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Team Fortress 2 Beta ::

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Wednesday 26th September, 2007

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reddrich

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Game Review

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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.

Gamestah Verdict

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