Last Update: 2/25/07
Starsiege: Tribes
Starsiege: Tribes a first person shooter set in the Earthsiege universe. It was developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra Online in Nov. 1998. It's the first in a line of Tribes products which include Tribes II in 2001, Tribes Aerial Assault in 2002 (for PS2) and Tribes: Vengeance in 2004.
Publisher: None/Unknown
Overview
Tribes was designed from the ground up to be a multi-player game and was one of the first online only games. Team oriented combat was the focus, and Tribes introduced a number of team combat innovations.
Features
- Large seamless indoor/outdoor environments
- 32 players by default, maximum 128
- Troop transport vehicles
- Jet-pack and high speed "skiing"
- Customizable weapon loadouts
- Original team-oriented mission objectives
- Team coordination with a commander map and way points
- Offensive and defensive combat roles
- Extensive mod community
Shazbot!
In 2005 Tribes was added to GameSpot's The Greatest Games of All Time list by the editorial team.
It's currently listed as #068 on IGN's Top 100 Games Of All Time.
The game was voted #27 (tied with Thief) in PCGamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll (April 2000 issue).
April 1999 PCGamer Editor's choice award.
Eight years after it was published, Tribes is still ranked (by CSPORTS.net) #41 with over 17,500 active players.
It's currently listed as #068 on IGN's Top 100 Games Of All Time.
The game was voted #27 (tied with Thief) in PCGamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll (April 2000 issue).
April 1999 PCGamer Editor's choice award.
Eight years after it was published, Tribes is still ranked (by CSPORTS.net) #41 with over 17,500 active players.
On the Internet
Downloads
A free version of the game was released by Vevendi Universal Games in order to promote Tribes: Vengeance. The download is hosted on a number of sites.
