Team Fortress 2 - out of date now?

[Ze_Reaper_Of_Zeath]

They are constantly releasing updates, to tweak and improve it. I don't think it's out of date.

Hey, if you get tired you can play Gang Garrison 2, an 8-bit version of TF2. I play it quite constantly, and it's fun. Best of all it's free!

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

Team Fortress 2 is one of, if not the most, popular online shooters for the PC. Personally, I love both Modern Warfare 2 and Team Fortress 2, but TF2 is so beloved that the people who play it often feel an elitism over the Call of Duty fanbase.

 

[Aurora219]

The "dedicated fanbases" for both games are utterly massive. So I think they'd argue that the game is as up-to-date as the clock on your PC.

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

TF2 is... unique. I don't know if that is good or not but it is unique.

Because of this it hasn't gone out of style thanks to the better graphic vanilla FPS coming onto the markets these days. Nothing really has replaced TF2 because it these new stuff doesn't have the style, the game play and most importantly the soul of TF2. If some better game came out with the same sort of game play and style then a good deal of people may very well switch over to it but nothing on the market has done that yet.

Is it staying alive cause of fans though?
What doesn't....

 

[mocruz1200]

pushed out by ModerenWarfare.

i was going to make a thought out intelligent statement, then i read THAT
OT no no on ono no no no no no nonononononononononononONonoNONONONONONONONONONO!!!!

 

[secretsantaone]

TF2 will never be out of date. I mean, people still play Team Fortress Classic and it's been what, 11 years?

I still play Team Fortress Classic. I'm updating to TF2 soon, but hey, why fix what isn't broken?

It's not really an update, it's a different game.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Is it out of date? No. Valve are good in refreshing it with updates, and the core game itself is very solid. I recently moved from the PS3 to the PC version, and was overwhelmed (and owned repeatedly). It has changed quite a bit from when it first came out.

 

[mrF00bar]

Well, I just played CounterStrike about an hour ago, and damn is that game hard to get used to after all the Modern Warfare I've been playing. That being said, it really seems like both Team Fortress 2 and CS: Source have their dedicated fan bases, and they really are games that people can come back to after a while and enjoy. Frankly, I don't think a game like Modern Warfare is even good enough to "de-throne" FPS classics such as CS and TF2.

What he said. lol.

 

[Battenbergcake]

I don't think it's suffering in any way, shooters like modern warfare halo come and go, but Valve has a certain quaint charm it gives to it's games.
Team Fortress 2 unlike a game like Modern Warfare or Gears has a sense of real personality and in no way take's itself seriously, it's far fetched, has a great sense of humor and slick artistic design.

I'm in no way saying Call of Duty, Halo and Gears along with other shooters like Bad Company and all those other shooters aren't any good.
I personally feel there will always be a place for Team Fortress.

 

[Battenbergcake]

I would imagine so I was watching soe gameplay of it and it looks like a cheap cartoon.

Cheap cartoon?
Interesting perspective, personally i think it's charming, slick 60's look is a nice take considering most games in that genre are bogged down in graphics that make a sepia photo look like a colour wheel.
But hey your opinion mate, i've got a keen interesting in cartoonist and illustration so TF2 for me is a visual master piece.
Can you elaborate on your point for debate's sake?

 

[Calhoun347]

Team Fortress Classic was the greatest team-based FPS I had ever played, Then TF2 came out, and took that title. No game has given me as much joy as TF2 has.

I recently had a conversation with a cousin of mine. He's a Major COD player. 2 years ago, when he picked up the orange box for the 360, he said it sucked. I laughed at him.

This past easter, at the family get-together, he brought it up casually, and i called him out when he said it sucked. He got a new PC not long ago, and bought the Orange box on steam. He had an insane amount of fun. It was now in his top 5.

TF2 is a game kept alive, not only by Valve adding new content, but by the Community adding new content. TF2 is one of those games that doesn't come along often. TF2 will last at least until TF3, and even then, a small group will still stick with it. I know I still play Team Fortress Classic ever once and awhile for nostalgia's sake.

 

[Plurralbles]

you got it wrong, an in the moment, brown and gray realistic game is exactly teh kind of game that goes out of date and is replaced, whereas TF and CS:S are still fun to play because they ARE FUN and have gameplay and graphics that don't age. At least, TF's doesn't. Cel shading never gets old(looking at how Windwaker is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than Twilight Princess)

 

[Outright Villainy]

I just alt tabbed out of the game to read this thread, so nah. Never a dull moment really, though some maps are a little hard to find these days, I've more than a hundred low ping servers at any one time, and I live in the middle of nowhere.

Hard to see it dieing any time soon, when it's so ridiculously awesome. All the whining about imbalance is unjustified too, on a whole it's excellently balanced.

