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Tribes: Ascend to be F2P, first gameplay video revealed.

It's a model that has worked extremely well for Riot, and with Tribes: Ascend, Hi-Rez hopes to emulate that success. Naturally, there are some differences, though. Instead of buying champions, Tribes players will be buying loadouts. A loadout determines the characteristics of your character in battle -- specifically, their armor type (light, medium or heavy) which also affects movement (heavy units move slowly, light very quicky), the two weapons they will be carrying, the type of explosive they will wield, and what their pack (which can change the dynamic of a character) does.

Wizziokid4694d ago

looks interesting, since it's FP2 no, harm in checking it out either.

ATiElite4694d ago

Looks a lot better than i thought. Now i can't wait to play this classic franchise and the original Halo.

fr00ty-wizenhymer4694d ago

Funny Coincidence, Halo was actually inspired by Tribes.

orakga4694d ago

Tribes 2 was hands-down the best FPS ever made. Unfortunately all the sequels since 2 have been washed-down disgraces to the franchise.

This game does look very promising, but I hope they don't fuck up the gameplay. The idea of selling loadouts is verrry iffy to me, especially when being able to customize your loadouts HOWEVER you want was one of the best things about Tribes.

That said, if it means I have to spend $40 or so to "unlock" all the necessary loadouts, I have no issues. It'll be a win-win for everyone.

ATiElite4694d ago

F2p (Free 2 Play) is cool but P2W (Pay 2 Win) is not.

I play Battlefieldplay4free and buying guns and outfits is cool but you can spend zero and still be competitive. I do not like having to pay to have a chance to win and if that's the case then just charge us money for the game.

SteveThe1ne4694d ago

Glad to see Tribes returning with a punch. F2P will be a good move, especially since Team Fortress 2 went there.

DirtyLary4694d ago

Everything here on out pretty much. The next chapter of MMO is upon us.

SteveThe1ne4694d ago (Edited 4694d ago )

Yea, I'm liking the trend of F2P...I do hope games like this and Guild Wars to get in the hang of making good games and being free to play.

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The Best Free Online Games For 2017

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GhostTurtle2592d ago

Was expecting a bigger list tbh.

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Hi-Rez gives Tribes: Ascend an "Out of the Blue" Update

Back in March of 2013, Hi-Rez broke the news to its Tribes: Ascend fans that they would need to take several months away from the game in order to focus all its efforts on SMITE. Several months became more than two years, and fans were beginning to believe that Hi-Rez would simply never return to Tribes.

But the recent 1.1 update -- a.k.a. the Out of the Blue Update -- has proven those naysayers wrong.

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Tribes Ascend update – Massive changes and no more pay to win

If you thought Hi-Rez Studios were done with Tribes Ascend, think again. Today they are launching a major update to the free to play shooter that fans of the original games might just approve of.

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