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Re: Team Fortress 2, the greatest game of all!!! :
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10/02/07 13:12
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broozar
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so fortress2 has finally arrived. i remember times when it looked like this,  anno 1999. it's come a long way, and as i'm generally not interested in games like this, i can't comment on gameplay, but i cannot see why the graphics should be a downfall. of course, source engine is already in the years (phew, i played Dark Messiah recently and had to admit that, too). but this comic style for shooters is somewhat refreshing imo. and the promo videos are really fun to watch 
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Re: Team Fortress 2, the greatest game of all!!! :
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10/06/07 14:47
10/06/07 14:47
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Stansmedia
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It is fricking awesome! Been playing it for the past two weeks and all the classes are masterfully balanced against each other.
Lol, I sooo disagree with you there. It's not balanced perfectly. The Spy is WAY too powerful and the Sniper often doesn't kill with one shot (yes, in the head that is..). Either that last thing is a bug, or the sniper is simply underpowered. (btw, there was blood, so I didn't miss.)
I also think that it takes too much time for the Heavy Gunner to kill someone when you aim at an enemy constantly, but perhaps my aiming skills are simply lacking (or it sprays so wide that you miss nearly half of the time even íf your aim is good?).
The shotgun could use some more power too, it doesn't feel like a powerful weapon, but I do like it's ineffectiveness at longer range.
Anyways, I really like the speedy gameplay though and although confusing at first, I also like the capture the zones approach. I do not quite like the graphical style, but I'm sure I will be playing this game for a while nonetheless. Somehow, these graphics are a huge disappointment for me, since I would loved to have seen them make a Team Fortress 2 with those more life-like characters and stuff (which they sadly threw in the recycling bin like a year ago or something...)
Cheers
The difficulty your experiencing is derived from the solar noob-plex, located directly below the cerebelum. It effects every 2/3 people, and can be cured with a medication plan of getting your ass kicked. line up.
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Re: Team Fortress 2, the greatest game of all!!! :
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10/06/07 21:24
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maybe graphics isn't everything? better have a fantastic gameplay with old "bad" graphics, than fantastic graphics with a bad and boring gameplay
You'll notice I wasn't commenting on gameplay quality, nor did I say people wouldn't play it because of the graphics....
The developers claimed they used the style because of the inherent unrealistic aspects of the game, which I dont doubt, but really I suspect it is more of a decision to try to cover up the fact that Source is a low-tech engine not capable of competing with modern engines in a graphical way.
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Re: Team Fortress 2, the greatest game of all!!! :
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10/06/07 22:46
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maybe graphics isn't everything? better have a fantastic gameplay with old "bad" graphics, than fantastic graphics with a bad and boring gameplay
You'll notice I wasn't commenting on gameplay quality, nor did I say people wouldn't play it because of the graphics....
The developers claimed they used the style because of the inherent unrealistic aspects of the game, which I dont doubt, but really I suspect it is more of a decision to try to cover up the fact that Source is a low-tech engine not capable of competing with modern engines in a graphical way.
Maybe you're right Matt. But the new multi-core support coming to the source engine does sound like a very nice feature. Especially with the prices dropping on the intel quad core processors. 
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Re: Team Fortress 2, the greatest game of all!!! :
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10/08/07 07:10
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It is fricking awesome! Been playing it for the past two weeks and all the classes are masterfully balanced against each other.
Lol, I sooo disagree with you there. It's not balanced perfectly. The Spy is WAY too powerful and the Sniper often doesn't kill with one shot (yes, in the head that is..). Either that last thing is a bug, or the sniper is simply underpowered. (btw, there was blood, so I didn't miss.)
I also think that it takes too much time for the Heavy Gunner to kill someone when you aim at an enemy constantly, but perhaps my aiming skills are simply lacking (or it sprays so wide that you miss nearly half of the time even íf your aim is good?).
The shotgun could use some more power too, it doesn't feel like a powerful weapon, but I do like it's ineffectiveness at longer range.
Anyways, I really like the speedy gameplay though and although confusing at first, I also like the capture the zones approach. I do not quite like the graphical style, but I'm sure I will be playing this game for a while nonetheless. Somehow, these graphics are a huge disappointment for me, since I would loved to have seen them make a Team Fortress 2 with those more life-like characters and stuff (which they sadly threw in the recycling bin like a year ago or something...)
Cheers
The difficulty your experiencing is derived from the solar noob-plex, located directly below the cerebelum. It effects every 2/3 people, and can be cured with a medication plan of getting your ass kicked. line up.
Right... but I never said I couldn't kill anyone in the game, I just said certain things are overpowered/underpowered/unfair. 
Part of what you're saying is true though, in all games there's a 'getting used to-phase', so perhaps it feels bad because it's different...
Cheers
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