The Orange Box Thread [Archive] - Page 4

Dan

08-26-2008, 05:14 AM

The thing is that Cassady mostly plays online with the CHUD crew. We all wear top-hats and drink tea whilst we shoot each other in the face. It's all quite civilized, you see.

My experience with the few Chewers i've fought with and alongside on the PSN has been the same.

Alex - CoD4 has been a wednesday tradition since release for me, but not only are you guys primarily on the wrong format for a good spanking - you're also on the wrong continent, making the time difference silly.

It's almost like god is trying to spare you from the inevitable humiliation of me destroying you and eating your bones. With a cup of tea.

It sounds like a cracking idea for the US chewers though. Still, i'm sure UK-based can organise ourselves if we wanted to...

Nate K

08-26-2008, 05:59 AM

Not to derail the thread any further (too late) but how would people feel about specific CHUD (MCP) nights? Like- COD4 Wednesday, Orange Box Thursdays, GTA Fridays, and so on. I can even organize something on the main page if it takes off. Plus, free crumpets to go with your Earl Gray.

I like this idea. I'm talking about the crumpets. Although the other idea is not bad either.

stelios

08-26-2008, 06:51 AM

Team Fortress 2's learning curve seems ridiculous.

Don't worry about it. While there are classes that don't play quite like anything else there's a lot to choose from. It basically depends on your play style. If you're a rocket whore like me you play soldier. If you like camping, play sniper. If you're a grenade spamming retard, play demoman (nerf stickies). And so on.

And the levels and play-styles are so mind-bogglingly well designed that even if you just run around at random you'll end up in the action in seconds. There is really no other online game this fun for people of any skill. Want to see a ridiculous gaming curve? Try Counterstrike 1.6 and you'll get nightmares.

Oh, and we really should try setting up some regular CHUD Steam group games. I recently joined in and it looks pretty dead.

matches

08-26-2008, 01:55 PM

Not to derail the thread any further (too late) but how would people feel about specific CHUD (MCP) nights? Like- COD4 Wednesday, Orange Box Thursdays, GTA Fridays, and so on. I can even organize something on the main page if it takes off. Plus, free crumpets to go with your Earl Gray.

Orange Box Thursday, you say? Consider me intrigued.

Soul Ahn Ice

08-26-2008, 01:57 PM

It's been a long time since I played TF2 with the Chewers, but if we got a group together to play a full game (without the lag), I'm in.

Jcassady

08-26-2008, 02:04 PM

I'd definitely be up for Chewer nights. I'll even use the horrible cockney accent I was using yesterday when reading my wife my posts from this thread.

ryoken

08-26-2008, 05:11 PM

I'd definitely be up for Chewer nights. I'll even use the horrible cockney accent I was using yesterday when reading my wife my posts from this thread.

Im game as well, but I cant promise anything because of timezones and work schedule conflicts; I do promise not to do that stupid Speedy Gonzales voice/quote I once did in a COD4 match...jeebus, that was beyond idiotic.

Soul Ahn Ice

08-26-2008, 05:19 PM

I promise to refer to all of you with the racial slur of your own choosing!

ryoken

08-26-2008, 05:27 PM

I promise to refer to all of you with the racial slur of your own choosing!

Dibs on "Sudaca"! (yes, it is kind of a slur for south american people)

A-Pathetic

08-26-2008, 06:08 PM

Team Fortress 2's learning curve seems ridiculous.

It's actually one of the lowest learning curves I've found in an FPS. Really the only things to worry about are what style each map is and how to get around each map. When I first started playing I just chose a Medic every round and attached myself to a Heavy or Pyro, following them around and healing them while they killed. You're helping the team, and you'll always find that it's appreciated by other players that there's a Medic around. Sure, you get backstabbed a bunch because you don't know how to check for spies yet but that comes quickly enough.

After that I'd play Engineer for a few rounds because it's one of the easier classes to play (although not to play well, but the vast majority of Engineers aren't that good in my experience). Keeping a sentry up and learning to use the shotgun and how to spy check are critical skills which you can learn without being in the middle of a huge firefight as an Engi.

