It was free to play. But it didn’t hold a candle to Team Fortress, Call of Duty, or even Tribes in terms of overall player count. The project was eventually abandoned when Pentagon officials realized they could just send kick-backs to EA executives in order to inject their propaganda into a more popular franchise.
Now US Army and Navy sponsorship of tournaments is routine, streamers regularly get promoted based on their military affiliations, and native advertising has ramped up substantially.
It was extremely popular. I played it a lot. Many players were international because, you know, it was free.
It was great anti-miliarty propaganda. I mean I died several times per hour.
It was free to play. But it didn’t hold a candle to Team Fortress, Call of Duty, or even Tribes in terms of overall player count. The project was eventually abandoned when Pentagon officials realized they could just send kick-backs to EA executives in order to inject their propaganda into a more popular franchise.
Now US Army and Navy sponsorship of tournaments is routine, streamers regularly get promoted based on their military affiliations, and native advertising has ramped up substantially.
Tribes is my all-time favourite shooter. I esp loved Tribes 2… unpopular opinion maybe but wow was that an amazing game to me.
The gameplay balance was something else. Not quite as intricate as TF, but the intricate maps and exotic weapons made up for it.
One reason I fell in love with Halo so quickly was the way it derived a lot of its aesthetic from Tribes.