Seal of approval

Valve’s team-based shooter Group Fortress 2 isn’t precisely essentially the most grim, critical recreation. Whereas it facilities round mercs preventing one another for management of goals, its tone has definitely been light-hearted. And that carries over to the newest, community-driven replace that introduced an lovable seal into Group Fortress 2.

As a part of the Summer season 2023 replace, which is seeing Group Fortress 2 hit some new participant depend information, there are 14 new maps to play. One in every of these, Selbyen, is a Participant Destruction map with a easy goal: be the staff that feeds essentially the most fish to the seal.

Whereas carnage ensues, gamers can decide up and provides buckets of fish to the seal that may routinely hop by way of the middle of the map. Actually, it must be apparent how the fanbase has reacted to an lovable plump seal hopping its technique to the ocean. Everybody loves it.

There has, in fact, already been fan artwork of the lovable oceanic mammal.

LIVE SEAL REACTION #TeamFortress2 #TF2 pic.twitter.com/1aNr01qHA7

— Alto Arcade (@_AltoArcadevere) July 13, 2023

As many have concluded, the seal is a implausible addition to Group Fortress 2. Fortunately, the seal is invincible to all of the explosives and ballistics flying across the enviornment, too. The seal is a vibe one can aspire to, truthfully; peaceable, cheerful, vibing, in its lane.

new tf2 replace conclusion:

this seal is one of the best fucking factor they’ve ever added to the sport pic.twitter.com/FC3RipbCf4

— heavy staff fortres 2 (@heavyfortres) July 13, 2023

The seal replace

So sure, gamers have taken to calling the Group Fortress 2 Summer season 2023 replace the “seal replace.” It’s price noting that this can be a neighborhood addition to the sport; whereas Valve put out the decision and chosen the brand new additions, Selbyen is a map created by TF2 neighborhood creators FGD5, Lo-fi Longcat, Rhamkin, bakscratch, and Zythe. You may see their Steam Workshop web page right here, the place gamers are congratulating them and praising the seal.

There’s a bunch of different neat stuff within the Summer season 2023 replace too, other than the lovable seal. 14 new neighborhood maps, together with some within the asymmetrical VSH (Versus Saxton Hale) mode, are in. There are additionally new community-made taunts within the retailer and 25 new community-contributed objects within the Summer season 2023 Beauty Case, in addition to some Conflict Paints and Uncommon results. It’s loads for an outdated recreation. However it’s additionally a testomony to how the TF2 neighborhood has caught with it through the years.

Eric Van Allen

Senior Editor – Whereas Eric’s been writing about video games since 2014, he is been taking part in them for lots longer. Normally discovered grinding RPG battles, digging into an indie gem, or hanging out across the Limsa Aethryte.

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