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Legends / Torque on Penny arcade

by Frank Bignone · in General Discussion · 08/05/2003 (4:57 am) · 7 replies

Here it is on penny arcade :

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Last thing: I originally mistook Legends: Coming Of A New Age for another mod, but hey, what do you do. Legends looks to be recreate the speed of Tribes for the Torque engine. Still a very nice idea!
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    Torque Owner Bil Simser
    #1
    08/05/2003 (7:34 am)
    I took a look at Legends and it looks polished and well done. The only beef I had with it was that it was basically Tribes again. Armoured guys running around with weapons and jet packs. Sure new weapons, missions, UI, etc. but I didn't see a huge difference from Tribes 2. Maybe I'm missing something. Nothing against the creators as anything can take effort and they did a good job, just would have been nice to be more original (looking at Think Tanks or Orbz for example).

    Torque 3D Owner Gareth Davies
    #2
    08/05/2003 (7:57 am)
    I think you need to appreciate the differences between Tribes 1 and Tribes 2 to see what is different about Legends. I don't think they were trying to be original, I think they were trying to recreate the Tribes 1 experiance.

    Which can only be a good thing!

    Torque Owner Nicolas Quijano
    #3
    08/05/2003 (8:02 am)
    I was under the impression that it was more original than that, incorporating a lot more RTS elements in there, as far as resources gathering and all that ?
    Hence my comment on the shots...
    Haven't had time to download and take a gander

    Torque 3D Owner Pat Wilson
    #4
    08/05/2003 (10:57 am)
    Uh...Legends IS Tribes. That was the goal.

    Torque Owner Bil Simser
    #5
    08/05/2003 (11:03 am)
    Quote:Uh...Legends IS Tribes. That was the goal.
    Oh, ok. Didn't realize that. In that case 100% on the mark for these guys.

    Personally I would just find it strange that someone would build something using the same engine as the original. It's kind of like making Quake using parts of the Quake source. Other than saying "Look what I did" I'm not sure what the motivation for something like that would be but to each his own.

    Torque Owner Chris \"Hobbiticus\" Weiland
    #6
    08/05/2003 (11:09 am)
    Quote:
    I think you need to appreciate the differences between Tribes 1 and Tribes 2 to see what is different about Legends. I don't think they were trying to be original, I think they were trying to recreate the Tribes 1 experiance.

    Which can only be a good thing!

    Got that right :)

    We're not exactly out to completely copy Tribes 1 or 2. We just wanted to use that sort of gameplay and see what can be done with it to make it better. Besides, copying the game could get the lawyers angry, and we do NOT want that to happen, especially not at this stage.

    Torque Owner Christopher Lohman
    #7
    08/05/2003 (11:40 am)
    I'm as excited about Legends as I was about Tribes2 (before it released). I have never been as satisfied with any FPS as I was with T1 (not T2).

    So kudo's on the PA mention. I am anticipating legends with great excitement. It is my hope that we will see the "engineer" class fully developed in Legends as it was in the Shifter mod; so that I could score well in a fully supportive role (non forward combat).