Yeah man it's fun. Like you I don't mind my kids watching, something that isn't true of HL2 or any of the other FPS games I play really.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Games :: Team Fortress 2 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 8:19 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Games :: Team Fortress 2 > > > > awsom, me and loath played for a few hours today on minum > > was good... > > i am digging being a medic > > trying enginer a bit to learn strats, but i suck at it so far. tring > > to come up with usful things to do with teleporters. > > > I've been putting time in when I can. > > It's remarkably polished but is still definitely beta - at least for > "Valve" > title (most companies would have released this as the final product > already). ;^) > > The game itself is actually fine: most of my problems have been with > the > integration of the Valve community features. For example my server > list > always starts with all columns but the first minimized and it refused > to > display any servers unless I stop it and refresh. > > Bringing up the Steam community tends to lock the system for a few > seconds > and last night Loathe chatted with me but I didn't know it until I > stopped > played (way too late). > > Still - even in beta - it's probably the best game of its kind I've > played. > The bright, cell-shaded graphics are PERFECT for the gameplay. Lacking > the > claustrophobic, dark gameplay of nearly every other recent title out > it's > just plain fun (rather than being nerve-wracking and over-wrought). > > Yes, it's VERY violent, but so cartoony that I've got no problem > letting my > son watch me play. I would love to see a "kids only" version of the > game > using traditional cartoon weapons (mallets, rockets, portable holes and > such) - kind of a FPS trainer. He's not ready to get into the grown-up > games but he's definitely able to actually play them. > > Alsonow having played for many (probably too many) hours the community > is > great - very little (almost no) smack talk or insults. No blatant > immaturity or sour-grapes gameplay. That may all change when the game > goes > gold but I somehow doubt it... there's definitely a difference in > maturity > level between the PC (or PS3 for that matter) and XBox Live. It's one > of > the reasons that I just never enjoyed "Gears of War" online... > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
