Tribes 2 gameplay
There's also a handy-dandy sticky mine that will cling to any surface. And the new camera grenades are a great way to carry multiple cameras without having to waste a pack slot. There's a concussion grenade that will stun players for a brief time as well as a flash grenade that will blind your opponents. First off, there's a whole new bevy of innovative grenades that are going to change the strategies currently used by Tribes players. While playing the ECTS demo, we got to use some of the new items that they've recently implemented into the game.
The buggies just seemed too bouncy and difficult to control. After playing around with the vehicles in an early Tribes 2 build, I can tell you that I for one am glad they went back and re-evaluated the physics model. They just weren't happy with how the vehicles responded in the game. While the graphical changes were a welcomed surprise, we also learned that Dynamix had retooled the physics engine to give it a better feel. Now instead of having a level where it's raining or snowing continuously, storm fronts will move in and out during a match, adding a whole new gameplay element into the mix. Sure, it doesn't add much to gameplay, but the new gestures look awesome, and can be effective taunting tools just to piss the opposing team off.Īlthough we didn't get to see it in action, we were told that the team has also been working on dynamic weather patterns for the game.
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We also got to see some of the new character animations, like a full body spin and high leg kick. These curved walls make traversing narrow vertical tunnels much easier than in Tribes as the bottom and top of the chutes are now curved, alleviating the problem of getting snagged on a hard edge and wasting precious energy. While the base walls were very flat and square in the original, Tribes 2 sees the additions of curved surfaces. One of the biggest graphical changes can be found in the bases themselves. Since the last time I saw Tribes 2, the textures look tighter, the lighting effects look more brilliant, and everything just looks smoother. I can definitely notice a big difference. Not only did this make the game look better, but it also served to speed up the game as well. The team at Dynamix wasn't happy with the visual quality of Tribes 2, so they recently overhauled the graphics engine. The first thing I noticed when I sat down is that the game looks a lot better than it did at E3. And after playing some Tribes 2 today, I can confirm that the folks at Dynamix have been busy, busy, busy.and the game is coming along quite nicely. Given our love of the original Tribes, we were curious to see how the sequel was progressing. Many a late night are still spent here after hours capturing flags, raiding bases, and plowing scouts into enemy heavies just for fun. As you probably already know, Tribes is one of our favorite shooters around the office.