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Tribes 2
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Vivendi Universal
EAN: 0020626710459
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Vivendi Universal
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
Model: 71045
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Release Date: March 30, 2001
Studio: Vivendi Universal
Variation Description: Tribes 2
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Editorial Review:
Enter breathtaking worlds where brainpower and teamwork are the only true keys to survival. Plus, join an existing Tribe or start one of your own!
Are you a team player? You'd better be if you hope to succeed in Tribes 2, an epic first-person shooter where the lifetime of a lone wolf is usually measured in seconds. Like its predecessor, Tribes 2 focuses on team-based multiplayer combat in 40th-century wars between jetpack-equipped infantry factions. A minimal single-player tutorial campaign is included to let newcomers familiarize themselves with the game's mechanics, but nothing can fully prepare a person for the chaos of Tribes 2's unique flavor of multiplayer first-person combat.
Tribes 2 simply shines in the multiplayer team conflicts for which it was designed, and the tactical possibilities are nearly endless. Players can hop into vehicles, as a pilot skims over the planet's surface and threads narrow canyons while team members in the back blast enemies as they whip by. Miles of varying terrain separate each team's base, yet the transitions from outdoors to indoors are entirely seamless, regardless of an installation's complexity. There are endless weapon load outs and armor combinations from which to choose, and equipment, such as targeting lasers and deployable defense turrets, really add to the game's depth. For example, a player in light scout armor can quickly move to within range of an outpost, then illuminate it with the targeting laser for his heavily armed buddies crouching behind a hill. These heavies can fire their mobile mortars in complete safety with the knowledge that the laser will guide the rounds on target. This is just one example of the need for teamwork in Tribes 2.
Graphically, Tribes 2 leaves a little to be desired in terms of detail, but the massive environments more than compensate for that shortcoming. It sometimes is possible to see enemies approaching from a few miles away, and those foolish enough to silhouette themselves on a ridgeline are soon dispatched by an enemy laser sniper they'll probably never see. The special effects are excellent, and there are few shooters on the market that can match the intensity Tribes 2 reaches when dozens of players are fighting all at once. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros: - Crisp graphics with great special effects
- Team-based gameplay offers a whole new world for deathmatch fans to explore
Cons: - Lame single-player campaign
- It is tough to learn the ropes in the brutal online matches
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 50,000 people playing Counter-Strike right now?
Tribes 2 is a really fun game. Sierra/Dynamix got just about everything right. Of course, what's unique about the Tribes series is that players are equipped with a jet-pack. This adds a whole new dimension of speed, vertical movement, and FPS mayhem to the contest.
The weapons are a kick. There's the Tribes standard Disk Launcher, which shoots explosive blue frisbees. It has a medium rate, medium damage, and high speed shot which explodes on contact. There's my favorite, the grenade ... Read More
Rating: - Incredible simply amazing
ive been playing tribes 2 for maybe 2 years. and in all of my experiences i have never found a game that was this good. first off, you know your in for a treat when you start a match and you see men flying around everywhere in arieal combat. The maps are huge and its easy to get lost. Tribes 2 combines rpg and first person shooting like never before. there are 3 armour types light medium and juggernaut. each carrys diffrent weaponry, for example a light can only care small equipment while a juggernaut ... Read More
Rating: - This Game is now free at fileplanet
Unless you badly want a disc copy, this game is now free for download from fileplanet. (www.fileplanet.com)
It's a promotion for the upcoming Tribes: Vengance, which is coming out later this year.
Also, the games younger incarnation, Starsiege: Tribes is also free.
Don't forget, you need a CD key (which you can get for free at the same site) for tribes 2
Rating: - Fanatically Fun!!!!
Tribes 2 is one of the best games I've played to date!
There are so many things you can do,there is not enough space
in this column to even scratch the surface.
For starters,you must have a good on-line connection,cable or DSl;too have the most fun with the game.
Though you can play off-line,to practice and hone your skills.
Video graphics are not demanding at all,so just about any video card should work.
There are about 10 different games to choose from,although my farvorite ... Read More
Rating: - Best online play ever
Tribe 2 has the best online play ever. Its better than planetside and th egood thing is that you don't have to pay monthly like poepl for planetside do. I think they should start making more copies of the game. I know that every EB adn Best Buy, etc I went to didn't have. So i came hear and found it right away thanks Amazon.com. Tribes 2 isn't expensive so go ahead and buy it; if you dont like it than owell; you only wasted about[$$$].
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