Posted on Thursday, 22 December 2011

Now for something a little more accessible to gamers and non-gamers alike, the wonderfully crafted “Meet the Team” shorts created by Valve.

Originally created as ads for before the game came out, the “Meet the” shorts act as a funny way to introduce the 9 classes and their particular powers while injecting loads and loads of personality into a game with essentially no story.

From the humble beginnings of Meet the Heavy to the much longer and more complex Meet the Medic, each one is incredibly well made, hilarious, infinitely quotable, and creates characters with more personality then most blockbuster movies out there.

Above is the thrilling tale of “Meet the Spy” and as usual I’ll let the source material speak for its own brilliant self.

Below I’ll post the links for the rest of the shorts in chronological order, as they are best watched from the start as they have ramped up over the years.

Meet the Heavy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHgZh4GV9G0

Meet the Soldier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42d0WHRSck&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Engineer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgNBsCI4EA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Demoman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=han3AfjH210&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Scout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geNMz0J9TEQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Sandvitch (A joke short for a new Heavy weapon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_prZ0JrbQrU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Sniper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZDwZbyDus&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Spy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR4N5OhcY9s&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Meet the Medic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc

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    I always like to play as ze sandvich
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    I can’t remember the quote exactly but Gaben thinks it’s their most extensive story. Shame I forgot my copy of PC Gamer...
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    It has a story because we wanted it to have a story.
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    Well, there wasn’t a story for TF2 when it was first released. It was just about two teams fighting for whatever reason....
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    Meet the Pyro 404 - Link Not Found
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    >loads of personality into a game with essentially no story. >game with essentially no story. >essentially no story. >no...
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