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Same here. Tribes 1 was one the best games I've played, to date. It was extremely fast paced, had an amazing team dynamic, and the character movement (skiing

• robertfw 11y ago
  Tribes 2 was pretty crap when it came out but the Classic mod gave it much the same feel as Tribes 1. I lost several years to the competitive scene. There were organized competitions as recent as a year or 2 back, and there is still a public server with enough of a population to play at most times.
• Zancarius 11y ago
  Projectile physics were one of my favorite points (besides the open environment). You had to be aware of your own motion vector if you wanted to accurately place a shot with most weapons. Sadly, later installments (T:V, I'm looking at you) never quite had that same feeling. That was probably part of what made it relatively unfriendly to newbies from other shooters, but I felt it made the game a bit more intense and required a bit more focus rather than strictly mindless button-mashing.
  • tgb 11y ago
    Didn't they have a weird compromise in terms of projectile physics and the player's motion? I remember reading about it and thinking that doing so would make it harder to use than doing it physically accurately but I forget the details.