In the original Tribes games, you could choose between a light, medium, or heavy armor and equip them how you see fit (with 3 weapons). Once you start skiing, you’ll have a hard time going back to the slow pace of Call of Duty or Modern Warfare. It’s a tremendously liberating feeling in a FPS, and this makes Tribes Ascend the fastest FPS around. Not only can you “ski” down any hill while holding down the Space Bar, you can continue to “ski” on flat surfaces at your existing speed - which basically feels like you’re ice skating. Tribes 2 built this into the game so it wasn’t just a ‘bug’, and Tribes Ascend has taken it to a whole new level. As the player would hit the bottom of the hill and start going up another, they would activate their jetpack with a huge flight bonus (thanks to the skiiing momentum). Back in Tribes 1, players would constantly tap the “JUMP” button while going downhill, causing a “skiing” effect for fast movement.
The ability to “ski” is also back, and now it’s more powerful than ever. There was one notable change to this though - the grappling hook from Tribes: Vengeance is gone, but it won’t be missed at all. This is easily the most defining aspect of Tribes, as no other FPS has come close (or even attempted) to pull it off. The flight-aspect of the game has remained the same from as far back as Tribes-1, and new developer Hi-Rez has smartly kept it the same. While the left-click of the mouse is used for firing, the right-mouse-button activates your jetpack for flying, and it works very well. Whereas most players are used to the running around in Modern Warfare, Tribes gives you a jetpack with vast outdoor maps. Note that this review is based on over 20 hours of playing the final/non-beta version of Tribes Ascend.
For the purpose of this review, I’ll address certain points and use a school-grading system (A is great, F is fail). This is the fourth incarnation of the Tribes franchise (on the PC), with yet another new developer.
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