Somewhere between a sneeze and a giggle, lies...Sniggle

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Synopsis - Welcome to 2200 A.D. You are a fighting member of a tribe of rebels, battling your way to a...flag. Yep, a flag. Aside from other objectives (many flags, everyone-must-die, and capture and hold.) Aside from this, you are on a team with anywhere from 6-15 other people, kicking-ass and taking names.

Review - Fast gameplay, intricate classifications of characters, and multiple tactics make this one of the best team-based FPS out there. I tested this game with the Renegades 2.0 mod. I don't recommend playing this game without it. Sierra Corp. made the original game fairly bland. Renegades takes the main gameplay and adds about a friggin' jillion variables into the mix. From 7 different classes, a player can chose to be light-armored spy or sniper, or a heavy-ass engineer (capable of building and repairing defenses) or a carry-every-weapon-known-to-man 'heavy.' Alien's can cloak, snipers get more damage with head shots, heavies have stealth-shields, engineers have a sniper-rifle-like medic dart repair gun-- ideal for healing teammates from a distance-- or for accidentally repairing an enemy by accident. Bastards. Mercenaries are an even balance of armor and weapons. Deploy a remote inventory station to refuel and ammo-up. Deploy mortar turrets near the enemy flag to piss them off. Grab a bomber aircraft, grab a tailgunner, pilot and a bombardier, and reek havoc on your foes. Hop on a hover-cycle and pop a wheelie with the enemy flag in your hand. Snipe players from close to a mile away, de-cloak those aliens with a sensor jammer, and even man a turret remotely from ANYWHERE in or out of bounds!

The best part of this game is it's replayability. With the enormous fan loyalty out there, and the hundreds of personal tribes (collections of players that all work together in many games), the hundreds of maps, and the varying demographic of players, Tribes 2 is both hard, fun, and- at times- HILARIOUS! For entertainment, grab a suicide-det-pack, go running into a pack of heavies raping your base, and hit ctrl-K. This will cause an ENORMOUS explosion killing EVERYTHING within 5 meters. Everything! Including yourself. Grab the burster armor, and hit your Haul-ass-beacon to go running like a bull with gas! Then hit your sensor-jammer-pack to hide the little red "enemy" indicator normally over your head, and start firing missiles at unsuspecting enemies!

There are literally hundreds of ways to communicate, play, and advance in Tribes 2. Despite having a steep learning curve (one that Sniggle can't seem to handle), the Tribes community is ALWAYS welcoming the newbies! After all, who else would we be able to kill otherwise? This game is both fun and challenging!

For more information on this game, check out my stats among 14,977 different players here. Yeah, that's right, 42nd! Also, visit www.planettribes.com for more detailed information on the Tribes world.