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Starsiege: Tribes
Developer(s)Dynamix
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line
Designer(s)Scott Youngblood
EngineDarkstar
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseNovember 30, 1998
2004 (freeware)
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Starsiege: Tribes screenshot

Starsiege: Tribes (commonly referred to simply as Tribes) is a sci-fi first-person shooter video game. It is the first of the Tribes video game series and follows the story from Earthsiege and Starsiege. It was developed by Dynamix and published by the company now known as Sierra Entertainment in 1998.

Gameplay

Each player has armor, the amount depending on armor type. When damage is dealt to the player (by falling or being hurt by a weapon), armor is lost. Loss of all armor results in the player's death. After dying, the player "respawns" at the team's base (or somewhere in the field). Players also have an energy cell, which is drawn on for jetting, firing certain weapons, and activating packs.

Three armor types are available, and can be accessed at an inventory station. Heavier armors supply larger amounts of armor, energy, and ammunition as well as more weapons and equipment.

Reception

Sequels

Although sales figures were relatively poor, Tribes established a large cult following. Dynamix decided to try to make the gameplay more easily accessible and improve upon the game's graphics, releasing Tribes 2 in March 2001. Together, sales totaled almost one million copies.

Since Dynamix was shut down shortly after Tribes 2 was released, Sierra licensed the franchise to Irrational Games for a third installment; Tribes: Vengeance was released in October 2004. Tentatively referred to as Tribes: Story during development, this sequel promised a full single-player campaign as well as a full-featured multiplayer experience. By March 2005, however, Irrational had abandoned plans for further work on Tribes: Vengeance at Vivendi's behest in favor of future projects, such as the tactical shooter SWAT 4. A combination of poor sales and a gameplay style that did not please hardcore Tribes fans led to the release of only one patch that fixed minor bugs. Retail copies of the game have since been liquidated and the game retains many gameplay balance issues and bugs.

Re-release

On April 9, 2004, Vivendi Universal announced that they would release Tribes and Tribes 2 for free on May 4, 2004 on a DVD-ROM with Computer Gaming World magazine and on FilePlanet.com. This was to promote the release of the upcoming sequel, Tribes: Vengeance. It can also be downloaded directly from Vivendi Universal's web-site. However, the installed version of the game is only patched to 1.8, not the most current version, 1.11. The patch can be found in varying locations online, including the official website[3] and FilePlanet[4], though the patch program has been known to fail completely on certain systems. There also exists an unofficial "1.30 Last Hope" patch[5] which makes the game compatible with all 1.11 (and previous) servers, as well as special "Last Hope" servers which employ certain anti-cheat measures.

See also

References

  1. ^ Michael E. Ryan (1999-01-22). "Starsiege Tribes Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. ^ a b c "Starsiege Tribes Reviews". Game Rankings. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  3. ^ "Tribes Patch 1.8 to 1.11 from Vivendi Universal". Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  4. ^ "Tribes Patch 1.8 to 1.11 from FilePlanet". Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  5. ^ "v1.30 LastHope Patch". Retrieved 2009-01-06.
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