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Tribes 2. 14 classic games for free

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GENERAL INFORMATION

  1. Genre: online shooter
  2. Release date: 2001
  3. Developer: Dynamix
  4. Available at: Tribes Universe website

An iconic online shooter with huge maps that withstood battles involving over a hundred players in the largest matches. Here, players assume the role of a soldier wearing a power armor and fight as infantry soldiers, vehicle operators, and jetpack troopers. Tribes 2 offered a lot of game modes, strategies and suit enhancements which translates into a lot of fun. And a hell of a dynamic gameplay.

Interestingly enough, Tribes are set in the same universe as the aforementioned EarthSiege 2, and the game is a part of the so-called Tribes Legacy - a series of games that Hi-Rez shared on their website for free. They are all worth checking out, because also fans of single-player shooters will find something for themselves, namely a game developed by Irrational Games (BioShock, BioShock Infinite) called Tribes Vengeance. This game looks quite decent, as it’s based on Unreal Engine 2.

HOW WELL DID IT AGE?

Apart from the visuals, quite well - after all, it’s a complex game with a lot of things to do. The question is, will you find any players on the servers? Sure, you might succeed if you visit the fanbase website - tribesnext.com. In general, you find only bots there, but there are some real players from time to time. And if you fail to find anyone to play with, there’s still Tribes Vengeance, in which you don’t have to worry about it.

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Hubert Sosnowski

Hubert Sosnowski

He joined GRYOnline.pl in 2017, as an author of texts about games and movies. Learned how to write articles while working for the Dzika Banda portal. His texts were published on kawerna.pl, film.onet.pl, zwierciadlo.pl, and in the Polish Playboy. Has published stories in the monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror magazine, as well as in the first volume of the Antologii Wolsung. Lives for "middle cinema" and meaty entertainment, but he won't despise any experiment or Fast and Furious. In games, looks for a good story. Loves Baldur's Gate 2, but when he sees Unreal Tournament, Doom, or a good race game, the inner child wakes up. In love with sheds and thrash metal. Since 2012, has been playing and creating live action role-playing, both within the framework of the Bialystok Larp Club Zywia, and commercial ventures in the style of Witcher School.

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