Inferno here, I’d like to take a minute to talk about TF2 because this is quite simply the best class based shooter I have EVER played. When I first approached TF2 (hurrah for betas!) I looked upon it just like any other class based shooter, in the sense that I’d end up only enjoying 2 or 3 classes whilst the playtime of the others slowly declined before vanishing off the face of the earth entirely.
I started up a game as the glorious pyro and proceeded to get blown/sniped/beaten/horribly-mauled-in-countless-ways to pieces. Now in any normal game, this would annoy me. A lot. Not with TF2. I realised that no matter what was happening, I was always having fun. Even after being stabbed in the back for the 50th time by spies (since no one actually understood them by this point) I was still enjoying it more than I had been with any other game for a long time. Everything in the game has just been shined to such a level of perfection that it’s just bliss. Moving on to the other classes I found it the same. I love them all. there isn’t a single class in TF2 that I don’t enjoy so be sure to try them all out!
One thing you may not notice at first is the voice acting. Take the time to do so. TF2 has far better voice acting than most games out at the time (for which you can probably thank valve’s previous experience from HL2). Not only are the actors good but the lines in the game are absolutely brilliant, from the heavy roaring out “dakka dakka dakka” in a song to the infamous scout’s “why don’t ya come over here and say that to my face tough guy? BONK!”, every line fits the character’s attitude and the game’s feel perfectly. TF2 is a game worth going through every chat command purely to hear what the character will call out next. Even the little lines that you aren’t in control of are brilliant, after all, who wouldn’t want their character to shout “Eat it fatty!” when you kill a heavy with a bat or “is… is anyone even paying attention to me?” when you drop off the intel.
Now a lot of people have been complaining about TF2 not being as good as TF ecause of the removal of nades and bunyhopping. In fact, a lot of people are just saying it’s a dumbed down TF. When you play TF2, treat it as a new game. Don’t compare it to TF, TF2 is a whole different creature and a glorious one at that.
OK I’m going to stop myself from writing now because if I don’t do it soon I just WON’T stop.
If you haven’t already bought TF2 you’re a madman and should go and do it now. I mean right now. Go on, off with you, hell, just buy the orange box, it’s awesome value and you get two other amazing games to boot.
-Inferno out
