system in that to the point where I was able to zip around the map, gaining momentum and rocketing over enemies while being a zippy little pain in the rear end to giant robots that can easily one-shot me. Its closer to quake strafejumping than titanfall mobility, and 1000x faster than titanfall. Titanfall is like jumping around a building, Tribes is jumping at literally 300mph and skipping over hills and mountains. People who were really good at skiing around and hitting people with the disc gun in tribes were more impressive to me than the best quake3 pros. Look at this nonsense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR8lCBxs4fw
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Jul 30, 2018 04:37
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Decided to get a Logitech M570 and it's alright I guess. I feel like it doesn't have enough inertia or something? If the ball were just slightly heavier this would be great.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:26
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Mak0rz posted:Decided to get a Logitech M570 and it's alright I guess. I feel like it doesn't have enough inertia or something? If the ball were just slightly heavier this would be great. Well the MX Ergo definitely has that.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:34
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fishmech posted:Well the MX Ergo definitely has that. I... don't get that impression from testimonials and reviews I see online. Do replacement balls with different weights exist?
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Jul 30, 2018 05:50
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The Quake Awards are all done up for this year. Hopefully it will be a recurring thing! I would recommend not just looking at the overall winners; the various shortlists/mentions are good stuff too. Honorable mentions: http://www.quakeawards.com/2018/07/28/2018-honourable-mentions/ Shortlists: http://www.quakeawards.com/2018-awards-shortlist/ Additional content: http://www.quakeawards.com/2018/07/27/additional-content-highlights/ Winners: http://www.quakeawards.com/2018-award-winners/
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Jul 30, 2018 07:32
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I'm really happy Quake still has an active modding scene after all these years 
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Jul 30, 2018 08:09
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Which is better, The sound of doomguy opening a door Or The sound of quake ranger jumping
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Jul 30, 2018 20:38
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAKYbWUeBWk It never loving ends!!!
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Jul 30, 2018 20:55
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAKYbWUeBWk according to the comments, it's literally a kid's school project so don't worry about it
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Jul 30, 2018 21:17
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Arivia posted:according to the comments, it's literally a kid's school project so don't worry about it Ooooh I see. Well, more power to 'em then. Anyone ever play Codename Tenka on the PS1? I'm looking for some obscure old FPSes to try out and it looks intriguing. The PS1 had a lot more shooters than I originally thought.
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Jul 30, 2018 22:06
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Ooooh I see. Well, more power to 'em then. One of my friends had it back in the day. I remember enjoying it. Disclaimer: I was like 11 at the time
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Jul 30, 2018 22:12
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Some footage of this version of GZDoomVR, graphics settings set to make it look like the software renderer, tonemapped to the original 256 color palette along with some nice stuff like AO and coloured lighting. Here: https://streamable.com/s/53cmy/lhazon It plays pretty well, controls aren't super great as movement with the touchpad is binary but it's controller directed which offsets that a bit. It's quite comfortable except for going up steps which feels flaky. SCheeseman fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Jul 30, 2018 |
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Jul 30, 2018 22:32
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Tribes 1 was a genuinely unique specimen of online fps's. Sliding/jetting across the gigantic maps was inredibly awesome, as was sniping enemied from a gazillion miles away. I miss playing that game.
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Jul 30, 2018 22:54
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i really miss tribes ascend i had a ton of fun in that game
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Jul 30, 2018 23:05
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Yeah I had a lot of honest fun with all of the tribeseses. Haven't tried Midair yet. Something about it seemed a little bare-bones at launch (fair enough for a small-team indie thing) and before I could circle back around to it it seems to have gone on life support.
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Midair is fantastic, but they definitely screwed up the timing. I remember it feeling super lacking when I first bought into the early access. However when it hit 1.0, it was a solid Tribes game. Unfortunately, no one cared anymore at that point. 
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