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[Heavy On] Team Fortress 2: Who touched Sasha?!?

MephistophelesMephistopheles Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Games and Technology
Right, so I've not done this before, but here goes

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October 9th, 2007: Orange Box HL2:E2, TF2, Portal comes to PC, PS3, and Xbox 360

Shacknews has posted a great 3 page article that goes into depth about TF2. They interview the team, give some more details about classes and maps, etc. It's mostly what we've been hearing recently, but I think it deserves note. Some points:
  • All three versions will be released simultaneously (PC/PS3/360) but will not be cross-platform
  • Scouts can change direction mid-air with their second jump
  • Snipers can move while zoomed, albeit slowly
  • Staying zoomed increases a damage bar, while being unzoomed decreases it, thereby rewarding a Sniper for waiting for a kill
  • Engineers can gather scrap metal to upgrade turrets (3 levels of turret)
  • Sudden Death mode after time expires: no respawns
  • Detailed statistics at round end. It is not clear if these are universal or per-map

Heavy Weapons Guy Trailer:
YouTube
High-Def

There's some more info, but I'm not sure if it is new or old. Dynamic maps are explained a bit better (ie Hydro) and they talk alot about the amazing graphics. Anyways, a good read. Feel free to discuss.

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I had never seen all the classes in profile before:
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    But I may have missed it.

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  • TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I was kinda interested in the game.
    Then the trailers came out!:D

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I'm actually looking forward to additional class movies moreso than the actual game itself.

    There will be more, right? They can't just stop at the Heavy, man.

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  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I still play TFC. Mostly just Dustbowl but it's still fun.

    I'd say I'm eagerly awaiting TF2 but I've been waiting since like 99-00ish so really at this point it's like whatever. It does look cool though.

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The OP needs a link to the Heavy Weapons guy trailer... honestly.

    And yes they are making a trailer for each class.

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  • MephistophelesMephistopheles Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
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  • ZenitramZenitram Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    What's the release date on this baby?

    Just thinking of playing this makes me want to go back to try TFC, it's probably ugly as sin now.

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  • MephistophelesMephistopheles Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    October 2007. jeez I suck at these megathread things.

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  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Between this and ET:QW, I will have very little time for WoW. This is probably a good thing.

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  • anti-everythinganti-everything Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    October 9th, to be exact.

    And are there any exact PC system requirements yet? I found this, but it's nearly a year old, so I wonder if they haven't been increased. Or in my perfect world, decreased as the game is more refined at this point.

    With cross platform play, I'd imagine Vista will be required.
    Team Fortress 2 Minimum System Requirements
    CPU: 1.2 GHz Processor
    RAM: 256 MB
    Graphics Card: DirectX 7 capable graphics card
    Windows 2000/XP/ME/98
    Mouse
    Keyboard
    Internet Connection
    CD or DVD rom drive

    Team Fortress 2 Recommended System Requirements
    CPU: 2.4 GHz Processor
    RAM: 512 MB
    Graphics Card: DirectX 9 capable graphics card 256 MB
    Windows 2000/XP/ME/98
    Mouse
    Keyboard
    Internet Connection
    CD or DVD rom drive

    Team Fortress 2 Ideal System Requirements
    For running the game smooth in 1280x1024 with High Quality graphics.

    CPU: 3.4 GHz Processor
    RAM: 1024 MB
    Graphics Card: Radeon X800 or Geforce 6800
    Windows 2000/XP/ME/98
    Mouse
    Keyboard
    Internet Connection
    CD or DVD rom drive

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I think the system requirements will be (almost) the same as those of HL2:Ep1. If it's higher, I probably won't be able to play it. :(

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  • ZenitramZenitram Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Ok screw this, I'm busting out some TFC :)

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  • telcustelcus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    anti-everything wrote: »
    With cross platform play, I'd imagine Vista will be required.

    Jeez I hope that isn't the case. I don't want to have to upgrade my OS to play TF2.

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  • MephistophelesMephistopheles Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    the shacknews article said that there will be no cross platform play:
    Shacknews wrote:
    In Valve's offices, team members regularly play cross-platform multiplayer games, but the studio's Doug Lombardi noted emphatically that such functionality will not appear in the final versions. He explained that it introduces more problems than it is worth, and if Valve ever decides to go that route it would be in a game designed for it from the start.

