In case someone here hasn't heard, Valve is claiming again that TF2 is coming soon.
They say it'll be released with the second HL2 expansion pack, "Episode 2".
New character designs look like their out of some bad 60s spy movie, really reminds me of "Evil Genius". I can live with the new character designs I guess. TF2 really doesn't seem very interesting anymore. Pretty much all the great things that were going to be in 6 years ago have been done already (such as drivable vehicles).
Much improved graphics was one of the other exciting things about TF2, but now that also isn't anything special. Valve delayed TF2 so much that everything that made it special has already been done to death by other developers.
Also is it just me, or is this new fad of "episodic gaming" incredibly stupid?