After that, try everything out. You'll quickly learn which classes you aren't so great at (I'm semi-retarded as a Scout, I just don't have the reflexes to handle it) and which classes you excel at (I am told regularly how hated I am when I play Spy). Honestly, it's a very simple game.

dontEATnachos

08-26-2008, 06:12 PM

It's actually one of the lowest learning curves I've found in an FPS.

How can it possibly be any lower than the typical team deathmatch games? COD4, Halo 3, Resistance, etc. are all much lower learning curves because there isn't any sort of class choosing or what have you. You just get a gun and start shooting people.

Trying to figure out the game objectives, learn the different classes, etc. definitely make TF2 have a higher learning curve than many other popular FPSes.

ryoken

08-26-2008, 06:31 PM

How can it possibly be any lower than the typical team deathmatch games? COD4, Halo 3, Resistance, etc. are all much lower learning curves because there isn't any sort of class choosing or what have you. You just get a gun and start shooting people.

Trying to figure out the game objectives, learn the different classes, etc. definitely make TF2 have a higher learning curve than many other popular FPSes.

The only TF2 lesson you need is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/strider_ryoken/20070921.jpg

Overlord

08-26-2008, 07:32 PM

It's actually one of the lowest learning curves I've found in an FPS. Really the only things to worry about are what style each map is and how to get around each map. When I first started playing I just chose a Medic every round and attached myself to a Heavy or Pyro, following them around and healing them while they killed. You're helping the team, and you'll always find that it's appreciated by other players that there's a Medic around. Sure, you get backstabbed a bunch because you don't know how to check for spies yet but that comes quickly enough.

After that I'd play Engineer for a few rounds because it's one of the easier classes to play (although not to play well, but the vast majority of Engineers aren't that good in my experience). Keeping a sentry up and learning to use the shotgun and how to spy check are critical skills which you can learn without being in the middle of a huge firefight as an Engi.

After that, try everything out. You'll quickly learn which classes you aren't so great at (I'm semi-retarded as a Scout, I just don't have the reflexes to handle it) and which classes you excel at (I am told regularly how hated I am when I play Spy). Honestly, it's a very simple game.

You just spent three paragraphs telling me how it has a low learning curve, all the while discussing somewhat involved class based strategies. Contemplate how wrong your initial premise is on the tree of woe.

**Actually, I'm starting to sense that you were being sarcastic. Did my intertron sarcasm detector fail again?

Spike Marshall

08-26-2008, 07:42 PM

Take into account that Me, Eric, Nate and Justin were pretty much unbeatable from the moment we started playing and you'll understand when I say that it all makes perfect sense. Every single class just handles perfectly and it only takes about 3 or 4 rounds to figure out what everything does. It really is one of the most user friendly online fps ever.

Dan

08-26-2008, 08:01 PM

In fairness, a well-crafted, well-balanced game does not an easy game make.

Saying that, I don't struggle with TF.

I found MGO to be harder to grasp early doors. Technically not an FPS though.

matches

08-26-2008, 11:28 PM

In fairness, a well-crafted, well-balanced game does not an easy game make.

We had games that were difficult, but I can't think of one game since the first few days we had it where if all three of us were on the same team and wound up losing. And now that I think of it, we actually only ever had tough rounds, not even tough games. We'd have a hard fought first or second round, and then trounce the other team.

Dan

08-27-2008, 02:22 PM

It's entirely possible you guys are just good at the game?

Shocking, I know :P

Spike Marshall

08-27-2008, 03:11 PM

Nah. Speaking for myself I suck at pretty much everything game related, TF2 is just a game that is immensely easy to succeed at if you're playing with like minded people.

Dan

08-27-2008, 06:28 PM

The need for a good team in Team Fortress is a given.

Tieman

08-28-2008, 01:47 PM

wydren

08-29-2008, 07:10 PM

I'd be all up for CHUD game night, if I can get the free time to do it. Despite the fact that playing TF2 with the CHUD guys (Spike, Nate, and Eric mostly) made me feel pathetically inadequate. Playing with them, I feel like a midget on a basketball team. After playing against them, I have to go upstairs and make mad passionate love to my wife just to feel like a man again.

matches

12-11-2008, 06:52 PM

TF2 time. Aw hells yeah.

