why is the orange box worse on ps3 than other systems?

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#1 hishkarnib
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topic.

Also, is it worth the purchase?

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#2 RandomTask221
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The Frame-rate is bad in the PS3 version due to a bad port.

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#3 motherboop
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There's been tons of threads like this one. Personally I think its fine. By no means is it a bad port, in fact they did a dang good job converting it to BluRay. Everything will run perfectly smooth if you play it in 720p. in 480i, (not sure about 480p) I noticed a few frame skips here and there, but nothing at all serious. Its just as good as Xbox, with graphics more closely resembling the PC version. It does have some minor framerate issues though, but nothing at all serious.
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#4 solaris1979
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Valve worked on PC and 360 version, PS3 version is ported by EA.... Thank Gabe Newell for that because he thought PS3 "a waste of everybody's time".
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#5 motherboop
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I like my PS3 Orange Box, and I play Team Fortress 2 all the time. I think they did a superb job in porting it over, although I haven't played episode 2 yet.
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#6 jdang307
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After finishing the 360 version Gabe Newell celebrated with an endless box of twinkies. Hence EA had to finish the port and it sucked arse.
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#7 hishkarnib
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ok, so is it worth the buy?

also, do any of the games feature offline multiplayer

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#8 solaris1979
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If you hadn't played HL2 yet and don't want to mess w/ PC version then yes. Otherwise PC is better (you get bunch of free mod w/ PC version as well, including Counter-Strike Source.) There is bot with CS:S but not in other games, so I doubt console will have any support for that as well.
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#9 motherboop
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ok, so is it worth the buy?

also, do any of the games feature offline multiplayer

hishkarnib
Yes, it's a definite buy (on sale this week at bestbuy), and no, there is no offline multiplayer, but you are guranteed a blast with online Team Fortress 2.
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#10 wooooode
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Valve the original dev created it for PC so that is a plus there and they ported it to the 360 while EA ported it to the PS3.
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#11 cell1138
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this pretty much sums it up

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#12 hu24ebr
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i have the orange box and i can say that the frame rate problem rarley happens.

i have finished portal (great mini game by the way ), HL2, playing episode one right now.

i have had that frame rate problem 3 times and it passes in 10 seconds.

i say buy it since it has a great price (5 games in the price of 1 woooow)

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#13 forgot_my_name
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Three words:
EA ps3 port.
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#14 solaris1979
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Three words:
EA ps3 port.
forgot_my_name

One Word: EA

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Port
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#16 motherboop
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Its a good port. I don't care if EA did the job, get over it.The Xbox version was ported as well, and the detail in thevisuals were reduced a tad for that version.Don't knock it until you've tried it, it's a very good port of a very good game.
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#17 jdang307
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[QUOTE="forgot_my_name"]Three words:
EA ps3 port.
solaris1979

One Word: EA

How is that word pronounced, eeeya, or eeee-uh? ;)
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#18 motherboop
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[QUOTE="solaris1979"]

[QUOTE="forgot_my_name"]Three words:
EA ps3 port.
jdang307

One Word: EA

How is that word pronounced, eeeya, or eeee-uh? ;)

letter E and letter A. you've never heard the commercials??? "E A sports. its in the game" ???
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#19 solaris1979
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[QUOTE="jdang307"][QUOTE="solaris1979"]

[QUOTE="forgot_my_name"]Three words:
EA ps3 port.
motherboop

One Word: EA

How is that word pronounced, eeeya, or eeee-uh? ;)

letter E and letter A. you've never heard the commercials??? "E A sports. its in the game" ???

Actually, it's a sound that you make when a 18-wheeler ran over your foot... before you start cursing anyways.

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#20 ImaPirate0202
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Because EA ****ing blows. Don't buy this game for the ps3. Send Valve the message that we don't want their suck ass ports.
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#21 theamitgoyal
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I've finished portal and currently playing HL2... I haven't had any huge problems so far... yes there are a couple of frame rate hiccups here and there... but they are extremely rare and nuthing tht wud make the game unplayable (as reported on IGN)... for e.g. the framerate acted up only twice (tht too for a couple of seconds) in the 5 hrs I spent on Portal.
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#22 PS3videos
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Okay, I have to say two things here.

First, this thread was started by somebody who asked why the game is worse on the PS3, then asked if it's worth buying. Why buy it if YOU think it's worse. It's fine. I'm deep into three of the games and haven't noticed a problem.

Second, somebody said not to buy the game to send a message. That doesn't make sense. Not buying the game only sends the message that PS3 games don't sell. Buy any game you think is worth buying. Not buying for the sake of not buying is silly.

Besides, do you think EA orany other gaming companycares about our messages? Hell Sony doesn't even respond that often to our "messages." And it's their system.

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#23 hishkarnib
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because i want to know if its bad enough to look past genious^^^
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#24 Dirty3rdTex
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i think orange box for the ps3 isan excellent(must buy) game. i played through half life 2,episode one,episode 2 and portal and they all ran fine with at worst maybe a couple secs of jitters. imho i think it was totally exagerated in reviews how bad the frame rate drops were. so whether its the superior version or not, it is a must buy.if you can rent it, see for your self and you wont be disappointed!!
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#25 no_show
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I rented "Orange Box" for PS3 and am almost finished 'Portal'. It looks amazing. Frame rate issues I think are there but obviously nothing to deter gameplay. I am getting into HL2 and so far so good. Maybe a hiccup here and there but far better than playing it on my old PC. It looks amazing by the way!!!!

I am disappointed that EA didn't add in the extras ('accomplishments') that are in the 360 and PC versions. That said, do not believe IGNs comments that this game is 'unplayable' on the PS3. It works just fine. BUY IT!!!!!!