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Team Fortress 2 | 
| From: Electronic Arts Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99 Buy New: $14.99 You Save: $5.00 (25%)
Rating: 15 reviews Sales Rank: 1748
Format: Dvd-video Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Xp Genre: shooter_action_games ESRB: Mature Media: Video Game Edition: Collector's Batteries Included: No Age: 17 - 20 years Operating System: Windows 2000 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 9869 Model: 9869 UPC: 014633098693 EAN: 0014633098693 ASIN: B00140S21O
Release Date: April 8, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Nine unique character classes, each providing a completely unique play experience for players of varying skills. | | • | Advanced graphics that offers a unique game environment while providing game information within the visuals. | | • | Support for up to 24 players. | | • | Introduces new multiplayer game modes and support for voice chat. | | • | Automatic updates – Stop wasting time looking for patches or new content. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map. A long time coming, TF2 was first announced in 1998, but in the years that followed went through various concept and design changes, which left it looking less and less like the beloved original release. Luckily by the time the final version came off the presses and was bundled as part of EA's 2007 release, The Orange Box, it had returned to something very close to the original game. Meet the full team. View larger. |  Heavy dropping a few shells. View larger. |  Pyro bringing the heat. View larger. |  Scout catching some air. View larger. | Gameplay Built around multiplayer battles of two teams, Reliable Excavation Demolition (RED) and Builders League United (BLU), representing competing construction teams, players choose between two game modes: capture the flag (CTF) and a control point mode. In CTF the objective is to obtain a briefcase of intelligence from the enemy team's base and return it to their own base while preventing the opposing team from doing the same. In the control point mode the objective is similar, only related to holding particular territories. To be successful in either the most important thing is to understand and use each character class in the best way possible.A Game That's a Class Operation Unlike other "class-based" games that offer a variety of combat classes only, Team Fortress 2 features a wide variety of classes which provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player skills. All nine playable character classes from the original game are available and although a few of these, like the Medic and Heavy generally work well with any mix of characters, overall each have particular strengths in offensive, defensive and support capacities. Each also will respond dynamically with different comical dialogue when in combat.The full character classes include:- Pyro - An offensive class with average damage tolerance, Pyros are armed with a flamethrower, shotgun and a fire axe.
- Engineer - A defensive class with a low threshold for damage, Engineers can upgrade weapons and equipment and are armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a wrench.
- Spy - Used for sabotage the Spy carries a revolver, a butterfly knife, an electronic zapper and a diguise kit.
- Heavy - Tough on offense and defense the Heavy's weapons are the minigun, the shotgun and his fists.
- Sniper - A support class with low damage tolerance, the Sniper is armed with a sniper rifle, a submachine gun and a machete.
- Scout - The Scout is fast but susceptible to damage. His weapons are a sawed off shotgun, a pistol and a baseball bat.
- Soldier - A slow, but a powerful offensive class, the soldier wields a rocket launcher, a shotgun and a spade.
- Demoman - A defense class with an average amount of protection, the Demoman is armed with a remotely detonated sticky bomb and a bottle of Scotch.
- Medic - Medics keep other characters alive and are armed with a healing 'medigun,' a syringe-firing launcher and a bone saw.
The importance of the abilities of particular classes aside, far and away the dominant factor in Team Fortress 2 and the secret to its popularity, is its clear dedication to fun. This is seen in its rejection of realism in favor of cartoon-style art in the game's graphics, the inclusion of super weapons like lasers and missile launchers hidden within the six standard maps and the attention given to each character's incidental trash talking functionality. Combined, these simply make for fast-paced, over-the-top fun which are the building blocks of any multiplayer shooter.System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows Vista/XP/2000 | | Processor: | 1.7 Ghz Processor | Pentium 4 Processor (3.0 Ghz or better) | | RAM: | 512 MB RAM | 1 GB RAM | | Video Card: | DirectX 8 level Graphics card | DirectX 9 level Graphics card | | Other: | DVD-ROM Drive/Mouse/Keyboard/Internet Connection |
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Product Description If you're ready for the challenge of true team-based online action, you'll find it in Team Fortress 2. With TF 2, you'll go into battle as part of a cohesive squad of fellow warriors all bent on the same goal - whether it's storming a beach, demolishing a bridge or escorting a VIP to safety. And you'll do it knowing your teammates are watching your back as carefully as you're watching theirs. Begin by assuming one of twelve roles, each with unique strengths and weaknesses. If you're looking for a straight-up fight, you'll choose Marine or Commando. Prefer the shadows? You'll make a cunning Spy or Sniper. Medics and Engineers support their teammates through bravery and ingenuity. Focus the raw force of your team's talents through communication and strategizing.
Automatic updates - Stop wasting time looking for patches or new content
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Overrated August 26, 2008 R. LIAO (los angeles, ca) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've played many multiplayer fps games in my lifetime, as reference:
pc: counterstrike, team fortress (original), quake, battlefield, ut, tribes
console: cod4, halo, resistance, goldeneye
this one falls more into UT/quake where everything is sped up to superspeed and there is a smaller chasm of luck vs skill.
this is not so much like the original team fortress. the big problem is that deaths don't matter. this causes a ton of suicide players rushing to you left and right, which can cause a new player to be overwhelmed. half of the players camp (due to classes such as heavy, engineer, sniper) and the other half rush (pyro, scout). the campers end up with huge kill-death ratios (which again dont matter) and can essentially stay in the same spot due to unlimited ammo and health coming out from the engineers. Also, the games are flawed because games such as capturing points are located sequentially. this leads to everyone rushing point A, and when that is captured point B, and then point C. This makes the game very linear and boring. Also, there are games where you need to move a bomb to the other teams base. However, the bomb travels along a track so therefore everyone is congregated in the same place.
