History VideoGame / TribesVengeance

''Vengeance'' was developed by Creator/IrrationalGames based on the [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Unreal Engine]] and published by Vivendi in 2004. Although met with good critical reception, the game was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork plagued by Vivendi's refusal to support it]], including cancellation of the much-needed patch 1.1. As a result, it left a whole lot of players dissatisfied, placing the future of the ''Tribes'' series in question for the next six years.

The story takes place at the dawn of the Tribal Wars between the [[TheEmpire Galactic Empire]] and the "tribals", [[BarbarianTribe population of the fringe planets seen as barbarians]] by the Imperial citizens. The game opens with an attack on the spaceship carrying the Imperial King's daughter Victoria by members of the Children of Phoenix tribe. Victoria is captured by Daniel, a Phoenix clan leader, who holds her for ransom and, along the way, shows her how the tribesmen ''really'' live and die. Before long, she develops a bad case of stockholm syndrome and convinces her captor to return her to her father, as an act of goodwill to start searching for a diplomatic solution to the long-standing conflict between the Empire and the tribes.

The story takes place at the dawn of the Tribal Wars between the [[TheEmpire Galactic Empire]] and the "tribals", [[BarbarianTribe population of the fringe planets seen as barbarians]] by the Imperial citizens. The game opens with an attack on the spaceship carrying the Imperial King's daughter Victoria by members of the Children of Phoenix tribe. Victoria is captured by Daniel, a Phoenix clan leader, who holds her for ransom and, along the way, shows her how the tribesmen ''really'' live and die. Before long, she develops a bad case of StockholmSyndrome and convinces her captor to return her to her father, as an act of goodwill to start searching for a diplomatic solution to the long-standing conflict between the Empire and the tribes.

* StockholmSyndrome: Victoria falling in love with Daniel.

* ArmCannon: The Heavy Armor has all weaponry built into its arms.

* GrapplingHookPistol: There is even a single level where it is the ''only'' weapon you can use.

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:The real villain of the story? Victoria's CoolBigSis Olivia.]]

''Vengeance'' was developed by Creator/IrrationalGames based on the [[GameEngine Unreal Engine]] and published by Vivendi in 2004. Although met with good critical reception, the game was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork plagued by Vivendi's refusal to support it]], including cancellation of the much-needed patch 1.1. As a result, it left a whole lot of players dissatisfied, placing the future of the ''Tribes'' series in question for the next six years.

The story takes place at the dawn of the Tribal Wars between the [[TheEmpire Galactic Empire]] and the "tribals", [[BarbarianTribe population of the fringe planets seen as barbarians]] by the Imperial citizens. The game opens with an attack on the spaceship carrying the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Imperial King's daughter Victoria]] by members of the Children of Phoenix tribe. Victoria is captured by Daniel, a Phoenix clan leader, who holds her for ransom and, along the way, shows her how the tribesmen ''really'' live and die. Before long, she develops a bad case of StockholmSyndrome and convinces her captor to return her to her father, as an act of goodwill to start searching for a diplomatic solution to the long-standing conflict between the Empire and the tribes.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Victoria and Julia, though the latter [[spoiler:is a bastard]].

* PoorCommunicationKills: Jeez, Daniel, you think you could have waited a bit before you [[spoiler: jammed a [[BladeBelowTheShoulder wrist-dagger]] [[{{Squick}} into the King's skull?]]]] On a grander scale, the war between the Empire and the Tribes is largely due to this, with some manipulation from [[spoiler: [[MagnificentBastard Olivia]] and Seti.]]

* BadassPrincess: Both Victoria and Julia qualify, only the latter does so by choice. [[spoiler:It runs in the family, apparently.]]

* ActionGirl: Victoria qualifies but Julia outmatches her by far, what with [[spoiler:inheriting the {{Badass}} gene from both parents]].

* RocketlessReentry: Julia is stranded on the BigBad's spaceship as it makes an uncontrolled reentry and, naturally, starts falling apart. Being the BadAss ActionGirl she is, however, she surfs the falling debris all the way to the surface, jumping off to the next one just as the piece she's currently on burns up.

''Tribes: Vengeance'' is a FirstPersonShooter with elements of VehicularCombat, set in the universe of the ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'' series but a [[{{Prequel}} few thousand years before the core installments]].

Fast-forward about twenty years into the future. An anti-Tribal extremist Julia ([[spoiler:who is actually Daniel and Victoria's daughter]]) makes life hell for the tribesmen--which reflects the popular Imperial attitude all too accurately. Victoria and Daniel are nowhere to be seen, but Daniel's brother Jericho is still out there, and Julia is after his head for personal reasons. There is also a [[ImplacableMan mysterious cyborg assassin]], a DiabolicalMastermind, and the [[BloodKnight nasty chief of the Blood Eagles tribe]], all wrapped up in the same mess. And, of course, the story of Victoria and Daniel is not over yet, so we will [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent keep jumping between Past and Present a couple more times]] before its all over.

* {{Masquerade}}: It's implied that the few remaining [[{{Starsiege}} Cybrids]], like Mercury, have chosen to infiltrate human society rather then flee from it forever.

* {{Prequel}}: To ''StarsiegeTribes''.

* TheRemnant: ''Vengeance'' [[CanonDiscontinuity would have had us believe]] that were a handful of Cybrids left who survived the events of ''{{Starsiege}}'' and continually eluded TheEmpire 's hunt for them. At least one, [[spoiler: Mercury,]] chose to secretly integrate with humanity rather then face total oblivion.
** Justified and AllThereInTheManual: Cyberstorm and Cyberstorm 2 both show that some Cybrids did indeed survive the events of Starsiege[[spoiler: , and the manual for Starsiege mentions the Metagen, a faction of Cybrids who had come to respect humanity and fought with it during Starsiege. Mercury is simply the natural progression of the Metagen philosophy.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Julia is out for Jericho's head for killing her mom. In front of 10-year-old Julia, no less.]]

* EyesOfGold: Julia's eyes are actually artificial, complete with integrated HUD support.

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''Tribes: Vengeance'' is a FirstPersonShooter with elements of VehicularCombat, set in the universe of the ''{{Tribes}}'' series but a [[{{Prequel}} few thousand years before the core installments]].

''Vengeance'' was developed by Creator/IrrationalGames (the creators of ''SystemShock II'' and the ''BioShock'' series) based on the [[GameEngine Unreal Engine]] and published by Vivendi in 2004. Although met with good critical reception, the game was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork plagued by Vivendi's refusal to support it]], including cancellation of the much-needed patch 1.1. As a result, it left a whole lot of players dissatisfied, placing the future of the ''Tribes'' series in question for the next six years.