Team Fortress 2

               In 2007 the game Team Fortress 2 got released. This game is a sequel to a mod for the game Quake. It was released as part of a group of games compiled into a box called The Orange Box. Other games in the Orange Box include Half Life 2 and Portal. Team Fortress 2 was developed by Valve and was distributed using Steam.

                Team Fortress 2 is a first-person shooter where players are split into two teams, Red and Blu. The two teams then compete for a principal objective. A few examples of this are capture the flag or capture the points where a team has to capture a point and then defend it while the other team tries to capture the point away from them. My favorite game mode is one where you have to push a payload past the other team’s defenses. You push the payload by standing near it. Team Fortress has a very famous multiplayer map. It is called 2Fort. It is many people’s favorite map (including mine) and is a perfect map for capture the flag.

                One of my favorite things about Team Fortress 2 is the art style. The art style is very cartoony and very stylized. There aren’t many games that look like Team Fortress 2 does. This game was originally going to be a lot more realistic looking but the development team changed it to a more cartoon look. This was a really good change. I think that if they stayed with the realistic look than Team Fortress 2 wouldn’t be nearly as popular as it is. The cartoony look and kind of humorous parts of the game makes it a lot more fun to play. This game is still very popular now even though it came out 8 years ago. One of the reasons for this is all the items that you can find and use. These items vary in rarity and usefulness. The game has its own economic system with people trading items all the time. There are even websites that tell you how much it should cost to trade a certain item with someone.

                This game doesn’t really have much of a story to it in game. They make up for this by releasing videos that showcase each of the different characters you can play. These videos are called “Meet the Team”. The videos show the characters backstories or showcase their special abilities. These videos are very funny and entertaining to watch. The developers even took some of the stuff from the videos and added gameplay elements from them.

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