Spike Marshall

12-11-2008, 07:08 PM

I wasn't even playing the game, but the lack of Christmas TF2 is what is bugging me most about not having a 360.

dontEATnachos

12-11-2008, 07:35 PM

Christmas Resistance 2 instead.

Nate K

12-11-2008, 07:39 PM

Are you not going to have a 360 over Christmas Spike?

Dan

12-11-2008, 07:42 PM

Christmas Resistance 2 instead.

I'm almost certain you work for Insomniac in some form :p

dontEATnachos

12-11-2008, 07:48 PM

Sorry, it's fun enough that I think it needs a cheerleader and since no one else has I guess I will.

Dan

12-11-2008, 07:52 PM

You don't need to apologise, i'll be on there tomorrow and then we can both give it some talking up.

gravedigger

12-12-2008, 12:42 AM

Nexus-7

12-12-2008, 01:33 AM

How far along are you?

MoonBaseNick

12-12-2008, 02:23 AM

I started playing Half Life 2 again (I'm still on my first playthrough) and I just don't get all the love for this game. The story is interesting, I guess, but the gameplay doesn't blow my skirt up at all. What am I missing? I don't follow PC games at all. Was this originally released at a time where FPS games were pretty terrible or something?

Yeah, when the first one came out your FPS of the time pretty much had no story line or plot..Unreal was as close as you were going to get with something of a story, so when Half-Life came out, both the story line and graphics were top notch. Yeah, how far are you with the game? it gets even better later on..

dontEATnachos

12-12-2008, 02:35 AM

Same for me, I might have gotten past the fan-boat part but I just got a little bored and had enough other interesting stuff to play. I'm taking some time off around Christmas and was hoping to get to some games I'd been putting off maybe this will make it onto the list.

Spike Marshall

12-12-2008, 07:41 AM

Are you not going to have a 360 over Christmas Spike?

I’m aiming to get back online in mid January

A-Pathetic

12-12-2008, 10:46 AM

There was a TF2 mini update yesterday. The TF2 blog said they're pushing the 360 update out in the next month it sounds like, so some of you should finally get to see some of the stuff that us PC folk have been spoiled with. Mark my words, the Blutsauger will change how you look at medics.

Anyway, both Dispensers and Teleporters now have 3 levels of building just like Sentry Guns. A level 3 Teleporter cools down in about 2 seconds, so it's possible to move a mass of people quickly in the CP maps where your inability to take the next point is often because you just don't have the manpower at the front. The level 3 Dispenser seems to heal you and provide metal at an almost alarming rate.

For spies, now you can gather metal to refresh your invisibility cloak. You can do this while invisible or while visible. It's not as dramatic as it sounds, but it certainly makes playing spy more fun (and I was a big spy fan to begin with).

The next class to get an actual review is announced as the Scout. My assumption is that the Scout achievements/upgrades will be in with the pack of 360 updates but they haven't said that for sure.

matches

12-12-2008, 05:02 PM

Thank God DLC is coming for TF2. It's just as fun as I remembered it.

A-Pathetic

12-12-2008, 05:15 PM

I feel bad for the TF2 team, Microsoft put them in a really bad place with the DLC. If they'd charged per patch that went live on the PC you'd have already paid well more than what you paid for The Orange Box total. Waiting to allow Xbox users to have 1 giant patch at the same price risks the game dying off before the patch gets there. All of this for content that they want to give you for free.

matches

12-12-2008, 05:18 PM

I was surprised to find that there seemed to be more people playing last night than I expected. A lot of people were on, actually.

dontEATnachos

12-12-2008, 05:22 PM

If Valve had just done the PS3 version themselves they'd be able to release all the updates they want. By letting MS be the only console they actually support their product on though, they're stuck without any leverage.

