Is the Orange Box really that good??

Half Life is good. I dont think its the best, just good.

Portal was fun but terribly short and I hear theyre doing a sequel... I have no idea how that game could have a sequel but whatever.

TF2 sucked.

Half Life is good. I dont think its the best, just good.

Portal was fun but terribly short and I hear theyre doing a sequel... I have no idea how that game could have a sequel but whatever.

TF2 sucked.

Matt2556

if you've never played Half Life you deffenitaly should.

Portal was amazing but if you don't like thinking games its not for you don't except a long ride either

TF2 is a game where u ahve to give it some time and test out all the stuff i must admit a bad first taste but the after taste is good

I was wondering if i should pick up the Orange Box assuming that i am somewhat new to the HL series. Is it really as good as all the reviews indicate. Thanks again guys.:)nbalive4life

From a value perspective, yes. It is that good. If you like the Half Life series (and haven't played HL2) I'd pick it up. Especially if you can find it on sale or used.

Portal was fun but terribly short and I hear theyre doing a sequel... I have no idea how that game could have a sequel but whatever.

Matt2556

My guess is that it is not a direct Portal sequel or even called Portal 2. It will probably be a spiritual successor that is a true FPS with the Portal mechanic as a key feature.

if you've never played Half Life you deffenitaly should.

Portal was amazing but if you don't like thinking games its not for you don't except a long ride either

TF2 is a game where u ahve to give it some time and test out all the stuff i must admit a bad first taste but the after taste is good

Peaches1347

Orange Box is practically a steal for 60$

Half-life- A great first person shooter series, and if you haven't played half-life 2 yet, you should try it out.

Portal- The game does nothing but innovate the FPS genre.

Team Fortress 2- The games options are shallow and it's impossible to get into a game where teammates will actually work as a team, but if you do get into that certain game, it's a blast. The game made me stop playing Halo 3. That's an incredible feat.

Buy this package.

Heck yeah!

This bundle shoould really be around $100. The Half Life series is an excellent FPS.. probably the best FPS w/ story. Portal was also interesting.. but it gets super confusing later. Haven't played TF2 though.

half life= 8/10 (its ok)

portal=9.5/10 (i beat it twice)

tf2=8.5 (not even close to being as good as halo or cod 4 but still pretty fun)

Itds definetly worth the money

Portal is amazing

Tf2: I love it , but its laggy alot of times

Half Life 2: Also another mazing game...I jus dun play single-player so I didn't really care about that

If you are interested in Half Life, yes.

Team Fortress 2 on the 360 is dissapointing from what I've heard but its one of the best on PC.

IMO, Half life is underwhelming. Compared to the slew of better titles out there (FPS's anyway) and considering all the hype, it seems bland and samey, the combat is fairly shallow, the puzzles are admittedly good ways of pacing the game, the characters stood out as fantastic for me, even though the gaping plot holes give many 'WTF???' moments.

Portal is outright fantastic.

TF2 is a mixed bag, find a populated server and a good team, and you can go on for many a year. However, if you don't have lots of friends on TOB, then repetition is the name of the game. TF2 is phenomenal in the right circumstances, trouble is finding these circumstances.

Mostly, people need to stop telling valve you want more Half life, they need to have game that's not basically 'Half life 2: Alyx and the gravity gun'

I think theres a reason its 60$.... if u catch my drift

I thought it was brutally boring, the Halflife games werent nothing special. TF2 was just bad, not really fun at all. And Portal was fun at the loewest point.

Strongly consider renteing b4 bying, i almsot bought it till i rented it and was like wow, aint owrth it.

Orange Box is practically a steal for 60$

Half-life- A great first person shooter series, and if you haven't played half-life 2 yet, you should try it out.

Portal- The game does nothing but innovate the FPS genre.

Team Fortress 2- The games options are shallow and it's impossible to get into a game where teammates will actually work as a team, but if you do get into that certain game, it's a blast. The game made me stop playing Halo 3. That's an incredible feat.

Buy this package.

TJFord

I wouldn't exactly call Halo 3 "incredible", but to each his own.

As for the Orange Box, all I can say is that I am really greatful that I only rented this game. Half-Life is alright, Portal's much too short, and TF: 2 didn't deliver.

The best part of the "Box", unfortunately, was Portal.

This is all IMO of course.

if you haven't already played Half Life 2, then yes of course. i played Half Life 2 a while before playing Orange Box so it didn't exactly deliver as much as I'd hoped.

Portal was easily the best part of the package if you're only taking the new things into account. TF2's just not that great as far as online shooters go for today. i heard that the 360 version has more lag, but you're not missing much if you're missing out on TF2.

Umm, the whole half life 2 deal is very nice. However, I did beat half life 2 and both episodes, and they were good, not great.

Team Fortress 2 is actually a prett fun game. I wasn't expecting it to be that gtreat.

And Portal is just such a fantastic game, it was SO AWESOME!!

so yes, I would get the orange box. Half life though is very repetitive, I gotta warn u. If you like sci fi story thats confusing but really good, then get it. Team Fortress is pretty fun, and I was surprised , but there is always a great amount of players online, and Portal, well, I know people that just got it for that game, and I don't blame them.

