what fortress?
ok first up multiplayer
team fortress 2 is just plain multiplayer and when i say plain it isnt, teams consist of 9 classes and divided into three groups, offense, defense and support. First up offense each class has at least three weapons, a unique primary weapon, a secondary weapon such as a shotgun or pistol and a distinct melee weapon in keeping with the character, such as a liquor bottle for the demoman(who by the way is a black one eyed scotsman!!! you couldnt make this up), a kukri for the sniper and a fire axe for the pyro.
The three offensive classes are the scout, the soldier and the pyro. The scout is some arrogant baseball fan (and likes to say boink) and is a fast, agile character armed with a scattergun and capable of performing double jumps; however, the scout cannot sustain much damage(which is fair whoed want some really fast super healthed maniac hitting you with a baseball bat). The soldier has better health, but is consequently slower in his speed. A trigger happy american, the soldier is armed with a rocket launcher which can be used to rocket jump to higher positions. The final offensive class is the pyro, which is one of my favorite. Clad in a fire-retardant (lol retard) suit and a gas mask that muffles the pyro's voice (i reckon hes mexican), the pyro carries a flamethrower that can set other players on fire.
next defense
The demoman, the heavy and the engineer make up the defensive classes. The demoman is a black, one-eyed Scotsman Armed with a grenade launcher and a sticky bomb launcher, The heavy can sustain more damage than any other class, but is slowed down by the weight of his minigun.(also one of my favorite) The heavy is a Russian guy, who has plenty of brawn but no brain and a heavy accent who is obsessed with his gun to the extent of even naming it sasha. The engineer is the last defensive class, who is a relaxed and intellectual "good ol' boy" from Texas.The engineer is capable of building a number of structures to support his team: a sentry gun to defend key points, a health and ammunition dispenser and a teleporter system.
and finally support
The medic, the sniper and the spy. The medic is a German doctor (why i dont know), and is responsible for keeping his teammates alive (durr) The medic is armed with a "medigun" which looks like a ghost busters gun-of-which-i-forget to heal teammates, and can make teammates temporarily invulnerable or uber and enhance their firepower after it has been used for a little while. The sniper is a cheerful Australian character who enjoys his line of work, (killing people) equipped with a laser sighted sniper rifle to get them all important head shots and a submachine gun for close combat.The last support class is the spy, who has a revolver and with covert tools, such as a temporary cloaking device, an electronic sapper to sabotage engineer's structures and the ability to disguise as enemy players. The spy can also use his butterfly knife to backstab and instantly kill enemy players.(im all ways spy)
the classes are very balaced each has a defect and a plus side, which makes the game more fun.
the only things wrong were the maps i found only one interesting and that was 2fort a map which i cant explain to you
team fortress is fun and a new style to the modern fps and has changed DRAMATICALLY since team fortress.
i reckomend you get it a long with orange box (but thats another story)
but on the PC the xbox isnt as fun.
have fun!