Great multiplayer, fun, lasting game for $30.

User Rating: 9 | Team Fortress 2 PC
Team Fortress 2 is an online multiplayer first person shooter. It is a team based shooter that involves extensively in classes. All of the classes are equally balanced for there is no overpowering classes that could dominate another. Its cartoony graphic design makes give the game more humor to it. This game isn't for little kids since it have alot of blood, violence, and action that would make this game exciting to play.

There are nine separate classes in Team Fortress 2. The nine classes are broken down into arch types of what they are mostly good for. Arch types are offensive, defensive, and support. All the classes have strength and weakness making no class overly dominating. In fact, its so balanced that a class weakness if often another classes strength.

Scouts, fastest of all the classes. They are primarily used to quickly get to a location and back. Only class in the game that could double jump giving them more height and range. Their weakness is there very low health points and fairly weak damage ability.

Soldier, possibility gives off the most damage then any other class in the game. Its main weapon is a rocket launcher and at random times it will shoot off a special rocket known as a crit. If this crit hits or lands close by one of more enemies, it will kill them instantly. A soldiers main weakness is its speed. Slowest class of all the classes, making it easy pray for the pyro class.

Pyro class, its main weapon is flame thrower. This class is a short range offensive class, making someone getting very close to enemy to do damage. However, an enemy set on fire will stay on fire for about 20 seconds often times killing him. Its weakness is being a short range attacker, alot of the other classes have a better change in killing a pyro before doing damage.

Demoman, carries around a grenade launcher and able to place sticky bombs anywhere. The sticky bombs are often used to keep an enemy at a distance. Someone walking over a sticky bomb could be killed instantly. Keeping him from being overpowering, he is limited to a small number of sticky bombs.

Engineers, their special ability is to construct. They will be able to build sentries, dispenser, and teleporters. The dispenser is like a portable health kit and ammo cache, for the engineer it will give him iron resource that he needs to build or repair. Sentries are robotic like machines that will shoot off bullets and/or rockets when it spots an enemy. The spy is mostly the counterbalance to the engineer.

Heavy, main weapon having a minigun that shoots out alot of ammo and could kill lots of enemies in a quick amount of time. He have the highest health points then any class in the game, other classes will need to put more effort in stopping a heavy. Heavy weakness is when actively shooting the minigun, the heavy will walk very slowly. Enemies could get around the heavy and attack from behind.

Medic, healers in the game. They are primarily used for healing other players on their team. The medic can increase the health points above the initial set amount. Often times, the medic do follow the player and keep constant health when damaged. When healing long enough, the medic will achieve an ability know as uber. Uber gives a player he is healing and the medic a 10 second total invincibility to any weapon in the game. A medic is often a magnet to anyone who looking to stop an attack. Some will often go for the medic first before going after the person he was giving health too.

Spy, they have the ability to go invisible and turn into an enemy player. The spy can back stab an enemy instantly killing him. He also can destroy anything the engineer have built. Weakness is most players have learned to shoot anyone on their same team. There is no friendly fire, but if a spy who have turned into an enemy player or invisible can still receive damage.

Sniper, these primarily weapon is, well a sniper rifle. He have the ability to stand long distances and shoot enemy players. Head shots will do instant death to any player. The spy and his low health points make him fairly easy to counteract, if you could reach him.

Team Fortress 2 is like nine games in one. All of the classes are so different its like playing a different game. You cant play a spy like you do as a soldier, same as a medic for a pyro. A player will have to learn how to use the class effectively.

This game is a team based game. A team that is actively working together, then working separately is far more enjoyable and successful then everyone doing their own thing. Team Fortress 2 does have a built in voice chat making it even easier to talk to follow team members.

Graphics style are cartoonish in style. This does give Team Fortress 2 a more humor side to it. Each of the classes have a different silhouette, so any player standing a long distance can easily recognize any character.

There are seven official and a few player made maps in Team Fortress 2. Games to be played is capture the flag, control point, and territorial control map. More player maps and official maps are on the way in the future.

This game is a definitely a good buy for $30 currently on steam. At the time of this review was written, there are approximately 500 servers and more than 70% are actively populated with players. Value is still continuing to support Team Fortress 2. They're may be additional classes and more maps to be added to this game.