TF2’s pop-cultural following has also been upheld by many fusions with the sandbox Source Engine editor, Garry’s Mod, which could utilize assets from TF2 to create absurd animations.
It is often believed to be the predecessor and pioneer of the trend for light-colored, humorous and fast-paced team shooters that games like Overwatch and Fortnite continue.
Add to this a lot of small context jokes, retro UI visuals and a great sound layer with ridiculous SFX and a pristine, live-recorded soundtrack - you got yourself a long-lived online shooter. In the second rendition of the series, the two teams opposed are presented with very comically overstated characters in a fairly childish external world.
Team Fortress 2 is a successor to one of the more peculiar mods for Half-Life that created a stable, devoted following in its years.
