Actually, the fact that the words "
leaked video" appear in the video suggests that Valve was successful in getting their fanbase to promote their video for them. Within an hour of the video's "release," it was posted to dozens of different video sites.
Meet the Spy is now available for
download on Steam.
Amazing, amazing video. I want a throwable sapper :(
I'm more impressed by the sapper's new ability to instantly destroy sentries.
The only gameplay "hint" found in the Meet the Spy video (other than the hats) was the fact that the scout at the beginning is holding the sandman, suggesting that spies will be able to appear to enemies as holding unlockables rather than always defaulting to the standard loadout. Besides that, I'm wondering whether Jarate may be an unlockable that makes a certain area inaccessible to cloaked spies.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the new watches, especially the cloak and dagger. Usually my preferred tactic when assaulting the last point of badlands is to lurk around the last point without attacking anything until the moment that it's unprotected, and having the ability to cloak indefinitely will make that a lot easier.
Also, check out Robin Walker's
latest blog post. On that subject, here's what is probably my favorite forum post of all time from the Steampowered forums:
GJ to whoever leaked Meet the Spy...
You prolly costed some people their jobs, and stopped all projects. Check
www.teamfortress.com if you haven't already read the update....:(