Tribes for free

Mushnator · 2004-06-17, 03:11 AM

In order to celebrate the future release of Tribed: Vengence, Vivendi Universal is providing the full download of the original Tribes game. Best thing? It's FREE. I got on today and was suprized to see several full servers. It was nostalgia all over again and I actually had fun. Fast load times, amazing FPS, but then again it ain't no Far Cry.

The full game can be DL'ed here, along with the patchs.

*NOTE* When you install the game, it asks if you would want to auto-update. Click NO, and download this patch. It should work. Also, once you start the DL, the Install Shield seems to stop at 99%. It is loading, so just give it a sec.

Hope to see some of you guys on.

EineBeBoP · 2004-06-17, 03:25 AM

This is ever so slightly O*F*N.
Grab your flame-proof suit!

I Hate Pants · 2004-06-17, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by EineBeBoP

Grab your flame-proof suit!

oh yeah, and tribes sucks

Manitou · 2004-06-17, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by I Hate Pants

oh yeah, and tribes sucks

Just a heads up - Tribes 2, which was somewhat of a sequel to Tribes 1, was SmokeJumper's first attempt at an MMOFPS. His dream for what would one day become PlanetSide began in Tribes 2.

So, this community can actually trace it's roots back to Tribes.

EarlyDawn · 2004-06-17, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by Manitou

Just a heads up - Tribes 2, which was somewhat of a sequel to Tribes 1, was SmokeJumper's first attempt at an MMOFPS. His dream for what would one day become PlanetSide began in Tribes 2.

So, this community can actually trace it's roots back to Tribes.

Tribes was not MMO.

JetRaiden · 2004-06-17, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by EarlyDawn

Tribes was not MMO.

no kidding but smokejumper's original plan was to make it one.

Manitou · 2004-06-17, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by EarlyDawn

Tribes was not MMO.

No it wasn't, but it was the first baby steps to an MMOFPS. T2 had the tremendous maps, the massive use of vehicles requiring multiple ship formations and it also had the Jericho, which was very similar to an AMS. Personally I feel SmokeJumper's dream was too big for Sierra to comprehend and they lost out on the chance to do it. Plus you had all the T1 people screaming it wasn't like T1 - duh - it wasn't T1.

Anyway, it is all history now and SJ has intelligently divorced himself from that community.

TekDragon · 2004-06-17, 11:49 AM

Awesome, now that some of the servers are filling back up I might give it another try. Guess i'll have to find where i buried the old Tribes skillz and dust em off.

Originally Posted by I Hate Pants

oh yeah, and tribes sucks

Straight from the mouth of a newb.

eXoSloth · 2004-06-17, 03:57 AM

Yeah, I think there was already a thread about this.

321 · 2004-06-17, 04:05 AM

Old old old news man.

Mr1337Duck · 2004-06-17, 09:09 AM

Not just that, but also to a broken condom that led to Smokie's conception.

Hamma · 2004-06-17, 09:16 AM

Anyway, I don't care if tribes is free its still not worth it.

ZeusCali · 2004-06-17, 12:03 PM

tek you just came from flamming gohan didn't you? thats probable why that sounded so stupid.. oh well ps and tribes2 are very similar but not as many people can zerg a base in tribes 2. if ps had only 10-20 people in one small area it would be dam close to T2

...dude stop flamming gohan

Dharkbayne · 2004-06-17, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by ZeusCali

tek you just came from flamming gohan didn't you? thats probable why that sounded so stupid.. oh well ps and tribes2 are very similar but not as many people can zerg a base in tribes 2. if ps had only 10-20 people in one small area it would be dam close to T2

...dude stop flamming gohan

Did he flame Gohan in this thread? No.

Tribes 2 is one of the hardest fucking FPS's to play, everyone else is so much damn better than me.

ZeusCali · 2004-06-17, 12:37 PM

no hDrakbynea but i doubt if any one even looks at my posts any more, so i just posted for him to stop flamming in this thread instead of gohans

Edit* just finished downloading and updating :-D name Zeuscalius