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[@ze_SillyBS]

wkeyboard CTRL

[@iglo_man]

im here to stop kids from saying first

[@orangu06]

team foretss two lago?

[@ze_SillyBS]

@@iglo_man i was faster old man...

[@stickanimationsyt477]

No thanks ill stick with the russian oatmeal

[@dipmydots]

as a pyro main, the fact pyro is a depressed clown in final combat is something i can relate to a lot

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

Hahahaha

[@Injudicious]

Same

[@lusien3309]

Fun fact: Meet the Firebat was released before Meet the Pyro.

[@Spiderella3959]

This feeling is something that both tf2 and overwatch players share and are all quite familiar with

[@CF-or3ci]

As a medic main…. I dont this is anything to worry about **cries inside**

[@FolgaPenoplast]

You forgot to mention that Contra City had a crotch hitbox. So if you killed someone hitting in the crotch, killfeed would show an icon of 2 cracked eggs, and a chicken sound would play. Very important detail.

[@nickspencerfishingrodd2383]

Lmao.

[@apuppetandacookie8200]

That legit sounds like something that would be in tf2.

[@FolgaPenoplast]

@@apuppetandacookie8200 a man can only dream...

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

At least they got the humour bit right. 😆

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

They must have considered but removed because of Pyro

[@purplehaze2358]

"In Final Combat, Pyro is a depressed clown." Y'know, I'm torn between saying 'An accurate depiction of pyro mains' and 'We truly do live in a society'.

[@cheezitmanGG]

Say both at once by merging the sentences in a weird way

[@theguythatasked6400]

@@cheezitmanGGwe truly do live in a pyro main

[@GrandCrystalStar]

​@@cheezitmanGG"We truly do accurately depict pyro mains in a society"

[@alima5022]

What do you get when you cross a mentally I’ll pyro with a medic that abandons him and treats him like trash?

[@SirBlackReeds]

Perhaps we truly do live in a society of accurate depictions of pyro mains?

[@nuulcoolpro]

I remember playing Final Combat! While playing as the Striker I always kept running out of ammo due to the low max reserve ammo his rifle has, so his line "I need more bullets!" is forever engraved into my memory.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Oh god you just gave me a terrible idea

[@TamRoxPox]

@@tangerinepaint3643 whenever heavies yell "Help!" make them say i need more bullets

[@axmoylotl]

[@thatcoconut2642]

I need more boolets

[@DataDrain02]

​@TamRoxPox I mean, in VSH mode. Heavy actually will say, "I'm low on ammo," when he's almost out of bullets.

[@notori-ice]

Obviously The Rocket isn't a ripoff of The Soldier, it's clearly implied that The Rocket is just what Soldier shoots out of his Rocket Launcher. That's why there are so many The Rockets in his video, it's a representation of all the Rockets he has stored in his back pocket.

[@maximilianolopez5743]

idk about you but that seems like a lot more than 20

[@Tanzo_Adzuki]

@@maximilianolopez5743It’s the amount in a Supply Cab

[@maximilianolopez5743]

@@Tanzo_Adzuki *dear god*

[@notori-ice]

@@maximilianolopez5743 There's more.

[@Combustie]

​@@notori-ice*N O*

[@liamclaydon3780]

"Soldier is just a war criminal in final combat" You mean to tell me he wasn't in tf2

[@tangerinepaint3643]

According to the 6v6 whitelist the Disciplinary Action and Reserve Shooter are banned so yeah it’s kinda accurate to say Soldier is a war criminal.

[@NoahWood-j1v]

I mean he literally is, like he just went on a killing rampage in like Germany, years after the war ended

[@wadespencer3623]

@@NoahWood-j1v Is it really a war crime if the war is over?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

All of them are. But it isn't a war crime if there is no war

[@TheSpy605]

That's false, if I woke up and broke the Geneva convention today that would count as a war crime even though there is currently no war in France.

[@AliceLoverdrive]

"turns out combining all 9 TF2 classes into a single class leads to problems" me, just after closing Quake: huh?

[@Soapromancer]

Quake had care put into it to make it work. Also new quake doesn't do that anymore so...

