Your topic sucks.  I was going to make one that was a lot better tomorrow.

I couldn't possibly be more psyched for this game. I'm glad Valve is doing it - with the godsend that is Counter Strike: Source, I can only have high hopes for TF2.

I stopped caring 8 years ago.

My roommate is pretty psyched about this, but I've never heard of it at all before he mentioned it. How popular is it really? Does anyone here play the old one, or is interested in Team Fortress 2?

Well I don't like the comical direction TF2 has (I was an avid player of TFC like 4 years back, 6+ hours a day) but Fortress Forever definately looks great, Ima have to pick that up and give it a try.

Unless it has pins and medals and unlocks like BF 2142 I'm not going to play it

I just pre-ordered it and began preloading because of the BETA that is supposed to start today. I'm fucking psyched.

I'll let you know if this beta ever actually comes out.

I, for one can't wait for this.

I love the art direction, the preview cutscenes are also a riot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJyOFXBPh2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbZOeGyd61E&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i68cEsALWt0&NR=1

Im curious though, will they make the pyro a class that's actually worth using this time around?

What I disliked about the videos is that they're so psychotic it's not even funny

Holy...holy shit. My roomate just got this today, and it's one of the most fun FPS, no, one of the most fun video games I've ever played, ever. The gameplay is fast and frantic, and the 9 character classes with their differences in play style (for example, Engineers can built turrets and upgrade them, spies can disguise themselves as enemies and one hit kill them while disguised, etc), weapons, and models give the game a feel that no other FPS I've ever played can match. Not to mention tons of other features and touches that just make the game overall awesome.

Im curious though, will they make the pyro a class that's actually worth using this time around?

Dude, the pyro was a pretty useful class for suicide attacks if the enemy was grouped together in one area.

The original Team Fortress was fun and I love the style the new game has going for it, but I haven't heard much from it that will seperate it from other online FPS games like Battlefield.

I'll end up buying it anyways once I get THE ORANGE BOX but I'll end up playing portal first so... meh.

Well, I've been playing the beta all day and it's pretty much the best multiplayer game I've ever played. It has the perfect pace and the most diversity I've seen among classes. I'm really quite partial to the spy. I get so much satisfaction out of coming up with all these crazy ways to deceive the other team and then smashing my knife down their spines. It's lovely.

The game runs wonderfully smooth proving that the source engine is probably the best scaling engine ever. My rig is 3 years old now and I'm running it on medium with the FPS never dipping below 30.

The only thing that annoyed me outside of the fact that Valve made us wait into the early hours of this morning to start playing was that the respawn times are maybe a tad bit too long. Otherwise it's pretty flawless.