Le Premier Grand Conseil des Sages au sujet du futur de Tribes a commencé dans les bureaux de Sierra, et l’évènement est couvert par HomeLanFed, notre principal concurrent Outre-Atlantique. Mais comme nous sommes bons joueurs, nous leur ferons quand même l’honneur de citer un extrait :
Dispite the fact that Tribes 2 still have thousands of players playing the game every day and sold about 250,000 copies in the US (and about an equal number in the rest of the world), the game itself is considered to be a disappointment for both hard core Tribes players and for the current Sierra Tribes team. Sierra realizes that upcoming Tribes products have to have a vision. The first Tribes game was successful in part because it was more of a futuristic sports game but Tribes 2 was more of a futuristic military action game. By emphasizing sports, Sierra hopes to bring back the fun that the original Tribes game had.
[…]One thing that Sierra wants to do is to make future Tribes products more accessible to new players, and there was some debate on how to do just that, either through offline tutorials, movies or other methods. Some members of the Council said they wanted new players but also didn’t want future Tribes games to be dumbed down in order to bring new gamers to the fold.
Il aura quand même fallu une vingtaine de personnes pour dégager des constatations et des idées aussi brillantes. On comprend que le successeur de Tribes 2 aura lui aussi le droit à toutes les gâteries pour le rendre plus présentable en tant que « sport virtuel » (voice & video broadcasts …). Si vous êtes intéressé, l’article complet est ici.