Unreal Warfare (UT3) - Very Tribes-like

"Unreal with jetpacks, modded by crayola." [T:V]

Before I get flamed: No, I am not saying this is a replacement for Tribes, just that it seems like it might carry on the spirit. For an active Tribes replacement, check out Gladiators - with enough donations, ZOD may be able to get a TGEA licence to really make it shine.

Check out the new Unreal Warfare mode -
Unreal Tournament 3 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament_III#Gam eplay)

The new mode will have massive maps, 15 vehicles, turrets, power nodes, and possibly a resource-based system (control of mines, etc. to build vehicles and turrets). The link gun will double as a repair gun, and all players will have hoverboards (and a grapple [:o!], that can be used to hitch a ride like Marty McFly).

The vehicles are absolutely crazy - not just in terms of number, but variety. A hovercraft with blades to impale; a War of the Worlds walker that can roll around like Samus; a stealth fighter that can deploy mines and stasis fields; several tanks; even a grav-cycle-like vehicle with a suicide attack.

Obviously this still isn't a Tribes replacement, but UnrealEngine3 will be highly moddable, so who knows what might be produced? Instead of holding your breath for Legions (if you haven't already passed out), pray that some modders who care take UT3 and give Tribes the successor it deserves.

Also, to any flamers, before you can say it, I will: ban.

I have always enjoyed Epic's engines, but each successive game was more lame than the previous. (UT2004 had major advances, but also major steps backward). Love hate.

I suspect UT3 will be sophomoric on steroids. But you are correct, it should be very moddable.

Its a good idea to produce a 'new' tribes-like game. I think someone already plans to do this.

As a comment - it may be a good idea to put to rest the idea that there ever will be a 'new tribes'.

That much emphasis on the vehicles is far from tribes.

"Unreal with jetpacks, modded by crayola." [T:V]

For an active Tribes replacement, check out Gladiators - with enough donations, ZOD may be able to get a TGEA licence to really make it shine.



where can I donate and how much does a licence cost?

15 vehicles

so tribes

unreal...

"hey guys, check this out. it's not tribes, but it's nifty"



"WTF THAT IS NOT TRIBES!!!11111"

That much emphasis on the vehicles is far from tribes.

Just a clarification - I never played 'Tribes' and have no opinion really about tribes. I started with T2, so when I say 'Tribes' I mean the game (like T2) that featured vehicles. As T2 was dying, mods were developed (for the T1 audience) which migrated the game to what it is today - T1'esque (absent vehicles). I should be more specific.

I, like thousands of others (not referring to T1 players) prefer combined arms games and enjoyed T2 (with vehicles).

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Is princevince a cougar? (Palouse) I saved the second image, good example of skiing terrain.

Good point.

Did you ever see XMP?

ill give it a shot

mod authors are going to go crazy with UT3 and Gears PC.

as far as saying that the UT3 warfare gametype is like tribes......i disagree with that statement. UT3 warfare = Ut2k4 onslaught more like it.

I played onslaught for a few days, got bored and went back to Tribes. Yawn.

I played onslaught for a few days, got bored and went back to Tribes. Yawn.

There is no Tribes ... only Zool.

Thats a great visual comparison. They did too much of the first in TV. Also for me Tribes (and I mean T1 and T2) is a lot about the physics, skiing, movment etc. The unreal engine at least the first two are not even close to being adequate for a a tribes game in my opinion. And of course a lot of Tribes is about the sense of scale that you just dont get in a lot of other FPS games. The only new engine that I've seen that seems to capture that feel is the new Project Offset (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22926.html) engine although Im sure Unreal 3 could do the same.

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The hoverboard is really the only thing new to the "onslaught" mode, other than that it feels exactly like onslaught 2k4

mod authors are going to go crazy with UT3 and Gears PC.

as far as saying that the UT3 warfare gametype is like tribes......i disagree with that statement. UT3 warfare = Ut2k4 onslaught more like it.

Would you agree that Quake Wars is like Tribes, now that you've actually had a chance to fucking play it?

You should seriously stop predicting what games will be like or unlike Tribes.

:rolleyes:

meow?

a new engine isnt gonna bring back tribes

tribes has been brought back 40 times already and it never works

it will take someone getting the attention of the newb masses of gamers and getting them to enjoy tribes-like gameplay for tribes to come back

and guess what? people play games to win. Tribes makes newbies lose. This is why WoW has 9 million subscribers - no skill required.