Team Fortress 2: Meet the Scout
Well, Valve’s done it again! Following the superb Meet the Heavy, Meet the Soldier, Meet the Engineer, and Meet the Demoman (My favourite!), the latest treat gives you a glimpse into the personality of the ever-annoying Scout. As usual, the timing and general cinematic quality is excellent.
The Scout has always been my most disliked character in Team Fortress 2. There’s just something about the way he looks, sounds, and taunts that can really get on your nerves when he manages to slip past your personal defences and leaves you as a pile of mushy flesh. This video really doesn’t do much to change that! I felt sorry for the poor Heavy at the end.
Valve’s videos are always worth watching, so be sure to check it out.
I also used to hate the scout, but I found on a lot of 2fort maps people can get carried away with defence and their score and forget what that map is all about. More than once I’ve won the game by scouting across the roof of the bridge whilst everyone else is holed-up in some pointless sewer-raid.
Not to suggest that the game is all about winning - it’s about fun obviously. And sometimes those sewer battles are great fun. But at the same time… if we don’t run over there, they’ll do it to us.