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#1 Vandalvideo
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For all those shooter fans out there, Tribes is a game that many of us fondly look back on as one of the games which brought jetpacks, vehicles, and solid twitch gameplay to the genre. I've been following this game called Section 8 for quite some time, and until recent multiplayer demonstrations I didn't really think much of it. The more I watch of it though, the more it reminds me of the high flying times that I used to have with Tribes, before Halo ever came out. E3 Developer Walkthrough of the multiplayer: http://www.spike.com/video/section-8-e3-09/3183086  Important interview info; Generated player missions

The way that we did that is a system of what we call "dynamic combat missions" or DCMs and what happens here is the dynamic objectives that kick off during the course this multiplayer round are based off the player and the rest of his team's actions. For instance, if we have a lot of snipers that are out there, eliminating enemies on the other team, it might kick off a VIP assassination mission, where we actually spawn into the game a bot on the other team.One team's objective is to escort this VIP from one control point to another control point, and the other team has a counter DCM, which is to hunt down and assassinate this VIP. So we actually use bots to accomplish this, it's a bot playing this VIP. We'll never put the player into this role. If one team completes this objective, it rewards them requisition points that they can use to purchase vehicles and deployables and also rewards their team with points that contribute towards their victory towards that particular round

Size of servers

When the player actually gets onto the map, we have a wide variety of maps at his disposal. With Section 8, right now we are looking at 8 different multiplayer maps, each with a different variety of sizes. There are variants of these maps that are conducive to 32-player experiences , 16-player experience, so usually we have a large and a couple of small different variants as a result

Character upgrades

you can customize different sorts of equipment, so things like hand-thrown grenades, shoulder mounted mortar launchers, jet pack explosives, a knife that you can do a melee attack with. If that wasn't enough, we've given the player the ability to upgrade different modules on the suit. So if you want to take shield boosters so that they last longer in a fire fight, or stealth boosters so that they are harder to detect, speed boosters so that you can run faster, etc. So there's a great deal of customization that are available through the load-out interface.

The rest of the interview can be found here; http://www.destructoid.com/interview-robert-siwiak-producer-of-section-8-133613.phtml
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#2 Supa__Mario
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no........bioshock 2......
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#3 milsvaard
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where did this come from?

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#4 Locke562
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I almost peed myself when I saw the trailer for this game. JUST. LIKE. TRIBES. :o :) :D :cry:
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#5 bokiloki
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fifa 10 game of the year. book it.

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#6 Vandalvideo
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where did this come from?

milsvaard
I was tired of seeing great multiplat games being overshadowed by exclusive game posts. :(
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#7 spinecaton
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Looks like it could have a ton of potential, hard to say with that video about immersion since the sound of the actual game was not present.

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#8 kozzy1234
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Where did this come from all of a sudden? Damn!

I loved the Tribes games! 8)