[@borealisaristocles4825]

@@Soapromancer real

[@Wojti2000Zapasowe]

When I was a kid, I saw uploads of the Final Combat character trailers marked as "Team Fortress 3", and I remember crying, because I thought that Valve will "destroy Tream Fortress 2" and replace it with Final Combat.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

To be fair you were kinda accurate with that “[Company] will destroy [previous game] and replace it with [sequel]” line. Just look at Overwatch 2

[@Hachi888-ev1]

​​@@tangerinepaint3643cant forget cs2 too

[@mrfrog0913]

Counter strike 2 too.​@@tangerinepaint3643

[@mrfrog0913]

Ah yes, in TF3 the soldier is a N*zi. And the blue soldier is *the* N*zi. I don't want this comment to be deleted by daddy youtube so I'm not going to say his name.

[@medoagamer9497]

​@tangerinepaint3643 and then Valve did the same to Conter strike... (OK you can still technically play CSGO but still)

[@hamhelly9115]

It turns out that Soldier set really is a reference to Final Combat, the name of the set on the workshop was "Closing Conflict"

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Playing a Rip Off version of a game that is already free to begin with is insane

[@jc_art_]

It wasnt always this way...

[@Idk-wg9gl]

@@jc_art_ yeah, but tf2’s been free for over 10 years at this point so like…

[@FairwellNoob]

Well there are many reasons like restriction or inability to play due to performance issues

[@gbri]

​@@FairwellNoobOr bots.

[@BigBuckies]

in the case of final combat, there was no choice, since tf2 is one of the many things banned in china, so they'd have to use a vpn to play it, chinese specific ripoffs of media is very common for this reason

[@spamtonscat5067]

Tf2 fans when you hand them a dying neutron star:

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

Tf2 fans, when you hand them a dying neutron star:

[@webbergaming1873]

TF2 fans when you hand them a dying neutron star :

[@RdSpy]

My dead ringer:

[@zhet]

​@@RdSpyoh sh- *dies*

[@SpaceCatJeffy]

Actually surprised you didn't mention the fact that Valve accepted a soldier cosmetic set last year that is literally the Rocket's firefighter outfit. I instantly recognized it when it got added and thought it was hilarious.

[@ShoeboxArcade]

what is it called i need it

[@SpaceCatJeffy]

The Firearm Protector and the Safety Stripes from the Ghoulish Gains case (Scream Fortress XIV) @@ShoeboxArcade

[@ShoeboxArcade]

@@SpaceCatJeffy thanks

[@biancachiang8460]

Final combat literally took his rocket launcher with no guilt whatsoever

[@brounee2]

He showed those cosmetics at the end of the video tho

[@tigerlover2853]

Finally, a TF2 KZbinr who doesn’t treat TC2 like absolute trash!

[@azmiilian2277]

Yeah, someone who actually see the effort from those behind TC2 to recreate TF2 on some "kids" game. Gotta say, TC2 is very faithful even as a Roblox game

[@CCdukes]

A part of me was expecting it show show up, but another wasn't, so I was shocked to see it in here

[@r0zemary]

fatmagic's played it multiple times lol

[@destroyer4929]

TC2 is a great alternative if you can't play TF2 on your MacBook as someone who plays it occasionally cause why not it's pretty great and I was surprised by the server browser as well

[@yuricock]

tc2 mercs has as much personality as the tf2 mercs maybe not the doctor but the rest of them yes

[@SkupperNog]

I remember seeing fanart of TF2's Sniper wearing FC Sniper's outfit. Funniest thing ever.

[@roshanyuvaraj6771]

Where..?

[@slightlyistorical1776]

What's hilarious is that the 2022 Scream Fortress have Soldier a cosmetic set that was taken straight from The Rocket, right dosing the pose in the promotional art

[@boodle399]

"in this tf2 rip off the solider is literally a war criminal" i-isn't he also one in normal tf2 as well?

[@cheatsykoopa98]

he can pledge insanity, so maybe not

[@GameBoy090]

the Rocket doesn’t have lead poisoning, though

[@boodle399]

@GameBoy090 Oh, right, I forgot it's not a war crime. If the rocket you used to blow up, a children's hospital didn't have lead in it. U right, my bad

[@GameBoy090]

@@boodle399 look at the comment above mine

[@Viewer-r7l]

I’m pretty sure at least 5 of the TF2 mercenaries are war criminals.

