Tribes: Ascend

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Beta open:

http://www.hirezstudios.com/hirezwp/

Inventory......to the face!

Dude ain't half bad.

[Quango]

this is a really fast game, old school tribes people are complaining but that's not new...

They recently did a pass removing hitscan weapons and the tribes fans liked it but the new players didn't.

Hirez is the developer of Global Agenda, the CEO made millions on a Point of sale application for taco bell drive throughs and put his capital into a game development studio with no publisher pushing their deadlines.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

I did not know that. Hopefully, they can pull a Gabe Newell then.

[Quango]

Hmm dunno. They really burned some bridges with the MMOFPS community with the way people think they botched Global Agenda.

My clan beta'd the hell out of that game for a solid 6 months. The game at launch was designed in such a way that you had to have an A-team (and two supportive B-string lineups) online three hours a night, seven nights a week. We managed to dominate for a month but people were so burnt out, some haven't gone back even after it went f2p.

The game was great when you could only play it for a weekend out of the month -- but when it came down to it, there was little there beyond the sports season Alliance vs Alliance competitions. [EDIT: A roflstomp is only fun for so long...]

I don't know what was lost from beta to release, but a lot of people were really upset. I see those people (this is the global MMOFPS community) looking for the next big game. They're looking at Firefall, Tribes: Ascend and Planetside 2. Maybe DUST 514, but that's PS3 exclusive. They've left HiRez behind.

In addition to Tribes: Ascend, HiRez is also making what I believe to be an action rpg involving mythical gods battling it out. I don't know much about it though.

[Quango]

not that this beta is that exclusive, but I have a beta key for anybody who is interested in this game to try out.

[Ghost [PX]]

I also have a beta key if anyone wants one.

I was also a little unimpressed by the game. It did have some of that old tribes feeling, but there just seemed to be something missing. I haven't gone back. Maybe it was me, but I was not sucked into it.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

New launch trailer here.

I think you may recognize its reference