Video: Team Fortress 2's amazing animation
by Richard Mitchell 
{ May 15th 2007 at 2:30PM }
The Team Fortress 2 aesthetic has been compared to The Incredibles more than once, and it really shows up in this video, with amazing animation and some decent shtick. This video, to put it simply, is gorgeous. We wish there was more to say about it, but honestly, that's pretty much it. The facial animation is damned near perfect, and the character has real personality. Rather than spoil anything else, we suggest you go ahead and watch it. You'll be glad you did.
The Half-Life 2 Orange Box is starting to look better all the time, isn't it?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jimhuf @ May 15th 2007 2:42PM
Halo beater.
Meep @ May 15th 2007 2:43PM
Can we really judge the game on this video? If it's prerendered or in engine but using extra animations and expressions than will be available during gameplay. Although if that really is ingame then yeah that will be one really good game.
:( @ May 16th 2007 3:58PM
Since Half-Life 2, I have yet to see anyone top Valve's facial animation.
Arno @ May 15th 2007 2:49PM
It's in-engine, designed to show off the advaced facial animation capabilities.
Looks sweet.
Diamondxp @ May 15th 2007 3:05PM
Looks real good to me
MagWheels @ May 15th 2007 2:56PM
It would be a shame if the game doesn't make use of the facial animation capablities, 'cause that was awesome! I love how he got all thoughtful there in the middle. And totally crazed at the end!
Tim @ May 15th 2007 2:52PM
Makes you feel good about the time you spent playing TFC, but doesn't make my expectations for the game any higher. It's not a halo killer, jimhuf. It's just a fun game to play with some friends, just like TFC was. Except TFC was free. This is 70-80 dollars? If I have 80 bucks lying around and my buddies do too then it's something we'd pick up. But it's not even close to Halo.
jimhuf @ May 15th 2007 3:03PM
But you dont just get this game, u get half life 2 plus the episodes which are excellent games in themselves.
avinitski @ May 15th 2007 3:09PM
i want to fuck this game and spunk all over it.
ProjectEkim360 @ May 15th 2007 3:12PM
im also looking foward to portal.
ProjectEkim360 @ May 15th 2007 3:14PM
Looks real cool im looking foward to portal as well
ProjectEkim360 @ May 15th 2007 3:11PM
Looks real cool im looking foward to portal as well
joe @ May 15th 2007 3:24PM
I'll pay $60 for a full retail game of this based on the cell shading and quality of the animation alone this is some of the best adaption of the source engine to date, IMO better then HL2, single player campagin with coop give me say 25+ hours and then expanded and improved the current multi-player (add on to whatever is shipping with HL2:orange) you got yourself
Team Fortress 3: Unleashed
you got the game Shadowrun wishes it could be.
If only MS got in bed with Value and this was their Cross platform Live anywhere game, instead of Halo 2 and Shadowrun this would sell Waaaaaaay better, better then shadowrun for sure.
MS you listening last time i heard value already had the netcode waiting.....
just pay for it is worth it.
Digital Limit @ May 15th 2007 3:28PM
Yeah, this game is essentially as free as it always was.
When is it coming out, by the way?
joe @ May 15th 2007 3:34PM
I'll pay $60 for a full retail game of this based on the cell shading and quality of the animation alone this is some of the best adaption of the source engine to date, IMO better then HL2, single player campagin with coop give me say 25+ hours and then expanded and improved the current multi-player (add on to whatever is shipping with HL2:orange) you got yourself
Team Fortress 3: Unleashed
you got the game Shadowrun wishes it could be.
If only MS got in bed with Value and this was their Cross platform Live anywhere game, instead of Halo 2 and Shadowrun this would sell Waaaaaaay better, better then shadowrun for sure.
MS you listening last time i heard value already had the netcode waiting.....
just pay for it is worth it.
Tony @ May 15th 2007 3:40PM
"But you dont just get this game, u get half life 2 plus the episodes which are excellent games in themselves."
Yeah, that has to be overemphasized. Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress.
Personally, I think it's good package and worth the money.
Brian Arnold @ May 15th 2007 4:17PM
I find it funny that this post links to the TeamFortress2 tag, but isn't actually filed under that link -- therefore, people coming back to the site later won't be able to easily find this post through the TeamFortress2 tag. :) Might want to fix that.