[@kiesarisunny13]

John TF2 is the guy who shot himself in Emesis Blue

[@whoopas312]

pretty sure the empty room map on kontra city is literally straight up from the duel map on the tf2 workshop

[@frog2098]

yeah i thought i recognised it

[@kalin4452]

Ripoffs of TF2 have always been a strange case to me.

[@ze_SillyBS]

NOOOOOO

[@jc_art_]

Ripoffs of TF2 have always seemed like a strange case to me. On one hand if you like the idea of TF2, but hate how it looks, it's nice to have another option to choose from. But on the other hand, ripoffs usually dont function much differently from TF2 at all. And I've always thought it would be neat if decent looking ripoffs like Final Combat had more of an identity than "Its TF2 but for Chinese people" So I took a decent number of TF2 ripoffs currently available to own, and gave them their own reviews, ranging from "Slightly worse option to playing team fortress" to "Completely copied idea that's not balanced at all and definitely not fun."

[@Greyellow-oi9fs]

Tf2 reskins have always seemed like a strange case to me

[@maestrofeli4259]

​@@jc_art_good job

[@manboy4720]

they are rather unusual.

[@purplehaze2358]

I now strongly desire a fireman cosmetic set for soldier that's 1:1 with "The Rocket" just so there would be literally no difference between the two.

[@toyocolla]

There already is, sorta, there's the Firearm Protector hat and the Safety Stripes cosmetic for soldier

[@alejandropetit6573]

14:51 Here ya go

[@levinbenjamin36]

​@@toyocollaI'm pretty sure the item set name is also called something like final combat, its like "closing conflict" or something

[@ImmortalAbyss]

Contra city was actually considered relatively popular as far as I remember. And y'all should remember that that was (and still is) free online game inside of social media. It's still...cursed, tho.

[@dumbvillage9253]

Tf2 is also a free game

[@ImmortalAbyss]

@@dumbvillage9253 it is, yet it requires at least steam. You see, in Russia piracy was and still is quite popular, so contra city had quite the niche.

[@tvorog2003]

whats easier a browser game or a 20 gb steam game@@dumbvillage9253

[@KKingOfficial]

Fun Fact! The first map you show in kontra city "killbox" map is actually just a stolen TF2 community map that me and my friends used to play on! It's mainly for no-cover combat practice and maneuverability training!

[@boi853]

Yeah I still remember that map, altho I do not remember what was the name of it and I want to go back and play it again, do you know what's the name of that map?

[@zerefoex]

San

[@alishegamer8490]

i actually love TC2. It runs better for me and even though there are less maps i really like the changes that it did to the game ballance especially that scout's bat crits on low hp enemies making it actually feel like a finishing tool for once.

[@munchythetf2fan]

yeah, its buffs to the stock melees make them actually worth using

[@absoultethings4213]

also sniper can’t whip out a pocket fuck you anymore, truly an amazing game

[@DainKeith]

​@@absoultethings4213I play tetragon fortress 2

[@yesitismedoyouknowwhatimean]

8:48 ah hell nah they put medic on HRT 😭😭😭

[@ValuableBlueberry]

whats HRT?

[@athan13590]

@@ValuableBlueberry Transgender medication

[@safril_muhammad_14]

*Smash,* next question...

[@iexistreal]

3:14 The Raper is gonna be the 11th class

[@denekhesab.2527]

That's spy

[@iexistreal]

@@denekhesab.2527 "And now he's here to f-ck us!" Lolll

[@zelyonka6070]

Regarding Contra City, I remember playing it in my early school days, and I definitely remember there was a mechanic in this game which tracked the place of enemy’s body you just shot, and it played voice similar to that voice from Quake 3 (double kill, rampage etc) But instead it said things like: “Crotch shot!” or something. That mechanic absolutely has to be in TF2

[@realtechhacks]

"Chinese soldier is a straight up war criminal" I'm pretty sure that soldier from TF2 is as well.

[@GameBoy090]

the Rocket doesn’t have lead poisoning, though

[@flyingstonemon3564]

He was rejected from the army and went to germany _after_ the war though! On technicality, he may just be a maniac!

[@BrainDamageIV]

I played tc2 as far back in 2019, and funny enough, they used to have its own engine up until not to long ago where they changed it to feel like the Source Engine.

[@aduckwalkeduptoalemonadestand]

Demoknight was ridiculously powerful in the old engine, especially with how easy it was to trimp

[@x51og]

14:02 "Burn baby bu- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH-" Arsonist's last words.

