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235 days ago
I will no longer be posting here. I've moved back to Blogger. http://evanvolm.blogspot.com
244 days ago
Lately, I've been reading about DLC. A lot of DLC. And, maybe it's just my imagination, but more and more companies seem to be announcing DLC before the game releases. Some even giving a general date(soon after the game's release, usually). I'm all for DLC. Really, I am. It's a great little feature to keep games from dying a few weeks after their release. But for the love of God, stop announcing DLC before the actual game has released. It makes you look greedier than you already are. We all know how DLC can be ridiculously high sometimes(sometimes! Now always). So when we hear about a game for a few months, letting the hype set in, then announcing there will be downloadable content soon after its release just isn't a smart thing to do nowadays. Unfortunately this seems to be a growing trend, with the whole RE 5 debacle a few weeks ago, the announcement of Godfather II DLC, now we have the announcement of map packs for Dark Athena. It sounds as if the content is almost, ...
250 days ago
And no, I don't mean the actual bases in Tribes. Well, some bases are pretty good, but they're just bases. Tribes 'base' is, essentially, Tribes in its birthday suit. No modifications at all, other than a few base alterations. There are 5 basic aspects of 'base': Defend your flag, go after the enemy flag, defend your flag carrier, attack the enemy flag carrier, and of course capping the flag(if you have it). You're constantly doing something. Simply squatting behind the enemy base isn't a smart move, and it's actually frowned upon. You'll sometimes get kicked for doing such thing. Now, I don't normally play on 'base' servers. While I originally played Tribes without mods back in 1998/99, since then I've grown so accustomed to mods that 'base' looked boring. No new armors? Weapons? Turrets? It really didn't seem appealing, and I never saw the advantage. How wrong I was... Tribes base is easily the most intense version of Tribes you can play nowadays. ...
251 days ago
Well, I'm still not sure if I'll be able to play the next incarnation of Tribes. From what I understand, they'll be releasing a standalone version of the game, as well as having it playable in a browser at PlayTribes.com. I'd much prefer to play on the standalone version. But even then, it kinda sounds like it'll be in OpenGL mode, which just won't work for me. That was my main worry. Still, they've yet to really get into details, so I could be totally wrong(which is what I'm hoping for) InstantAction's newest podcast has an interview with Justin DuJardin, who worked on the game with Alex Rodberg(I think?) for about a year. If you're interested in knowing just how Tribes on IA will work, I'd highly recommend giving it a listen. Edit: Also, they'll be showing off 'Tribes IA' (dunno what else to call it) next week at GDC. Not sure what exact date, maybe all week. Read up on it here.
254 days ago
You should know by now how much I enjoy Tribes, so imagine the surprise I got when I read that InstantAction would be bringing the game to browsers. 'Surprise' doesn't even come near to how I felt. As of now I can't play any of the games on their website, which sucks, but I still support them. Since Tribes runs perfectly well on this beast, I'm wondering if it might just be possible to play it in a browser. The graphics will obviously be lower than Fallen Empire: Legions, which works in my favor. There's really not much else to say about this. I'm still in shock about it all. Really hope this brings back the Tribes community, or at least gives people a chance to play it who couldn't before.
