Last Friday I finally broke down and bought Team Fortress 2, after months of hearing how awesome it is. The game lives up to the hype—this is the most fun I’ve had with a first person shooter in a long time.
TF2 doesn’t take itself too seriously: the 1960’s spy movie soundtrack, the over-the-top characters, and the brightly colored animation (reminiscent of The Incredibles) give the game an atmosphere of silly fun.
In the game, you pick one of nine different character classes, each with its own style of play. You could choose to be the heavy and walk into battle with a ridiculously large machine gun, or you could choose to be a spy and sneak behind enemy lines, destroying their sentry guns.
(Note: Despite the silly atmosphere, this game is quite violent. There’s a lot of blood, and occasionally when you get blown up by a rocket, you’ll see your body parts fall to the ground where you were standing. Personally, I don’t find it to be too offensive, but I wouldn’t recommend it for little kids.)
Valve combined spy movie atmosphere with well-balanced, fun gameplay to come up with a truly awesome game in Team Fortress 2.