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The answer to planetside 2!
joe2119
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Hi-rez, a company dedicated to their projects and their project's development have under taken a tribes mmo and when you look at the frame work it sounds exactly like planetside...but with jetpacks.
* Three Tribes (factions)
* Full clan (agency) support
* First person view (third person for some vehicles)
* Full vehicle support (ground and air)
* Full persistent world with territory control (no instances)
* PvP focused
* Huge outdoor maps (about 10x the area of sonoran desert)
* Large scale fights (100+ players)
* Jetpacks, skiing, lots of weapons, etc
Alpha testing will begin at the start of the year (about 3 months from now) and Global Agenda players with level 50 characters will have priority in entering Alpha and Beta testing
Thanks for your support
http://forum.globalagendagame.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=27767&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
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Wait... so let me get this straight.
Hi-Rez make Global Agenda, a game they touted as the spiritual successor to both Planet Side and Tribes. Global Agenda does OK, receives pretty good reviews and secures a loyal fanbase.
Hi-Rez THEN announce ANOTHER MMO, which YET AGAIN is the spiritual successor to Tribes and Planet Side.
Erm....
MY BRAIN HURTS.
http://www.themmoquest.com - MMO commentary from an overly angry brit. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
Mmm, idk exactly what they said but global agenda was obviously never tribes or planetside but more TF2 with jetpacks and a territory mode.
This is sound much more like planetside with a tribes setting.
Well, if they were claiming that Global Agenda was any kind of "successor" to Planetside then they were/are dead wrong.
if this second project is true and they are indeed making it,then we'll see about theyre second attempt.
They specifically stated whilst GA was in development that they were making a game inspired by both Tribes and Planetside. Should go and look at the pre-release interviews if you doubt that.
EDIT: After looking over things, it appears they've actually purchased the Tribes franchise from Garage Games, which'll explain where they are coming from. This is quite interesting because Garage Games only recently acquired the rights to the franchise after Activision and Vivendi merged and dropped a load of titles from their library. It's also interesting because Garage Games suggested they had plans to relaunch Tribes 2 as a browser-based game using their InstantAction platform, as well as hinting at a new Tribes title. Perhaps InstantAction isn't actually that good after all.
Not to happy to see Hi-Rez get their hands on Tribes to be perfectly honest. Global Agenda is an OK game but that's about it. It's highly doubtful that any of the old skool Tribes guys (like Flatliners) will be excited by this, or have any interest in it beyond, "oh that'll probably be shit." Think those that want a Tribes-like game will stick to Legions (if it ever reappears).
http://www.themmoquest.com - MMO commentary from an overly angry brit. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
Since when did "inspired" (which i know they did use) mean successor?
They never said what elements they took and what elements inspired them. Stop trolling for the sake of trolling. be excited.
I read the whole post..
it turns out that Hi-Rez has bought the Tribes franchise and is making what is called "Tribes Universe"
sounds very planetside like (which is awesome!)..3 factions,massive maps,100+ players battling it out,vehicles(air and land)...
im already salivating,I hope Hi-Rez pulls out a gem in this game!
here's the whole post from the Hi-Rez boards:
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Here is a brief update on what’s been happening at HiRez Studios.
Those of you that have been playing Global Agenda know that over the last year we have been consistently adding new features/content and releasing it at no charge to the Global Agenda community. We plan to continue doing this on an on-going basis as much as possible and over the next couple of months everyone will see new maps, raids, flair, and weapons (starting with the Halloween event next week).
As most of you know, Global Agenda is an ambitious project that incorporates many different gameplay modes (PvP, PvE, AvA, Raids, Open Zone, DA). Over time we had many requests for additional game play modes, especially larger spaces and fights. Earlier this year we released the Sonoran Desert quest zone as an area that would help players ease into the game while testing our technology limits for having large areas and many players in the same zone. Our plan for a first paid expansion was to continue on that path with Warzones which were designed as large open areas where players can PvP.
As we worked on Warzones we found too many design and programming issues to make it practical. Global Agenda was designed around 10v10 team play and there was no practical path found to scale it up in a significant way (to large scale numbers like 100 players in a single area). As a result we plan to continue releasing more Global Agenda content but only in the formats players are already familiar with. (Special Ops, Raids, Merc Missions, etc)
While we know that some players will be disappointed in the lack of warzones, we also have some good news.
We can’t transform Global Agenda to a large scale battle format but since we liked this concept a lot, we decided to create a new game based on large scale fighting. In order to develop the new game many significant steps had to be taken, including: A significant rewrite to the unreal engine servers to allow for 100+ players to be fighting in the same map, a new UI system that is more efficient, a different implementation of character visuals, a new terrain system, etc. In addition the combat gameplay required many significant changes as well.
While working through the design we kept coming back to one old and loved game that represented many of the concepts we where incorporating into the new game (Jetpacks, vehicles, large open space, three armor types, futuristic weapons, etc). Many of you will know this game as Tribes, the original on-line multiplayer shooter. As of now, HiRez Studios is the proud new owner of the Tribes franchise.
We now have two groups in the studio, one working on continuing to build Global Agenda and a new group working on the Tribes Universe project. We are also moving to a new larger office space in another month that will help us accommodate our growth.
I’m sure many of you have questions, so here are a few quick highlights for Tribes Universe:
* Three Tribes (factions)
* Full clan (agency) support
* First person view (third person for some vehicles)
* Full vehicle support (ground and air)
* Full persistent world with territory control (no instances)
* PvP focused
* Huge outdoor maps (about 10x the area of sonoran desert)
* Large scale fights (100+ players)
* Jetpacks, skiing, lots of weapons, etc
Alpha testing will begin at the start of the year (about 3 months from now) and Global Agenda players with level 50 characters will have priority in entering Alpha and Beta testing
Thanks for your support
Erez.
