IGN, GDC, and T:V

Posted by:  at 20:40 PM 

IGN has created a review of the build of Tribes: Vengeance shown at GDC. A new weapon is shown in this build which is rather different than anything we have seen in the Tribes series. Here's a snippet of what was said:

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Along with the single player level that we had seen before was another mission taking place in an arena. This mission will challenge players to defeat robotic opponents in waves that get tougher and tougher in order to impress the elite enough to gain audience with the Emperor. We were also shown the new melee weapon in the game, which is pretty much a hydraulic knife that shoots out near the fist portion of each of the different kinds of armor. The weapon is not a powerful one and killing folks with it like cloaked players liked to do in Tribes 2 with the Shocklance isn't going to be common practice. In fact, the weapon is basically considered to be a last line of defense when all other ammunition is gone. It would take quite a long time to take down any enemies, especially in multiplayer, with the knife.

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• Tribes: Vengeance at GDC