• Team Fortress 2 - Invasion Update is LIVE!
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[url]http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion/[/url] [QUOTE]An extraterrestrial force threatens the planet in Team Fortress 2's new event created exclusively by the community, for the community-- INVASION! Over a (light)year in the making, we're excited to finally hit the launch button and have the community join in on our fight against the alien menace! So buckle up, grab a space gun, and get ready to have your mind probed (and blown)![/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Yes, like you suspected, we have new cosmetics. What you probably didn't know is that these inter-dimensional duds fell from a hole in spacetime! And then we called dibs. Apparently the aliens don't have a word for "finders keepers" in their language because they're really not respecting the dibs. Each of the hats has a rare chance of being Strange, having an Unusual effect or --if the planets are aligned-- *both*. (If anyone asks where you got it, tell them it fell off the back of a space truck).[/QUOTE] Watch the SFM trailer here: [video=youtube;-yQlDnIAR14]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQlDnIAR14[/video]
So much for the controversy...
tf2 is the only game where the developers can get away with selling a pass that lets you get a chance at getting crate drops which you have to buy a key to open.
[QUOTE=Shortyish;48845643]tf2 is the only game where the developers can get away with selling a pass that lets you get a chance at getting crate drops which you have to buy a key to open.[/QUOTE] I'd say for the most part because it's arguably one of the best free to play shooters out there for PC. At least with these passes it's going to be $2.00 USD which isn't that bad for a price if you care to unlock some special statistics and have a chance in getting a crate drop, which you can sell on the market and easily get your money back.
[QUOTE=Shortyish;48845643]tf2 is the only game where the developers can get away with selling a pass that lets you get a chance at getting crate drops which you have to buy a key to open.[/QUOTE] There's a game which might just be one of the most popular games out right now that pioneered that system and lives off of it.
[url]https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Invasion[/url] hmmmm
TF2 just needs to be a TV show already. Even if it was like a 15 minute show on Adult Swim. I feel like the voice actors for the characters would be much too busy though.
I really miss TFC NeoTF. I've tried getting into TF2 but I never really have much fun like I did back in the old NeoTF days.
that waaaas very, very lame
Lets hope this doesn't count as the halloween update. Fun, yes, scream fortress, respectfully no.
[QUOTE=Samg381;48845948]Lets hope this doesn't count as the halloween update. Fun, yes, scream fortress, respectfully no.[/QUOTE] We already know it's not. Regardless Valve already said they're not doing anything for Halloween this year besides accepting community stuff.
[QUOTE=Dark Descent;48845716]TF2 just needs to be a TV show already. Even if it was like a 15 minute show on Adult Swim. I feel like the voice actors for the characters would be much too busy though.[/QUOTE] a TF2 show on Adult Swim actually did get greenlit but Valve couldn't keep up with production fast enough, Expiration Date was one of the planned episodes
Been out of the TF2 loop for years, saw this and expected something like the Robot game mode but with aliens instead... So is this just basically new maps / items?
Am I the only one who thinks there is a [B][U]crapton[/U][/B] of streetlights on that dirt road?
Holy shit this is it? You buy a pass, to buy keys for crates? And a few new maps? I thought this was going to be an actual alien invasion event, like MvM or something... Like coupled with the fact that there won't even be a real halloween event this year, utterly disappointing in every aspect.
[QUOTE] An extraterrestrial force threatens the planet in Team Fortress 2's new event created exclusively by the community, for the community[/QUOTE] and into the trash it goes That's not to say that the quality of community stuff is terrible, but the updates feel really souless and just cobbled together.
[QUOTE=Shortyish;48845643]tf2 is the only game where the developers can get away with selling a pass that lets you get a chance at getting crate drops which you have to buy a key to open.[/QUOTE] CS:GO started it.
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;48846093]and into the trash it goes That's not to say that the quality of community stuff is terrible, but the updates feel really souless and just cobbled together.[/QUOTE] it's a shame, the community has proven time and time again that they can make excellent content but valve's never willing to commit far enough for something truly big
Well at least the maps look really cool.
I enjoyed the little video. I just watched Forbidden Planet today, and it was a lot like that little 50s sci-fi film they used.
eh its better than last year's halloween event [editline]6th October 2015[/editline] i was hoping RD asteroid would get a final release though, it really seemed like it would have been the culmination of the alien maps
I can't even play it. TF2 is broken for me.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;48846853]Does "for the community, by the community" mean they really didn't do much work other than shift through Steam Workshop or something?[/QUOTE] they've done the same thing for the last couple years, put together a bunch of community items and give them cool abilities, drop them in the game with some event, and it all works out because valve essentially farmed out the content, so they can focus on gameplay features
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;48846853]Does "for the community, by the community" mean they really didn't do much work other than shift through Steam Workshop or something?[/QUOTE] It started as a item theme in the TF2 sub-forum 2 years ago before collaborating with Valve to release it as an update. All the art and assets are conceived/made by community contributors and then handed over to Valve to release it. Which is why trying to vilify Valve for doing nothing more than additional coding work and content hosting something initially created and essentially made by Facepunch members seems a bit wrong.
The short is poorly animated as well. Yuck
This update is poor in general and doesn't look like it would take 2 years to create with what was released
I wouldn't mind it as much had it not been 2fort. Geez.
No new weapons or weapon/gameplay updates. Moving on.
Where is matchmaking valve. Please give us what we truly want.
[QUOTE=mooman1080;48847399]No new weapons or weapon/gameplay updates. Moving on.[/QUOTE] 3 new gameplay maps???
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