You'll notice that the characters in the portfolio are far more varied than what eventually made it into the game, with characters of different ethnicities and ages. I mean, you can don plenty of hats at this point, but you can't make your avatar female?Īll of that aside, Wolf offered some nice insight into the project, as well as their design choices. Whether or not they felt like offering a more diverse cast 10 years ago, we can't help but wonder why these ladies have not been made playable at some point during the past decade. It's not clear if these talks took place before the game's launch or after, but we can't help but feel Valve really dropped the ball on this one. Based on some info and artwork provided in this portfolio, there was an internal pitch project to have female characters join the cast of Team Fortress 2.
I would have loved to see these come to fruition, but I guess Valve has more important things to do with Team Fortress 2, like build a dozen more hats.The folks at Kotaku recently stumbled upon the online portfolio of Drew Wolf, an artist who worked at Valve for about six years. The previews that we’ve received give us a real idea that these could have been excellent additions to the Team Fortress 2 cast and be able to hold their own as fully realised characters and not simply skins of their male counterpartsīe sure to take a look over at to see the rest. I was responsible for story, character development and visual design. Your preferences are configured to warn you when images may be sensitive. may not be appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work. Female Team Fortress 2 (Girls Rule) Designed and sold by tymersdesigns. A quick-witted and kind-hearted collaborator, Rick endowed the character with a trademark bellow and. We were lucky enough to work with Rick many times in the studio over the past decade. Companies mentioned in passing became global. Female version of TF2 characters :: Team Fortress 2 General Discussions. Rick May, the inimitable voice of the Soldier for thirteen years, many shorts and countless updates, passed away this April at age 79. Over the years, the comics have spawned ancillary characters, then assistants to the ancillary characters. The concepts look absolutely incredible and I’m so disappointed the project was never picked up and implemented. An internal pitch project aimed to bring female characters to the cast of Team Fortress 2. But as the updates got more ambitious, we found the perfect way to explore the mercs world: comics. Now artists Drew Wolf has released the concept art he created for the characters onto his website so that we can see what we have been missing out on.ĭrew was tasked with creating the visual design, story and character development for these new characters, highlighting “with the exception of their class function, It was important that each design presented an entirely new character.”
< >-< > -Team Fortress 2 > General Discussions > Topic Details.Just now join skial au for a debate NO WOMEN. Obviously those concepts unfortunately were never accepted and put into the game. Team Fortress 2 > General Discussions > Topic Details. She is known for her roles as Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, Tiny Tina in the Borderlands series, Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2. Back in the good ol’ days, in the far off time of 2009, a full-time artist at Valve put forward an internal pitch for female versions of the iconic Team Fortress 2 cast. Team Fortress 2: meet the female team Concept artist Propass has pushed the cast of Team Fortress 2 through gender’s revolving door and shown us what they’d be like with a XX chromosomes.