FOURTH UPDATE (ANIMATED) 

hoho MAN! you would not believe! how much i love this.

0:41 I love that Pyro doesn't have an idle animation, he's just there staring into Gabe's soul.

A TF2 RPG with Gaben has the final boss would unironically go hard

"After 9 years in development, please let me know what you think. If you have a chance to." "Let's get em." What a badass way to start, especially when all the classes come on in order, then dog pile in randomly after.

2:16 that little “have fun” by Gabe is such a funny and endearing touch.

There is genuinely no reason this should look that good💀

As much as I love the idea of it being all the Merc's, it feels like the Spy is changing disguises to give himself a better vocal range and I fux with it

this perfectly describes how tf2 won’t die

"Let's get 'em!" "I haven't got all day! CHAAARGE!" "[Ready for the charge!]" "FREE-DOM!" "HERE I COME!" "Cowboy up!" "Hail us!" "Give 'em a gobful!" "After you." Excellently chosen voicelines, really feels like these would be the lines the TF team would use if they were rallying together, arguing against their negligent overloards for their freedom.

I don't know why, but Scout's line after he hears Spy laugh hit really hard for some reason. "This isn't a game. We are screwed!" Shows that Scout is genuinely taking this seriously, and it reminds me that, for them, this isn't your run-of-the-mill battle. This is a genuine fight for survival against their own creator.

I love that when it swaps to each mercenary, it adds something to the instrumental. Like with demo, it adds stickies blowing up, and with Scout, it adds the bat hitting or medic with the Uber saw and heavy the mini gun revving and with engie its sentry noises, and etc. I really like that detail. Edit: i also noticed that at 1:51, you can hear when the cart is almost about to be pushed in.

1:16 i love how sniper just straight up calls Gabe a wanker, fits him so much.

That’s honestly pretty impressive that the Merc’s can Even keep up with holy Gabe.😺

Man them sprites smooth af

Wasn't expecting this to ever be animated but can't say that I'm disappointed. Good job as always.

2:46 "It’s been four years already."

I cannot BEGIN to tell you how happy this makes me, the solid vocals plus Gabe literally WIELDING THE BANHAMMER, it’s just sublime.

1:58 Sniper's laugh. That was just amazing

The fact that Gabe’s icon is a valve handle should be an indicatior of how powerful he is

Damn. The lines: Scout:"It's been four years already!" Heavy:"It was long trip." That really hit me. I didn't even realize we've been dealing with this for so long already.

Amazing animations and cover, the only thing that is missing in Saxton Hale

The gaben poses are so well thought ought it's actually amazing

I love the fitting background beats for each class that's an amazing touch

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE LOCALIZATION FILES WITH THIS ONE🗣️🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥💯💯

Sometimes a dead meme can be brought back in a good way

2:58 good shot mate

A detail I like about these TF2 animations is that every mercenary gets represented in some form. It shows how talented and creative the animator can get.

The smooth transition between engineer and medic at 1:40 goes hard

0:50 "I'm. Gabe. N" kinda goes hard ngl

i always wanted someone to make an actual animated version of this, i always come up with my own takes in my head when i imagine things, but this is even better since it's in the flesh! lowkey glad joe is at least somewhat into fnf what with the whole whitty mod tf2 thing and now we get this down the line maybe we could get an animated version of prey with demoman scout and soldierrrrrr..?

the icon matches too. You're fighting gabe? No. *You're fighting valve itself.*

Why is nobody talking about the beat changing when the characters are switching, from the scouts bonk, to the pyros airblast, and engineers turrets beeping, its genius!

The sounds Gaben makes with the beat is so catchy.

Fun Fact: each TF2 character has a background ambience, EXAMPLE 1:00 is engineers sentries

This looks awesome, everyone that pitched in to make this a possibility, just wow, nice work Jo, nice work indeed

Being sniped by a bot that’s spinning while looking straight up in the air fills me with a wrath that simply cannot be conveyed with human words.

THIS IS AN AMAZING PLAYABLE RENDITION OF FURSCORNS' TF2 FOURTH WALL COVER!! The fact that any of the characters are animated so smoothly, dialogue animations are added for a much understandable way of how the characters interact, and my golly, this is one of the most high effort visually playable of a cover yet Magnificent work, SilentManJoe and DesireDelta!

everyone on jun3rd

Aside the sh*t Friday Night Funkin Fandom I do really like masterpieces people like him and Furscorns create.

I'm glad you put the credits at the beginning of the video instead of at the end or even in the description like some people who don't show any form of respect towards the original creator(s) do. Thank you! The animation is incredible as always keep doing what you're doing.

I really love Pyro’s voice, it’s incredibly fitting and fits very well with the song

The dynamic and smooth actions of all the mercenaries and Gaben is absolutely mesmerizing to watch, along with the incredible audio work of the different class sound effects playing during their segments adds a lot of charm to each and is honestly so awesome to listen to. Incredible work from EVERYONE involved!

Here's my headcanon for this: -Bots are wreaking havoc upon the tf2 universe, places are abandonned, and cities burn all around the globe. -Valve arrests sourcemod characters such as the Deathmatch merc and the civilian, theirs crime? Existing... essentially putting an end to the work of theirs own communities. -In a desperate attempt for salvation, the mercs decide to finally do it, if they can't fix this, then they gotta break the fourth wall, travel trought steam and reach the Valve HQ and try to talk to Mr Gaben and make him listen to reason, but they stumble upon an awful sigh: Locked up in cells literally made out of money, lies Gordon, Chell, Bill, Francis, Nick, Alyx, Hale, Grey, Louis, Barney... everybody else.... trapped.... caged up like slaves.... slaves of their own father, trapped in a half life with the burning desire to once again be a free man.... Things aren't looking to good... The Valve has been corroded by the money for way to long and it isn't afraid of taking down any and all who opposes them. Either willingly or by force. But the mercs will not go down without a fight, as the last ones standing right before the creator's hand himself, theirs not just doing it for theirs game, isn't it? It's not just for theirs fans! It's not just for themselves! It's a fight for freedom, and no false god, as powerfull as he may be, shall stand between them, and the sweetness of life.

this genuinely looks and sounds crazy, I love the little animations/quips

I love that gabens poses have things relating to steam or valve as a corporation except left. Up has the ban hammer, right has the half life crowbar, down the heavy minigun, But left is just the _S T R I D E_

The animation look very smooth, nicely done!

