So a couple of days ago I ended up buying Team Fortress 2, and I'm extremely impressed. The game was roughly three years in the making, so I was expecting a fantastic game, and that's pretty much what I recieved. Being in college, all I have with my is my Powerbook, and the amount of games i can play is limited due to the graphics card. However, it runs the source engine pretty damn well. That being said, I plan to play a lot of steam games based off of it.

TF2 is a lot more cartoony than its gritty original, and I think it's a good thing. THe game still feels familiar enough, but the cel-shaded design is pretty humorous. I actually laughed out loud a few times seeing my body burst into 30 peices after catching a rocket to the face, only to see arrows pointing out my seperate body parts. The classes are perfectly balanced, and all of the new material fits in nicely. Touches like the spy's cloak, critical hits, and the engineer's collection of metal is flawlessly integrated into the game play. The game itself also does not carry the kind of competative nature that CS:S or Halo 3 does. It's a refreshing break not to feel like you need to top the charts every game (although I'm obviously 1st without trying :P). I find myself leaning more towards the offesive classes, either soldier or scout. The scout is incredibly fun to leap around with and empty a shotgun barrel into an enemy. There certainly is nothing more satisfying than emptying round after round into a heavy only to club him to death from behind. I'll be playing this one for a while.

Next on my list is Half-Life 2, I'm looking to get back into it and actually finish it, and then exploring the episodic content. Finally, the juggernaught that is WoW has been calling my name. I'll be giving the jewish kid on my floor a trial, he'll make his jewbo baggins, and we will explore Azeroth for at least 10 days. Hopefully I will be hooked again. However, WAR is coming.............

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