Freeware Friday: Gang Garrison 2

Ah Team Fortress 2. Valve's little sequel to the smash hit Team Fortress Classic. It has a distinct style to it, having cartooney graphics and interesting characters. With 9 distinct classes, it's easy to jump right in and play. But, in 2008, mrfredman and MedO created a 2D, 8bit demake of the game. This game, was Gang Garrison 2.



GRAPHICS
The graphics are just as stylized as TF2, but this time, they're 8bit and 2D. Characters are detailed as high as 8bit graphics allow, but it seems that certain objects are 16bit.

CONTROLS

Nothing special here, mouse aims, WAD controls, and left and right click fire.


GAMEPLAY

Pretty simple, 10 classes (One of them's hidden), each with different attributes. The only difference is that there's no alternate weapons. The Runner, which can run the fastest and double jump, the Rocket Man, who can use his rocket launcher to jump high, the Firebug, who has a flamethrower, the Inventor, who can build sentry guns autoguns, the Healer, who can heal his teammates and make them invincible, the Overweight, who has the most health and a minigun, the Rifleman, with his sniper rifle and scope ability, and the Infiltrator, who can turn invisible and backstab enemies. All these classes are supposed to counter each other. This makes gameplay frantic and quite fun actually.

FUN

If you like 2D, and you like Team Fortress 2, get this game. It's fun, and a good way to kill a few minutes. Regular TF2 is more fun though.

Click here to visit the Gang Garrison 2 website where you can download the game.


Image credit: GangGarrison.com