Disregard everything that says it's Free to Play, because trust me, you are going to spend at least several AAA games worth of money buying keys, unboxing, getting pissed off you got a strange Crit-a-Cola instead of a shiny unusual, wising up, and using your keys to buy wonderous cosmetics so you can have a Soldier that looks like a drill sargeant or a racially offensive Demoman. Although these cosmetics don't have any impact on your play (according to Valve, at least; some believe they make you better at the game, myself included), they have an impact in the real world; you entering a dark downward spiral in which you feel obligated to spend all your dosh on pixels in the hopes someone on Gorge will tell you "nice hat". It's like a black hole in that once you enter, you can't turn back. Your life is forever ruined, and you are a hollow husk of your former self.

It's a phenomenal experience, 10/10.

Disregard everything that says it's Free to Play, because trust me, you are going to spend at least several AAA games worth of money buying keys, unboxing, getting pissed off you got a strange Crit-a-Cola instead of a shiny unusual, wising up, and using your keys to buy wonderous cosmetics so you can have a Soldier that looks like a drill sargeant or a racially offensive Demoman. Although these cosmetics don't have any impact on your play (according to Valve, at least; some believe they make you better at the game, myself included), they have an impact in the real world; you entering a dark downward spiral in which you feel obligated to spend all your dosh on pixels in the hopes someone on Gorge will tell you "nice hat". It's like a black hole in that once you enter, you can't turn back. Your life is forever ruined, and you are a hollow husk of your former self. It's a phenomenal experience, 10/10.