Between your holiday shopping expenditures and the economic burden of having to purchase the billion great games that came out this year for yourself, you probably don't have any fat stacks of presidential flash cards just lying around your abode. However, if you find yourself in need digital stimulation on a budget, we suggest turning your eyes to Steam some point over the next two days -- this weekend only, Team Fortress 2 is half-price, going for a single crisp Hammy (the shorthand name for Alexander Hamilton, who's on the ten dollar bill. Try to keep up, people).
What? You're asking us if you should take the ten-dollar plunge? It's a first-person shooter where you can carry around and consume a sandwich to restore health. Of course you should.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
Reader Comments (63)
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 11:44AM Bowser Rogozhin said
"What? You're asking us if you should take the ten-dollar plunge? It's a first-person shooter where you can carry around and consume a sandwich to restore health. Of course you should."
"It's a first-person shooter.'
Still sounds lame, Bruh.
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"It's a first-person shooter.'
Still sounds lame, Bruh.
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 12:06PM (Unverified) said
Bowser...would it help if I mentioned it's most-definitely unlike any other shooter you have ever come across? If you're sick and tired of shooting, just roll a Medic,Engineer or Spy.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 12:20PM (Unverified) said
Can't beat that. I would pay 10 bucks for a crappy game.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:20PM Negativecool said
I can honestly say that TF2 is my favorite online game. I like that there are no nades, and I especially like the rock-paper-scissors balance of all the classes.
There has never been so much value packed into ten dollars. NEVER!
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There has never been so much value packed into ten dollars. NEVER!
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:31PM Robotic Earthling said
TF2 is the only multiplayer shooter that I've ever really enjoyed. It's not like all the other shooters out there, Bowser. I strongly suggest you give it a try.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:49PM jorojoserojas said
@TyroneJackson
I hear that. I've paid full retail price for some crappy games!
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I hear that. I've paid full retail price for some crappy games!
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 3:06PM (Unverified) said
B*tch you better be trolling.
TF2 won several "Best MP" awards in 2007 and I have played a lot of FPS online and I can tell you TF2 and Battlefield Bad Company are only FPS I consider a Blast to play Online.
Also this is Valve we are talking about most of their games are Epic.If you ar enot convinced get the The Orange Box.
(P.S The Sandwich is only for the Heavy and only if you have unlocked it otherwise you have to stick to the old Med kits)
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TF2 won several "Best MP" awards in 2007 and I have played a lot of FPS online and I can tell you TF2 and Battlefield Bad Company are only FPS I consider a Blast to play Online.
Also this is Valve we are talking about most of their games are Epic.If you ar enot convinced get the The Orange Box.
(P.S The Sandwich is only for the Heavy and only if you have unlocked it otherwise you have to stick to the old Med kits)
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 4:40PM Seven Weasels Running on a Keybo said
If you have not bought this game yet, do it NOW.
Like right now.
There is no conceivable way that TF2 is not worth your 10$.
Even if your family is starving and needs that money to eat, I promise, they will be happier with TF2.
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Like right now.
There is no conceivable way that TF2 is not worth your 10$.
Even if your family is starving and needs that money to eat, I promise, they will be happier with TF2.
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 5:01PM (Unverified) said
Considering that Team Fortress 2 is the best muliplayer game that's come out in the past three years, I would suggest that you check it out.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 12:10PM (Unverified) said
An incredible deal for what is truly THE BEST Multiplayer game on ANY platform.
Imho, of course. ;)
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Imho, of course. ;)
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 4:44PM (Unverified) said
@sk8monroe81
What hacks? I've never seen anyone hack in my 240+ hours of playing.
Go play to playing your crappy Halo 3 or CoD4 with other 12 year olds.
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What hacks? I've never seen anyone hack in my 240+ hours of playing.
Go play to playing your crappy Halo 3 or CoD4 with other 12 year olds.
Posted: Dec 14th 2008 7:39PM (Unverified) said
@Joeshie
Trust me, there are hackers/scripters/sploiters/etc. However, between Valve Anti-Cheat and a well moderated server, most of my time spent playing is hacker free.
In over 4 days of game time, I have only seen about 2 hackers, and they were obvious and quickly kicked from the server by moderators.
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Trust me, there are hackers/scripters/sploiters/etc. However, between Valve Anti-Cheat and a well moderated server, most of my time spent playing is hacker free.
In over 4 days of game time, I have only seen about 2 hackers, and they were obvious and quickly kicked from the server by moderators.
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 12:30PM ThornedVenom said
I highly recommend this game to any Steam user who doesn't have it yet.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 12:41PM (Unverified) said
Ice, I'd go as far as saying it's the third most played online FPS after CSS and CS.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 12:49PM dr steve brule said
question: got a steam account, but im about to build a new pc and sell this one, i cant transfer everything with my username and pw right?
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:33PM ThornedVenom said
Gotta love Joystiq: everyone else is answering questions for you.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:35PM ThornedVenom said
Gah, I'm going to be busy today, but for any new TF2 gamers out there, my Steam ID is thornedvenom.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 3:09PM (Unverified) said
I bought it for the xbaucks and even so it is great.I also bought it for PC but I don't know what happened that my current computer can't run games anymore.
RAGGGGGGEEEE.
(You have to love Vista the browser crashes every 5 minutes.)
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RAGGGGGGEEEE.
(You have to love Vista the browser crashes every 5 minutes.)
Posted: Dec 14th 2008 1:27AM Powerlord said
http://www.fpsbanana.com has a lot of maps that you can download.
I have a small selection of maps used by the OverClocked Remix server at http://tf2.vgmusic.com/maps/
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I have a small selection of maps used by the OverClocked Remix server at http://tf2.vgmusic.com/maps/
Posted: Dec 14th 2008 2:08AM The Kong said
U guys know any good servers to play in? every game I join is Some random mod and really laggy, I just want to play straight up original TF2 not any of the 0 gravity or instant respawn crap, besides I'm a nub idk what I'm doing :)
btw I'm using a 360 controller for windows, but on TF2 none of the buttons work except for the left analog stick, how do I get it to work?
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btw I'm using a 360 controller for windows, but on TF2 none of the buttons work except for the left analog stick, how do I get it to work?
Posted: Dec 14th 2008 10:14PM PoisonedAl said
You can filter out silly mods and servers with high pings (I set mine to be less then 100) on the server browser.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:01PM CaseV7 said
And if any new people want a fun place to play, check out http://noHassleGamer.com
We run a TF2 and L4D server at the moment, feel free to stop by. As you can probably tell from the url, we take pride in not being dicks.
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We run a TF2 and L4D server at the moment, feel free to stop by. As you can probably tell from the url, we take pride in not being dicks.
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 6:34PM einhanderkiller said
My server of choice is Jiggly's Fun House. It kinda sucks how two of their three servers are SourceCraft servers, though. I don't like SourceCraft.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:21PM (Unverified) said
Dang, might have to buy an extra copy or two, hello LAN PARTY!!!
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:36PM (Unverified) said
And the oft-promised dlc for the 360 is where exactly?
We've only been promised it since........ May?
Valve, you suck.
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We've only been promised it since........ May?
Valve, you suck.
Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:41PM (Unverified) said
Inevitable "You should be playing it on PC" comment.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 1:43PM (Unverified) said
I don't wanna play it on PC. I wanna play it on my 360. Hence why I bought the 360 version and not the PC version.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2008 2:15PM sicsided said
They mentioned a few days ago on their blog http://teamfortress.com/ that they are coming out with the pack for Xbox360 with everything in it at the beginning of the new year. And for the last god damn time, its not just Valve its Microsoft too.
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