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Revision as of 19:31, 16 April 2010
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Team Fortress 2 is a First Person Shooter created by Valve on the Source engine. As the name implies, it is very heavily reliant on team strategies, and as such, the game is class-based; instead of picking a player character and picking a weapon load-out, a player picks a class of character that already has its own weapons. A good team usually requires an even mix of offensive and defensive classes.
It is also worthy of note that the game's art direction is one of cartoony 60's espionage camp- this means that the gun designs found in the game tend not to be real guns, but stylish representations of familiar designs.
The following weapons are used in the video game Team Fortress 2:
Pistol
An amalgam of several Walther PP designs is the secondary weapon for the Engineer and Scout classes. Called simply "Pistol" in the game, it lacks power and has average accuracy, but has good range and is semi-automatic, with a very fast reload time. Both the Engineer and the Scout carry different shotguns as their main weapons, which are effective at closer range and reload very slowly; the Pistol is an excellent alternative to finish off an enemy instead of reloading the shotgun, defend oneself when retreating, or for picking off enemies that are at a distance.
In this game, the Pistol has a 12-round magazine. The light-traveling Scout carries 3 extra magazines, and the Engineer, ever prepared, carries 16 extra magazines and half of one more.
Colt Python
The Colt Python, with a 6" barrel and ivory grips, is the primary weapon for the Spy class. It's strong and accurate and has better-than-average range. The "Revolver", as it is called in-game, is strong enough at close range to take out the lower-health classes with 2 or 3 well-aimed rounds.
Baikal MCM
The Spy was shown with a Baikal MCM in the first Team Fortress 2 trailer, to be used as a Tranquilizer gun like in the previous Team Fortress games. It was replaced with the Revolver by the game's release. The model, though not usable, remains within the game's files.
Remington 870
The Remington 870, with sawed-off stock and barrel, is the primary weapon for the Engineer class, and the secondary weapon for the Soldier, Pyro, and Heavy classes. It is simply referred to as "Shotgun" in the game. Like the Spy, the Engineer is capable enough at close fighting but is not usually found seeking out skirmishes, as his shotgun's main purpose is to defend him while he is setting up his buildings. At close range, the Shotgun will deal great damage, but its damage will fall off noticeably at mid range. The others classes that use the Shotgun as a secondary weapon have highly-damaging primary weapons, and use the Shotgun to finish off injured opponents, or to conserve primary weapon ammo.
[[File:Http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4545/sawnoffshotgun2.jpg remington 870]]
Remington 700 Sniper Rifle
A Remington 700, with a visible laser sight and cartoonishly large scope, is the primary weapon for the Sniper class. It is called "Sniper Rifle", and in this rendition, its internal magazine only holds one projectile, and the Sniper carries 25 cartridges with him, inserting one every time he pulls the bolt open. Targeting through the scope will charge the projectile and make it hit harder when fired. A max charge of around 4 seconds is enough to take out lower-health classes with a body shot, but large classes like the Heavy will need multiple shots or a clean head shot. The rifle can be fired without looking through the scope, but the damage is the minimum damage the rifle can cause and headshots are not possible in this way. This is the only hitscan weapon in the game (not counting sentries or critical hits) that has no damage falloff (reduced damage over long range).
SMG
The "SMG" is the secondary weapon for the Sniper class. It seems to be a cartoony amalgamation of several SMG designs: the outline resembles an enlarged Mauser M712 or Walther MP series, the back sights resemble those of the Thompson and the bolt resembles that of the SA Vz.61 Skorpion. It deals very low damage and is of average accuracy, but its very rapid fire can pile on damage quickly if aimed well. It has a 25-round magazine and the Sniper carries 3 more magazines. Like the other Support and Defense classes, the Sniper isn't meant to go into the front lines with this weapon, but rather, be able to defend himself during medium-range combat, when taking the time to snipe an incoming enemy is an impractical proposition.
Dan Wesson PPC .357
The Ambassador, an unlockable Spy weapon, is a stylized version of the Dan Wesson PPC .357 revolverheavily customised with a decorated barrel and rosewood handle.
Although the model is missing 3 essential things to its operation in real life. An opening in the barrel for the bullets to go through during the reload animation, the barrel's blocked off like it was a deactivated gun.
The crane and the ejector rod stay in the frame of the gun when the cylinder out of it, meaning the cylinder's just hovering in mid air with nothing connecting it to the gun itself.
Also to cover up the fact that this model doesn't use a speed-loader, unlike the regular revolver, they moved the model closer to the screen so it looks like it's just out of shot and out of mind.
RPG-16
The RPG-16, represented in the game as the "Rocket Launcher", is the primary weapon for the Soldier class. Unlike its single-shot real-life counterpart, the Rocket Launcher can pack four rockets at a time inside the tube. The game allows for 'Rocket Jumping', wherein a Soldier shoots towards the ground as he jumps, using the blast from the explosion to propel himself through the air over large distances and over obstacles. The rockets, along with the Demoman's grenades, are the most damaging weapons in the game, a critical shot from either usually being enough to dismember most any player within the blast radius.
Multi-Barrel Miniguns
The Heavy uses 2 miniguns, the looks of which are based off of M134 miniguns. Both are given female Russian names. The first, Sasha, is black with a white magazine and internal feed; the second, Natasha, is black, with a black magazine and a belt running from the mag to the chamber. The Heavy claims that Sasha weighs 150kg and fires at 10,000 RPM, but in the game she only spits out 2,400 RPM. Note that for every 1 unit of ammo, the weapon actually fires 4 shots.
The level 2 and 3 Sentry guns have double Miniguns as well.
