Team Fortress

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Team Fortress (TF)
Game / Engine : Quake / Quake engine
Type :
Genre : Ego shooter
Developer : Robin Walker, John Cook, Ian Caughley
Game modes: Multiplayer
Current version :
First published : 1996
Project status : completed
Language (s) : English

Team Fortress is a modification of the first-person shooter Quake from 1996, the game principle of which was taken up and further developed by several computer game series.

description

Team Fortress is a class-based team game for the multiplayer mode. Each player has to choose one of several player classes, each of which differs in armament, running speed and resistance as well as special skills. The basic idea is that the various advantages and disadvantages of each player class can be used to the advantage of your own team through coordinated cooperation.

The nine player classes developed by Team Fortress are:

  • Scout (fast, lightly armed scout),
  • Sniper,
  • Soldier (well-armed fighter),
  • Demolition Man (bomber),
  • Medic (paramedic),
  • Heavy Weapons Guy (Heavy Infantryman),
  • Pyro (fireworkers),
  • Spy (spy) and
  • Engineer.

There are several team-based game modes available, the most popular being its own variation of Capture the Flag .

Team Fortress had a great influence on later multiplayer first person shooters, the concept of the different player classes can be found in the Battlefield series , for example . For many games, own modifications were developed according to the basic rules of TF, including the official successors Team Fortress Classic for Half-Life (see below) and Team Fortress 2 , Weapons Factory for Quake II , Quake 3 Fortress for Quake III Arena , Unreal Fortress for the Unreal Tournament series , ETF for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Fortress Forever for Half-Life 2 .

successor

Team Fortress Classic

Team Fortress Classic, shortly TFC, also known as Team Fortress 1.5 , was commissioned by the game manufacturer Valve by the development team of the original Quake modification as Multiplayer - Mod for the computer game Half-Life developed and released in April 1999th The game modes in TFC are team-oriented, with the main focus - as with the predecessor - on the game mode Capture the Flag (CTF).

Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 was originally supposed to be developed as an independent game by the Quake Mod development team at the end of the 1990s, which then initially completed Team Fortress Classic as a modification to Half-Life . In 1998 Valve announced the title Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms as a further development . Shortly afterwards, some screenshots, tech demos and presentations were in circulation and Valve announced the release date "soon". But the development took several years, and the meantime was filled by Team Fortress Classic, which, as a direct port of the original Team Fortress, demonstrated part of the technology planned for TF2 at the time.

In July 2006, Valve finally announced at a press conference that Team Fortress 2 would be delivered along with Portal and Half-Life 2: Episode Two . The publication took place in October 2007, meanwhile Team Fortress 2 can be purchased free of charge. The design of the game has changed in relation to the scenario, instead of realistic graphics, a comic-like style has now been implemented, which is based on the style of graphic designers of the 1950s such as Joseph Christian Leyendecker . In terms of playing technology, the title is based closely on its predecessors, especially with regard to the individual player classes.

Variants and offshoots

Enemy Territory Fortress

Enemy Territory Fortress is a port of Quake 3 Fortress to the free Enemy Territory Engine by the members remaining in the Q3F team after the spin-off of Splash Damage , reinforced by some new members. Models, sounds and all maps come straight from Q3F, while significant changes have been made to the code. While the physics is now closer to the original QuakeWorld Team Fortress, the game balance has been modified to ensure that the different classes are used more evenly. The basic idea behind the port was to unite all Team Fortress communities in one game that is freely available to everyone. The further development was discontinued on February 19, 2006 with version 1.6, since the program is considered finished and mature.

Fortress Forever

Fortress Forever is a modification for the Source Engine that is based on Team Fortress 1.5. The game concept was largely adopted. Owners of the Source Engine (e.g. contained in HL Source, HL 2, Counter Strike Source) can play Team Fortress independently of the Half-Life game. The first playable version of Fortress Forever was released on September 13, 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ pcgames.de: The date for the orange box has been set