The term randomly generated is misleading and not technically correct - I think a better fit would be procedurally generated , because only a part of the algorithmic process is random . r n r nImplementing procedural generation badly is indeed a risk to watch out for, so I agree ...
I play tribes a lot and enjoy it, but I don 't think they got the free-to-play just right - like leagues of legends did. For e.g. you can upgrade to have better weapons - that makes it plain unfair, I would even consider it to be lazy design .
I 'd suggest researching Particle Systems. r nAlso check out Spriter animation tool: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/539087245/spriter r nTile Maps might be useful, here is a nice tool for that: http://www.mapeditor.org/ r nGood luck :
