Team Fortress 2

Post by **Wizard .3** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:14 pm

Out of completely nowhere, Valve announces it will be a part of HL2: Episode 2 (multiplayer component). Let's hope they keep their promise.

TEAM FORTRESS 2. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? Hey, they're still making it! It's got a totally exaggerated, crazy art style now. Looks a little like Spy vs. Spy or No One Lives Forever, kind of a '60s spy feel. It's going to be the included multiplayer mode in Episode 2! Class-based, etc. You know the drill. Great news for shooter fans. We all thought this game was dead years ago.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153984.html

Post by **PhoeniX** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:20 pm

TF was always pretty boring (and the weapons were unbelieveable.. it would take several rocket shots to kill someone) though.

Post by **booker** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:21 pm

Looks a little like Spy vs. Spy or No One Lives Forever, kind of a '60s spy feel.

doesn't sound like team fortress to me

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:21 pm

Sweeeet.

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:25 pm

Remember when TF2 was announced and they gave us those pics of ultra realistic marines and stuff? damn that looked good back then...

I bet this is jsut HL2 style people doing HL2 style shit and NOT that TF2

Post by **Foo** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:26 pm

booker wrote:
Looks a little like Spy vs. Spy or No One Lives Forever, kind of a '60s spy feel.
doesn't sound like team fortress to me

Doesn't sound fucking anything like it. Sounds like some tacked on shit.

I remember seeing TF2 screenshots in PC Gamer way back, like in 1998 or shit.

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:37 pm

"Well, Team Fortress 2 is back and will be included with Episode Two, and it looks like nothing else on the market. Newell explained that Valve wanted to make this action game distinct, so the graphics (which use the Source engine) look like a Pixar animated movie. To reinforce this, the carious character classes in the game look like cartoon caricatures. These include the Medic with the huge needle or the Demoman with the sticks of explosives. Other classes include the Heavy, the Spy, the Scout, the Engineer, the Sniper, the Soldier, and the Pyro. Newell says that the goal with Team Fortress 2 is to create “the best looking and best-playing class-based multiplayer game.” Team Fortress 2 is certainly unique in appearance, so we’ll see how it plays."

Fuck that shit.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:44 pm

o'dium wrote: Fuck that shit.

Translation

"WAHHHHH"

Post by **Wizard .3** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:50 pm

Well, there's always Fortress Forever for those that want a more accurate update to TF. Personally, I'm excited. It's packaged with Episode 2, so that's a nice bonus, and if the gameplay is similar then I'm set.

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:11 pm

SOAPboy wrote:
o'dium wrote: Fuck that shit.
Translation

"WAHHHHH"

Hey if i wanted cartoony style graphics i would play Toy Story the game. Team Fortress 2 was never about that style, its just another "hey look what sahder we added to source!" excuse, like i dunno, everything HDR they did...

Post by **-Replicant-** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:25 pm

holy fuck, i reserved TF2 like 8 years ago from ebgames! hahaha

Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:33 am

o'dium wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:
o'dium wrote: Fuck that shit.
Translation

"WAHHHHH"
Hey if i wanted cartoony style graphics i would play Toy Story the game. Team Fortress 2 was never about that style, its just another "hey look what sahder we added to source!" excuse, like i dunno, everything HDR they did...

Yeah because we need yet ANOTHER realistic looking war game..

Fuck off you melodramatic cunt

Post by **SoM** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:31 am

PhoeniX wrote:TF was always pretty boring (and the weapons were unbelieveable.. it would take several rocket shots to kill someone) though.

i loved quake 1 team fortress..

but this is another DNF project

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:58 am

o'dium wrote:"Well, Team Fortress 2 is back and will be included with Episode Two, and it looks like nothing else on the market. Newell explained that Valve wanted to make this action game distinct, so the graphics (which use the Source engine) look like a Pixar animated movie. To reinforce this, the carious character classes in the game look like cartoon caricatures. These include the Medic with the huge needle or the Demoman with the sticks of explosives. Other classes include the Heavy, the Spy, the Scout, the Engineer, the Sniper, the Soldier, and the Pyro. Newell says that the goal with Team Fortress 2 is to create “the best looking and best-playing class-based multiplayer game.” Team Fortress 2 is certainly unique in appearance, so we’ll see how it plays."

Amazing!!! They have obvously have seen the market is flooded with "serious and realistic" squad based games and changed things around to actually make it...."Fun and Funny"

Now for those that have forgotten the meaning of these two words then it means this :

The game will be enjoyable to play and nice to look at!

OMGAH!!!11sixtyseven

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:19 am

o'dium wrote:. Team Fortress 2 was never about that style,

TF2 was never about anything. you really think it has been in development for the past 8 years? olo
they can do whatever the fuck they like with it, its not like its a 3 game tradition theyre breaking

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:27 am

Sounds great to me. You crybabies can fuck right off.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:58 pm

Holy SHIT!

The only thing that could make me more shocked at the mo is if DukeNukem:Forever comes out...... Seriously.

Post by **bitWISE** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:07 pm

God I miss playing TF. Me and my friends used to stay up all night playing on the LAN his dad had setup with spare computers until finally his brother would start screaming "i hate you! you're cheating! i hate you!" and run around the house and then his dad would come in and proclaim "you guys better cut the shit or i'll take these god damn computers away." Ah, those were the good old days. No matter what we did wrong it was always "you guys better cut the shit or i'll take these god damn computers away."

Post by **Methyd™** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:22 pm

http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/tf2/ ... tf2_01.jpg

Post by **Foo** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:23 pm

This shot was in PC Gamer:
http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/tf2/ ... thday1.jpg

Back in the day.

Post by **Foo** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:24 pm

LOL and looking at this one makes it clear just how raw the stage of development was back then:
http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/tf2/ ... bs/apc.jpg
That's pretty much one of the old CS Maps straight-to-screen.

Post by **Zimbo** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:43 pm

Methyd™ wrote:http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/tf2/Team+Fortress+2/2/thumbs/060714_tf2_01.jpg

fucking lol.

Post by **booker** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:45 pm

[lvlshot]http://www.mvail.org/files/images/tf2.jpg[/lvlshot]

what in the fuck

Post by **Methyd™** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:06 am

The art style is awesomely* refreshing. Fuck off Preuke fags.

Post by **booker** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:14 am

it looks alot better than what gamespot was making it sound like.