

2012's Tribes Ascend was already a free-to-play title. Surprisingly, fans can even download the PlayStation 2-exclusive Tribes: Aerial Assault as an ISO, if you want to play that game in an emulator. ShootMania Storm's focus on speed and its community of players will make it really attractive to some players, but it's difficult to see this level of simplicity winning over the Call of Duty and Battlefield fans.The entire Tribes series, including its predecessors Earthsiege and Starsiege, are free to download from the series' official website, Tribes Universe, thanks to Hi-Rez Studios.įans of Tribes, which is touted as the "world's fastest shooter," can download the PC versions of Earthsiege, Earthsiege 2, Starsiege, Starsiege: Tribes, Tribes 2 and Tribes Vengeance as freeware from the series' website.

The game modes and maps are really inventive, and the community can even create new ones meaning there's almost endless scope for innovation. It's closest in style to Quake, although in some ways it's even simpler. ShootMania Storm is an interesting online FPS. In ShootMania Storm, the only difference between you and another player is your own skill, so it feels much fairer than some online shooters. The main weapon is a kind of laser-rocket launcher, making moving targets a challenge.

You'll get killed a lot, but you are then straight back into the action, so you soon pick it up without any frustrating waiting.

Starting out is no easier than any first person shooter. despite this, we found that the match-making was actually better than in some bigger titles like Battlefield 3. A 'quick start' button is normal for gaming today, and would mean the game could pick your servers and so on. ShootMania Storm's interface design is shared with Trackmania, and really needs improvement.
