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Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 style logo
Developer	Valve Corporation
Publisher	Valve Corporation
Release Date	October 10, 2007
Genre	Multiplayer, First-Person Shooter
Platforms	PC, Linux, OSX, Xbox360, PlayStation 3

Team Fortress 2 is a team based multi-player, first person-shooter built using half-life 2 source engine. It was developed and published by Valve Co. with released a date of October 10, 2007. It was bundled with the Orange Box. As 2011, the game is free-to-play with micro transactions, purchasing hats and other in-game cosmetics.

Gameplay

There are two teams, the blue team and the red team. The objective is to capture opposing team’s flag as many times as possible through scoring. There are 9 different classes for players to choose from. They include medic, pyro, scout, heavy weapons guy, spy, sniper, and soldier. There are also new gameplay elements added such as assassination mode, territory advancement, hold the ball mode-that included 4 opposing teams, and nuclear meltdown.

Classes

Class	Description	Weapons
Pyro	Medium armored class that can disrupt players by igniting them on fire	Short-range flame thrower and long-range incinerator rocket launcher
Medic	Support class provides health to nearby allies, can infect enemy players.	Super shotgun, regular shotgun and super nail gun.
Scout	Light armored support class, preferable useful for flag capturing as they are quick.	Shotgun and nail gun.
Heavy Weapon Guy	Heavy armored class, usually take high amount of damage while dealing high damage.	Chain gun, super shotgun, and shotgun.
Spy	Light armored class, can disguise as enemy player classes and can instantly kill player by backstabbing them.	Knife, super shotgun, shotgun, and nail gun
Sniper	Equipped with long-range sniper weapon that can deal high damage by charging and aiming for head shot.	Sniper rifle and nail gun
Soldier	Highly versatile class with light-heavy armor, equipped with long range rocket launcher that can perform rocket jumps.	Rocket launcher, super shotgun, and shotgun
Engineer	Support class, usually on defensive side, builds sentry guns and dispensers for ammo	Wrench, railgun, and shotgun
Demoman	Offensive and defensive class, can layout pipe bombs	Self-detonating and control-detonating grenade launcher and shotgun

Game Modes

Capture the Flag

Two opposing teams must capture the flag by scoring to win.

Assassination Mode

Players must either defend or assassinate the player controlled VIP.

Hold on to the ball mode

Consisting of 4 teams, opposing teams must execute the player holding on to the ball.

Territory advancement

Teams must either guard flag points or capture flag points before time runs out.

Reception

The mod was well received as it offered humorous cartoon style graphics and team based gameplay. It is listed 93/100 on the metacritic website. The original sequel, team fortress 2 brotherhood of arms was scratched.