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Ultrafast shooter Tribes 3: Rivals gets a Steam Next Fest demo, is out in early access “soon"There’s a zippy new trailer too
There’s a zippy new trailer too
Image credit:Prophecy Games
Image credit:Prophecy Games
The latest haul ofSteam Next Fest demosis so vast that I initially missedTribes 3: Rivals, a game I’ve been cautiously coveting, among them. While this high-speedFPShas been playable in a number of semi-open alpha tests already, trying it out is now as easy as sliding into itsSteam pageand hitting the big green demo download button.
TRIBES 3: Rivals - Early Access Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
TRIBES 3: Rivals - Early Access Announcement Trailer
Afterpartaking in the very first playtest, I had some concerns that Rivals might not feel quite as kinetic as a Tribes game should, but subsequent sessions have had it moving in the right direction – matches are bigger, louder, faster. It helps that, in contrast toGTFO’s Simon Viklund asserting thatopen betas are just a marketing tool, each Tribes 3 playtest has genuinely mixed things up in pursuit of those iterative improvements. Whenever I’ve played, developers Prophecy Games have made substantial changes to loadouts and weapon metas, as well as subtle tweaks to movement and different game modes. Indeed, the Next Fest Demo will have you warming up in one of these – the bomb-slinging Arena 4v4 mode – before letting you loose in more bread-and-butter Capture the Flag lobbies.
More so than most still-in-development games I’ve tried, dipping into Tribes 3 is very much like witnessing a game come together, rather than playing one that’s basically finished (and for which the publishers just want a little help with bug testing). I imagine there’ll be further experimenting in the early access phase proper, whenever that comes.
