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Team Fortress 2 Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
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ESRB Rating: Mature
Platform(s): Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Date: 2008-07-04
The worst lan game, EVER!
This game is the worst thing I've ever played. CS= AWESOME! The original Half-life= AWESOME! The original team fortress (or whatever it was called) AWESOME! All those games had extreme depth to them. This game has NO DEPTH what so ever. I just don't understand how valve could have lost their minds and made this junk? This game just lacks any kind of strategy. You run out and shoot then die. Wait 22 seconds and repeat. It's just as stupid as that.
Date: 2008-06-13
Best thing Valve has made, ever! Most addicting game (guess) ever!!!!!!!!!
This is THE online game, the people at Valve outdid themselves in making this game. I can't stop playing it, the multiple classes change the entire way you play a match, so it always feels fresh and never boring. In playing this, teamwork cannot be stressed enough, because players have to utilize each others' abilities and perks to win. The all too common issue of single people determining the way a game ends because of a good gun or individual skills is gone from experiencing this game, teamwork is the way you have to play. A team of moderately skilled players, working together and communicating and solving issues as a whole, will dominate any group of skilled players who care about individual glory. Great fun, even if you are new to video games, you learn quickly and master each class with ease. For players who've been playing games for a while, this will be a refreshing new way to enjoy online gaming.
Date: 2008-06-09
Simply put: one of the best team oriented games ever created.
After playing multiplayer games (in the first person shooter genre) ranging from class based to normal frag games, I would have to say that in my 7 years of gaming experience that this is one of the best team games I have ever played online.
This is also one of the most balanced games I have ever played.
Basically, there are 9 different classes, all with different weapons, abilities, speed, health, and some now with upgrades.
Take for example 2 classes: One is a sniper, one is a medic. The sniper has a sniper rifle, has lower end health, the deadliest weapon at long range, and is pretty fast moving. The medic basically heals people, is a fast class, has regenerating health, and has a weak shooting weapon.
Teams must work together to win matches, ranging from a simple capture the flag type game play to control points.
The game is only online, but you need to work together with people to achieve goals and victories. It is very hard to make a huge impact as an individual, it takes time and work to get good at a single class and make a huge impact on a team of 9+ players (usually games are 12v12).
Every class is so unique it takes hours to master each class. The experience is great for an individual in this game but with a mic and a decent team, team earned victories are so fulfilling.
Coming from team fortress classic, grenades were missed, and everything felt so simple. After a while you realize grenades are not needed, and the simplicity pushed team play, while mastery is harder to gain for a class.
My only gripes are limited maps and no offline play whatsoever. Updates have been added to counter the map issue.
Visual and sound are amazing, the art direction adds a lot of fun to the game.
Give it a try, give it at least 5 or so hours and you are guaranteed to be hooked. This is simply one of the most fun and addicting multiplayer games created in a long time.
Date: 2008-06-01
Couldn't get it to connect to any server
O.k. - technically, I shouldn't rate this game on how much "fun" it is - because I was never able to connect to a server to actually play at.
For some reason, the "Steam" portal - which is created by the same company - works fine, I could connect, download updates, all that fun stuff.
But anytime I tried connecting to a server to play Team Fortress 2 - it would never connect.
I'm not a network engineer, or a programmer - but would somebody please explain to me how the same company can create one program that is able to connect through the internet, but another program (that runs at the same time as the first) isn't able to?
To me that's just bad programming.
After spending several hours trying to get this game working, I just threw it in the trash - a waste of $14.
It will also make me think twice about purchasing ANY game form Valve, Half Life, Counter Strike, Portal - whatever.
I've played several other games which have been able to connect through the internet without any effort, or reconfiguration on my part. Why should I have to put in all the hassle to try and play this game?
I don't think that I should have to turn off my firewall, or delete other programs - just so I can play this one.
Sorry Valve - you lost a customer.
Date: 2008-05-20
The worst LAN game ever!
If you are planning like me to play OFFLINE and on a LAN network, dont get this game, it sucks for that, there is a LAN terminal area but no way to set up a LAN game network, everything has to run online and it says its DSL compatable but dont believe it, you need cable to run this bloody thing online anyhow! I have yet to play a game as the DSL speeds are too slow to connect and I have no way to play a LAN game like I do with Battlefront series of games, whats the use of 4 computers in my house if I cant do a networked game, this game is a waste of money, I am highly pissed off on this companies bull&^$&!
The law needs to be changed on opened software purchase returns and allot of these companies would get the idea to finish a game and make it playable by all before releasing garbage and taking my money, I am on a fixed income now and cant afford these software bastards stealing my cash with crap that wont run!
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