[@tayletsclue]

9:17 i like how firebat said soda or sola

[@Firenickblood]

did you know that the people behind typical colours 2 also made game similar to cs:go's arms race which was more popular

[@bottelofwater]

They also made arsenal and have skins from tc2 in the arsenal shop

[@The_whales]

Arsenal is based on gun game which is from cs:go and never goes below 20k players

[@Nice_772]

bro the guys who made it call themselves ROLVE and have a csgo "copy". i think they just might have gotten a bit of inspiration from valve

[@GameBoy090]

@@Nice_772Rolve is good for VALVe games, since it makes people have good impressions so that when they get a good computer, they will play the real things. Also, it acts like a net to prevent squeakers like myself from ruining TF2 and other games more than bots already have.

[@deerswordarchive3186]

Oh my god, you did an amazing job of finding a true relic of it time. I truly dont believe that you really dug up Contra-city. Me and my classmates used to play it, back in the day. It was wery buggy and low budget game, but worked in browser of russian social media VK. The game gained popularity among community because of simplicity and overall childish concept of killbox games, and was populated by a catch phrase-forum banner "все в контру" in most cursed 2010s meme style, translating into "hop on contra". Such a gem made me cry.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Final Combat having a dedicated Assault Rifle class might be the only original thing it has over TF2, and the French SF bastard may or may not be origin of my descent into insanity that is assault rifles in tf2. Yeah, he’s French. Another fun fact about Striker: Apparently some time later in FC’s life he got an M32 as an M4 (errorneously named the MK18) alternative, which makes him Final Combat’s equivalent of the Demoman, sorta. Demo’s kit was split between Striker and Rocket, with Striker getting the GL and Rocket getting the Sticky Bomb Launcher in his primary slot. -Blizzard ripped off Soldier 76 from Final Combat’s Striker-

[@elVictor960]

Its also worth noting that Final Combat was ripping off Battlefield Heroes art style for maps too

[@julianveloso7986]

11:57 shellshock. buff mercenary hell nightmare. screaming.

[@Medic_main_wanabee]

8:39 I am offended.

[@r0zemary]

"It's like they took all the TF2 weapons and put em on one guy" okay, now you HAVE to try open fortress

[@r0zemary]

also, the killbox map in contra city looks like dm_duel (old custom map which , coincidentally , got turned into an open fortress map called backfort)

[@Simon.0O]

Final Combat specifically I noticed, has a lot of environmental assets ripped straight out of Battlefield Heroes, the trees, most buildings, and the map at 8:12 looks like that one map with the lighthouse and small city. They do really just take random games and throw em' into a big crackpot without forethought uh?

[@whitepaws60]

5:17 You can see through the gun's pulled back bolt to the map beyond lmao

[@christopherm4739]

The shitty thing about Contra City? That map you saw most of the gameplay on....IS a TF2 map. Its a DM map, made solely for deathmatching. So the point IS just to farm kills. I'm VERY familiar with the map just not the name. Just DM_something in my brain.

[@surrealtastic]

dm_duel

[@yeetthefourth612]

It’s dm_duel, I’m so happy someone actually talked about this I knew I recognized it lol

[@munchythetf2fan]

hey tc2 player here! im glad you praised tc2 for having its own set of balance and weapons, and the devs of the game put alot of effort into making it a fun experience

[@babooboss1557]

Yo the arsonist from tc2

[@TheRealFloogull]

I don’t understand tc2 Tf2 and tc2 are pc specific They are both free But tf2 is just better?

[@babooboss1557]

@@TheRealFloogull no they btoh good

[@munchythetf2fan]

i am indeed arsonist tc2 @@babooboss1557

[@munchythetf2fan]

@@TheRealFloogull tc2 has easier accessibility to weapons (since they all cost 10 funds each) while in tf2 youll have to either get a drop or buy/trade for the weapon

[@jaopedro4286]

0:21 Lego wildin bro

[@skeletonaardwolf118]

5:12 Wait a second, that isn't just a random killbox, I've seen that in TF2 community servers before. I specifically remember being taught sniper on the second story window, along with all of the pathways way above the map. They didn't just limit themselves to VALVe maps, they stole from everyone.

