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Article #694913Re: Jetpacks like in Tribes?
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:08
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:08
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On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:43:50 +0000, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> wrote: >On 2015-12-05, John Doe <always.look@message.header> wrote: >> My annual asking of this question... >> >> I see Fallout looks like it might have very similar type jet packs. Not >> sure if they have the massive hills that you can launch/jump from, but >> apparently skyscrapers? Using the jet pack for coming to a soft landing >> was very cool. >> Any other games with Tribes style jet packs? I see Battlefront, but that >> looks like paragliding. Anything on YouTube? >An oldie but goodie: Giants Citizen Kabuto. A slightly-less oldie and slightly-less goodie: Section 8. It's basically a Tribes knockoff. I doubt there's any life in its multiplayer anymore, but it does have a singleplayer campaign. Dark Void also featured a jet-pack, although this was more in the way of a traditional "hover-n-fly" Buck Rogers rocketbelt than the jumpjets made famous in Battletech and Tribes. And of course, anything featuring everybody's favorite bounty-hunter Boba Fett, such as Star Wars Bounty Hunter (PS2)
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