• TrackMania 2 Stadium & Valley due early 2013
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[url]http://www.shacknews.com/article/76505/trackmania-2-stadium-valley-due-early-2013[/url]
Welcome back Vally, we missed you. [video=youtube;RZmoUnUlV1w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmoUnUlV1w[/video]
Make sure you go sign up for the betas on their respective sites too. [url]http://www.trackmania.com/valley/[/url] [url]http://www.trackmania.com/stadium/[/url] Hope stadium is free or free for those who got Canyon.
I really loved Stadium for it's large multiplayer scene back when I was playing Nations, as well as it's graphics. It'll be awesome to see it re-done on TM2's optimized graphics engine.
I'm a little confused as to why they release these as separate games. I have TM Canyon, but won't releasing three of the same game (gameplay wise) just split the TM community in thirds?
I thought Stadium was already announced that it would be free [editline]5th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE]TrackMania's classic Stadium setting is making a return for Nadeo's sequel, and it'll form the [B]free-to-play component of the soon to be expanded TrackMania 2[/B].[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-02-stadium-returns-for-trackmania-2-while-shootmania-is-given-a-final-release-date[/url] Yep
Wow, valley looks fucking amazing and almost photo-realistic at some points (if it wasn't for the shitty foliage). Stadium doesn't look that much changed from the original though, so I hope this one will also be free. [QUOTE=darth-veger;38326870]I thought Stadium was already announced that it would be free [editline]5th November 2012[/editline] [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-02-stadium-returns-for-trackmania-2-while-shootmania-is-given-a-final-release-date[/url] Yep[/QUOTE] Ehe ok cool.
[video=youtube;J7lAO6PFGr4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7lAO6PFGr4[/video] Some of the Valley editor is shown off (5:20), along with some gameplay (6:04). Also looks as if Solitaire is coming to ManiaPlanet? (At 8 min in the video) [IMG]http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3628/solitairemania.png[/IMG] SolitaireMania!
Looks like no new pieces for Stadium. It it really just going to be TMNF with slightly better lighting?
[QUOTE=jeimizu;38328491]Looks like no new pieces for Stadium. It it really just going to be TMNF with slightly better lighting?[/QUOTE] I think so, but I'm more than okay with that. Trackmania Nations was/is fucking awesome.
[QUOTE=DeandreT;38326867]I'm a little confused as to why they release these as separate games. I have TM Canyon, but won't releasing three of the same game (gameplay wise) just split the TM community in thirds?[/QUOTE] Isnt valley ralley car racing? Thats a bit different from canyon in how all the things work and handle
Valley looks amazing, and I love rally racing
[QUOTE=jeimizu;38328491]Looks like no new pieces for Stadium. It it really just going to be TMNF with slightly better lighting?[/QUOTE] You forgot that Stadium also features drifting now which is something i wanted for a long time :dance:
The lack of a Steam release is a major dissappointment for me, as a fan of Trackmania united/nations. It may be enough to convince me not to even try out Stadium.
[QUOTE=lulzlalz;38330505]The lack of a Steam release is a major dissappointment for me, as a fan of Trackmania united/nations. It may be enough to convince me not to even try out Stadium.[/QUOTE] Just buy it through Nadeo and add a shortcut to the game through Steam... why must everything have to be on Steam
Will Valley be free to those who bought Canyon?
oh man I forgot I had this game. The trailer makes it look so good, but then the actual gameplay is me raging because I cant hit a curve right
I haven't been too excited for trackmania 2, but I love the stadium on nations so I'll just have to buy this
Gonna sound a bit entitled here, but I am hoping that valley is like a content update rather than DLC. I paid like 20 bucks for it, and I would dislike it if this becomes sort of a DLC the game where you buy the base game that comes with a little bit of content and then you gotta buy car packs for like 5-10 bucks... If you have to pay for each car then I will probably skip this one and just stay with united...
[QUOTE=legolover122;38331496]Gonna sound a bit entitled here, but I am hoping that valley is like a content update rather than DLC. I paid like 20 bucks for it, and I would dislike it if this becomes sort of a DLC the game where you buy the base game that comes with a little bit of content and then you gotta buy car packs for like 5-10 bucks... If you have to pay for each car then I will probably skip this one and just stay with united...[/QUOTE] Nadeo said a while back that they're releasing every environment separately. The only 'DLC' right now for TM2 is Canyon's platform mode, and that was released free of charge. Every environment is, in essence, a completely separate game. Valley will have separate tracks/gameplay/Ladder Points/etc. from Canyon and Stadium, and vise-versa.
I think I'm just going to wait until they're done releasing themes and just stick with Canyon and Stadium until they sell something similar to "United."
I'm Hoping that Stadium will also have flying parts, and Hit-The-Wall damage.
[QUOTE=Aperture Adam;38332044]Nadeo said a while back that they're releasing every environment separately. The only 'DLC' right now for TM2 is Canyon's platform mode, and that was released free of charge. Every environment is, in essence, a completely separate game. Valley will have separate tracks/gameplay/Ladder Points/etc. from Canyon and Stadium, and vise-versa.[/QUOTE] Might be worth pointing out that they all launch from the same application, Maniaplanet. Especially to those who hasn't yet gotten into any of the TM2 stuffs.
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