Team Fortress 2
The most highly-rated free game of all time! One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress 2 delivers constant free updates—new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats. Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player skills. New to TF? Don’t sweat it! No matter what your style and experience, we’ve got a character for you. Detailed training and offline practice modes will help you hone your skills before jumping into one of TF2’s many game modes, including Capture the Flag, Control Point, Payload, Arena, King of the Hill and more. Make a character your own! There are hundreds of weapons, hats and more to collect, craft, buy and trade. Tweak your favorite class to suit your gameplay style and personal taste. You don’t need to pay to win—virtually all of the items in the Mann Co. Store can also be found in-game.
Game Discussion
Steam User 311
Team Fortress 2: My experience (so far)
One Match:
not doing too good as the Sniper but allies and opponents are supportive
Another Match:
One person kept saying the N-Word
I was told I would be fucked in the ass tonight
I was also told my parents don't love me
I was also told that some furry will molest me
All of this happened within 2 Minutes of the match
10/10 very fun experience
Steam User 485
After 4000 hours of playing this game. I have a question in my mind from the first time playing it , what is Team Fortress 2? Now, I have found the answer, Team Fortress 2 is the friends we made along the way.
Steam User 606
This is the cycle of every Team Fortress 2 player ever:
> Download the game.
> Enter your first match.
> Realize you don't know what you're doing.
> Die repeatedly.
> Just before you rage, you find the Ghastly Gibus hat.
> Since all the pro players have cool-looking hats, you are inspired.
> Die repeatedly in different game modes.
> Discover that you are getting a lot of kills as Pyro.
> Be mentally violated by other players calling you a "f2p gibus pyro".
> Get slightly better at the game.
> Die repeatedly.
> Leave the game.
*6 months later.*
> Start to discover TF2 videos on YouTube.
> Realize that there are more classes than just Pyro and Sniper.
> End up wanting to be a pro non-Pyro like all the cool YouTubers.
> Return to Team Fortress 2.
> Die repeatedly.
> Claim that you 'main' Pyro.
> Walk at people and light them on fire mindlessly for a few weeks. Or months.
> Start getting a good K/D ratio on a different class.
> Succumb to peer-pressure and buy hats.
> Discover the Steam community market and buy more hats for less.
> Feel your skill strangely growing as you get more hats.
> More kills. Less deaths.
> You begin to discover the passive players of TF2. (Sandvich hoovies, spycrabs, box shpees, etc.)
> Develop a kindness and sense of friendship towards your fellow TF2 players.
> Start to top-score more often.
> You begin to care about the state of the game.
> Realize that Pyros are overpowered and pointless.
> Start to hate Pyros.
> Start to hate everyone.
> Start to hate the TF2 community.
> You hate everything and everyone, to the point where you start to kill passive players again.
> Ask yourself, "If I hate this game, why do I have ten unusuals and fifteen Australiums? What am I doing?"
> Look at your playtime and begin to hate yourself.
> You dislike yourself more than the game now.
> Contemplate suicide.
> Contemplate religion.
> Question the game.
> Binge-watch STAR_'s 2012-2013 TF2 videos to remind you of a simpler time.
> Sit down and think.
> Realize what you have become.
> Go into a mid-TF2 crisis.
> Except it's not mid-TF2 anymore. You have 1000 hours in-game.
> What is going on?
> WHAT IS TEAM FORTRESS 2?
> WHY DOES THE LIGHT LIE TO ME?
> Quit TF2 forever.
> Come back to it in a week and die to a gibus sniper who taunts after kill.
> Kill yourself.
Or maybe that was just my experience.
Oh well.
10/10
Edit: It's been more than eight years since I posted this review, and I wanted to amend the final point. That is not part of the Team Fortress 2 player's cycle. In truth, the cycle is still going, thanks to the dedication of the community.
I will not change my recommendation, because I believe this game will become better again. #SaveTF2
Steam User 429
heard this game is a lot of fun & decided to try it, queue casual mode. immediately greeted with "sup n****r" by a random player.
10/10
Steam User 191
I played this game for about 10 hours around 2011 when the game originally went free.
Lately I decided to re-install it and dive deeper into it.
So, if you are some teenager new to Steam, or somebody that completely skipped this game for your entire life, let me tell you: It is, completely worth playing it today, even if you are used to it's clones that unsuccessfully tried to kill it.
This game is 17 years old. It's an ancient game. It was released during the BUSH administration, back when social media practically didn't exist, and the game STILL holds up to this day and looks great, thanks to it's amazing art style and silk smooth gameplay.
This is game is a masterpiece.
Steam User 145
I'm so bad at this game that my highscore is 2 and multiple people thought I was a bot lol. I normally play slower-paced games, so I legit struggle to comprehend what is happening like 90% of the time, haha. But it is still really fun to just run around as medic and try my best to heal people.
The chaos is lovely.
Steam User 152
One of the few games that outlived it's community.
The moment you enter the game you are transported back to a time, unhurt and in pristine condition. a time-capsule of enjoyment by every metric. The memes, lingo, hats, characters, cinematics, voice-lines, guns, cosmetics, maps, updates, art-style and the music, every single thing TF2 has produced is known by all, seen by all, played by all. Whereas games of the same nature keep degrading, TF2 is still alive and well.
Thank you Valve.