Tribes: Ascend- PC

Tails spent his early Genesis days as Sonic’s co-op partner. Dedicated player twos across the world used the sidekick’s flight ability and invincibility to help the hedgehog exact revenge on Dr. Robotnik. Unfortunately, the two-tailed fox...

Tribes might very well be the best free-to-play game to date.

Invigorating movement mechanics and solid fundamentals make Tribes: Ascend a lot of free-wheeling fun.

An impressive shooter, free-to-play or otherwise.

It's a beautiful game to play - in the elaborate motion of its tactics as much as its bright, crisp worlds. With a microtransaction economy to fuel, many unlocks and features will follow this release and transform the game for good or ill. But at least...

Hi-Rez polished and tweaked Tribes: Ascend for months in beta, and the full release shines. Capture and Hold and Raindance are strong additions to an already-strong free shooter, and it makes Tribes: Ascend an even more addictive "just one more match"...

Tribes: Ascend itself is good to go and well-worth checking out. It promises to have a solid future with new maps and modes, and its handling of free-to-play purchases at least feels fair. It's a great shooter, fantastic multiplayer fun, and while it's...

Hi-Rez has taken the fundamentals of Tribes and polished them until they shine, but this is no mere rehash. The class designs change Capture the Flag utterly, transforming it into a masterpiece of high-speed tactical manoeuvring that has a niche for...

It's deep, customizable, and provides a lot of latitude for different play styles. With no risk involved, it's worth taking the time to download it and find out if it's right for you. For some, it will be the best money they didn't spend this year.

It's a minor miracle that a young, independent studio has preserved so much of what made Tribes special, while turning it into a pretty affordable microtransaction-supported game in a new engine.