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Old 09-02-2006, 11:54 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BurntToast
Are you sure it was "YEARS" of work that they scrapped? I only remember seeing a total of 4 screenshots from TF2:BoA.
In 1998, eight years ago, Sierra and Valve announced that TF2 would be released as an expansion to Half-Life later that year.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/te...ml?sid=2463316

In 1999, seven years ago, Sierra launched a website for TF2(:BoA) announcing it would be a stand-alone game to be released later that year.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2460650.html

In 2000, six years ago, Valve announced that they were dropping the Quake-based engine in favor of a proprietary engine for TF2(:BoA) -- no release date is mentioned.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/te...ml?sid=2592192

In 2000, nearly six years ago, Robin Walker (a creator of the original Team Fortress mod for Quake and was working on TF2(:BoA)) answers some questions which clearly show that TF2(:BoA) was to be a vastly different game than what is now being paraded around as TF2.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/te...ml?sid=2652476

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Originally Posted by BurntToast
What exactly is the copy and paste job? Are you saying TF2 is just TFC with prettier graphics?
Yes. TF2 is TFC with cosmetic changes -- the teaser trailer even uses a variant of a ten-year-old map, 2fortX.

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Originally Posted by BurntToast
After watching the latest teaser I am even happier with the direction of the game... looks fun as hell. But I do know one thing... people should try it before saying its gonna suck. Its kinda like eating new food as a kid... if you convince yourself its gonna be bad before you try it... then you will most likely never give it a fair chance.
You misunderstand my point. My point is that Valve is trying to capitalize on the hype (though now mostly burned out) about TF2(:BoA) and releasing a copy-paste job with NOLF-style graphics in order to sell HL2/Episode 2. It may be fun if you've never played TF, TFC, Q3F, ETF, or the half-dozen other TF-variants, but for those of us expecting some return on the years of wait for TF2(:BoA) it is a massive hand->forehead moment.
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