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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't TF2 the first hero shooter?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well TF1 and probably a mess of random games but TF2 is seen as the one to invent the genre (vs just being an fps)

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure there's some small game that technically invented it, but was rather obscure. TF2 was the first mass market hero game I can think of. I guess TF1, in some respects.

[–] Statlerwaldorf@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The "small" games that inspired, if not invented it were Doom and D&D. There was a Doom map called Fortress where you'd attack each other's base and the further you'd progress into your opponent's base, the better weapons it'd unlock for them to use.

A few guys in Australia combined the ideas in a Quake mod called Quake Team Fortress. Then they got hired at Valve to remake it on the Half Life engine as Team Fortress Classic.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

I spent a lot of hours playing TFC.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Isn’t that what i said?

It was my intention