The only reason I can see someone getting this game is if they had a clan or group of friends. This game is very team oriented, which doesn't bode well on the public servers since it seems like 1)nobody has a mike and 2)everyone chooses whatever class they want.
Way overhyped game August 25, 2008 Berlin L. Brown (Atlanta, Ga USA) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will start my review with "I am sorry". I am sorry that I just don't get this game. It is a fun multiplayer. Quake and Unreal are some fun multiplayers as well but I don't think TF2 is the best game EVER! as some people claim. In fact, I had way more fun with many other online shooters. I play and have played PC and console. I had a blast with most versions of online Halo, COD4, Quake, Unreal. There is more strategy with these games, better weapons, gameplay, better maps...on and on.
*Pros*
- Innovative graphics - Great sound effects - Online play is protected from hackers, cheaters - Large online community
*Cons*
- Maps are way too small. - Repetitive gameplay with NOT as much strategy as other games. Shoot, die, respawn. Shoot, run around, respawn. - Not much fun. - Not very many weapons, Valve makes up for it by adding only 9 pointless classes. - Way over-hyped.
A lot of these games are being over-hyped by blogs and other media. I felt the same way about Bioshock. If you want to play a game that everyone else thinks is fun (but really isn't), go play BZFlag on Linux and save a couple of bucks. Me, I am trusting my instincts. I have been playing games sense Super Mario Bros. Based on my experience, this game is just ok and not what others claim it to be.
The greatest online shooting game EVER!!! July 12, 2008 Ramsis Lion (Long Island, NY USA) That's a big statement there in the title of this post but it takes quite a game to have the pure impact and enjoyment that this game has had on the gaming public like this one has and continues to have.
As a long time player of Team Fortress Classic, (the previous Team Fortress game before this one) I was quite skeptical of what was to come next. The cartoony graphics, the been there done that type of game play, the long time wait may not meet the hype it has generated and the loss of things such as grenades that had been a staple in the game previous. It was a lot working against it but I was willing to give it a shot to see what we were in store for.
And boy am I glad I did. As its been a pleasant ride ever since.
The game set up is simple enough for anyone to get into or enjoy. You basically join a server that will have one of various different maps, each map having a different goal to it. Like one will be a capture the flag theme where the team has to bring a briefcase from the enemy base back to theirs in a set amount of times to win. Another will be capture point based where first team to capture all 5 capture points wins. And attack/defend themed maps where one side has to defend their capture points against the attacking team as time runs down.
You join a team that is either red or blue colored and pick one of nine classes. Each class having a different ability and providing unique game play all the while.
The various classes include: The fast running, but low in health points Scout, the all around, all purpose rocket shooting Soldier, the close range and burn all in its path Pyro, the sneaky and backstabbing, often times cloaked Spy, the long range head shot shooting Sniper, The health giving and supportive Medic, the Sentry Gun building wrench holding Engineer, the powerhouse and mow em all down in an instant Heavy and the bomb throwing and explosive Demoman.
And then you just jump right into the game. And that's really it. The fun will continue on from that moment on for many hours of sleepless nights playing.
You can change your classes at you want adding hours of repeatability to the game or master a class you instantly fall in love with. There are custom maps, new maps being added all the time by both Valve and fans who can make their own with the easily downloadable editor. Valve also had constantly been updating the classes, adding new weapons for you to get to them as you meet certain class specific achievements you have to unlock.
Valve has really out done themselves here with this one. It was worth the wait and even months later still continues to deliever on the fun and team based goals that this game set out to do.
Its simple and to the point yet accomplishes so much that other online based games can't seem to ever get. It doesn't wow us with realistic battles or graphics but continues on in the tradition that Team Fortress has started and even perfects it with so much more.
Sure no game is without its flaws. Like any popular game there are trouble makers in servers or connection problems and some many not like the constant changes being made to the game. But the pros outweigh the cons by far in this.
It has comedy with the unique voices each character has, taunts you can do to show up other players and so many more subtle little additions that add to the environment.
If you are a fan of online games and even want to find something new for you and your online friend to do. Look no further. This is the game that is must have and must play for all ages and walks of life.
The price is right, the time is right and the game is a must have experience. Don't take our word for it, check it out for yourself. The game sells itself the first time you play it.
Well I'm off .. Back to capturing the briefcase again, or is it trying to stop those from doing so...
The worst lan game, EVER! July 4, 2008 I call them as I see em. (San Jose, CA) 0 out of 10 found this review helpful
This game is the worst thing I've ever played. CS= AWESOME! The original Half-life= AWESOME! The original team fortress (or whatever it was called) AWESOME! All those games had extreme depth to them. This game has NO DEPTH what so ever. I just don't understand how valve could have lost their minds and made this junk? This game just lacks any kind of strategy. You run out and shoot then die. Wait 22 seconds and repeat. It's just as stupid as that.
Best thing Valve has made, ever! Most addicting game (guess) ever!!!!!!!!! June 13, 2008 Diane Freese Evans 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is THE online game, the people at Valve outdid themselves in making this game. I can't stop playing it, the multiple classes change the entire way you play a match, so it always feels fresh and never boring. In playing this, teamwork cannot be stressed enough, because players have to utilize each others' abilities and perks to win. The all too common issue of single people determining the way a game ends because of a good gun or individual skills is gone from experiencing this game, teamwork is the way you have to play. A team of moderately skilled players, working together and communicating and solving issues as a whole, will dominate any group of skilled players who care about individual glory. Great fun, even if you are new to video games, you learn quickly and master each class with ease. For players who've been playing games for a while, this will be a refreshing new way to enjoy online gaming.
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