Tribes 2. Tribes 2 (abbreviated as T2) is a sci-fi first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra Studios in 2001 as sequel to Starsiege: Tribes.[1] Setting[edit] Set in the year 3941 of the fictional Earthsiege universe, Tribes 2 allows the user to play as a soldier in one of several factions (referred to in the game as tribes), namely the Children of the Phoenix, the Blood Eagle, the Diamond Sword, and the Starwolf.
Players can also choose to play a rebelling human-created soldier/worker race called the BioDerms. None of the factions differ from each other in strengths or weaknesses, but each has a distinctive look and background story. Gameplay[edit] The large variety of equipment and deployable items results in many opportunities for creative play and tactics, from pure combat to stealth. Community[edit] Development History[edit] Tribes 2 was developed by Dynamix as a sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Reception[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
Tribes (series) Tribes is a series of science fiction first-person shooter computer games originally developed by Dynamix, a subsidiary of Sierra Entertainment.
Set in the same universe as the game Starsiege, there are six games in the Tribes series. The next (chronologically) game in the series, Starsiege: Tribes (1998) sees the conflict between the Blood Eagles, the Children of Phoenix, and other tribes formed by the renegades of these two (such as the Star Wolf and the Diamond Sword) escalating into countless blood feuds before finally culminating in the devastating Tribal Wars about 3940. The sequel, entitled Tribes 2 (2001), deals with the insurgent uprising of BioDerms, a new race of warriors/workers created by the Empire to replace the cybrids, and their assault on the Wilderzone, the space frontier where the Tribes mostly reside. The Tribes Aerial Assault (2002) does not significantly contribute to the fictional setting of the series.
Tribes: Vengeance was a prequel to the other games. Starsiege: Tribes. Starsiege: Tribes screenshot History[edit] A sequel, Tribes 2, was released in March 2001.
Sierra licensed the franchise to Irrational Games for a third installment, Tribes: Vengeance, which was released in October 2004. Vivendi Universal released Tribes and Tribes 2 for free on May 4, 2004 on a DVD-ROM with Computer Gaming World magazine and on FilePlanet, in order to promote the release Tribes: Vengeance.[2] On July 16, 2007, Sierra Entertainment announced that they would cease online support of Tribes starting on August 16, 2007.[3] As of November 2007, the Sierra Master Server is no longer active, and has been replaced by multiple community-run Master Servers.
On October 23, 2010, it was announced that Hi-Rez Studios were the new owners of the Tribes franchise, thus canceling development on PlayTribes.[6] The company released Tribes: Ascend in April 2012. Tribes Ascend.