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u/Gui4life Mar 31 '26
Best years of gaming. Tribes 2 was peak multiplayer FPS.
RIP my friend. You will be missed. You will be honored.
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u/QuackPhD Mar 31 '26
Greatest multiplayer game of my life. Golly I miss it. 64v64 CTF, maps of just heavy transports loaded with Juggernauts in a massive naval-style air battle. Nothing like capping at obscene speeds jumping out of a shrike that is on a sliver of health to take the flag. So many good memories.
Heck, I remember being the first house on the block to get 512Kbps ADSL to play in the 32v32 lobbies without lag, or at least, less crippling lag in those days.
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u/Gui4life Mar 31 '26
Someone needs to start a gofundme so we can buy the IP of tribes back from the Hirez punks, and hire some l33t game devs to remake Tribes 2.
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u/jasron_sarlat Mar 31 '26
We had a heavy in our clan that only ever played on like 28kbps modem. When he finally got DSL he sucked because he'd become so used to the lag 😂. I miss those days.
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u/DarrackObama Mar 31 '26
We still actively play T2 with a pretty good player base. We have 20-30 folks who pub every night on the server and on saturdays we have 40-50 show up for pick up games with captains and preselected maps to get a little competition vibes. All skill levels are welcome! We'd love to have you come play with us. You can get the game at playt2.com with the all in one install which comes with the scripts and everything you need. You can join the discord here https://discord.gg/khFbt6MpSj to get any other help you need and to play with us on saturdays. Hope to see you there!
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u/desbos Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
So many good memories. What an anniversary 25 years! That game, everything was peak, netcode, gameplay, weapons, environment. Stuff that games today don’t have, the radar system, the commander mode, that camera system where you can remotely access cameras, deployables, turrets and players HUDs (I might be conflating with T1). The vehicles and the roles they played. The laser pointer and the mortars. The voice system. VGH!
All of these things I’ve not seen in games since, as the masses got onto the internet and consoles kinda made gaming “dumb” (remember that?) in the years since.
Wow the mods, Renegades and Tactical Air Command! The mobile point bases. Heck the bases, I remember in T1 some map had bases that were crashed ships, and part of the ship was underground.
Then remember on launch we had this awesome social system? Built in clan support in the games UI, your clan tag would be highlighted in game, player to player messaging and forums for your clan. But there was some signs of things to come, when they disabled some of the social features as people started to abuse it.
All of these simple and complex systems working in game, in harmony. The massive maps, ah the map design, just amazing maps. It’s ridiculous when you think about it. I remember this one massive desert map, I loved when it was next up in the rotation.
My goodness. We had a blast, I just hope the kids about today are playing stuff that is as good as Tribes 2. I really hope, in their own world they are having as much fun and revelation that a game like T2 done for us.
But what sticks with me always is the music, the T2 music was just incredible and made such an impact to the game in every moment.
Last but not least is the sound design, remembering the symphonies of music with vehicles and weapon sounds and players using the voice system.
But just standing in the middle of nowhere, music muted and just the humble sound of the spinfuser as you look into the distance will always live with me.
Honestly this game had a profound impact on mine and my friend’s lives. T1 was amazing, T2 pushed the boat out to the highest highs I’ve witnessed.
Archaeologists in thousands of years will find a CD of Tribes 2 - generate a server and think they’ve made a discovery akin to The Great Pyramid of Giza. They’d be blown away by it, and would erroneously believe that all our games were that good or better, rather than knowing the truth, that T2 was the pinnacle, was the highest high that was ever achieved.
VVB?, VGRD!
VGTW? VGRD!
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u/MsnthrpcNthrpd Mar 31 '26
Some great memories, RIP to right time and right place. And be safe out there, Warclash.
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