I first played Half-Life 2 in 2005. I admit, when I first played it I couldn't see why everyone was saying it was so great. It wasn't until I played it through for a second, then third time that I started to realise how great it was. That is the reason I try to play games more than once. It pisses me off when I read that someone has formed their opinion of a game after only playing it for an hour or only getting through half the game.

Episode One isn't that great but HL2 and Episode 2 are miles better than most of the FPS's that get released today. Yes, that includes COD4.

The graphics aren't that great by todays standards and I think that puts some people off buying The Orange Box. It's really sad because if Half-Life 2 looked like Gears of War it probably would've sold a lot more.

Just buy the Orange Box. The whole package is awesome and it'll leave you craving Episode 3. Will Episode 3 have the Portal gun involved in some way? I sure hope so.

I first played Half-Life 2 in 2005. I admit, when I first played it I couldn't see why everyone was saying it was so great. It wasn't until I played it through for a second, then third time that I started to realise how great it was. That is the reason I try to play games more than once. It pisses me off when I read that someone has formed their opinion of a game after only playing it for an hour or only getting through half the game.

Episode One isn't that great but HL2 and Episode 2 are miles better than most of the FPS's that get released today. Yes, that includes COD4.

The graphics aren't that great by todays standards and I think that puts some people off buying The Orange Box. It's really sad because if Half-Life 2 looked like Gears of War it probably would've sold a lot more.

Just buy the Orange Box. The whole package is awesome and it'll leave you craving Episode 3. Will Episode 3 have the Portal gun involved in some way? I sure hope so.

x-2tha-z

It only took me about an hour or so to figure out that this game was truly amazing. When I got up to the part where the robot character "Dog" was introduced, I was just blown away. I still think the graphics are great. Better than most Xbox 360 games, despite it being a 2005 game. I was surprised by all the detail and physics involved in this game. A truly unique experience. A must-own title.

I had never played a Half Life game before OB, but thought that HL2 was extremely well polished, and gave me two of the best moments I've ever had playing a video game. It had a real sense of the character going where they weren't supposed to instead of just getting from A to B, as is so often the case.

Portal is genious. I loved it, and played through it several times. The dark comedy was exquisite. My brother couldn't even get his head around the concept, and gave up after only a couple of stages, so it must really come down to the person.

TF2 is decent, but not mind-blowing.

Basically, you will never see a deal this good again, and should definately give it a try.

Half Life is good. I dont think its the best, just good.

Portal was fun but terribly short and I hear theyre doing a sequel... I have no idea how that game could have a sequel but whatever.

TF2 sucked.

Matt2556

yep its a good game, still has great graphics for such a old game.

for portal 2 maybe have a guy do the puzzles, maybe the girl get caught. portal is a awsome game. team fortress 2 is ok. a good game but it sometimes lags.

I'd say go for it, TF2 is kinda crappy, but one of the best multiplayer games of the last few months below Halo 3, and Portal alone would be worth it.

Anyway, yeah, if ya got some cash ,and you're a Half Life fan and haven't played HL2 yet, you might want to.Though it'd be a chance you just couldn't pass up if you found it on sale.

[QUOTE="x-2tha-z"]

I first played Half-Life 2 in 2005. I admit, when I first played it I couldn't see why everyone was saying it was so great. It wasn't until I played it through for a second, then third time that I started to realise how great it was. That is the reason I try to play games more than once. It pisses me off when I read that someone has formed their opinion of a game after only playing it for an hour or only getting through half the game.

Episode One isn't that great but HL2 and Episode 2 are miles better than most of the FPS's that get released today. Yes, that includes COD4.

The graphics aren't that great by todays standards and I think that puts some people off buying The Orange Box. It's really sad because if Half-Life 2 looked like Gears of War it probably would've sold a lot more.

Just buy the Orange Box. The whole package is awesome and it'll leave you craving Episode 3. Will Episode 3 have the Portal gun involved in some way? I sure hope so.

Elann2008

It only took me about an hour or so to figure out that this game was truly amazing. When I got up to the part where the robot character "Dog" was introduced, I was just blown away. I still think the graphics are great. Better than most Xbox 360 games, despite it being a 2005 game. I was surprised by all the detail and physics involved in this game. A truly unique experience. A must-own title.

So you figured out it was truly amazing by the time you got the crowbar? That's about an hour in and nothing much has happened by then.

I also love the Half-Life games and think they're must own titles but you must be blind if you think they look better than most Xbox 360 games. Half-Life 2 and Episode One look very dated. They have poor textures by todays standards. Nowadays it's all about shaders and obviously with Half- Life 2 being an old game it was made using polygons. Episode 2 looks a bit better but still nowhere near as good as COD4, Halo 3, Bioshock, Gears etc. Portal isn't great looking either but it's still one of the best games of last year.

They're still awesome games even though they look like something from 2005. Games don't need amazing graphics to be great. God of War 2 is further proof of that.