I think about saboteur a lot. And red faction. Oh volition... Oh pandemic

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[–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

No one has been able to re-create how this game felt. Every attempt at making a new version of this one loses something in the process. Game studios don't understand that graphics and fluidity aren't the defining features of a game. The defining features are

  • no voicechat
  • plasma discing someone mid air during a duel
  • jetpacking into an enemy base, stealing their flag, and skiing away
  • destroying your enemy's generators and hiding out in the basement to kill them when they come to repair them
  • vibes

Haven't played this game in nearly 20 years and even then it was considered an old game with only around 3-4 dedicated servers left. Wonder how that's going nowadays.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Oh shit I played Tribes: Ascend and loved it! Didn't know there was more to the franchise. I should get back into it.

    A quick look later and this game went on for 12 years??? And it got shut down last October?? Goddammit. I loved the movement and the progress when I played it back in '13.

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