Orange Box Reviews

PC:

IGN 9.5

360:

IGN 9.5


PS3:

Unreleased

It' s a shame they didn' t upgrade Half Life and Episode One with the Episode Two tech, but meh, they' ll still look better than Halo 3...

Only thing pretty in Halo is the HDR but it all blends together for a great expirience. But i cant wait to play Ep2 when i get home, its tempting going home early ;)

I was thinking (and before you attack, keep in mind I am getting this and I know I will love it), but I was thinking it doesnt really seem like seem like you' re getting 5 games for one at all. I see a single player peice a mulitplayer peice and a minigame. All of which are almost pretty much standard for games nowadays (cept maybe the minigames thing but then again Flatout has the same listing as well).

I just wouldn' t be able to see myself buying any of those peices full price as a standalone. The deal does come in, in the fact you are also getting 2 expansions pretty much free. But even then Oblivion has the GotY edition coming out with plentiful free expansions included. And you cant argue with " well that game sbeen out for a long time" well so has Half Life 2.

I bet any other game that touted its single player game and multiplayer game as 2 different entities would get slapped around like a lil bitch. Regardless it is still a pretty hefty game and I have yet to expience Half Life 2 properly so I might as well get a good start here. I just dont see it as 5 games for one. I see it as a standard package with the bonus of 2 free expansions. A very nice package I might add.

EDIT: I looked at the standalone prices and see that it look slike an amazing deal but *** thats only because Portal and Team Fortess 2 are a bit overpriced in my opinion. 6 maps tied to only one game mode each is just a bit much...I know the maps are designed for the game mode but if its just gonna lead to 6 maps for tis release $30 is just way too much. Portal is just way too short for any asking price honestly...thats why I dont count it in the package at all really. A redeeming thing to all this tho is the commentary being included in all this as well...but that it smacked down with the fact that the Riddik remake oming out also has a running comentary, a multiplayer, and extra chapter as well.

Best thing - they didn' t include the lame-as-fukk Half Life 2 multiplayer

Worst thing - they didn' t include Counter Strike Source

Including Counter Strike probably wouldve levied my opinion a bit towards more positive. Still tho Im getting this and will be quite happy. But for people looking for just portal and Team Fortress 2 I think are getting a bit ripped off wih the standalone prices. Tho im more the sure most will put their love and dedication ahead of it all anyways and would willingly pay full PC price for the damn things.

But even then Oblivion has the GotY edition coming out with plentiful free expansions included

Half-life = good

Oblivion = Junk

A matter of opinion of course. I am ,however, just staing that the deal is in actually not a deal at all, in my opnion.

Well it is a good deal if you didnt get halflife in the first place. its still 25 hours of gaming plus multiplayer, with a standard of 10 hour games these days, its nice to get a bit more thrown in the bunch!

I wonder whether they' ll release CSS in it' s current form or whether they' ll re-do it taking advantage of the newer tech!?

i think itll be current form if it goes to the 360, it would rack in huges amounts of cash over XBLA in either case!

CSS is so much fun when you get good at it. Some people are rediculously fast at getting headshots though. Haven' t played in a good while now, but there was a time when I almost joined a clan.

Its definitely a shame they didn' t include it in Orange Box. Not sure how well it would translate to 360 though. Twitch based mp shooters tend not to imo.

CS isnt as twitch as Unreal and they are bringing that!

Yea I suppose. UT has always had a console based derivative until now though. So I think they' ve made some compromises for UTIII to fit over both.

Unreal championship and Unreal Tournament couldnt really be compared as far as i know!

HL2 was one of the few PC games i ever played through and enjoyed. One of the only Non-Nintendo titles i never argued against when it was often rated Best game ever made.

CSS sucks compared to 1.6!
But I play it anyway for some reason...

Portal is great, im at the last challange!

How good is Portal?? Small but perfectly formed. Gonna play through again with the commentary on.

