Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
by yardstick on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:05AM
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T1 remains my favourite Tribes game, especially with the mods (Shifter ftw!). T2 was ok, but too focused on glitz and I didn’t like the change to the skiing mechanic.
I'm with you. T1 discfusor sniping+skiing was deeply satisfying.
Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
by joshstrange on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:53PM
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T1, I randomly was thinking of this just last night. I put so many hours into that game and loved the mods. Putting laser turrets behind shields/walls to protect them was so cool. I think it was the first fighting/building game I'd played (FPS at least, I loved AoE/StarCraft/etc) and I wish I could go back to those late nights playing with friends.
> It still blows my mind that 007 Golden Eye existed as a popular game at the same time with Starsiege: Tribes when they were worlds apart in quality and gameplay.
I agree with your overall sentiment, but I do think that GoldenEye was relatively more accessible in terms of MSRP and technical setup.
That takes me back. I vividly recall some ultra-heavy armor that toted around 6 chainguns, 3 on each side of the screen. It was great at blotting fast movers out of the sky.
The modding scene for Tribes 1 really was something else.
Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
by raisedbyninjas on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:14PM
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BattleField 1942 was released a year after Tribes 2. It got a bunch of praise for FPS & vehicles, built-in voice chat, seamless outdoor AND indoor environments. It sounded familiar.
It still blows my mind that 007 Golden Eye existed as a popular game at the same time with Starsiege: Tribes when they were worlds apart in quality and gameplay.