Best expirence this year , offered in 3 different games both in multiplayer & single player ... Valve quality !
User Rating: 10 | The Orange Box PC
Valve the most essential pioneer in FPS/gaming history never stoppes to innovate & amaze people either if its based on theyr games or the way they take on the gaming industry ! 1st I want to start with the most awaited game/part of the year in my book ....ofcourse i'm talking about HL2ep2 ....welll the gameplay style is allmost totally diferrent & much more intense than ever not only that but some important story facts have been revealed wich have been revealed thru out the game not only that the gameplay is far more challenging & olso enjoying & i still can not see another FPS out there with such a deep story & gameplay technique ....practacaly the invators of use of phsix in game "VALVE" outdone them selfves again just imagine a grenade under a large plate wich is linked by ires at one end & the explosion creates a blast under that plate that puts you up neer an medical bay pure geniues not only that your new & old enemies can become a problem in some areas ... now the stupid combine soldiers have the malee attack , cover system & they evan pick up grenades & throw them back at you , the striders , gunships , & hellicopters are super smart they will try to avoid or evan shoot your projectails ...so imagine that you have to play with your rocket a bit before hitting a strider or a gunship & a new addition to the combine army are the hunters ....who's A.i. is so agressive & intuitive that you will be amazed .... + you have 2 new types & very dangerous ant-lions ... the Guardin & a small 1one who spits out toxins . Another great addition is that you will be helped by 1 or more vourtigauns in a particular lever where you will learn more about theyir ways & habbits on theyr own planet & wow what a fighting machine he is .... not ot mention in most of the game you will be side by side with alyx in somekind of modified hot rod that drivers much more realistic & it has more mommentom + you have a montitor that shows you hidden suplyies just to brrake up the action . In addition to you inventory you only have a bg new grenade that glues on striders & then has to be shoot at to destroy the strider instantly .....the story well nothing more to see here no SF novel or movie can get more deep than this ! THE SOURCE ENGINE is vastly improved practacally all the effects are super improved starting from splashes to shaders & to enviroments & after allmost 4 years its still 1one of the best looking & intuitive engines out there that can evan lok better than Ressistence , MOHA & some other games !
PORTAL is just briliant .... & that shows that VALVE has an eye for tallents practacaly the game is planed from the ground up by 7 guys yourng programers & well the ressult is unbeliveble & i'm not going to spoil any gameplay surprise but i'm only going to tell you that i feel 5% smarter since i've played it :D ! & it has somehow a link with the HL unniverse ...in fact APPERTURE tech is another company/facility like that competes with BLACK MASA & the edning is really funny prepare for the ultimate song just watch the credits :D !
TEAM FORTRESS 2 ---- is just to fun & to addicting especially by the difference that the calsses show & the graphical desing ...evan if you loose you won't get pissed because its fun if you compare The incredibles with TF2 you will se that its the exact same background & not only that but in terms of gameplay its very challenging & very well made especially for the engineer & spy ...but do not worry i've been playing since the beta started & i haven't seen a server that with a missing class in game time every class has its use & if you know hw to coordenate it you will sure win !
Again VALVE not only revolutioned gameplay in games but olso the marketing industry ....i do not have the orange box ... i have the black box because of my 2900 XT & i was evan surprised that i have Day of Defeat source in there & wow what surprise & what good game to kill time till all of these masterfull games comed out ! Best expierence & best deal this years so far ! Not to mention the best game in history :P! 