Anyway, if you Xbox guys are going to be playing between Christmas and New Years, I may finally give Orange Box a shot. Just post something on here when you're going to be playing and I'll try to join you.

A-Pathetic

12-12-2008, 05:27 PM

I wish I could play this one with you guys, but no way I'd trade in the glory that is the PC version and our free patches.

I'm totally hooked on a particular 2Fort server where they decreased gravity. It makes spying so much more fun, opening up new ways to get behind opponents while you're cloaked. Of course, it's also 16 people per team which would give Spike fits.

Justin Clark

12-12-2008, 05:32 PM

After I buy a new mic, I'm up for getting the band back together anytime. Won't be exactly the same without Spike, but should still be good times.

Spike Marshall

12-12-2008, 06:09 PM

I still think having sixteen people per team would completely change the nature of the game.

Nate K

12-12-2008, 07:09 PM

I forgot how much chaos there is with 8 people per team, never mind 16. I suppose that's just because we got used to 4 and 6 man teams.

Spike Marshall

12-12-2008, 07:20 PM

Once you got past 6 a side all attempts at strategic thinking went out the window. Not that we ever were particularly strategic.

TYPICAL TF2 SCENARIO

Shovel/Spike jumps down from ledge firing volleys of rockets, manages to use hyper aiming skills and knowledge of the ground to destroy three of the other team, screams AVE IT, gets killed and then shouts at other people for not playing tactically.

matches

12-12-2008, 08:02 PM

You guys were just a distraction for the other team while I tore them apart as a Spy.

Mac

12-12-2008, 08:11 PM

So, are we playing this, or Left 4 Dead this weekend?

Spike Marshall

12-12-2008, 08:16 PM

You guys were just a distraction for the other team while I tore them apart as a Spy.

Defending control points as two soldiers and a spy was always a laugh. Who needs defensive classes and speed when we can simply overpower the attacking team.

gravedigger

12-12-2008, 11:11 PM

How far along are you?

The traitor science lady just took off with Benson and I am now leading a squad of redshirts.

ZombieFever

12-13-2008, 12:50 AM

All this TF2 talk makes me jealous.

Justin Clark

12-13-2008, 02:38 AM

The traitor science lady just took off with Benson and I am now leading a squad of redshirts.

I'll say one word, and one word alone. If, when it happens, the game doesn't have you eating out of the palm of its hand, I pity you:

Striders.

Nexus-7

12-13-2008, 03:57 AM

The traitor science lady just took off with Benson and I am now leading a squad of redshirts.Yeah I have to agree with Justin, if you hadn't been won over by the atmosphere, and the gravity gun, maybe the game isn't for you. And yes, Striders.

I still think it's brilliant.

Don't get me wrong, it has problems. Some sequences go on too long(the boat), and some segments are annoying(the redshirts will get in your way).

MoonBaseNick

12-13-2008, 04:02 AM

hell, im still stuck on Ep. 1...blah damn hunters.

You are all strong people for playing this on the X-box, no way i can do it. I love the pc version FAR too much.

Graham

12-13-2008, 08:18 AM

The only Hunter in Episode 1 is on a video screen.

Domingo

12-13-2008, 08:26 AM

That video screen appearance was just hell man, I'm right there with ya...

Graham

12-13-2008, 08:32 AM

Seriously, though...where are you stuck?

A-Pathetic

12-13-2008, 01:42 PM

Defending control points as two soldiers and a spy was always a laugh. Who needs defensive classes and speed when we can simply overpower the attacking team.

Until a pyro comes in and reverses a crit rocket with a compressed air blast and kills all 3 of you instantly. They've actually done a fantastic job of balancing with these patches.

Also, I forgot to mention. In the last patch if you shoot a sticky with any bullet firing gun it will break apart in just a couple of shots. No more shooting stickies away and having them still live. No more retarded demo camping.

matches

12-13-2008, 01:59 PM

I can't freakin' wait for the XBL update. And we weren't just overpowering the other teams -- we dominated. We used to only play Medics with bonesaws equipped, and we'd still destroy the other teams.

