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Team Fortress 2 Beta
Author: reddrich	Date Published : Wednesday 26th September, 2007
Subject: Game Review	Pages: 1

The much anticipated Team Fortress 2 (TF2) the sequel to Team fortress classic (TFC) hit the gaming world recently and has really made an entrance with Australian gamers. First impressions of this game are chaotic and intense. So lets start this review with TF2's brilliant graphics. Although cartoonish the detail of individual classes allows the player to distinguish different classes and teams with ease. The level design is also jammed packed with shinyness thanks to the HL2 engine. A great new additive whilst playing is a death cam, your killer will be zoomed in and freeze framed so you can identify, who, where and how that bastard got you and put him down on your little black list. Which we can expect other FPS shooters to come out with their version of this in the near future. Furthermore each map comes with an instructional video a nice additive for those new to the game. Lets get into the business end, gameplay. As you would expect the sequel is teams based Red vs Blue. Your'e team is made up from 9 characters all with pros and cons and your aim, simple, capture the objective. Each character has the role in your team and are defined by three groups, Offence - Pyro, Scout, Soldier, Defense - Demoman, Soldier, Engineer, and Support - Medic, Spy, Sniper. Pyro Primary - Flamethrower made for short ranged combat Secondary - Shotgun for targets at medium distance Melee - Axe Pros Large damage can be inflicted on groups in close proximity Fire continues to burn if enemy doesn't find health or medic Cons Anything with a bit of firepower will own you Primary doesn't do enough damage to compensate for range Soldier Primary - Rocket Launcher high damage slow moving Secondary - Shotgun for targets at medium distance Melee - Spade Pros High rate of damage Rocket jumps to otherwise impossible to get places Fair amount of health Cons Slow Reloading takes longer then firing Scout Primary - Sawn Off Shotgun Secondary - Handgun Melee - Baseball bat Pros Speed Double jump Cons Health Firepower Demoman Primary - Grenade Launcher made for high damage medium range Secondary - Mine layer? 8 bombs able to be laid and blown by mouse2 Primary - Beer Bottle Pros High damage Remote mines Cons No gun makes it hard to hit faster characters in close proximity Heavy Primary - Sahsa (mini gun) effective at short to mid range Secondary - Shotgun Melee - Fists Pros High rate of fire Large amount of health Cons Slow Resupply :) Engineer Primary - Shotgun Secondary - Handgun Melee - Wrench Build Demo Pros Great defense Resupply Teleporters Cons None if you like this sort of play Sniper Primary - Sniper Rifle Secondary - Machine pistol Melee - Machete Pros High damage Large range Cons Maps are not setup for snipers to dominate big time Low health Medic Primary - Needle Gun Secondary - Medic gun to heal Melee - Bone saw? Pros Ability to help team dramatically Healing players Cons Useless heavies getting you killed Spy Primary - Deagle Melee - Shaver ? Back stab opponents for instant kill Sapper - Destroy enemy buildings over a time period without dropping disguise Disguise kit - no idea what this does :p Pros Stealth ability - invisibility Sapping enemy buildings take them out for a period of time Back stab, the true OSOK Cons None really With TFC the pace was alot faster with all classes having grenades and some sort of status effect weapon, in this version not a chance, why? Simple, the dev team believe this will make the game more newbie friendly, but... we may see them yet, remember this is just a beta. So in short how fun is this game? Pub wise the answer is very fun for the first 10-15 hours, it's fast paced, exciting and alot of laughs. Long term pub you are going to get annoyed with your team as their just not cutting it. Clan play? Well in short yes but there is a but, class limits, team numbers and map selection will be a huge decision with some trials needing to be done. Overall a good buy and if your a HL2 fan orange box is a purchase with alot of bang for your buck.

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