Team Fortress Changes and Battlefield Heroes News and More!
Some big changes for Team Fortress 2 have been revealed by Tom Francis in the PC Gamer UK blog, Battlefield Heroes gets a change of perspective, and the Games Developer Choice Awards nominations have been revealed!
This is the word regarding the changes to Team Fortress 2 as I have just revealed on halflife2.net
A couple of weeks ago we heard rumours that Valve we planning to introduce some major changes into Team Fortress 2. Tom Francis from PC Gamer UK is currently visiting Valve and has revealed the big change and a new game mode to go along side it.
The big change to the gameplay of TF2 is the addition of unlocks, at first they will only be limited to the Medic class and will be unlocked by completing a certain amount of the new achievements for the Medic. The new game mode requires you to escort a mine cart accross a map to the opponents base. Here is some of what Tom said.
Starting with just two new items for the Medic, Valve are going to be gradually rolling out new, unlockable weapons for every class. These will be alternative versions of their current loadouts that, once unlocked by earning a certain number of achievements, you can pick and choose from on a new ‘Loadout’ menu.
The new game mode is showcased in Goldrush - the map that will ship alongside cp_badlands in a little over a month from now. One team must escort a small mining cart through a series of Dustbowl-like map segments. The cart moves faster the more Blue players are near it, but stops entirely if even one Red player is in range. Blue have to escort the cart all the way to Red’s headquarters within a certain timelimit.
Read the rest of this news here.
I love the idea of unlocks being added to the game, and I really hope that Valve implement them well…this is Valve so I am sure they will be done well. The new game mode sounds very interesting and I can’t wait to see what the reaction of the TF2 community is going to be. Great job by Mr. Francis to get this great news out to us.
Also revealed by PC Gamer today is a change in perspective for upcoming free EA game; Battlefield Heroes. In a change of direction for the Battlefield series Heroes is going third-person and will feature just three classes along with a level system. This change of perspective makes Heroes quite a bit different different to TF2 (despite similar graphical stylings) and it is something I wholly endorse! A reduction in class numbers is also good to streamline the game and make it more appealing to a wider range of people. The big question however is does it play any well? We should find out with a Beta in the Summer. More information.
Finally the Games Developer Choice Award nominations have been announced. They are the ‘Industry’s Only Open Peer-Based Awards.’ The nominees include Portal, Call of Duty 4 and Peggle. Portal has been nominated for a total of five awards, and I really hope it wins them all and I want Peggle to get the ‘Best Downloadable Game’ award. Find the nominee list here.