[@youraveragegrass]

it's DM_duel

[@azmiilian2277]

All I gotta say, how dare Final Combat turned the sociopathic German doctor we all know and love into some anime girl that doesn't look like she belonged to a battlefield? P.S. Imagine if Final Combat Sniper actually had to fling jars of piss to enemies... DeviantArt is going on fire

[@davisdf3064]

If they did that, the game would have gained so much popularity through rule 34 that it wouldn't have been shut down

[@lastchanc3stars]

​@@davisdf3064zamn

[@Mr-random1902]

Finally someone from the tf2 community give the recognition tc2 deserve without shiting on it because it’s on Roblox

[@MrGalal25]

0:47 bro turned into scout 💀💀💀

[@scardthegamer2194]

i want to show you a really well made tf2 inspired game called blitz brigade made by a now bankrupt company game loft. blitz brigade is a mobile game that i grew up with and the thing that killed it was it's abandonment. (game loft was very well known for abandoning their games soooo) but what made people upset was that they wanted a pc version of this game and never got it. soon after it got swarmed with hackers and bots. now the servers are shut down(i think, cause it wont load any games/maps)this game was extremely fun to play and i wish some devs soon buy it and get it back online

[@merius-the-3rd]

2:11 gross the what thumb can't hurt you, it's not real Gross the what thumb:

[@mastergigabyte7035]

tbh final combat's main theme sounds more like MEDIC! than tf2's theme but yeah

[@VampDemigod]

One of my favorite games with a TF2 reference in it is the Strikeforce Heroes series of flash games, specifically Strike Force Heroes 2. They include a lot of pop culture references from the 2010s, including Heavy's minigun. There's a couple more tf2 references and other pop culture references sprinkled in there, too.

[@dominikrni]

It's been remastered on steam now btw

[@Squiddy0912]

Final Combat needs it's Emesis Blue equivalent.

[@dezgasting]

8:06 You're implying TF2 soldier isn't a war criminal lmao

[@donnysheldon5835]

Fun fact Soldier has a cosmetic set in game that's a reference to the Rocket from Final Combat.

[@PixelatedChatter]

8:42 "One is a job and the other is a mental sickness!" -Sniper, Teufort

[@newxenesis]

If it weren't for the fact that Final Combat is.... That. The characters themselves don't look horrible, they got a bit of personality too. Kinda. ... But not enough for anyone to like them more than the TF2 mercs lmao

[@tangerinepaint3643]

I imagine that the FC cast could probably be used in a tf2 spinoff that takes place in the 21st century long after the Gravel Wars and Robot War has ended* *There are still a few stragglers out there.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

I imagine that the FC cast could probably be used in a tf2 spinoff that takes place in the 21st century long after the Gravel Wars and Robot War has ended* *There are still a few stragglers out there.

[@digitorsomething]

Especially the Firebat! There was even a remake of the Firebat’s introduction video featuring Pyro because the creator didn’t like how Meet the Pyro turned out.

[@Finzombie]

That’s definitely a typo, considering the correct spelling is ‘rapist’.

[@ParasocialCatgirl]

The Striker from Final Combat was actually a copy of the Madcap from the TF2 beta, obviously.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Madcap had an assault rifle?

[@vicgc96]

The real reason why Final Combat is lost for good was because of its sourcecode, it was an enigma to crack inside that even the most devoted hackers gave up on it, not sure if the thread at FacePunch forums got archived.

[@adamixziober]

7:14 NO WAY HE USED A CLIP FROM THE PINGAS SCOUT VIDEO 🤯🤯🤯

[@chJohnJobs]

Was expecting the gameloft tf2 rip off to appear. Imagine if the medic, had a crussadors Crossbow that healed on splash damage. now imagine 2 medics, and 2 heavies walking around being bassically immortal with the only counter being, to do the same

[@munchythetf2fan]

tc2 has the dairy douser, its a crossbow which applies mad milk on hit enemies while also damaging them, pretty powerful in the vsb gamemode (tc2s version of the community vsh mode)

[@f.b.iagent3971]

The thing i appreciate about Typical Colours is that it actually does a good job at recreating the game in Roblox, which is great because the game itself takes next to no storage space to play online and doesnt has low res graphics I could play Typical Colours on a really old and bad work computer when I couldn't play TF2 because I'm not even sure my computer had a Graphics card (Atleast, not one made in this millenium)

[@Dementia565]