ShaolinMK

12-14-2008, 02:00 PM

Going to pick up a copy of this Friday for $20. I rented this a few months ago and have been waiting for the price to drop.

gravedigger

12-14-2008, 07:49 PM

And we weren't just overpowering the other teams -- we dominated. We used to only play Medics with bonesaws equipped, and we'd still destroy the other teams.

I can vouch for this. Seeing Eric, Spike, and Nate play was a lesson in absolute destruction.

Spike Marshall

12-14-2008, 07:54 PM

I can vouch for this. Seeing Eric, Spike, and Nate play was a lesson in absolute destruction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPa29sxMM6E

matches

12-15-2008, 02:07 PM

Bonesaw will be ready once again.

A-Pathetic

12-15-2008, 02:47 PM

Bonesaw will be ready once again.

I'll let you in on the most ridiculous and effective strategy imaginable once you get your update. Complete enough medic achievements to get the Uber Saw. It's slightly slower than the Bonesaw, but you won't notice it. Hit a target 4 times with the Uber Saw and you've built up an uber you can use.

2 medics stick together, build up one uber. Go running into the enemy, the medic with the uber activates it while the other medic runs around killing whoever he can with his Uber Saw. As that uber wears off, the guy with the saw should have gotten 4 hits and now has an uber. He ubers the other medic who runs around with his Uber Saw doing the same thing.

You wouldn't believe how effective this is in Arena matches (where you can't respawn).

Justin Clark

12-15-2008, 06:38 PM

My dispenser is at your disposal, gents.

Spike Marshall

12-15-2008, 06:40 PM

I'll let you in on the most ridiculous and effective strategy imaginable once you get your update. Complete enough medic achievements to get the Uber Saw. It's slightly slower than the Bonesaw, but you won't notice it. Hit a target 4 times with the Uber Saw and you've built up an uber you can use.

2 medics stick together, build up one uber. Go running into the enemy, the medic with the uber activates it while the other medic runs around killing whoever he can with his Uber Saw. As that uber wears off, the guy with the saw should have gotten 4 hits and now has an uber. He ubers the other medic who runs around with his Uber Saw doing the same thing.

You wouldn't believe how effective this is in Arena matches (where you can't respawn).

Yeah, we'd never use wanky tactics like that. This is TF2 it's not serious business.

Nabster

12-18-2008, 01:17 PM

Hey so I finally picked up Orange Box, and I never played Half Life 2, beyond 15 mins or so, so can I just play episode one and two, or do I need to play the original first. Normally I wouldn't hesitate to dive into a videogame sequel regardless of completion of the original, however, a friend of mine claims Half LIfe 2 is all about the storyline.

Justin Clark

12-18-2008, 03:01 PM

Hey so I finally picked up The Godfather, and I never saw the original, beyond 15 mins or so, so can I just watch II or III, or do I need to watch the original first. Normally I wouldn't hesitate to dive into a sequel regardless of completion of the original, however, a friend of mine claims The Godfather is all about the storyline.

Silly question, no?

Nabster

12-19-2008, 07:01 AM

Silly question, no?

Alright Justin old boy, it better be that good...

Dan

12-19-2008, 02:48 PM

Play HL2 before EP1. Especially since EP1 starts slowly, and fairly boringly and uses weapons you are introduced to near the end of HL2.

HL2's also the strongest single player content in that box besides Portal. EP2's better than EP1 - but play the buggers in order. Get the best experience.

dontEATnachos

12-19-2008, 02:50 PM

Dan

12-19-2008, 02:56 PM

The load times are distractingly long for a game this age - especially ported to a console. I experienced occasional slowdown.

However, Portal alone is worth the $20 - the accompanying 3 single player titles and redundant PS3 TF (it's usually fairly dead) makes it a definite winner.

Justin Clark

12-19-2008, 03:20 PM

I don't know if the patches have fixed it or not, but while the slowdown's just an occasional hiccup most of the set, it's a straight up buzzkill during the stretches with the Super Gravity Gun near the end.

That said, for $20, I'd be willing to suck it up. Even somewhat broken versions of these five games are worth that and more.

