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Is Team Fortress 2 Within the Half-Life Universe?
- Mar 28, 2012 8:45 pm GMT
I noticed that the link to Forums on the Team Fortress 2 page leads to the Half-Life series board. I would like to pose a question here.
Team Fortress 2's canonical, thematic and gameplay designs diverge a lot from those of the much more serious and believable Half-Life, ever since it evolved into a game of its own identity since The Orange Box.
I know that it shares a lot of assets with other Valve games: it uses the same engine, has the same artists working on concept artwork and promotional materials, even sometimes the same writers, etc. There are more than a few outrageous cross-over attempts, and not just with Valve's games.
Beezer.
The silliness of Team Fortress 2 alone should be enough to convince many that it just doesn't belong together with the likes of Left 4 Dead and Half-Life. And no, G-Mod doesn't count!
Francise will hate this.
P.S. I know that I had already made a request under the Requests board, but I am using this topic as more than a mask for a duplicated thread.
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All the ladies below (mostly drawn by a certain awesome but, for better or worse, not-so-well known fan artist) are actual game characters, though not (necessarily) THAT kind of games if you are thinking about those.
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I noticed that the link to Forums on the Team Fortress 2 page leads to the Half-Life series board. I would like to pose a question here.
Team Fortress 2's canonical, thematic and gameplay designs diverge a lot from those of the much more serious and believable Half-Life, ever since it evolved into a game of its own identity since The Orange Box.
I know that it shares a lot of assets with other Valve games: it uses the same engine, has the same artists working on concept artwork and promotional materials, even sometimes the same writers, etc. There are more than a few outrageous cross-over attempts, and not just with Valve's games.
Beezer. :P
The silliness of Team Fortress 2 alone should be enough to convince many that it just doesn't belong together with the likes of Left 4 Dead and Half-Life. And no, G-Mod doesn't count!
Francise will hate this.
P.S. I know that I had already made [url=http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29114362/unique-board-for-team-fortress-2]a request under the Requests board[/url], but I am using this topic as more than a mask for a duplicated thread.
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- Apr 16, 2012 5:20 pm GMT
GUFU, the Film Appreciation Union.
Um, hell no. And IMO Portal shouldn't be, but sadly it is. The tones just don't mesh.
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- Apr 17, 2012 4:15 am GMTorganic_machine wrote:
Um, hell no. And IMO Portal shouldn't be, but sadly it is. The tones just don't mesh.
Well, good news is that Team Fortress 2 has its own board now.
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All the ladies below (mostly drawn by a certain awesome but, for better or worse, not-so-well known fan artist) are actual game characters, though not (necessarily) THAT kind of games if you are thinking about those.
Maybe you want to read this: POSSIBLE BAIT & SWITCH IN TRIBES: ASCEND.
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Um, hell no. And IMO Portal shouldn't be, but sadly it is. The tones just don't mesh.
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Well, good news is that Team Fortress 2 has its own [url=http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29114362/unique-board-for-team-fortress-2]board[/url] now. :D
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