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  • FreddyDFreddyD Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Zxerol wrote: »
    I'm actually looking forward to additional class movies moreso than the actual game itself.

    There will be more, right? They can't just stop at the Heavy, man.
    They rival Pixar's. I was very impressed.

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    At first I was unsure about the new style, but after seeing the Heavy Weapon's Guy Trailer, I think it looks great. Definately interesting. I just hope the characters are as expressive in game.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The animation in that Heavy Weapons trailer is right out of The Incredibles.

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  • anti-everythinganti-everything Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Mephistopheles wrote: »
    the shacknews article said that there will be no cross platform play:
    Shacknews wrote:
    In Valve's offices, team members regularly play cross-platform multiplayer games, but the studio's Doug Lombardi noted emphatically that such functionality will not appear in the final versions. He explained that it introduces more problems than it is worth, and if Valve ever decides to go that route it would be in a game designed for it from the start.

    I thought that implied PS3 and 360, I'm almost positive I read that 360 and PC users would be playing each other in an earlier preview.

    I'd be totally fine if they didn't though. Ecstatic even.

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  • existexist Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    telcus wrote: »
    anti-everything wrote: »
    With cross platform play, I'd imagine Vista will be required.

    Jeez I hope that isn't the case. I don't want to have to upgrade my OS to play TF2.

    I have no idea and could be absolutely wrong, but I don't imagine you would need Vista to play this game online, only to play it cross-platform online.

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  • MephistophelesMephistopheles Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Waka Laka wrote: »
    At first I was unsure about the new style, but after seeing the Heavy Weapon's Guy Trailer, I think it looks great. Definately interesting. I just hope the characters are as expressive in game.
    Shacknews wrote:
    One of the most potentially hilarious recurring events in Team Fortress 2 occurs when you are killed--at that moment, the camera does a snap zoom up to your killer and holds a freeze frame, capturing the enemy's position, weapon, and location at the moment the deed was done. Most of the time, this is nothing special, but what makes the feature such a great part of Team Fortress 2 is that, every so often, the enemy player character will have been caught in the middle of one of the game's gorgeous animations--most notably, the Heavy's gleefully psychopathic grin and belly laugh. Getting killed by a Heavy sticks and seeing him frozen in time, face a picture of joy as illuminated by his massive gun's muzzle flash, sticks out in my mind as one of my most memorable experiences with the game. Thankfully, the game automatically offers the option to save the snapshot to your PC.

    That seems to be relatively reassuring. I don't know about getting prompted to save it, but I'm sure that is going to be configurable. Valve seems to have a handle on things like that.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    anti-everything wrote: »
    Mephistopheles wrote: »
    the shacknews article said that there will be no cross platform play:
    Shacknews wrote:
    In Valve's offices, team members regularly play cross-platform multiplayer games, but the studio's Doug Lombardi noted emphatically that such functionality will not appear in the final versions. He explained that it introduces more problems than it is worth, and if Valve ever decides to go that route it would be in a game designed for it from the start.

    I thought that implied PS3 and 360, I'm almost positive I read that 360 and PC users would be playing each other in an earlier preview.

    I'd be totally fine if they didn't though. Ecstatic even.

    I'm fairly sure they're not. Someone from valve talked about it, saying it would be possible but Microsoft weren't giving the code out to allow other developers to implement it. And then with the Games for Windows Live fiasco I'm fairly sure very few developers want to be cross platform play titles now.

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  • AmpixAmpix Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I don't look FPS games at all really...

    But I want this, a lot. Even if it is to just gawk at the art style (yes, I am an art-style whore. Half my time playing Okami was just looking around open-mouthed)

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  • CymoroCymoro Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I've never met someone who can outsmart bullet.

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  • KerblamKerblam Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Peewi wrote: »
    I think the system requirements will be (almost) the same as those of HL2:Ep1. If it's higher, I probably won't be able to play it. :(

    Should that be my bench-mark?? If HL2:Ep1 ran decently, should I expect the same from TF2?

    HL2's recommended specs were offically beyond my setup but it still ran pretty well.

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  • Dance CommanderDance Commander Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Gameplay video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N_hagoLgUA
    Apparently cut from bits of a preview on Gamevideos.com but I can't find the source video.
    Unfortunately this seems to focus a lot on the medic class, and also unfortunately it makes it look really boring =(

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