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

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[–] this_dude_eating_beans@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

I was into Tribes: Ascend, and feel a lot of fomo about missing out on Tribes 2

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.