Tribes 2 (Windows)

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Description

Tribes 2 is the sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Like its predecessor, it is a team-based first-person-shooter designed primarily for online multiplay. While getting kills certainly helps, the player must also achieve the various objectives specified in the scenario, ranging from attack-and-hold objective, to assaults on enemy fortresses, taking enemy flags, and more. Each member must weigh the trade-off between firepower and protection, as well how much ammo to carry. Tribes 2 adds vehicles to the mix, as well as a new race, and larger maps.

Weapons vary from the sniper laser rifle to chain guns to grenade launchers to the massive mortar. Tribes 2 adds three brand new weapons, including melee shock lance, missile launcher (used against the new air vehicles), and ELF gun (drains energy from target).

The game supports multiplayer over Sierra's WON.NET, which was also used for the multiplayer part of Half-Life.

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Alternate Titles

• "部落2" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Tribes 2: World Domination" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Torque
• Gameplay feature: Jetpack
• Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
• Metaltech / Tribes universe
• Tribes series

User Reviews

The perfect MMPOG for those who have an offline life.	J H (4)
Well, I was wrong. This game tops Tribes 1 in every way possible!	JL3001 (20)
Buy this now, or you will regret it!	Archagon (113)

Critic Reviews

GameZone	Apr 02, 2001	9.3 out of 10	93
FiringSquad	Apr 11, 2001	90 out of 100	90
GameSpy	Apr, 2001	89 out of 100	89
IGN	Apr 09, 2001	8.9 out of 10	89
games xtreme	May 15, 2001	8.5 out of 10	85
GameSpot	Apr 05, 2001	8.5 out of 10	85
Gameplay (Benelux)	Apr 30, 2001	84 out of 100	84
2404.org PC Gaming	Jul 09, 2002	8 out of 10	80
GameGenie	2001		80
GameStar (Germany)	Apr, 2001	75 out of 100	75

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Tribes 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Free download

As a promotional tool for the upcoming Tribes: Vengeance, both Starsiege: Tribes and Tribes 2 have been released for free download at FilePlanet.com by Vivendi Universal. The download page for Tribes 2 is here.

Server shutdown

The official Sierra game servers were shut down on 1st November 2008.

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Related Web Sites

• Planet Tribes (Large site with everything relating to the Tribes series.)
• Sierra Studios: Tribes 2 - The Ultimate in Team-based Action (official website of the game from 2000, preserved by the Wayback Machine)