10 Video Games That Had A Tutorial Way After You Needed It

8. Team Fortress 2

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Moving from one online title to something far more popular, Team Fortress 2 is still going strong over twelve years after its 2007 release in The Orange Box; Valve crafted one of the most well-recognised and all-around hilarious IPs in the industry. So why did it take them so long to add a basic tutorial? Like other contemporaries in its genre, TF2 is not very accommodating to new players, with its nine classes and countless weapons offering so many different tactics and playstyles. on the battlefield. In addition, the game's pro players are ludicrously skilled, stomping many a newbie in every match.

Initially, players had to get by with video tutorials produced for each class; though these gradually became outdated as Valve continued to update and change the title's gameplay features. A whole three years after its initial release, Valve added a fairly lightweight training mode to get players familiar with four out of the nine characters; soldier, demoman, engineer and spy. It's unfortunate that so many years later, no other mode has been added for the other classes, as Valve expects the heavy, sniper, medic, scout and pyro to be self-explanatory. The game could still use a broader palette for learning the basics

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