Wow, i didnt expect him to do something like this ever ngl.

This has been my theme song for the recent #SaveTF2 and #FixTF2

The POWER behind every single one of their movements shows that it's honestly a fight for live and death. The Great Gaben is really showing off his raw power too!

Awesome! I was waiting to see an animated version of this!

@1:20 Spy unleashes his secret move!

Whenever I heard this song I dreamed of this. It was a shame I didn’t have the time to animate it . But looks like my dreams came true and it’s just as beautiful!

This goes bonkers, big ups to the creator of the song itself and you for the crazy animation quality!

2:03 I like, when they sing together

My head canon is this is just spy rapidly swapping disguises

I genuinely cant help but come back to this. The visuals are amazing as always and i just love how you let the Mercs go in order at first. The audio with all the specific bits added in to help show the character. Its all so good.

The fact the camera bobs every time gabe moves really gives final boss vibes

Okay, the sound mixing is just freaking amazing.

This truly scratches an itch in my brain very few things can reach. Thank you for creating this, and thanks to the mixer for the audio. It's beautiful. It's amazing we can still get content like this from a game that came out in 07. I appreciate your work

The custom Gaben sprites is just amazing. this cover is best enough already, making it with gameplay makes its 100x better.

Masterpiece ❤‍🔥

if anybody could have made an SFM animation of this cover, it'd be you. Excellent work!

Its so accurate right now #fixtf2

Ngl I gotta love how the instrumental changes with different characters, most noticabely Engi. These details make the song so fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is actually really high quality for what it is. Gotta love how these kinds of animations always have more to show!

The lines in the beginning gives a sense of desperation and dread but hope is in there. Scout saying “let’s get em!”, soldier saying “ I haven’t got all day! CHARRRGE!” But in my personal opinion demo yelling “FREEDOOOOOOM!” Is the best one, shows that this is really a fight for there life and future.

1:21 what the spy doing😳😳😳😳

It's been awhile since Joe made a FNF cover, this is definitely something what I've been waiting for.

Holy shit this is good, I never thought I'd see this as a actual mod, so thank you SilentManJoe

Oh dang it's the whole song, good job man!

Brooo, this is amazing fr🔥

0:54 is the part that's special to me- Heavy's really hitting back with equal power here.

You gotta love the use of voicelines when the Mercs switch

I like to imagine that the entire tf2 team is just stuck in a endless void, fighting a entity who dressed up as Gaben and so to keep balance in our world and to make sure he don't escape as they know what they are fighting for, the tf2 mercs die and re-spawn for a endless amount of time until the day the real Gabe release or update tf2 to the point where it is alive again (its dead but people continue to keep it alive) and that day is where the mercenaries claim victory against the false Gabe. its been 4 years.

To think I avoided to make this myself is crazy. I love this! Well done!

Oh my GODS! This is stunningly very well made and works so well with the song! Keep it up dude and hope to see more of this soon!

Friday Evening Fortress

I made a playable version of this for myself one day, but I never expected a public one that would look this good. Great job.

BRO THIS IS SO WELL MADE!!!

Love the concept of Gavin vs TF2 Community My favorite part about this video is the sound effects change with every character. Scout: Baseball bat hitting the baseball Soldier: Rocket explosion from bazooka Pyro: Air blast from the flamethrower Demoman: Launching sticking bombs and detonating them Heavy: Machine gun Engineer: Turret sound Medic: Needle gun and saw stab Sniper: Sniper gun Spy: Stabbing Then 1:50, the alarm goes off, signaling it's going to end soon, and it's about to get more difficult. Not only that, but you can hear Sniper laughing in the background. (Foreshadowing the bots winning the war) Then in the end, neither Gavin nor the TF2 community won, but a third faction in this war. The bots-

Definitely worth the wait. This is truly a rare high moment.

Bruh... why is this so good still.. the animations made it top tier and i really like it, so GREAT job!

Oh this is absolutely beautiful! Everything you do is absolutely beautiful!

*BONK* 0:20

The TF2 team begging for an update

I love how some sound effects from the specific class play in the background when it’s their turn

the mercs are fighting for updates lol

It was a missed opportunity to give Gabe a Pistol and a Portal Gun for his up and left animations.

I love the fact that, when it's Engie's turn, we can hear a Sentry's beeping.

We did not expect this! Great job! 👏

This looks AMAZING 🤩

I don't comment a lot but oh my god Joe this is probably one of my favorite things you've made, and there is A LOT of competition for that.

I think they didn't put the same appreciation to Spy as to their peers.

Istg, its really surprising how much you have improved over time, now your animations are so much higher quality, great job joe

Nice ~ Good job!

1:30 scount got bars

3 things: One, Stars and Stripes May hammer and sickle, but this is perfect. Two: Does anyone know what the hell spy says when he is introduced? Three: Of course sniper bot would be the only thing that could kill Gabe.

This is crazy good lads I personally think best cover seen in a while

YES THANK YOU FOR ANIMATING THIS MASTERPIECE

the Tf2 community going after the developers after the item servers go down