all talk and no action

I don’t get hugely excited about upcoming games, because I don’t play a lot of them and when I do they seem pretty similar to other ones I’ve played, only they look a bit better. So lately my gaming time is spent playing World of Warcraft – hardly the most exciting game out there but oddly familiar and comforting, much like gardening is to some people, I’d imagine.

But I am looking forward to Team Fortress 2. I loved the first version and spent way too many evenings running around the maps dodging rockets and sniper bullets. Team Fortress 2 looks to be more of the same, but if the trailers are anything to go by, it’ll be a lot more fun – the cartoony graphics and soundtrack give it a real comedy air, moving away from the more serious YOU ARE A REAL SOLDIER approach of other games of this genre (whatever the genre is called).

I really hope the soundtrack from the trailers makes it into the game. TF2 comes out on 9 October and there are a couple of trailers at the official site. It’s the first game I’ll be pre-ordering since Half-Life 2.

The music is there, but it only plays infrequently - when you win a match, over the menu, that sort of thing.

And kicks in when you capture a flag, I hope.