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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: sntslilhlpr6601 on June 24, 2011, 02:13:39 AM
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Yep, free.
I guess Valve made so much money with the in-game item store (holy crap did they make a lot of money!) that they decided to make the game free and rely solely on the store for profits.
A free account comes with some restrictions but they are all limited to the item system, you can still play all maps and game modes for free. A free account becomes a regular account once you buy any item in the in-game store.
Just thought I'd let you guys know. Even if the game was too "cartoony" for you, give it a shot, the gameplay is pretty damn good. Just try to ignore all the hat nonsense. :aok
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the best thing about team fortress is the promotional videos for each of the charectors (especially the spies.)
scout:"what are you? president of his fanclub?" blue spy:" no..that would be your mother!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcE_aKPXIlg
other than that tho, team fortress has gotten kinda old. it was fun at first but its kinda lost its charm with all the other funner fps's out there.
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the best thing about team fortress is the promotional videos for each of the charectors (especially the spies.)
scout:"what are you? president of his fanclub?" blue spy:" no..that would be your mother!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcE_aKPXIlg
other than that tho, team fortress has gotten kinda old. it was fun at first but its kinda lost its charm with all the other funner fps's out there.
I never liked tf2 and I always wondered why everyone was so worked up about it. The gameplay sucks with all the weapon boosts etc. that you can get, you're limited to low power weapons only to be blasted away in 1 shot by someone with some lame uber shot. Who wants to play like that? Not me. You can't even tell who's cheating with the option for legal 'cheats' around.
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When TF2 took so long to come out and then was changed to the cartoon aspect I never looked back at the game.
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Played the original TF in college, and put in many hours when TF2 came out as well, it's a great game. I was skeptical when they changed the art work to the more cartoon style but they made it work and added some humor to the game. I thought all the classes were very well balanced as well, I've sort of lost track of the game development over the last couple years but I always found the core game very enjoyable.
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They finally came out with a short for the medic about a week ago, its pretty awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc)
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Well... why did i pay for it?
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I never liked tf2 and I always wondered why everyone was so worked up about it. The gameplay sucks with all the weapon boosts etc. that you can get, you're limited to low power weapons only to be blasted away in 1 shot by someone with some lame uber shot. Who wants to play like that? Not me. You can't even tell who's cheating with the option for legal 'cheats' around.
Most of the weapons are pretty balanced. There are only a few weapons that are widely considered upgrades from the stock weapons. Everything else just offers a different playstyle with no distinct advantage. The "levels" of alternate weapons is just tongue-in-cheek humor from Valve, it means nothing. With a few of the classes, the stock weapons are considered the most useful, like the scout, demo, and soldier (barring his melee wep).
When the game first came out it was fairly simple, but now with so many weapons in the game I can definitely see how daunting it can be for new players. But you can get by just fine on the stock weapon loadouts and you should be able to get a feel for the game. There is also a training option for new players where you can play against bots. I haven't actually tried it out, though.
Curry: When did you buy the game? I got it with the Orange Box package back in 07 which was arguably the best deal in gaming history. There was also a couple sales in which you could get TF2 for merely a few bucks. Nothing like the 50 bucks I ended up wasting on the first Left4Dead game.
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Orange Box yeah great deal just complaining for the sake of it :aok.