Pyro: am sane and my mask is keeping me stable till i know what am actually doing *the mask makes him think hes helping ppl what he likes but if he knows hes actually setting fire he will turn sane* Firebat: am depressed

[@Cod_fan-ed6re]

7:27 *MEET THE [ROCKET] aka ROCKET SOLDIER*

[@aleflippy1997]

"In Final Combat, Pyro is a depressed clown" So like pyro players then

[@hotroden4439]

To be honest, Contra City was the game of my childhood. I remember spending lots and lots of hours there, and actually have fond memories of it, despite it being a shitty cashgrab xd

[@Fr0dech]

Also, it was a browser game, so it made it kinda wild back in the day

[@Бобёр-ю8г]

Frrr, I remember playing it when I was like 7 years old

[@SRobot08]

6:49 ah yes the sense of right With lightning McQueen, the yellow power ranger, Batman and superman, Spider-Man and shrek

[@zipperozicvideodump]

"chinese soldier's a straight-up war criminal" ACTUAL soldier is a straight-up war criminal I'm pretty sure EVERY merc in real tf2 is a war criminal

[@HumanPersonYes]

the fact you neglected to mention the tf2 soldier set that directly referenced final combat's soldier just makes me so upset

[@demoman5864]

5:05 i swear ive played a map exactly like this in a community server once

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

Despite Final Combat being a knockoff, I hope it someday gets a revival project. I know a guy who was trying to but gave up due to the lack of programming help.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

I know that guy too, I think.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

@@THEnicholasvancosky Yep, that’s him.

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

@@tangerinepaint3643 nice

[@ati11]

"pyro is a depressed clown" finally i can relate to my main

[@Ne_Ne_Vova_UA]

9:37 They're on a family trip bruh

[@Nano-Nova]

HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT TC2. Genuinely amazing. Thank you SO MUCH for being one of the few people to shed light on this amazing game.

[@babooboss1557]

Is that the doctor from tc2

[@Nano-Nova]

@@babooboss1557 Indeed it is.

[@babooboss1557]

@@Nano-Nova holy crackers opinion on sandwich Shotgun

[@PunkKimz]

​@@Nano-NovaBritish man

[@Hot_RashBlazeBoil]

tetragon fortress :(

[@Pudding404]

Final combat making the healer a cutesy anime girl was always a given, when medic is clearly superior because *men.* One thing I noticed, ripoffs try so hard with their cosmetics in particular for whatever reason. You can really appriciate the simplicity of tf2's customization from that.

[@totenkopf8814]

7:49 Chinese soldier is unfathomably based you meant to say 💀

[@ChesterManfred]

1 TC2 over 500 Final Combats? That's quite generous

[@GameBoy090]

I’ll take one TC2 over an infinite amount of Final Combats, thanks

[@ChesterManfred]

Definitely, 500 isn't enough

[@anvation1027]

Contra city was extremely popular in Russia since it was played in browser, didn't need to be downloaded, and was simple and fun. Never thought that it was ripped of so badly, but when you're a 8yo goof you didn't care about what to play, you just wanted to play

[@Glitchmouse2]

10:08 A COPY OF OPEN FORTRESS.. there’s a fanmade class called the merc. He has a pistol only and he can take any weapons from any classes.

[@hahen8]

Open fortress came much later

[@Gust_The_Man]

Tbh, this is one of the rare moments that a tf2 youtuber doesnt treat TC2 like trash instead of saying "Just go play tf2" or "You realize tf2 is free right?"

[@mr-monk273]

14:55 that solider lore be wildin

[@BlaixenU_]

You can't even play FInal Combat if you had the executable since it requires constant connection to active FC servers

[@CCdukes]

Wasn't expecting TC2 to be in here, but it's a welcome surprise regardless.

[@dracobellator1164]

its funny because soldier got a pair of cosmetics in one of the Halloween cases that is a direct reference to final combat.

[@gothicspoon]

I played Final Combat back in the day, and I remember fake heavy being able to jump while firing, which was basically a huge buff to the class, which was already insanely good due to fake soldiers not being able to rocket jump, as well as the absence of both demomen and spies. If you're going to rip off a game, why not go all in and also rip off the game's balance..? Also, if you typed any variation of the name "Team Fortress 2" in chat, it would show up as censored in chat, like "*****". How subtle of them.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Final Combat _did_ have demomen in the form of Strikers sacrificing their assault rifle for a grenade launcher but I don’t think any overseas version of the game ever got it before shutting down in 2015 (for international versions, the chinese version shut down in 2018)

[@raptormage2209]

5:14 also im pretty sure the map is based or more like directly ripped from a community map called dm_duel

[@gluesniffer6]

Yep exactly

[@HellhumperE7ZJ]

Why would a fire fighter have a rocket launcher?

