Too Good a Deal to Pass Up.
User Rating: 8 | The Orange Box X360
As The Orange Box Packs together 5 separate games, This Review will be divided into 5 sections. First, Half-Life 2. This game is just as good as it was on PC, and quite a bit better than the lack-luster Xbox Port. However, if you've played through it before (Which Many of Us have), you'll blow through the game in around 10 hours, a bit on the short side. Episode 1, although quite short, is fun to play through, and for those experiencing it for the first time, it's an enjoyable experience, and a relatively worthy continuation to the Half-Life 2 story. Episode 2 is fun to play, and nice to look at. However, it too is quite short, but the quality of the content there makes up for it. Fourth, we have Portal. Portal is fun, and its style of Play is very entertaining, making you think, and giving you satisfying results. The Humour in the game is quite funny, and it adds a nice touch of comic relief to the Orange Box. But, just like The Half-Life content in the Orange Box, it is a bit too short.
Finally, Team Fortress 2. In the current Halo 3 frenzy taking over Xbox Live, this game is a light-hearted, entertaining break from all the chaos of Online Spartans killing each other. Instead, you've got characters who look like they were ripped right out of a Pixar Film killing each other, and that's not a bad thing. The art style, the Multiplayer Mechanics, and the overall fun will make sure the game isn't forgotten anytime soon. All in all, The Orange Box is great. Despite my main gripe being the length of Portal and the Half-Life 2 games, the Orange Box is a rare value that no Gamer should ignore. It's simply too good a deal.
Let's hope other developers that notice! 
