Sweet -Free!- Multiplayer StarSiege Mech Game Oct 18!

**Crazed Rabbit** · 10-04-2006, 20:30

Okay, I admit I do not know from personal experience how sweet this is, but it looks pretty sweet:
http://www.clancoregames.com/s1/
The official site, with a good rundown on the features and whatnot.

Basically, its a MP game featuring Mechwarrior style 'Hercs' from the old game Starsiege, along with other vehicles, like tanks and planes, and infantry.

The best part is that its a completely new game, and completely free! No need to buy some game, as it is not a mod! The release for the 'ATR'- alpha tech release, is Oct 18.

The game is set in the starsiege universe, which features a war between humans and AI 'Cybrids' spanning the solar system.

Crazed Rabbit

**Silver Rusher** · 10-04-2006, 21:11

Is it one of those MMO's where you join up in armies and fight against other armies or that sort of thing? If that's the case I'm definitely interested.

**GoreBag** · 10-04-2006, 22:10

It's Earthsiege. Amazing.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 10-04-2006, 23:16

Silver-
It's not massively multiplayer - it will have 32 or 64 people max - I think. But not like Planetside, for sure.

CR

**Zalmoxis** · 10-05-2006, 06:58

Looks good to me, but I'll wait untill some of you play before I get it.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 10-07-2006, 01:09

I should emphasize that this is an alpha tech release. That means it won't be as good as, say, a beta.

CR

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 10-21-2006, 05:04

Anybody try this yet? I'll DL it when I'm back in my dorm room Sunday...

**GoreBag** · 10-21-2006, 06:20

A friend of mine and I used to play Earthsiege back in the day, so I showed him the site as soon as I'd seen this thread. He downloaded the alpha release, and I was away from computers on the 18th, so I didn't. He said it sucked: some of the weapons weren't skinned, the graphics engine is poor (not even the same engine they'll be using in the final version), yadda yadda yadda. Essentially, it's a good thing that this is an alpha release, because that still leaves me with some modicum of hope that the whole thing won't suck.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 10-22-2006, 03:53

Oh, it is most definately an alpha, running on the old Tribes 2 engine (torque).

The textures and models of hercs and weapons aren't bad, though few.

But the game is laggy and crash-prone. They will release a small patch soon (week or so) that will adress some of these stability issues.

Imagine getting a 1-2 (or more) year old version of M2TW.

Those not tolerant of such releases would do well to wait until the release on the new engine. It can be fun, though.

Crazed Rabbit

**Mikeus Caesar** · 10-22-2006, 10:54

Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

Oh, it is most definately an alpha, running on the old Tribes 2 engine (torque).

I thought it looked nice and familiar. I pretty much lived in that game for a few years of my life.

EDIT: AAAARGH! It took two hours to get it to 90%, and then one of my games BSoD's on me!

Damn!