Dan

12-19-2008, 03:23 PM

Yeah, some of the heavier physics-based combat really does slow the party down.

I don't think it's been fixed - even if it hasn't - $20!!

Chris Allen

12-19-2008, 04:38 PM

A year and nearly 800 posts later, I finally got this. Looking forward to finishing HL2, the new episodes, and finishing Portal (after completing the awesome XBLA demo).

Man, talk about "Late to the party!"

McIrish

12-19-2008, 04:57 PM

Anyone who has the PS3 Orange Box think it's worth $20? My brother hasn't played any of them ever and only has a PS3. The load times are craptastic and I hear the game is choppy so if anyone on here has experience with it, and an opinion, let me know.

I bought it for $60 and I don't regret it. Yes the load times suck ass, not just for their length but frequent occurence, and it can try to judder to a stop when the action gets intense. And yes many a time I looked to the sky to curse EA and their pathetic port job. But there are still 5 great games that are a lot of fun. I've played through Portal 3 times, HL2, and episode 1, and can't wait to get to EP 2 if the PS3 ever comes back for repair.

Unless your brother is really impatient, it should be a good buy.

dontEATnachos

12-19-2008, 05:00 PM

He managed to sit through MGS4's cutscenes so he can't be too impatient. I'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the info guys.

Nexus-7

12-19-2008, 06:25 PM

Anyone who has the PS3 Orange Box think it's worth $20? My brother hasn't played any of them ever and only has a PS3. The load times are craptastic and I hear the game is choppy so if anyone on here has experience with it, and an opinion, let me know.I purchased this for a friend, and in addition to a bit of showdown, it has sound issues on the PS3. Apparently it doesn't affect everyone(or other people here would be bitching about it I suppose), but there's a random crackling bit of static in all the games on my friend's set-up. Realizing it wasn't his speakers, we googled it and other people have the issue as well, blaming it on a mandatory PS3 firmware update.
That said, for 20 bucks, unpolished or not, it's still a great deal, and the sound issues may not affect you. They annoyed the hell out of me though.

Have any of you guys had this problem?

McIrish

12-19-2008, 10:43 PM

I purchased this for a friend, and in addition to a bit of showdown, it has sound issues on the PS3. Apparently it doesn't affect everyone(or other people here would be bitching about it I suppose), but there's a random crackling bit of static in all the games on my friend's set-up. Realizing it wasn't his speakers, we googled it and other people have the issue as well, blaming it on a mandatory PS3 firmware update.
That said, for 20 bucks, unpolished or not, it's still a great deal, and the sound issues may not affect you. They annoyed the hell out of me though.

Have any of you guys had this problem?

I totally blanked on that, yeah there can be a low level static white noise. If I recall correctly it seemed to come on if you were playing for more than half an hour.

Damn you EA for fucking up this port.

dontEATnachos

12-19-2008, 11:34 PM

I wonder if the fact that my brother wouldn't be playing on an HDTV (he's just got an old tube at the moment) would eliminate most of the slowdown for him?

MoonBaseNick

12-19-2008, 11:53 PM

Seriously, though...where are you stuck?

im stuck on the level where you are in the "car" and you have to travel around to protect your "out post" from the huge walker things. You have to destroy them..I've had to format my PC so I don't even remember what Ep that is! ha ha ha

so..anyone know when the new Scout update is coming for TFC2?

Nabster

12-22-2008, 11:47 AM

I wonder if the fact that my brother wouldn't be playing on an HDTV (he's just got an old tube at the moment) would eliminate most of the slowdown for him?

The absense of an HDTV will not in any way improve lag times, unfortunately. A friend of mine has it for his PS3, and he claims the frame rate problems can get pretty bad. Personally I would wait for another platform to play HL2, it is considered one of the greatest games ever made, it would be preferable to play an unhindered version.

ShaolinMK

12-22-2008, 01:49 PM

Picked this up this weekend.

$20 is a steal for The Orange Box.

A-Pathetic

12-22-2008, 02:44 PM

so..anyone know when the new Scout update is coming for TFC2?