Lucky @ May 15th 2007 5:02PM
I almost wish they could make a movie or animated series.
O__o
That's butiful.
Peff @ May 15th 2007 5:18PM
The Orange Box is definitely worth all of my summer pay, so im def gunna buy it. do you if each game has separate gamerscore?
Peff @ May 15th 2007 5:19PM
do you know if each game has separate gamerscore?**
erivera3 @ May 15th 2007 5:28PM
lol @ 1
This game isn't in the same ballpark as Halo, isn't in the same league, heck it isn't even the same SPORT as halo. Looks fun, but calling it a Halo beater is laughable.
jimhuf @ May 15th 2007 5:37PM
@20 - Youve never played half life then
CalabreZ @ May 15th 2007 5:38PM
It got delayed until fall if I'm not mistaken, which definitely means no one is gonna be playing this game. With GTAIV and Halo 3 both sporting huge multiplayer components, the Xbox Live community is gonna have it's hands full.
erivera3 @ May 15th 2007 6:06PM
@21
Yes, I have, and this isn't half life so what are you talking about? lol. The only thing this game has in common with Half life is the source engine...
The Half-Life series is a good one, one of the best, but the story is making less and less sense and I'm not drawn in by an amazing music score like I am with Halo. Add in the fact that a random scientist magically becomes this elite soldier, and it just isn't as appealing to me as Halo is. Nothing wrong with that; I agree it is a great series, but doesn't beat halo in my book.
Johnathon @ May 15th 2007 6:18PM
Who touched sasha!!!...
the new 'this is sparta' for me.
but i'll be copping the orange box verry verry soon. since ive never played more than a level of hl2 on either xbox or pc.
John @ May 15th 2007 6:37PM
I hope that this becomes a fun team-based adult-oriented title (adult meaning nobody will tell me to suck their dick) while Halo 3 is the standard fragging and running around. It would be nice to switch between the two worlds.
Arno @ May 15th 2007 6:52PM
It's in-engine, designed to show off the advaced facial animation capabilities.
Looks sweet.
James @ May 15th 2007 9:45PM
So, do I get this on 360 and pay them probably like 10 bucks for the *privilege* of downloading ~3 maps, or do I get it for PC and have probably hundred of community maps to choose from, free? Hrm, what to do, what to do....
ZeroCorpse @ May 15th 2007 11:23PM
It's fine with me if the Halo fanboys stick to their cheap, cheat-filled fragfest. Really, I don't *want* you guys playing Team Fortress 2. STAY AWAY. You're absolutely right. Halo's better. Whatever it takes to keep Halo players out of TF2...
For me, though, this is 100% more interesting and fun than Halo. Halo is for people who dig Venom and anime. TF2 is for people who dig Spider-Man and Futurama. Two different types of players. I hope we never see each other in our respective games. I promise to leave you to all your "hardcore" Halo 3 action if you stay the hell out of TF2.
Besides, most of the Halo players wouldn't know teamwork if it bit them on the ass. To Halo players, it's all about personal glory and a bunch of dudes in armor.
erivera3 @ May 16th 2007 12:09AM
@28
You sir are an idiot. You make so many biased statements and define so many of your own stereotypes that it is quite amazing really. I hope YOU aren't playing Halo 3, it would ruin the experience for anyone playing with you.
Tom @ May 16th 2007 12:51AM
@ZeroCorpse
OMG! I dig Futurama AND Anime! Who am I?! Ahhh! I must be two different people! No one person can like both of those! What?! Ahhhh!
As a sidenote, I'm not looking forward to Halo 3 or TF2. Dark Sector, which is coming out this fall, is more my cup o' tea. Hopefully it'll have multiplayer. I guess that puts me in the Family Guy category, huh?
Mark D @ May 16th 2007 12:30PM
Honestly, I think Halo takes itself too seriously and that applies to a lot of it's players as well. This looks more fun to me.
Burnt Meatloaf @ May 17th 2007 4:13AM
Well, it certainly took long enough for developers to realize that hyper-realistic graphics just look silly, and we should be getting more stylized graphics that are just rendered WELL.
Who needs to see veins popping out of foreheads when you can see eyeballs popping out, instead? :)