I can' t wait to play this once I get my 360 back from repairs. I have never played any of the Half Life games on my PC, so this will be my first time playing the game and from what I have heard it is one of the best FPS ever.

Quick question for those who have gone through the repair process before, how long did it take you to get the box to ship the 360 back in? I have been waiting about a week and a half now, and whenever I call MS they just tell me that it might be another few days or so. Something again about the release of Halo 3 causing a delay. Thanks.

3 days to get here 6 days to get to repairs and back...Tho I doubt thats common. Its funny cause it went to Texas for repairs. I live on the oppisite end of the US here. My friend who lives in Texas had to was 2-3 weeks before his got back. So yeah its pretty random.

Its very good but not worth 20$ on its own, as i said im missing the last level of it, and iv clocked in just about an hour or so (plus i needed to run back a forth to put my daughter to bed repeatedly) so ill probably be around 1 hour 30 min to complete the whole set. if your dense itll last you longer ofcourse!

Are there achievments for each individual game, for example with Quake 4 they had Quake 2 which had separate achievements?

ORIGINAL: Nitro

I wonder whether they' ll release CSS in it' s current form or whether they' ll re-do it taking advantage of the newer tech!?

What newer tech? It is still the same mediocre source engine. And don' t tell me the physics are awesome, because they don' t even use their own phsyics, they plugged in Havok. Source is nothing special and the HDR sucks ass. The only thing good about it is the character facial animations.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

I went to pick it up along with FFT today but they told me they were only coming in tomorrow.

It' s not that I' m impatient it' s just that the trip to EB Games takes 3 hours and 4 buses to and back. I wasted the whole afternoon for nothing.

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Are there achievments for each individual game, for example with Quake 4 they had Quake 2 which had separate achievements?

I have the PC versions, while they have achievements, they dont seem to be including in the games for windows program, so i dont get points or anything!

Orange Box has 1000 aheivements spread over the five games.

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Portal is fun. So fun and entertaining that Im gonna go look for the music, especially the ending music. I loved its humor. I so can' t wait to see the portal gun used elsewhere.

Im going thru team fortress' comentary mostly to see what the maps are like and all. Thing is im getting very annoyed with the fact that the maps are very static. A freaking computer chair with wheels and everything does not move at all same with weights a water cooler and well the entire fuckn map. Its just one solid mass of uninteractive lameness. Uhg...

The maps look fantastic though. Modders should remake Episode 2 with the TF2 engine and make all the characters ultra cartoony.

Valve should make a 50' ish espionage title with inspiration from the TF2 graphics. that would be so sweet!

MP3 of the song at the end of Portal (don' t d/l if you havent finished the game dammit it contains spoilers!)

" Still Alive" - Jonathan Coulton
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0QX3J5SH

I did not upload this some user from gametrailers did.

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As for the team fortress maps. Yes they look great I just think with access to teh Havok engine and the emphasis on physics in the rest of the package that thed at least have enviroments with some debris flying around too add to the crazy action.

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I just brought it hiome and I' m about to install it.

The first thing I noticed, the box is actually orange. Second thing, there is no intruction manual. Not that I should complain considering that it' s such a great deal to begin with but still, a game should come with a manual. At least give me one for TF2, showing the classes. Had I known this I would have bought the guide.

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This looks like its heading for the highest rated game ever at 98% now.

Seems like there is an inflation in the scores these days, well the standards have been high this season.

What' re ppls usernames on Steam. (Agent you' re gonna have to add these to your gamertags thread! ) Maybe we can set up a TF2 kikizo match at some point?

Playing through Episode 2, currently passed the ant lion attack in the tunnels. (Could describe several points in both HL2 and Ep1 as well!)

So far more of the same and no significant reveals in the plot. Valve know how to make great engines, but I dont think they know anything about good storytelling. Plus if I met Alyx Vance in real life...(spoiler) Id stab her too!

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Hey I cant find VX when I search...

I forgot mine will have to check that when I get back onto my computer.

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I had some time with TF2. It' s fucking awesome. I love the spy!

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