I've been looking into getting this game for a while but I wanted to know what you guys thought. I have a few friends who play it like all the time and they've been really wanting me to get it and I actually did get to test it out while I was at their house last week. So is the $20 on Steam worth it or not?

Well, you already know what I think:

Nihillo wrote:Team Fortress 2 is also a great game, I've been playing it like crazy ever since I got it.

A cool thing about TF2, is that Valve is always adding new content to the game through updates. So far we have had many class updates which included new unlockable weapons, new maps, new game modes and, of course, the obligatory list of achievemets. So, even now, three years after the original release, the game is still growing with solid content (for free!).

By the way, the Engineer Class update is coming soon, this is an opportune time for you to jump in.

Oh snap. I'll try to keep it short, but I could literally go on for paragraphs about TF2.

I'll start off by saying it's definitely worth the money. $20 for a game that has nearly 2x the amount of content as your standard game, and is probably one of the funner games you'll play. I've personally gotten around 800 hours of gametime logged in it, although my Steam says I have nearly 2000 (Idling and AFK), and although I haven't played that much recently, I suspect I'll come back to it in about a week or two. The fact of the matter is it's rather addicting, has a large amount of replayability, and has a huge community. If you like the art style and the gameplay, then that in itself is likely enough reason to buy it (As several friends' cases were) and the addictness, replayability, and community is simply a bonus.

So, in simplest terms, get it. I will mention, however, that if you don't already have the Half-Life 2 trilogy that the Orange Box is a better deal. If you're at all interested in HL2, then get the Orange Box.

Ok, just got it off of Steam and it appears that not just 2 but 10 of my friends have it. w00t! Hey, why don't we all get on a server and just have a blast? That would be epic!

Right now? Well, it might be a bit laggy for me but... awwww hell, okay, add me, my name is Nihillo there too. After that, just pick a server and I will follow.

Nihillo wrote:Right now? Well, it might be a bit laggy for me but... awwww Diet Dr. Pepper, okay, add me, my name is Nihillo there too. After that, just pick a server and I will follow.

Eh, well its 11:51pm my time and the game is still trying to install so I'm not going to be able to play tonight. Btw, you don't have Steam do you?

Nova Hawk wrote:

Nihillo wrote:Right now? Well, it might be a bit laggy for me but... awwww Diet Dr. Pepper, okay, add me, my name is Nihillo there too. After that, just pick a server and I will follow.

Eh, well its 11:51pm my time and the game is still trying to install so I'm not going to be able to play tonight. Btw, you don't have Steam do you?

I'm assuming this is him.

Also, I friended you Nova. I'll likely friend + invite you to the GT group, Nihillo.

Yep that's me. The one who likes cookies.

I send a friend invite to you, Nihillo and Fingerfood(name is Schlechtwetterfront). See you ingame

Stem profile: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198011653219/

... I got this game around March... Its still not done downloading/installing...

My neighbour got it last saturday, it took maybe 3-4 hours of downloading with something like 300-400 kb/s. Just let it download over night, if you havent yet.

I did that the night I got it... not even half way done in the morning... half way to being half way to being half way there...

RED51 wrote:I did that the night I got it... not even half way done in the morning... half way to being half way to being half way there...

Let it download for a year or so and tell us if you make it to the halfway point.

I have a friend who plays this game, and I must say it is worth the $20. I would probably buy it myself if it didn't lag on my computer.

Huge modding capability (or at least I've heard), tons of achievements, so much replay value... definitely worth the $20.

Valthero wrote:I have a friend who plays this game, and I must say it is worth the $20. I would probably buy it myself if it didn't lag on my computer.

Huge modding capability (or at least I've heard), tons of achievements, so much replay value... definitely worth the $20.

Ah yes... achievements...

for me, that's almost what makes it the most fun.

Sadly, I'm having the same problem... this thing is taking FOREVER to install. I tried leaving it on over night but then my computer suffers from Blue Screens so it must of shut it off when it crashed or one of my younger siblings quit it off without knowing what it was. And again, I don't think I'll be able to play since its taking a long time to install and I have a lot of yard work that needs to get done around the house today. So I think I'll be able to play tomorrow though if I don't get to play later this afternoon.

Note that whatever it said you have to install is likely wrong. The game shipped being about 2.5 GB, which is likely what it initially said when installing, but is now about 5 GB total from updates. Based on your download speed, that will take at least a couple of hours.

As for a match, anyone who's in the GT group can create announcements (As fas as I believe, it might only be admins) so perhaps we can all organize a match that way.

And I think its gonna take even longer cuz the installation keeps on losing connection and I have to reaply it and its only at 15%.

That's weird, for me it took like... 3 hours and that was it, no problems, no nothing.

Nihillo wrote:That's weird, for me it took like... 3 hours and that was it, no problems, no nothing.

I think its a problem with my internet... I tried turning off my firewall to see if that will solve the issue.

Btw Nihillo, I sent you a friend request on Steam.

EDIT:
Woohoo! I finally got it installed! YES!