[@darkk41]

The map at 4:11 isn't even original, It's a "duels" map some tf2 servers use (not sure which servers used it but I played on some). It also seems like a 1:1 copy

[@Acceonit]

Do next time a vid about the old days when TF2 made promotional items to introduce games on their platform a long time ago, the reskins and so on, and a delisted game called Hero Academy(You obtain several cosemetics if you purchase the game however it has been delisted), Poker Night, AVA etc.

[@TheLaserLordLOL]

7:19 Oh hey, I know about that game!

[@goldenpengu]

The "killbox" in "Contra City" looks a lot like dm_duel maps

[@sleebywarthunder]

Its literally Dm_duel_v1c, like from the placement of the windows and the planks on the top floor its an identical copy lmao

[@ultr4nima]

As someone who played Contra City back in the day (like, 2013 to 2014) I can confirm that it's not just the art style & weapon concepts that were stolen but the maps as well (not unlike Final Combat), for example two of the Contra City maps seen in the video are just ripoffs of dm_duel (a community deathmatch map) and Watchtower. Other games' maps were copied too, I remember a map that vaguely played like Counter-Strike's Inferno despite the layout being nothing alike from what I can remember, but it did have a similar feel. Looking at 'recent' gameplay footage of the game also shows a knockoff of CSGO's Cache, with a modified/simplified layout but still very much a near 1:1 copy.

[@TMCRGaming]

9:03 he just like me fr fr

[@theplaguedocta]

The fact Contra City still gets updates but we don't is saddening.

[@cihloun]

"TF2 ripoffs in TF2 have always seemed like a strange case to me"

[@Nicotrie]

I used to play Contra city 8 or 9 years ago, it looks so bizzare now that i know about TF2 Didnt thought i would hear that title again

[@blacklight683]

2:05 that gave me chills for some reason, my heart did not like that heart

[@Jeffyvideo]

11:46 this is.... FIRE

[@llamanortena6600]

I would really like if you made an entire video about typical colors 2, since it's actually a really interesting game

[@GameBoy090]

yes it is, it’s a great alternative to those without strong computers.

[@DaIronForreal]

Era Warfare moment

[@KaiaBrodbecker]

Let me add some things regarding Contra City. TDM, CTF and Control Point werent the only game modes available. It also had its own Zombie infection game mode; One player is selected as a "fat boss zombie" at the beginning, and its job is to infect the living players. All zombies have no abilities, only a basic melee attack and increased health. Plus, a generic "free for all" game mode, as far as i remember. And here's the most interesting thing... The weapons. Apart from the ones shown, there are actually weapons you can buy for in-game cash that replace certain weapons. For example, you can buy a flamethrower to replace the mini gun, you could deadass buy a grim reaper's scythe to replace the bat, etc. It doesn't stop there, however. Certain "expensive" weapons have actual perks that come with them; like bleed, poision, slow down, etc. And as you would expect, there is absolutely NO balance to those whatsoever. Any 13 year old could steal their mommy's credit card and get some perk weapons to just demolish the enemy team. And when i say expensive, i mean it. You either grind for hours on end, or just use your money. A lot of high tier (or in TF2 terms, "tryhards") players have these weapons equipped at all times and usually have the same fricking SWAT cosmetics with either a Joker or a generic mime face paint, and a "V for Vendetta" face mask. Oh, and the game had a MASSIVE cheating problem back in a day. Aim assist, wall hacks, NO CLIP, it was a total mess. The anti-cheat was practically non-existent, since the game ran on Unity. All you could do is take a screenshot or a video, post it to a group's "forum" and pray to whatever deity you believe in that they will read it and ban the player manually. There was no "kick player" system either (it probably still doesn't have one, i last played the game back in a 9th grade.) But yeah, the game is a mess, can't believe it still has servers running. EDIT: mvm, me and theWhat both overlooked their social media posts. Contra City shut down in may 2022 because of some Unity engine shenanigans. The developers are working on a different game. Lmao