team fortress 2 is such an enigma if you dwell on it. a game from 2007 is not only still up and active but it manages to keep pulling in new players and generating popularity on social media. the stylization prevents it from ever looking dated and keeps it looking visually distinct. you still get videos in the millions of views for a tf2 meme video or a tf2 youtuber doing something or even a gmod animation. people still churn out fan art, custom maps, item ideas, and overall discussion for it. it's an undying concept in every single way, just something from the good years of gaming and the internet that still prevails without compromising itself. I love WoW and with the amount of WoW locations here it tells you it's similar to tf2 in relevancy but fuck it's easily one of if not the most bastardized game ever. thinking about how WoW is still alive and what it is now makes me sick, mostly since I still play it, while tf2 is just a bit worse than it was in its peak but mostly because of the newfags on the internet these days rather than something with valve or the game itself but it's no where near as awful as most modern games, it continued well past its heyday without rotting away like most games or shows or whatever. you can go pretty far online in either the game or forums or videos without seeing too much living garbage infesting that game. it's not that bad. it also really helps that tf2 has a "classic" version still available today in the orange box. I play that version pretty regularly and it's fucking perfect, everything I said before and there's a frozen piece of the game that maintains its original 2007 version with an active player base since it's the only way console players get to play tf2.
anyways I think tf2 is extremely comfy in many ways, the og maps especially so.
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this is like valhalla to me