Trailer 2

Trailer 2
Video Info
Released:	August 21st, 2006
Run time:	3:28

Info

First revealed at GC '06, this trailer showcased the various abilities of Team Fortress 2's player classes.

The trailer, since it is showing a early version of the game, contains several differences from the final product:

• The design of the characters is very close to the finished game, but there are still some slight visual differences.

• The Heavy's movement speed is much slower in the finished game.

• The classes' health were set very low (especially Soldier and Pyro) so that the other classes could kill them easily.

• The Heavy's Minigun fires bullets in an extremely wide spread.

• The Heavy's Minigun firing animation includes a more cartoonish muzzle flash coming out of the barrel. The final version's lighting appears more realistic.

• The Scout is shown here wielding a Nailgun, which was replaced by the Scattergun in the finished game.

• The Demoman's ability to remotely detonate his Grenades hadn't yet been moved to his Sticky bombs.

• The finished game has far more blood when players are gibbed.

• The Demoman's Grenade Launcher could hold up to 6 grenades.

• Characters have a few clarity issues. For example, the Heavy's ear and Demoman's eye patch are a bit blurred.

• All characters have the same voice and stock dying noises including the infamous Wilhelm scream.

• The Demoman is shown wielding and throwing a MIRV, a would be stay-over from Team Fortress Classic, which was removed from the game following beta and replaced with Sticky bombs.

• The picture showing all the classes at the end is an old version featuring the older designs and weapons.

• The explosion graphics are different in the finished game.

• The 2Fort bridge is uncovered.

• The spawns have a separate exit and entrance like in Team Fortress Classic.

• The Soldier's Rocket Launcher has a rocket at the end when loaded.

• The Spy's Knife has a much longer and more intricate switching animation than in the final game. Also, in the trailer, the Spy could hold the knife before deploying it.

• The Level 1 Sentry Gun has a different firing sound and seems to have a higher rate of fire. It also has a muzzle flash, unlike the simple recoil the gun has now.

• The Sentry Gun's firing sound appears to be edited of Half-Life's MP5's firing sound.

• Red Soldiers are shown wearing the outfit they had on in the first trailer.

• Weapons were less jerky when being wielded by classes. For example, the Nailgun held by the running Scout was almost stationary when it was viewed.

• Footstep sounds were recycled from Half-Life 2.

• The Pyro and the Medic are both seen in the trailer, but neither are mentioned.

• The emblems on the class' arms are solid circles instead of class emblems.

• The Sniper's animation when backstabbed was later implemented as a unique death animation.

• The classes all have their beta designs which are all still seen in the Heads-up Display while playing.

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