News: T:V Interview

The boys over at Homelan have posted an interview with Chris "Thrax" Mahnken talking about Tribes: Vengeance and how its progressing.<blockquote><a href=http://www.homelan.com>HomeLAN</a> - How hard has it been to create a memorable single player mode in a game which has emphasised multiplayer in its two previous incarnations?

Chris Mahnken - The biggest challenge has been the movement of Tribes. We really have to concentrate on meaningful goals for players because the jetpack gives them the ability to bypass just about anything they want. This has caused us to put a lot of thought (and swearing) into the single player map designs, with the end result being that our maps are less about killing wandering monsters and more about completing your goals.</blockquote>You can check out the whole thing <a href="http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=19391">here</a>.

Chris Mahnken - We talked with over 20 different developers when we were searching for a team to make Vengeance. We slowly whittled our list down to one very big name developer and two smaller developers and started working with them. They all turned in design docs and we went thru a round of revision and it became obvious that none of them got it. The big name wanted to make the same game they had just finished, but in Space instead of Europe. The others made improvements like less of that difficult jet packing stuff, etc… So after several months of searching we were back to square one. I had just finished playing the Freedom Force demo and so I took a wild shot and called Ken Levine and asked him if he would be interested in having his Freedom Force team start work on Tribes once they shipped. Everything clicked from the very beginning and it has been one of the best projects I’ve ever worked on.


interesting......what developer would that be? heh....the developrs of medieval total war?

cool

HomeLAN - In terms of gameplay, what will the actual combat be like in Tribes: Vengeance as opposed to other games in the series?

Chris Mahnken - We’ve put a lot of thought into making interior combat more fun than in the past. Players of other games frequently say that Tribes feels slow to them. What they’re talking about is quickness, and not straight-line speed. Tribes is easily the fastest in that respect, but when you move indoors and lose the ability to ski and jetpack easily the game seems to slow down a bit. We have a few tricks up our sleeves to change that in Tribes. Outdoors we’re still highly concentrated on skill based combat and vehicles that are not just powerful, but also fun to pilot. The great thing about combat in Tribes is that there is something for everyone. Heavy assault/defense, snipers, medics, sappers, etc… And when you want to change your role you just go to the inventory station and choose new gear.


wtf....:huh:

The most "medic" I've ever seen ingame would be someone tossing the HoF or HD repair kits. And WTF is a "sapper"? did he mean capper? or zapper? (for those elf fans...)

im excited 2 see what they have in store for in door battling

i think you should be able to like burst from wall to wall and shit

like plant your feet on the wall then jet to the other wall really fast. that would be tight

satchel pack and repair pack?

im excited 2 see what they have in store for in door battling

i think you should be able to like burst from wall to wall and shit

like plant your feet on the wall then jet to the other wall really fast. that would be tight

like wall jumping in jk2/jka? thatd be cool

HomeLAN - Finally, when will full scale beta testing of Tribes: Vengeance actually begin?

Chris Mahnken - I don’t have a specific date yet, but it should be sometime this summer I would think.


:cheers:

Sounds like faster walking speed and a more effective indoor combat weapon (burner, I bet)

HomeLAN - Finally, when will full scale beta testing of Tribes: Vengeance actually begin?

Chris Mahnken - I don’t have a specific date yet, but it should be sometime this summer I would think.

:signed:

Uvalan6

Why is your name in lower case on the thread listing, Imp?

7 more months till beta, START THE COUNTDOWN!!


:( So long.. :(

wtf....:huh:

The most "medic" I've ever seen ingame would be someone tossing the HoF or HD repair kits. And WTF is a "sapper"? did he mean capper? or zapper? (for those elf fans...)

He probably meant Capper..

As far as "Medic" the active and passive function and the way the new Repair packs work, yes, a Medic will be a very functional role. Thrax says.. http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5368403# 5368403

Perhaps some "special moves" as well like a drop and roll to the side or something.

my friend works for one of the companies who was approached.

Sapper:
1 - A military engineer who specializes in sapping and other field fortification activities.
2 - A military engineer who lays, detects, and disarms mines.

I guess its going to be something like Farmer? o.O

my friend works for one of the companies who was approached.

what company, i want names.

wtf....:huh:

The most "medic" I've ever seen ingame would be someone tossing the HoF or HD repair kits. And WTF is a "sapper"? did he mean capper? or zapper? (for those elf fans...)Sapper (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sapper) . It's a word. Look it up.

And not everybody whol reads an interview understands all the positions we have in tribes. Many are coming from other games, and so it behooves (another word you may need to look up) me to use terms they understand and are used to.

what company, i want names.If you've heard of them we probably had them on a list, and if they're big we probably talked to them (excepting Valve, who we never talked to, and never considered).