P.S. More information on Tribes Universe will be coming in the near future along with an Alpha/Beta registration web site."
With hi-rez backing it, who always are very active and involved with their product, I'm sure it will be fantastic and updated frequently unlike some companies that completely ignore their games and their consumers...(SoE)
Be excited by what exactly? A studio that produced a half-ass'd, shooter-esque MMO that didn't live up to any of the claims they made pre-release and had to change business models to stay afloat has just acquired the rights to a franchise that produced 2 of the greatest FPS titles of all time. Tribes + Hi-Rez = average tribes-esque MMO that a few thousand people will play but everyone else will alrgely shun as an unworthy success to the last games in the series (bar 3, which wasn't that good).
I'm not trolling. I'm ACTUALLY looking at this situation by assessing the information we do have and comparing it to other information we do have. YOU are being a wild fanboy staring at the whole affair through rose tinted glasses, incapable of actually taking in anything outside of your fantastical idea of this awesome game that they are going to make.
People really need to learn the difference between trolling and a healthy level of cynicism. If it's good I'll be pleasantly surprised. If it's not, I'll be sad but inevitably move on. I don't expect the former to occur, based on Global Agenda.
http://www.themmoquest.com - MMO commentary from an overly angry brit. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
lol, no.
They were limited by their technology (which they admitted) and their game was exactly what they wanted it to be at it's core.
I'll wear my rose tinted glasses all day because the fact is they are just as dedicated to their product today as they were during alpha and beta and have changed it several times (in major ways) to please their consumers. An act unheard of in the current day of MMO developers. Call it a slant all you want, but the fact is their goal is always to keep their consumers entertained and happy.
I consider it trolling because you're trying to make an arguement over word play such as inspired and sucessor.
it should be good, but after a time the jet pack type play and the sci fi setting gets a little numb for FPS. Pity it's not a fps MMO in open world based on Battlefield 3 and present day alter reality setting for the wars. Then again Battlefield 3 may be enough to not need a actual MMO fps as it's going to be so bloody good and far more advanced than console gaming with its dx11 bag of tricks and up to date Pc computer powerf and GPU's.
I'm sorry but I can't take you seriously.
They were responsible for the technology they used. If they were limited by it, it was because they didn't design or build said technology properly. The fact that they've stated that means that - regardless of what the core is to them - the rest of the game didn't live up to their expectations. If it had, they wouldn't have commented on any of the limitations.
And dedication to your fan base does not mean that they have accomplished anything note-worthy with Global Agenda, and it doesn't equal good design or content. When it released, it was regarded as a poor-to-average title. When they changed the payment model, it was still regarded as a poor-to-average title. Even now (and yes, I still dip in infrequently) the game is no where near the level it should be at after this much time in development. What they accomplished with Global Agenda was nothing more than damage limitation. And if they hadn't started listening to their fans at that point - which they didn't whilst it was in testing (and I was in testing) - they wouldn't have any fans now to speak of. So it's all been a bit of a joke at Hi-Rez for a while. Global Agenda is certainly a better game than it was, don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying that they can't make a good game either. From what I can tell of the company they never really wanted to make a game like Global Agenda in the first place. It seemed like something they got so far into that they lost interest but couldn't really do anything about it because they were a small studio that needed something to pay the bills. It ALWAYS appeared to me that they wanted to make a Tribes game. They inferred as much often enough. So now that they have the IP and clearly have some cash laying around doing nothing in particular with its time, PERHAPS they may make something of this. I'm not going to expect this of them because the last time I did that, they failed in their task.
And you're twisting my posts to suit your own perspective. I used the words but my comments and observations are not and have never been based on them. I suggest you either reread my post or just admit that you are wilfully remaining ignorant. I'm not looking for an argument; everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However what people aren't entitled to is ignorance, unless they are happy to admit to that ignorance openly without resorting to underhandedness and wilful misinterpretation of what someone else is saying, just because they can't deal with it.
http://www.themmoquest.com - MMO commentary from an overly angry brit. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
Lets hope it will be better than global agenda cause I really cant stand that game.
K. Didn't bother reading any of this. Hi-rez has earned my support with their dedication to their consumer which they've proven time and time again. A fleeting aspect in the current MMO industry. I don't know what more you can ask for. You can't expect a game to be perfect from day one. No mmo has ever been. Hi-rez is a small budget company and given their resources they've accomplished amazing things.
You've just proven everything I said about you. Thank you. I can go to bed feeling ultimately vindicated and justified in my observations of the game, the studio and you.
http://www.themmoquest.com - MMO commentary from an overly angry brit. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
K.
Not so sure whats hard to understand about a consumer that is happy with a product and a company that delievers to the consumer.
Seems pretty simple.
This is what this thread looks like to me.
Cheerful observation
cold logic
ignores logic
more logic
ignores logic
more logic
flat out says he ignored any logic
gave up arguing with the ignorent
still ignoring the logic somehow.
Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats.
You're going on my Christmas Card list.
http://www.themmoquest.com - MMO commentary from an overly angry brit. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!
Logic? I enjoy the product and feel the developer supports it well?
I'm wrong because the game isn't fun to him.
There is no logic here. It's opinion vs opinion.
Well...who cares what anyone says. I'm just gladded someone is willing to take it down from the shelf and dusting it off. Its been sitting there for a very long time. The last Dev to have touch the franchise didn't do justice to it! And to considered that the Dev had a good track record of producing a great game.
I've always wanted an MMO of Tribes. Now that its actually coming true, I'm going to be the happiest school gal!