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Budget Gaming Weekly #4 - You Can Be Online Too!

Their characters are icons, the quotes have become internet phenomenon, and the game is flat out fun. Obviously enough, I’m talking about the one and only Team Fortress 2, one of the few games that are famous enough to create an impact on the world wide web. Everywhere you go you can find references to this game via its cast of playable characters and wacky gameplay style. If you’re in the market for an online game that’s still going strong then Team Fortress 2 could be exactly the game you’ve been looking for.

Obviously enough, Team Fortress 2 is a team-based shooting game in which players take the role of one of nine classes, each of which are fairly balanced and then battle with the other team for victory. However, where the system may be simple enough, its unique in how friendly it is for new players. Even if you’ve haven’t played a shooter before, Team Fortress 2 allows for any player to jump in, run the tutorial, and then play an online match without feeling completely clueless like with most major shooters today. Its also safe to mention that since Team Fortress 2 is a team-based game, you’ll never feel alone when you play. In fact, if your team isn’t working together, games such as Attack and Defend and Payload Race will force you to work with your fellow teammates at all times or else you’ll all fail. Where most shooters fail to achieve this ideal system of a perfect online team game Team Fortress 2 comes in and blows every other game out of the water and delivers an experience in which you’ll feel like part of a team rather than flying solo.

The classes of Team Fortres 2 from left to right: Engineer, Heavy, Spy (Behind Heavy), Scout, Medic, Sniper, Pyro, Soldier (behind Pyro), Demoman. As you play more matches online you'll find the weaknesses and strengths of each of these classes.