Team Fortress 2 - Worst game ever?

[tijuanatim]

It can't be that terrible if absolutely everyone else thinks it's mediocre at worst. Most people say it's brilliant.

It's popular, so it HAS to be good!

 

[Shock and Awe]

Even though I love the 360, it sucks on 360, the PC version is much better.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Play it on Steam. Xbox Live's users are, in my experience, cocky 10 year olds who can't shoot, and think that you must be cheating if you can kill them.

 

[Necrofudge]

Never played the 360 version... Or wasted my money on Xbox live for that matter. But Xbox live has always been filled with whining children (most of them with Texas accents for some reason) from what I've seen playing at a friends house.
The PC version is decent so you should probably try playing that.

 

[Cgull]

At risk of being quoted and told I'm wrong a lot, I recently bought the PC version (Orange Box, wanted HL2 on PC) and I just can't find the reason why it's so revered. It's ok, I guess, but not something I would be recommending to everyone I meet.

That said, I'm willing to be proven wrong, or at the very least shown that I'm missing the point.

Convert me fellow Escapists! Make me love TF2 like so many people do!

 

[natster43]

The Xbox 360 one is alright, but PC version is amazing apparently. I need to get the PC one someday.

 

[Bourne]

Sounds like your problem is with Xbox Live, and not the game itself. That's an easy fix... Mix a highly acidic concentrate with gasoline (50/50), fill up the 360 with the mixture, and throw it into a fire. Stand back a bit too.

 

[Killercheesepuff]

Wait... im not gonna pull the console card but the only reason you stated here that it was bad was because lack of maps and idiot kids. If you're playing online at all you should atleast expect some of them and you cant judge a game of its quality by its players. and even though there are only a few maps they are very well designed.

 

[Th37thTrump3t]

The Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2 is a disgrace compared to the PC version because of one reason. Updates, updates, UPDATES.

 

[jake557]

Nobody mentioned the fact that the 360 version was promised the updates made to the PC as well and that the PS3 didn't even get a single update to solve some issues? Last I heard, it was going to update with all the class updates. But since this is valve, and I haven't seen a fleet of flying pigs...

off topic, I got tf2 for my laptop, but the mouse controls are sluggish, and feel very sloppy. I'm guessing it's my laptops lack of graphics, but I have the lowest settings possible, and it's still bad. Any advice, or should I just give up, and sart saving for a new one?

Try downloading a low polycount mod, it should help boost your FPS: http://tomtallian.com/pages/tf2.html

 

[iFail69]

oh lol, 360 TF2 is horrific. PC on the other hand...

 

[Kellerb]

Im a 360 player meself, but the pc version is the one without the whiny bastards or other problems.

 

[Dexiro]

It can't be that terrible if absolutely everyone else thinks it's mediocre at worst. Most people say it's brilliant.

It's popular, so it HAS to be good!

My point was just that it can't be the worst game ever if a lot of people are enjoying it.

I could go into the actual reasons why it's good but i was going for the short/simple argument

 

[Chunko]

Wow. Just... wow.

I bought Orange Box for the xbox360 today. Actually, I initially bought it on release day so I could play Portal... so I technically re-bought it. Back then there was barely a person playing Team Fortress 2 so I gave it a miss. However, having heard numerous endorsements of the game, and assuming that the amount of people playing might have picked up, I bought another copy.

What. A load. Of balls. I've been trying to play for the last few hours, but have now thrown in the towel - it's rubbish. It's like the original, TFC, but slow, with a total of about 4 maps - only one of which supports CTF- , and whining American children requiring mass-muting at the beginning of every game.

Am I doing it wrong? Have I missed something? Or is this genuinely a terrible game? I realise that the PC version has more support from Valve... but can the 360 version be so different? I'm not sure what my enquiry is with this post... but someone please explain - I'm feeling somewhat bewildered and perplexed!!

It's a matter of taste. I love tf2 but my friend hates it. As for the whole Xbox 360 versus PC thing, that's not true. You wouldn't notice the difference if you only played for a few hours.

 

[Gplars]

the pc version is much better xbox is not where you wanting to get tf2

 

[Haydyn]

Visiting my first Escapist thread in months, and already PC fanboys are running wild.

I never really liked playing TF2. It was more fun to just talk about the character's introduction videos with friends.

 

[Motiv_]

At risk of being quoted and told I'm wrong a lot, I recently bought the PC version (Orange Box, wanted HL2 on PC) and I just can't find the reason why it's so revered. It's ok, I guess, but not something I would be recommending to everyone I meet.

That said, I'm willing to be proven wrong, or at the very least shown that I'm missing the point.

Convert me fellow Escapists! Make me love TF2 like so many people do!

Well, there are many reasons you don't love it. Could be the community, it's performance on your computer, or more then likely, you just don't like it. There's no such thing as a universally loved game, and no game is for everyone. I enjoy Team Fortress 2 when it decides to run well on my computer and the community feels like being nice, but it's far from "TEH BEZT GAEM EVAR".

That title is reserved for Barbie Horse Adventures 2004

But, you could try some of Valve's other games, Left 4 Dead I strongly recommend if you have 3 likeminded friends and like co-op.

 

[Lemon Of Life]

You have a PC yes?

Get it now.

 

[Dfskelleton]

If there's one game that would definitely rather be played on PC than a console, its TF2.

 

[Gondito]

PC version has:

Unlockable new weapons for every single class.

Dozens and Dozens of new maps (including really fun community made maps)

Server mods that lower gravity/ add fun gameplay changes

increased max players/ up to 32

unlockable hats for all characters

new useable items for each character

gameplay improvements made by Valve

Much MUCH bigger community of fun people (usually about 500 servers running at a time, half of them have 10 or more players in them at all times)

In the future Valve is adding a second round of unlockable class weapons

360 version has:

None of the above