Well, I got "The Orange Box" for Christmas and yesterday decided to try Team Fortress 2.
Just as I hoped, it was fun.
I've seen plenty of it on the internet and though it would be a fun game. Not only did I like the art style, but the overall design of the characters and the weapons/items they use. It appeared to be well balanced design, too.
I haven't tried out all of the classes and game modes, but I'm going to get a feel for the game before I get really involved.(I have played other class-based shooters before, though.) When I first played it, I tried the Offense class, but kept getting killed. So I switched to the Defense class. I started with the Engineer, but when things started to heat up, I switched to the Demo Man. I didn't do to bad with him. I'll be trying out the other classes the more I play.
I kinda wonder what would be "my" class. I thought it was the Scout, but I'll have to build up some experience before I can use him effectively. For now, it's the Demo Man. I like grenade launchers and sticky bombs anyways.

If you know of any good servers, please let me know. That would be nice.