The Soldier talks to the troops in Team Fortress 2 video

by Alexander Sliwinski { Aug 22nd 2007 at 10:56PM }

Hilarious and slightly disturbing, The Soldier video for Team Fortress 2, the game bundled with The Orange Box, makes us laugh in that uncomfortable way. Not cute like "The Heavy" video, this clip of The Soldier is just a little bit darker. Team Fortress 2 through brilliant marketing is really turning into the game we've become excited about in The Orange Box. Sure it'll probably be just another frag-fest that the average person won't stand a chance in, but it's oozing with dark charm.

The Orange Box continues to be the value bundle of the year. With Half-Life 2, Episodes 1 and 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 -- that's a lot of value in a little box, especially if you've never played Half-Life 2. We're definitely looking forward to seeing more of these clips, even if we don't think we'll stand a chance in an online match with the actual game.

Gallery: Half-Life 2: Orange Box

Tags: halflife, halflife2, orangebox, portal, steam, teamfortress2, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Arturo @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:02PM

Can't wait!

copa @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:09PM

One of the things that makes Team Fortress the greatest online shooter franchise ever is the fact that it has an easy learning curve, and is pretty n00b-friendly.

In my first days of playing Team Fortress:Classic, I played primarily defensive roles. HWGuy, Demoman, Engineer were great ways to get acquainted with the game and be reasonably successful. I slowly graduated to support roles (Medic) and stealth roles (Spy), before I was ready to jump in the fray and play fragfest offense.

It's an incredibly versatile and well-balanced franchise. I am still much more excited about this game than the other shooter coming out next month.

AlloyNES @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:11PM

HA! I truly laughed out loud on that one!!

XD

GRANTED @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:46PM

same here. at work, in my office, laughed out loud for 10 straight seconds. this is perfection. it deserves an emmy.

Ska Oreo @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:11PM

Woah. That guy was crazy!!!

Anyways, can't wait for the orange box to come out!!

John @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:19PM

This was awesome. Great writing, great editing and direction, even the one time they showed his eyes, they were focused properly. Another example of next-er gen, we're finally getting the ability to make fun of ourselves.

Now if we can have a game like this with humor like this throughout...

Oh, wait-- here comes Ratchet and Clank!

soupbase @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:30PM

Can't wait for the game..I still play TFC. Can't say I really laughed at the video though..

Einhanderkiller @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:44PM

Pow!

Charron @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:45PM

UNLESS IT'S A FARM.

I think that says it all right now.

Word of the street. @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:54PM

Unless it's a Farm.

Epic Phrase.

Word of the street. @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:51PM

The ending was Dynamite.

Hahaha lmao.

WiNG @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:56PM

lol awesome, though heavy was still better. I'm expecting the Spy or Sniper to be the best, though.

Naota @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:00AM

I'm looking forward to the pyro

LordMinogue @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:39AM

If the heavy was Russian, the solider should have been German.

Poisoned Al @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:25AM

Nah, he HAD to be an American meat head. I bet the medic will be German, and if the spy isn't English then there's something wrong with the world.

GamerCrusader @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:59AM

If the spy is british its too cliche.. I think the spy should be chinese.. in line with the spy that replaced bart back in season 16... whatever happened to the real bart? "Don't eat a cow stupid father man!"

wako @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:57AM

UH OH! Watch out Valve! Jack Thompson will be coming down with a lawsuit sometime soon! The innocence of our children is at stake here! ;)

Furiosa @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:50AM

Sucks to be rockstar then.

Poisoned Al @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:52AM

Okay, as things you see first thing in the morning, that was epic!

Splinter @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:54AM

Then he got 2 of every animal and he put them on the ark, and beat the crap out of them!

LMAO! XD That was the best part.

colin @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:20AM

i'm almost ashamed to say this, but a while back i fell off the radar for a few years as far as videogames go. i never played any of the half-life games or CS or anything, but i am getting pretty excited about the orange box. i downloaded a HL2 demo from steam and am amazed.

will the orange box include the whole Half Life franchise?

Poisoned Al @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:18AM

I just watched the HD version.

"Copyright LOLOLOL"

hehe.

Sidepocket @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:21AM

I would like to send a message to the blathering idiots that talk about the Next Gen animation in Heavenly Sword, Mass Effect, the PS3 Rain demo and the upcoming Fable 2...br>
Valve makes you look like you are animating sock puppets.

THIS...right here, is next gen animation that is actually believable. Bravo!

ThornedVenom @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:49AM

Just for the humour, I have to check this franchise out.

mike_p @ Aug 24th 2007 9:27AM

For the humor? Oh where have you been??? It's team fortress!!!

Arguably the best team shooter series ever to be played on a PC. Oh I do miss those days...

ThornedVenom @ Aug 24th 2007 10:24AM

Sorry for my lack of PC game culture... I had never been properly introduced to the platform. Wasn't there with all of the half-life mods (like Counterstrike).

Just checked Team Fortress Classic a bit online... I guess I'm more interested in Team Fortress 2 (despite not being a reknown graphic whore) because I think that the smoothness of the character models do a better job accentuating its comic humour.