January supposedly. I've been playing Scout more recently since it's (by far) my worst class. I can see why it's played so little in CP maps and the like, but it's so ridiculously good on CTF maps it kind of makes up for it.

Spike Marshall

01-24-2009, 12:34 PM

matches

01-24-2009, 03:52 PM

My cat unplugged my internet router last night right when we got on and I was too lazy to set it back up again.

MoonBaseNick

01-24-2009, 03:55 PM

Question 1) How have people not improved at all since I last played TF2 a year ago?

Question 2) Why are the exact same people I was playing against a year ago still playing this game?

Does the 360 version of Orange Box have like the most dedicated 12 person community in the whole world?

I've been playing for well over a year, I've gotten better, more so with the Engineer.

I'm just waiting for the next update, as of now I'm playing Left 4 Dead waiting for the said update...

Do people still play this on the X-box?

matches

01-24-2009, 04:05 PM

We played it for about five months solid, and over the past month we've picked it up a few times but it hasn't stuck.

MoonBaseNick

01-24-2009, 04:06 PM

I'm with ya, I played it the other night, and just could not get that into it again.

Spike Marshall

01-24-2009, 04:12 PM

My cat unplugged my internet router last night right when we got on and I was too lazy to set it back up again.

You missed me, Nate and Mac coming into a Dustbowl Game in progress and dominating the shit out of EVERYONE.

matches

01-24-2009, 04:26 PM

I don't doubt it. When I played a little bit around Christmas I was the best player in every game I connected to, and that was with about nine months of not playing.

Rusty Oysterburger

01-26-2009, 10:56 AM

ZombieFever

01-26-2009, 01:29 PM

I haven't done it myself, but i sorta remember hearing that he could fit and get decently stuck somewhere in the car itself.

Graham

01-27-2009, 11:37 AM

Has anyone done the garden gnome challenge on Episode 2?

I'm not normally bothered about doing those challenge things on other 360 games but I've got a real urge to nail this one.

I've just got out of the mines with him and now onto the auto-gun section. It hasnt been too hard so far, but I'm dreading the upcoming car based levels. Does anyone have any tips for this section? I'm guessing you cant just balance him on the roof or anything.

Do you have to blast him up the road with the gravity gun, drive up, get out and blast him the road again and so on?

Be prepared for alot of swearing at your monitor!

I find if he's well wedged behind you you can go a fair distance without worry, just beware sharp corners...
Stop and check often...the tunnel transition between levels also made me lose him for some weird reason.

Just keep him in the car...you need the car up to and including 'White Forest'; once there it get's easier.

Dan

01-27-2009, 11:59 AM

That challenge sounds hilariously awful and brilliant at the same time.

MoonBaseNick

01-31-2009, 02:28 PM

so is the new scout update out yet?

A-Pathetic

02-04-2009, 11:32 AM

so is the new scout update out yet?

According to the TF2 blog, it's all set to go except for the weapon upgrade textures which they do last since they sometimes make last second changes (and apparently did with this update to one of the weapons). They made it sound like we'd see it in the next week or so though, but that's PC. My guess is they'll have to spend a while getting the big Xbox patch ready after that.

matches

08-31-2009, 10:18 PM

Has anyone heard anything about more TF2 updates coming to the 360? I talked to some people from Valve at SDCC and they hinted at the fact nothing has come as of yet because of Microsoft (duh), but nothing else concrete. TF2 might be my favorite game of this generation of consoles so I'm still hoping for something.

A bunch of you guys have your ear to the ground for this sort of thing. Anything?

Justin Clark

08-31-2009, 10:47 PM

Basically, theyre doing with TF2 for the 360 what Bethesda's doing to Fallout 3 on the PS3. When all the DLC's said and done on the PC, they'll package it all up for a price.

The Microsoft side of it is basically the same story we heard long ago: Valve wanted to offer the DLC for free, MS wasn't having it. And MS is kinda right. I'm at the point where the price of the DLC would be to let Gabe Newell mickey slap me on my front doorstep, and I'd pay it to be beating dude's over the head with jars of piss before the end of the year.