digitard
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Going by the forums, I don't even know if they've given out a round of beta keys any time recently, most people just pre-ordered. Probably their tactic to make some early bucks.
I don't think so because my co-worker got in, and he didn't mention pre-ordering it.
I won a key on Twitter, but I had already pre-ordered it to just be supportive, so I gave it to another friend.
I love it. I think that the TRIBES IP is dead to the current generation of gamers, and with an IP only known by "the old school" crowd now a days it's a good game, and format choice, for HiRez to get things moving again.
The old schoolers are pissed because it's not the same Tribes they knew. Well, unfortunately they're not the dominant gamers anymore either. This means they have to cater to both the old, and new gamer crowds and they've done a good job w/ that.
Plus the F2P/Loadout style is good for them to recoop costs, and if it's successful we could possibly see a stand alone TRIBES game in the future but with the way the IP is now if you released a TRIBES game it would sell a bit but it wouldn't be nearly as successful as it can be in this format, and the TRIBES series needs success... more than anything it needs to become known again.