Hopefully some balanced gameplay on the horizon

[seanyc123]

I am an Xbox360 user primarily and will be getting HL2 (again) on 360 when it comes out.
I am sick and tired of games like Gears of War and such where there is no balance to the game. It really takes the fun out of things.
I'm hoping this, and Halo 3, will provide some purer gameplay experiences where if you die, it's clearly your own fault and not due to some stupid uber-gun.

This can't come soon enough.

Loving the unique look btw. All the classes now have such character.

 

[Spoonoop]

Hmmm.. have you played Team Fortress Classic before? Anyways, I'm just a little relieved to hear that Demomen apparely are the only ones with grenades. Exploding was always my number one reason for death :O

 

[seanyc123]

Lol, I was looking for good online gameplay all this time and it was already sitting on my har drive. CS:S > 360 in general.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Very interesting that you hadn't played CSS before.

 

[Dan]

How could it possibly not be balanced? Both teams are the exact same. And btw, have you guys checked the new screenshots of TF2 out on planethalflife. They show the starting point of dustbowl and a few maps I don't recognize, maybe well?

 

[Iced_Eagle]

While there is no uber-gun, you need to realize that each class has it's weakpoints, so from a Scout's point of view, the Demoman could seem like he had a uber-gun, but it's simply just balanced against that class.

 

[seanyc123]

Plus for the likes of me, previous gaming experiences including Gears of War and Rainbow 6: Vegas, TFC gameplay seems very balanced to me.

 

[Slug Advisor]

Every class has it's sole purpose. If you try to freakin' charge with a sniper, you're are so gonna phail. And if you try to get into the enemy territory unseen with a heavy, the result will be the same. But if you use what's given to your class right, no ub3r-gunz are gonna stop you.
Seems pretty balanced to me.