 

[GameSlave15]

idk if valve will let it get stale just when i start getting tired of it they release another update.

 

[ryai458]

I would imagine so I was watching soe gameplay of it and it looks like a cheap cartoon.

Cheap cartoon?
Interesting perspective, personally i think it's charming, slick 60's look is a nice take considering most games in that genre are bogged down in graphics that make a sepia photo look like a colour wheel.
But hey your opinion mate, i've got a keen interesting in cartoonist and illustration so TF2 for me is a visual master piece.
Can you elaborate on your point for debate's sake?

Yes I can, first off I do not own this game and have never played it, but from what I have seen it look smooth and simplistic as if they where concentrating on gameplay more than graphics. Gameplay is obviously more imprtant than graphics and they decided to go with a cartoony look which is fine, I personally like my game to look good and play good.
FYI: I don't know how old TF2 is so maybe it was great back in the day.

 

[TheComedown]

If they ever make a Team Fortress 3 or any other shooter as silly as that im sure people will move on over to that, untill then if it still has players it must be good.

Ho ho ho.
Players =/= quality game, just means people who prefer to play it for whatever reason.

Personally I gave TF2 a spin only last year and could not see what it was all about. The maps were okay, the class selection wasn't anything special and so on. Back when it was unique, I'm sure it was great, but considering the amount of class based shooters there are out, I have to say I've played class shooters which look better, better map design, better gameplay etc.
I think some people have played it so much they are really good at it and don't want to start from scratch with another game.

it still is unique, what other class based shooters are you talking about? i have never seen another game balance classes nearly as well as they have been balanced in this. each class has a completed different playing style its own weaknesses and strengths that no other class has.. what other classed based shooters are out there that have balanced the classes so perfectly?

 

[Quiet Stranger]

This Tuesday I was ruffling through my atic; looking for some old games and found The Orange Box.
I originally got it for Half life & portal, but on Tuesday i thought i'd give TF2 a go. (why i didnt at the time is another story...) After some stressful moments with Steam; *sigh* I got it up and running.

Reading up on chat and other sites, is see lots of "complaints" about updates and how much they changed the game. Personally i feel games like Team Fortress and Counter Strike have had their day; pushed out by ModerenWarfare.
I'm enjoying the game so far but I cant help but wonder if the game is being kept alive by fans and not in demand.

Are things still going strong? and any thoughts on what to expect in coming patches?

I will laugh at you indecisively, ha....haha......ha Team Fortress 2 is WAY better then MW

 

[Katana314]

Yes I can, first off I do not own this game and have never played it, but from what I have seen it look smooth and simplistic as if they where concentrating on gameplay more than graphics. Gameplay is obviously more imprtant than graphics and they decided to go with a cartoony look which is fine, I personally like my game to look good and play good.
FYI: I don't know how old TF2 is so maybe it was great back in the day.

Pretty much the opposite. The team invented their own cel-shading graphics algorithms that take each character through about 5 different methods of lighting. They do this specifically so that everyone is distinctly visible and recognizable even at range or low lighting, AND so that they don't look comparatively "low-res" after the game has been out for several years.

Another thing I want to offer up is this being the very last good game for Dedicated Servers. MW and BC both have company-managed servers (even if BC2's are "rented out") whereas TF2 I could set something up on my desktop while I'm away if I wanted. It really is the best way of forming a community or having a mod.

Ever play a game where everyone gets a random weapon? The lucky ones play as a Scout with a rocket launcher.

 

[Rad Party God]

At that time, I got both COD4:MW and the OB for the pc and It was the best holidays I had in my gaming history. I bought the OB for Half-Life mainly, so Portal and Team Fortress were like 2 big bonuses and suprsisingly they were amazing (especially Portal), then I played MW and I was blown away by both the single-player campaign (wich I think is better than MW2's) and the multiplayer (I can't compare that to MW2's).

I played a good chunk of TF2 and I liked it, and I saw a lot of potential life sinker on that game, but I was more entertained by MW and I played more MW than TF2. I like team-based multiplayer games (I still love both L4Ds), but I simply couldn't stop playing MW, even if it wasn't as supported and patched like TF2.

Today, I don't play both games as I used to, mainly playing TF2 if a new patch goes live to see the new quirks, bells and whisltes added to it. So, no, I don't consider TF2 outdated, it's still a very fun game and Valve patches the game a lot and regularly, there's even a lot of classes left to patch and Valve are planning on adding a lot of new features, weapons and achievements. CS:S, by the other hand, is the definition of outdated, they haven't patched that game like since 2005 (only adding minor stability patches like every 9 months or so) and MW since the beginning of 2008.