I started playing Team Fortress 2 in 2013, racking up nearly 4,000 hours of gameplay over the years . The game was once an incredible experience, immersing players in a unique and wacky cartoon universe. The community was joyful, welcoming and always ready to help newcomers.

But all that changed with the introduction of matchmaking in 2016. Since then, the game has been overrun by bots and cheats, totally ruining the gaming experience. Games are now filled with bots using aimbots and spamming chat with unwanted messages, making every match frustratingly unfair.

Despite promises made by Valve during the #saveTF2 movement, no real solutions have been put in place to address these problems. Valve remains deaf to the appeals of its community , preferring to focus on adding new cosmetics and paid crates. It's clear that they're more interested in money than the happiness of the TF2 community, one of the oldest and most dedicated still active today.

It's heartbreaking to see a once wonderful game lose all its charm through developer inaction. I can no longer recommend TF2 in its current state. Unless Valve takes serious steps to eliminate the bots and restore balance to the game, avoid this game.

Rating: 1/10

[h1] A Once Fantastic Game, Now Ruined by Bots and Valve's Inaction #FIXTF2 [/h1] I started playing Team Fortress 2 in 2013, [u] racking up nearly 4,000 hours of gameplay over the years [/u] . The game was once an incredible experience, immersing players in a unique and wacky cartoon universe. The community was joyful, welcoming and always ready to help newcomers. But all that changed with the introduction of matchmaking in 2016. Since then, the game has been overrun by bots and cheats, totally ruining the gaming experience. Games are now filled with bots using aimbots and spamming chat with unwanted messages, making every match frustratingly unfair. Despite promises made by Valve during the #saveTF2 movement, no real solutions have been put in place to address these problems. [b] Valve remains deaf to the appeals of its community [/b] , preferring to focus on adding new cosmetics and paid crates. It's clear that they're more interested in money than the happiness of the TF2 community, one of the oldest and most dedicated still active today. It's heartbreaking to see a once wonderful game lose all its charm through developer inaction. I can no longer recommend TF2 in its current state. [b] Unless Valve takes serious steps to eliminate the bots and restore balance to the game, avoid this game. [/b] [b] Rating: 1/10 [/b]