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Game Review: 'The Orange Box'
If You Play Games, You Should Own 'The Orange Box' -- Period
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"Team Fortress 2" is a follow up to the popular PC game "mod" -- a game made from the modified code of an existing game -- "Team Fortress." The original title, first made for the id Software game "Quake," was a team-based, online first-person shooter, where players would basically run around and shoot, blow up or knife each other for points.
In this hotly anticipated incarnation of the game, players are treated to a totally new and different aesthetic. Both the game world and the players take on a cartoonish look that's both humorous and a delight to the eyes.
The game uses what's called "cel shading," named after the "cels" used to animate cartoons. The end result is an eye-popping feast that's as much fun to watch as it is to play. Well, it's probably more fun to play than watch, but you get the idea.