best value for money out there, well worth it.
Gameplay - absolutely brilliant. HL2 defined the first person shooter on PC, and its done it again on the Xbox 360. episode 1 reinforces the storyline (of which i will not ruin) and adds a bit more to the gameplay but not much. episode two gets a new lease of life from the fact that there are new enemies to beat (i.e hunters) and new ways to kill the old ones. physics is obviously brilliant but is overused. yes, you made a physics engine but its constant seesaw useage is wearing thin. portal is the best singleplayer part of the box if a little hard at the end but overall the gameplay is fantastic in singleplayer. team fortress 2 is my recommendation for online FPS as of this moment until frontlines fuel of war comes out. its extremely balenced, every one will have their favourite class, mine being engineer, and every class has two or three counter classes. for example a scout is used for retrieving stuff or taking capture points. the engineer makes turrets which can stop these nippy little buggers from nicking your stuff and the demoman also works well if you can time it right. it seems that a popular choice is for you and your buddy to team up as heavy and medic so while the heavy is mowing everyone down the medic stands behind him constantly healing him. this makes for a fun challenge of who can kill the medic first without being cut in half with a minigun.
Graphics - also fantastic. HL2 graphics seemed to have been improved from the PC version with is like adding a sugar top to the best cake in the world. just makes it better. portal graphics are also good but thats not the point of portal, its the gameplay which is also fantastic. team fortress 2 though is the cherry on the cake for me as the cartooney graphics are humourous and great while retaining the goryness of today's modern shooters (exclude halo) which makes a good game great.
valuefor money - £44 for 5 games? if that isnt the bargin of the century i dont know what is. shame that it doesnt come with HL2 deathmatch or counterstrike but that would be asking too much. overall - if this isnt in your collection, your missing out. not only to you get the center piece, HL2 saga, but you also get icing and a cherry of a game on top.