Reviews for the Road: Team Fortress 2

Sunday, February 05, 2012  Anonymous  

Welcome to the first ever installment of Reviews for the Road, a series of  posts were we discuss some of the in and outs of certain games. You can expect to see some killer games featured here, with an overall score for how I rate them. Without futher waiting, today's article covers the Valve Classic, Team Fortress 2.

Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is one of the world's premiere muder-based, hat wearing, fps simulators. All kidding aside, it is one of the games that any self respecting PC gamer should own. Now after TF2's "birthday" it has been out for over 5 years since it's release on October 10th, 2007. During June of this year, it officially went free-to-play where all steam users could play the game for free. This is where as a player, I finally stepped in to see the delights of this game.

There are 9 classes that you can choose from, some are good for offense while some defense. Some like the medic, are just there to support the other classes and make sure they can complete their objectives with little trouble. There are a number of stock game modes that are standard to the game like capture points, attack and defense, capture the flag and payload. There is extensive community support in game modes like dodgeball and player run servers that have many benefits.

There is also a lot of balance to the game, where each class could not win without the others or even do well. Many of the items have both pros and cons so you never get an item that is over-powered. Balance in gameplay is a fickle thing, it requires decent weapon stats, player health levels and the rate at which they drop just to name a few. TF2 strikes a fine line between fun and balance that keeps players craving more. Valve is also a great company where if there are issues, they are quick to respond to the masses.

Overall I would rate this game a solid 94 out of 100. For it's fun gameplay that brings you back for more, it's large item and server selection and lastly for the myriad of classes and levels makes it a game for any player. It loses points for it's load times for first time players that need to download a number of maps each time you play a new level. As one of the best free games on the market right now, I truly recommend it to all types of players on both the hardcore and casual markets. Be sure to play it now if you haven't already!

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