History VideoGame / TeamFortress2Classic

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: The Dynamite Pack for the Demoman makes a return, being the only throwable weapon in the game.

* ShoutOut: Many among the achievement names: "[[Music/{{Metallica}} Enter Sandman]]", "[[Music/LeylandKirby A Burning Memory]]", "[[Music/BlueOysterCult Don't Fear the Reaper]]", "[[VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman Hunt Down the Frenchman]]", "[[Film/NoTimeToDie No, Time to Die]]", "Film/{{Skyfall}}", and "[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Rip and Tear!]]".

* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The Civilian is a clear nod to this, with his reedy voice and umbrella (see ParasolOfPain above)

* WrenchWhack: Engineer's Wrench acts the same way in the base game, but it can also defuse a Dynamite Pack as if it were a Sapper if the player acts fast enough.

* LethalJokeWeapon: The Brick. A new Scout secondary weapon, it is thrown at enemies and deals a flat 50 damage, with the brick needing a few seconds to regenerate after every throw. Undoubtedly a lot less flashy than the various Scout throwables in base ''TF2'', but the Brick can be a useful mid-range tool to help soften up a target, and combos well with his other weapons.

* DevelopmentGag: Many of the alternate weapons are based on cut content from ''Team Fortress 2''.
** The Scout's Nail Gun, Demoman's Dynamite Pack and Spy's Tranquilizer Gun are all from the Beta, famously showcased in the pre-release trailers. The Soldier's RPG has a different function but is visually reminiscent of their Rocket Launcher from those same pre-release trailers. Finally, the Uberspritze (the Ubersaw substitute) is a reference to Trailer 1, in which the Medic was introduced posing with a syringe.
** The Sniper's Fishwhacker is based on the Club, a cut weapon intended to be the Sniper's default melee weapon, replaced in final by the Kukri.

* Removal of most weapons except for stock and those discussed below.
* New weapons for every class, as well as a few non-stock weapons returning from live:

* GameMod: Alongside being one, people have also modded it further to add custom weapons to ''Team Fortress 2''. This is the main draw for some people, rather than ''TF2'' with less, ironically.

''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has changed dramatically since it's launch in 2007. Hats, taunts, a massive number of weapons, more modes than you can shake a sandvich at, and more have all made it almost unrecognizable from where it began. But what if you want something a little simpler? The ''Team Fortress 2 Classic'' GameMod might just be what you're looking for.

* StandardStatusEffects: Downplayed. Outside of the ubiquitous Fire, only Bleeding and the Marked-for-Death effect return, both caused by the Fishwhacker [[note]]causes bleeding on hit but marks the user for death while active[[/note]]

* KillItWithFire: As in the main game, this is [[MeaningfulName the Pyro's]] standard method of killing people. This game adds the [[DummiedOut unused animations]] for when a character burns to death.

* RocketJump: The Pyro has lost the ability to do such jumps since the Scorch Shot, Detonator, and Thermal Thruster are all gone, but the Engineer now has that ability all by himself, compensating for the loss of the Wrangler. By [[ExplosiveOverclocking overloading]] the Coil Gun, the resultant explosion will launch him.

* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The civilian is a clear nod to this, with his reedy voice and umbrella (see ParasolOfPain above)

** The Pyro keeps his Flare Gun from live.

* BlowYouAway: Pyro can still airblast like in live, it can also put out the bomblets from the Dynamtie Pack, rendering it useless.

* CriticalHit: Heavily downplayed compared to the original. Random crits are gone, as are most crit and mini-crit generating weapons. The kritzkrieg, sniper rifle, knife, Fishwhacker and flare gun are the only ways to get full crits now, and the only sources of minicrits are the airblast, fishwhacker, and the Civilian's morale boost effect.
* FunWithAcronyms: Much like the [=RED=] and [=BLU=] teams from live, the new [=GRN=] and [=YLW=] teams are also acronyms. [=GRN=] stands for Global Radio Network and [=YLW=] stands for Yard Logistics Workers.
* InstantSedation: Averted by the Spy's Tranq Gun, since completely sedating a target would be far too powerful.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Spy's Revolver obviously fits the bill. Also the Sniper now has the Hunting Revolver, which gives Sniper a health boost, a six-round clip, and a faster rate of fire. With the sacrifice of less zoom and no charged shots.
* RocketJump: The Pyro has lost his ability to jump since the Scorch Shot, Detonator, and Jetpack are all gone, but the Engineer now has that ability all by himself, compensating for the loss of the Wrangler. By [[ExplosiveOverclocking overloading]] the Coil Gun, the resultant explosion will launch him.

* WrenchWhack: Engineer's Wrench acts the same way in the base game, but it can also defuse a Dynamite Pack like a Sapper if the player acts fast enough.

** The Medic keeps his Kritzkrieg [[note]]Now with a custom backpack and more obviously different nozzle[[/note]] and Ubersaw [[note]]Now with a reduced max health to balance it out[[/note]] and received a new melee that can heal.
** Sniper keeps the Huntsman from live, now has a Hunting Revolver with multiple shots in the clip, and a new melee which works similarly to live's Bushwacka.

* ShockAndAwe: Medic's Shock Therapy melee. Which does damage to an enemy depending on it's charge, which can do up to a whopping 100 damage to an opponent. It used to do critical damage to wet players before it was removed in the 2.0.2 patch.

* SuicideAttack: Akin to Soldier's Kamikaze taunt in the base game, Demoman can perform this with Dynamite Pack as a kill taunt.

* FinalDeath: VIP's Trainyard map, if the Civilian is killed then the round immediately ends in RED victory.