Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1778 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2008-04-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: Windows XP

Customer Reviews

Best online FPS game I have ever played.
This game is awesome! It is the most fun I have ever had from an online FPS game and is seriously addictive.
Each of the 9 classes have their own particular strengths and weakness's and are all a lot of fun to use.
They are the Soldier, Demoman, Medic, Engineer, Pyro, Sniper, Scout, Spy and the Heavy.
There is an insane amount of different tactics that can be used (given the amount of class combinations) and with good team work this game offers pretty much endless fun.

The graphics and style are brilliant and don't take a super computer to run well.
The sound effects and in-game class specific voice communications are also amazing, probably the best in any game I have ever played and very humourous also.

They are continually updating it with new content like maps and new unlockable weapons (unlocked through achievements).
There is also a large custom community, so there are plenty of custom made maps and twists on the game to keep you from getting bored.

I would recommend you get a headset if you are serious about this game or just enjoy team based play. Mainly so you can communicate with your team mates effectively.

I honestly can't recommend this game enough, I have played it almost every day since it was released and it just keeps getting better.
With the unlockables and new games modes/maps being released (for free) very soon, it just looks like it will continue to get better and better still.

I love it when a plan comes together...
I'll try and keep this brief. The premise of Team Fortress 2 seems simple. Roughly 24 players are split into two teams- red and blue, and they fight over battlefield objectives determined by the current server map. Objectives are of the standard capture the flag/king of the hill type, but it is the variety of classes and potential for teamwork that makes this the stand out title. The classes are superbly balanced- each of them has their own abilities that are sufficiently different from the other classes to give them their own unique feel and playstyle. Valve perfected this, and no one class feels super powerful or able to lord it over the others.

It's great fun to just jump online for 20 mins as a Soldier and fire off some rockets, let off some steam and bang a few heads.... If that's all you want to do that's cool. But when you work as a team and your Sniper pins down the opposition while your Spy takes out the Sentry Guns so your scout can skip past the defences, nick the enemy intel and your heavy/medic combo wades into the enemy courtyard to provide cover for your scout returning with the booty........... it's a beautiful feeling when it all comes together....

THE Greatest Online Shooter on the market
I think that the title says it all really. It's fair to say that if you like shooters and you have a broadband connection, you owe it to yourself to get this game, get online and start Killing. I've been playing this solidly since The Orange Box release and I can't imagine ever getting bored.

Team Fortress 2 is easily the best multiplayer shooter you can buy today. Starting with superficials like graphics, it looks utterly wonderful. The pixar-style characters are beautiful, very funny, highly individual and (perhaps most importantly) extremely easy to spot when they are charging at you.

This is a good thing because you know straight away what any particular character is going to do as soon as you see them - each of the nine character classes behaves in a certain way which gives you the chance to adapt your own play to deal with the incoming threat. Of course, the opposing team can also see straight away what class you are playing with so they are ready for you too.

The fun nature of the graphics though does belie a game of real complexity as well though. Because each character class is so distinct, it becomes extremely important to work as a team, utilising the strengths of each class to accomplish the goal. For example, the Medic, whose job it is almost exclusively to heal other team members, works very well with the Heavy, a huge Russian skinhead who can act as a brick wall, taking fire and providing a curtain of bullets for your team to advance with. The Scout is flimsy, but very fast, capable of dodging almost any bullet, jump twice his own height and can capture points twice as fast, which means he's your advance party and will be in the enemy's face faster than any other class. But he will need the heavy weapons support behind him as on the defence he's not much cop.

It's well worth experimenting with every character class to see which one fits you best, as all of them have strengths and weaknesses. Because of this, it's fair to say that the gameplay tends to be pretty balanced. No single class is "better" than another, so you'd be unlikely to find a team full of soldiers, or spies, because there would be gaping holes in your team.

Add to this mix the Achievements that you can unlock, such as "Hardcore", for amassing 1000 kills, "Grey Matter" for getting 25 headshots or "Team Doctor" for healing 250000 points. I'm not sure what difference these make in real terms, but it feels good when you get them! There's also awards such as "Nemesis" which you get awarded for repeatedly killing the same person in a single game. That opens up an award for "Revenge", where you manage to kill your nemesis, accompanied by a fanfare.

There's a huge amount of maps out there now, both official and user-built. Some are better than others, it has to be said, but you'll soon work out which ones you like and it's all down to personal taste and playing style. Similarly, the online nature of the game does mean that your own enjoyment is fairly reliant on everyone else on the server. There's tons of players now - some of them are team players, others not so much, which can be a pain.

On the whole though, it's a much easier game to get into than Counter Strike, for example, and users do tend to be a lot less "sniffy" towards new players than other games. There are loads of servers on Steam and most are pretty good at saying whether they are Noob-friendly or for more experienced players.

Whether or not you buy it as an individual game, or as part of the Orange Box package is up to you and depends on whether you want to have Half Life 2 as well. If you don't though, and you just want a wild blast over the web, then the individual game is great value for money.

Be warned though, it is highly addictive. Hours and hours can go by while you blast away in frantic fashion. Still, I can't recommend the game highly enough. Buy it, as soon as you can. And if you see me on any of the servers, feel free to join in and take your best shot!