Is TF2 worth getting into again?

I enjoy it, but don't think much as changed (though i only play it 1 1/2 year), you don't really need to spend (much) money into it, and yes you still get drops. There are also a few new maps.

The cool thing about TF2 is that you can drop in and out whenever you'd like. The special stuff helps, but I don't feel like I'm helplessly crushed by people who have spent money on special items. Install it and fire it up. Worst case scenario is you remove it the same day...

Not really, it's not as good as it used to be.

i can't idle anymore

i mean, i can't play it. :3

I have 3.3k hours on TF2 and I still play it to this day so you can trust my opinion.

Get out while you can

Don't look at my Steam profile and ask that, just run.

Free hat drops aren't a thing anymore.

I stopped playing it ever since the latest update the game became unplayably laggy on my old rig

No, the community is absolutely awful. Spend your time on something else, definitely not as good as vanilla tf2.

No it turned into shit :\

After the hat frenzy there's now weapon frenzy, with skin for weapons, contracts and all that bullshit, tf2 is pretty much dead, it's just the shell of what it used to be :c

i just do the halloween events each year, it's still tf2, it has new modes & new maps, what's the problem? if you just want to have fun like i do, jump in to find out

The only thing worth it is Man VS Machine. The rest is same old boring with stupidity added.

It´s still woth playing, no matter if you just want to casually dick around or actually have the incentive to get better. With the different gamemodes and classes I´m fairly that sure that most people would find something enjoyable as long as they give it a chance.

Community is different depending on where you go. EU generally has less people talking over mics. Official valve server has 80%+ players that are very new into the game meaning they´re not that skilled, 18% of people who are okayish and 2% really good who stomp the rest. Even tho it´s F2P cheaters aren´t much of a problem.
Community servers often have better players and they´re also more wiliing to communicate and work with actual teamwork~

There´s also a competitive community even tho I guess most non TF2 players and even the majority of players are not aware of since Valve does very little to support that side of the game which really is a shame if you look at how the handle CS:GO and Dota. However they did announce that matchmaking is on the way so hopefully it´ll take off eventually. And even without Valve´s support the comp community has done fairly well with tournaments, fundraisers to get the best NA teams to EU etc etc. Occasional shittalker like in any other game but most of them very nice.

Imma also leave a video here for that ;o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsUmKzvoDT0

tl;dr: Yea go play it

You can always play a game for fun

I remember the good old days when i used to idle for drops... sigh. I guess its worth playing during the events though

I just got back into it 3 month ago after a 2 year brake. The game is still in my opinion one of the most fun FPS. However on the same PC I played it on 2 years ago without a problem, now I have to play on minimum settings because of the amount of crap they added to the game (like effects on weapons and skins recently). So you might need a stronger than average PC to play it, but IMO it's worth getting into again.

Why don't you install it and see for yourself? I never trust these "yay or nay" kind of threads, you have to play the game yourself.

Yes yes yes! Halloween coming soon = new cool events. I don't know how it is with you guys but i love it! They added new modes, new maps, new skins, new hats, etc.. I really like it! :)

You can return to TF2 everytime you want. That is what makes it so special

I'll vote no, but I will say that it's worth it if you have friends with whom to play with. If not, don't even bother. Oh yeah, the sheer size that this game has come to occupy on your hard drive might be a deterrent. It really was for me. It's ridiculous, given its outdated cartoonish graphics and I, for one, don't want to sacrifice this much for a rather mediocre game at this point, with a community made largely of d-bags (because it's free2play). At least League of Legends is smaller :-p.

I voted yes, BUT, if you're not willing to put 5-10$ into it, then maybe no? The f2p pubs are nightmarish sometimes. I absolutely love Mann Up, and Gun Mettle was interestingly fun at first, plus I made some profit selling the stuff I got from it. And were right around the corner from the Invasion/Halloween update. Good of a time as any to come back.

No

I was in the same boat as you, I bought TF2 for $20 at walmart, played it and after hundreds of hours, I stopped.

Then 7-8 months ago, I played it again, but the trading got to me. I made horrible trades until I got better. Now I have 1 tf2 key, some ref and an item sitting for the value to go up. or down. My own money spent: $20.. from when I bought it from walmart. I have never spent money on tf2 besides when I bought it.

gameplay wise.. it's ok.. you will want to go through trading to get better weapon and hats without spending money. You can sell your weapons of which should be Vintage by now. Vintage cost more, and that's how I started. If you have Vintage earbuds.. then you are already rich.

They have ruined TF2 trying to make it like CS:GO also the economy for trading has crashed
i moved to CS:GO because of the crash :/

The community and all that is pretty much the same, game play and all that is also unchanged. You can buy stuff, but everything you can buy, you can get as drops, so you don't need to buy anything at all. It will just take longer to get things if you don't spend money. Since it became free there are more players, and servers as well, never takes long to find a match.