Valve: Team Fortress 2 Is Great for Testing New Ideas

The Bum

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Citrus Insanity said:
You know what would be a good new idea to explore, Valve? Another Meet the Team video.
How about exploring episode 3?


Nerd rage!
 

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HaraDaya said:
Assassin Xaero said:
I really hate TF2, mostly because I can't seem to get into it after I've tried multiple times, and it looks like the most supported game... ever. Kinda makes me sad... But hey, if it works it works.
A lot of people have that problem, everyone who hasn't been into it from the start will have a steep learning curve starting now. Back in the early days all classes only had one load out, no hats, not much anything. Pyro couldn't even blast things back.
Now all classes have at least one extra weapon/item for each slot, each with their unique benefits and drawbacks that you have to learn. It's never fun getting killed because of a rule you didn't know.
I've tried to get a few people into it, but they just can't get into it because it's so confusing.
They've added a "Training" button in the menu after the OSX release, might want to check that out. I don't have any clue what it pits you up against.
Hell, I didn't even know the Demoman could boost his stickies further distances until today! That's the main thing I dislike about PC games, they never explain anything important.
 

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The Bum said:
Citrus Insanity said:
You know what would be a good new idea to explore, Valve? Another Meet the Team video.
How about exploring episode 3?
a meet the team video hidden INSIDE episode 3!
 

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Citrus Insanity said:
You know what would be a good new idea to explore, Valve? Another Meet the Team video.
Damn, ninja'd.

Totally, totally agree though!
 

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Gardenia said:
Cue the inevitable "Hats R Dumb"-comments.
(Personally, I think they are awesome!)
The hats are fricking win! They add alot of giggles to the game.
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
vallorn said:
*backstab**backstab**backstab**backstab**backstab**backstab**backstab**backstab**backstab*

no pyro can save you now!
*BOOM*
Thanks for standing still, wanker!
CURSED SNIPER!! I WILL HAVE MY VENGANCE!!!

[small]backstab![/small]
 

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I'd prefer a Meet the Medic and Meet the Pyro video over Episode 3. The Half-Life 2 episodes weren't nearly as good as HL2, but the Meet the Team videos keep getting better.

I see why TF2 is good for testing new ideas. It's so crazy that anything, as long as it's balanced, is accepted by most of the community. The rest of the community refuses to accept anything new.
 

nick n stuff

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thems be some fancy hats.

i already love TF2 despite having never played it. the online character trailers that are genuinely entertaining, the whimsical art-style and friendly colours that ironically lays the foundations for the mayhem.

i admire a game with a sense of humour...and this is definitely a game with a sense of humour
 

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I love TF2. Every once in a while when I come back after getting sick of it, they release new updates. It's always fresh, hah
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
I really want to see what Valve could do if they left the FPS genre behind.
That's what I've been saying. With the dedication Valve puts into their games, I would love to see them go to a new genre. Can you imagine a RPG created by Valve? It would be amazing.
 

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Pielikey said:
Nintendolover222 said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
I'd love to see a racing game by Valve
A Valve racing game would be dope.
Jesus christ, have you tried the source engine's vehicle physics in Garry's Mod? Those things are a fucking catastrophe. A Racing game by valve would be horrible unless they tried something other than the source engine or improved the source engine's vehicle physics.
and how does making vehicles out of crates and pillars translate into evaluating an engine's vehicle physics potential?

There really is no such thing as a "racing engine" or "FPS engine" anymore. With the intervention of physics, there's little you'd have to adjust on an FPS engine in order to create a racing game since how the object act aren't quite genre-specific anymore. Implement proper analog/steering wheel support, and maybe crash-able models and vacuums and it's set.

Then, if we're talking RPGs, RTSes, 3rd-Person shooters, I don't think it needs to add anything to the engine. Heck, I'll even make a wild guess and say it's within possibility to create a God of War-like game in unmodified source, though it would lack many of the gore possibilities in GOW.
 

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Jumplion said:
Hell, I didn't even know the Demoman could boost his stickies further distances until today! That's the main thing I dislike about PC games, they never explain anything important.
Now now, let's not generalize. Pay attention to the tips while you're joining a game, it's nothing but usefulness.
But yeah, a guide for each class would be very helpful for new players. There is an unofficial Team Fortress 2 wiki here [link]http://tf2wiki.net[/link]. Check it out.
 

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for those wanting a valve racing game, check out DIPRIP (Die in Pain, Rest in Pieces). Its basicly Madmax style cars in deathmatch/capture the flag/king of the hill... not sure if it has race maps too. Its a mod that you'll just need any Source game to play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6lHYDrqCwI

As for what I'd like to see with TF2... feature length movie starting all 10 characters? Meet Saxton Hale? I'm happy with the game as is now, I want more comics and movies!! (or random maps like Halloween ghost one!)
 
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vallorn said:
CURSED SNIPER!! I WILL HAVE MY VENGANCE!!!

[small]backstab![/small]
Bbzzzzzzzzztttt.
"JARATE!"
I was never on your side either. Wanker! [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/1/18/Sniper_DominationSpy07.wav]
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
vallorn said:
CURSED SNIPER!! I WILL HAVE MY VENGANCE!!!

[small]backstab![/small]
Bbzzzzzzzzztttt.
"JARATE!"
I was never on your side either. Wanker! [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/1/18/Sniper_DominationSpy07.wav]
RESPAWN! countersnipe with the Ammbasador!
 

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Valve, they are studying us, observing our habits and our reactions to changes... They... are... ALIENS *freaks out*
and an awesome video game company