Hands of Justice
The Lounge => General Gaming => Topic started by: Caradir on September 14, 2011, 03:50:55 PM
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would have posted this in Tribes topic but its gone? did saffy delete it due to us all not being nice? :P
Hi-Rez Studios today announced that the first phase of Tribes: Ascend closed beta will begin within the next few weeks. Players can apply for this initial phase at the game’s website as Hi-Rez Studios will be granting access to thousands of “hand-selected” players worldwide.
During this initial beta phase, players will experience 4 multiplayer maps, 2 game-modes and 3 vehicles as they progress thru 12 playable classes in the game’s fast-paced, high-flying online multiplayermatches of up to 32 people.
The studio will continue to increase the number of beta participants through the end of this year in preparation for a general game release in Q1 of 2012.
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Starts Nov 4th for closed, if anyone cares to head over to the site (too lazy to link) for an application
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Here's 20 mins of gameplay for you haters to bitch about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPlty2dRS9k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPlty2dRS9k)
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generic rent-a-gun shooter number 2000
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beta begins tomorrow for generic rentagun shooter 2000 ;)
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beta begins tomorrow for generic rentagun shooter 2000 ;)
(http://files.sharenator.com/oh_you_RE_Masturbational_Motivationals_RE_Dear_Blank-s447x335-180525.jpg)
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beta begins tomorrow for generic rentagun shooter 2000 ;)
(http://files.sharenator.com/oh_you_RE_Masturbational_Motivationals_RE_Dear_Blank-s447x335-180525.jpg)
is that a picture of your Russian lovechild?
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I'd hit that.
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I'd hit that.
youd shag anything so that doesnt surprise me :P
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beta starts in 15 minutes.....
...and im just trolling Saffy now :P
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HCnrU3FT8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HCnrU3FT8)
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so after playing a few games heres my early thoughts.
Graphics are shit, dx9 game in 2011, 1.5 gig install says it all.
Controls require you to have 3 hands
2 free classes others need unlocked/ bought
frankly its just like space marines MP but with crappier gfx and more cost, less early choice in role/weapons, however it does have bigger arenas.
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so after playing some more to gain more oversight
i can truly and honestly say its isnt generic shooter 20000
it is generic shooter 2000 with the addition of jetpacks, that is the only difference
it doesnt add anything new in fact it does a lot worse than some MP shooter games i played years ago (Unreal Tournament to name one that is old and vastly superior) (and the gfx look like it game from that era)
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well this "free to play cash cow generic shooter 2000" launches tomorrow
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Hadnt come to playing it so far, but today I have.
Really enjoying it so far, my skills aint so rusty as I feared they were and skiing is just awesome.
It must be that I havent played many dedicated shooters in the last few years, because for a generic shooter 2000 I think it's pretty good.
Haven't looked at gold prices (RL money - ingame currency) yet, and tbh I dont care (yet). For now I am seeing this as a free game with consequential limitations to what I can do and still having a real good time.
A nice pick up and drop down game like WoT, but much, much faster paced.
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So yeah, now that I have unlocked the engineer class I must say again that I really like this game. Deployable turrets, repairing base turrets, generator and radar and defending the flag is a nice mix of possibilities for this class. CTF (and prolly AD, but havent unlocked this yet - will come at lvl 8, and im lvl 5 now) is really the way to go with this game, as that is where the different classes shine in their roles.
It really has the look and feel of the old Tribes games: it is fast paced, has vehicles that offer extra tactical options while not being über and offers good possibilities for team play.
You start out with the 3 basic roles (light, medium, heavy) and can unlock more specified roles for about 7k XP (as comparison, for me as a mediochre player, I get around 1000 XP per game in general). Weapon upgrades are doable too, xp cost wise. Unlocking new weapons is very expensive (70-100k), but I still think they offer not that much of an advantage over new kids on the block.
What I don't like is that my videocard crashes after every 1-2 games. So will buy a new card for this (and other games that didnt run that well on my current 2nd hand card). I'm thinking a 6850 for €120,-. Matches my budget...
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meh, new gfx wont arrive untill wednesday I'm afraid... :(
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:(
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ok Saffy i admit i was too hasty
its fun not great though but fun
still dont like the pay model but cant have evrything i guess.
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ok Saffy i admit i was too hasty
its fun not great though but fun
still dont like the pay model but cant have evrything i guess.
Printed this to put it above my bed in a frame ;)
But yeah, it's not great. It's not quite innovative compared to the other Tribes games, just has some upgraded graphics and gameplay that mimics the old games. The old games were ahead of their time, but that was what... 10-15 years ago - even before UT etc were there.
And yeah, it's great fun to play. ;D
And yeah, F2P has downsides, but largely so because playing a game for free has become 'normal' within the community with illegal downloads and all... If everyone would be used to paying 20-40 (50?) euros for every game they play, the whole F2P system would be seen in a totally different perspective. But I've said too much already, let's not let this game's topic be derailed by another F2P discussion - again.
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WHOOHOO, my 6850 came in today already and ran fine for multiple games on end (where my old card fainted every 15 minutes or so).
When I took out my old card I noticed that a heatsink had dropped off (did I tell you I secured another heatsink with a tiewrap because it kept falling off) - so yeah, it was time for a new card, not one that had one dodgy fan and heatsinks dropping off left and right.
Pleased with my new and shiney gfx!
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Good vid of skiing/flag grabbing. Look at this guy getting 200+ kph speeds.
Tribes Ascend: Basic Capper's Guide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws5v_Yn85eU#ws)
And another vid of him hitting 300 kph, and doing an orbital strike while in descend to the enemy flag :)
Tribes Ascend: Low to High Fast Grab Drydock (DS) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GUdPFfFoVQ#ws)
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managed to get a max of 208 on my soldier and thats in medium armour
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nice!
dunno what the max is that I got on my tech. the last game I saw 150, but didnt really pay attn all the time.
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nice!
dunno what the max is that I got on my tech. the last game I saw 150, but didnt really pay attn all the time.
you have an accomplishment called "need for speed" or something like that that will tell you your max that you have hit.
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213, but that would prolly have been on my pathfinder...
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(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/318119_385127691529576_174337252608622_1026616_2018845142_n.jpg)
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I have installed this for possible Thursday night entertainment. I should be able to make 7:3ish PM GMT this week.
Anyone care to play some of this on the 10th?
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I have installed this for possible Thursday night entertainment. I should be able to make 7:3ish PM GMT this week.
Anyone care to play some of this on the 10th?
unless i get a better offer or am dead, sure :)
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I think it's nice for mindless shooting action. And I like the micropayment model, even though the payments in Tribes aren't very micro.
My dude is called Testicular. And I like blasting people with the soldier second weapon.
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Will try to be there this week :D