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What would you compare it to that is still played today?
Almost nothing...Uhh, Halo? Battlefield? Titanfall? None of them get the feel of Tribes. Titanfall comes closest, but it doesn't have the immense maps needed. It's a very, very movement based game, very focused on the jetpack and optimal engagement ranges, way more about evasion than aiming. You can spec a short-range character and play it as a twitch shooter, but you don't have to. Honestly I'd recommend torrenting Tribes vengeance and playing the singleplayer (Which if you've played earthsiege/cyberstorm will be a nice story to play through)
Genuinely I don't think there's a even a good modern comparison.
Maybe some odd combination like saying the movement is similar to CS Surf maps and the combat is like TF2 soldier air shots? There are more weapon types beyond that (with the most popular others being a longer range demoman grenade launcher type weapons of varying ranges). I don't think that combination even holds up great as a comparison point because it's so unique but that's the best I can do.