A bit on Team Fortress 2

[Neil]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=160763

[capncnut]

This is shaping up nicely. Can't wait to get to grips with the sniper and the dynamic mapping sounds awesome.

[Neil]

This is shaping up nicely. Can't wait to get to grips with the sniper and the dynamic mapping sounds awesome. Dynamic mapping? Bit concerned about the medic thing... ie: Them making themselves and other invinsible for 10 seconds... Sounds too much like Quake power ups...

[capncnut]

Dynamic mapping? As a way of combating the repetitive nature of maps and adding a little bit of spice to the game, Team Fortress 2 will feature dynamic maps. That is, there will be large maps containing non-linear control points. At the beginning of each round, the game will choose two of these control points and players will duke it out on the part of the map between those two points and nowhere else. Depending on who wins, the game will pick another two opposing control points, and so on until one team captures the other's base. A little bit confusing? Well yes - Valve had to draw it on a whiteboard for me to understand. Just think of it as different paths through a map opening and closing between rounds. In one round, a certain passage will be blocked, and in another, it'll be open. We played the Hydro map and it worked quite well. Sounds good to me.

[Neil]

Sounds good to me. Ah yes! Mind you , as long as they have Well and 2Fort... I'll be happy The medic thing still worries me!

[Bongholio]

would you like an infection or tranquilizing blowdart

[capncnut]

I think it's gonna be most of the maps from the first with a few new ones bunged on top. You know it's gonna be a treat anyway.

[Neil]

Cross platform support is in there! ie: PC players can play XBox 360 players... Going to be interesting to see who has the advantage. I mean without 'aim support' XBox players will get owned. But with 'aim help' it could go the other way... http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13226/...hnically-Done/

[capncnut]

Maybe this will provide a chance to finally see who's the mightiest of the two camps...

[Neil]

Maybe this will provide a chance to finally see who's the mightiest of the two camps... It will do nothing of the sort... It will only show how much aim-help is put into the console version

[Craig]

[MinionZombie]

It will do nothing of the sort... It will only show how much aim-help is put into the console version And I know for a fact the PC players will do the pwning.

[capncnut]

It will do nothing of the sort... It will only show how much aim-help is put into the console version And I know for a fact the PC players will do the pwning. Waffle, waffle, waffle...

[Cody]

I think I might pass on this boys.

[Neil]

Waffle, waffle, waffle... Come on, let's be realistic... The only way the XBox control system would match a PC is if it uses a keyboard and a mouse... Two little analog joys are just not accurate enough - unless aim-help is employed..