My favorite past time is to play tirbes (shifter3D mode), made by Dynamix and marketed by Sierra.  Tribes 1 is an older game since Tribes2 is out already and now they are making Tribes3, but somehow i like tribes 1 better.  Clan life is very atcive in tribes, there are many clans forming and competing against each other.

I'm in  {L/S}  clan.  and we play on Home of ZT-clan servers

what is tribes:

It's a first-person shooter, but it's only "like Quake" in the sense that it's the same genre.

For the most part the gameplay has a much more controlled pace to it, so it's not quite as twitchy a game.

It's multiplayer only and really encourages teamplay. You are also able to deploy objects throughout the map to help your team with offense and defense.

You can also affect certain objects throughout the map (such as destroying an enemy radar sensor or repairing your team's main generator), control turrets and operate vehicles. You are also able to customize your weapon loadout and choose between various armor types that have different protection value and mobility.

It's multiplay only, and most games are CTF between two teams, but I've seen Multiple Team games with 3 or 4 sides. There are also

"Defend and Destroy" missions where the goal is to protect certain objects in your base while destroying the enemy's.

"Find and Retrieve" missions where your team must locate and recover flags throughout the map to win.

"Capture and Hold" missions where your team must claim an objective (or objectives) and hold it until time runs out or until your team has accumulated enough points.

"Deathmatch", which nobody really plays, and

"Rabbit", which is pretty much kill-the-man-with-the-flag.

All in all, if you haven't tried Tribes yet, you're really missing out. It should be available for a pretty low price nowadays ($15 or lower), since it's been out for at least a year and a half (I think). I can confidently say it's one of the best games I've ever played, that it's set a new standard for future multiplayer games, both in terms of gameplay and features, and that if you enjoy any type of FPS game, you'll LOVE Tribes. (And just wait till Tribes 2 comes out in November!!)
Jun 4 2000

created by carribolo: Thursday, 2004-07-02 017:37

updated: 2004 07 03

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