9.9 out of 10

Half Life 2: The Orange Box

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    9.2 9.2 from 87 reviewers
  • Expert Score (41)
    9.2 9.2 from 41 reviewers
  • Gameplay (23)
    9.7 9.7 from 23 reviewers
  • Graphics (26)
    9.1 9.1 from 26 reviewers
  • Sound (26)
    9.1 9.1 from 26 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    9.6 9.6 from 3 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (16)
    7.4 7.4 from 16 reviewers
  • Control (2)
    7.8 7.8 from 2 reviewers
  • Addiction (3)
    9.3 9.3 from 3 reviewers
  • Lifespan (2)
    9.0 9.0 from 2 reviewers

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Half Life 2: The Orange Box includes Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. They are all incredibly different games but with the same graphics. Episode Two is a continuation of the Half-Life 2 story, with lots of action. The Orange Box depicts the story of a woman who wakes up in a tiny box inside some lab facility run by a mysterious company called Aperture Science. You have a portal that enables you to walk out of one room into another. You will be introduced to portals and gun which you will use to fire portals onto walls, ceilings, and floors. The fire buttons are used to create blue and orange portals. The female voice dialogue may direct or misdirect you, so before doing anything you have to think well. Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer shooter in which the red team deals with the blue team. There are six maps in the game, each with its own focus. These are six tough puzzles from the main game, challenges and time limit to complete the level, the number of portals to use, or the number of steps to take. The advanced puzzles are hard bur not unsolvable. Bronze, silver, and gold medals are awarded for each of the three challenge types across six levels. Reviewers finds The Orange Box to be a great package which guarantees satisfaction as there’ll surely be at least one thing gamers will like in this collection, if not all of it.

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  1. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

    Reviewer: GamezGecko
    15 November 2007
    Overall 10
    10
     

    The Orange Box includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Half-Life 2: Episode Two -- the second installment in Valve?s episodic trilogy advances the award-winning story, leading the player to new locations outside of City 17. Portal -- a pioneering type of single player action game that rewrites the rules for how players approach and manipulate their environment ? much like how Half-Life 2?s Gravity Gun rei... Read more

  2. The Orange Box

    Reviewer: Acegamez
    11 November 2007
    Overall 10
    10
    Gameplay 10
    10
    Graphics 8
    8.0
    Sound 10
    10
    Storyline 10
    10
     

    When looking at the overall score given to The Orange Box, you need to think about whether it applies to you. If you own an Xbox 360 or a serviceable PC then reduce the score by 2, as the technical problems and glitches here make this the worst version of the three available. However, if you don't have access to a 360 or PC then the score is for you - on any platform, this is one of the best deals in gaming history, with all five parts of the compilation making for th... Read more

  3. Half-Life 2 - The Orange Box

    Reviewer: sofacinema.co.uk
    19 October 2007
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Team Fortress 2 - The long-awaited return of the legendary king of role-based online multiplayer games, Team Fortress 2 pushes the Source Engine to new heights with a daring new art style and deep multiplayer gameplay for nine distinct roles. Read more

  4. Half Life 2: The Orange Box

    Reviewer: gametart.uk
    19 October 2007

    Includes: Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2: Episode One Half-Life 2: Episode Two (new) Team Fortress 2 (new) Portal (new) Read more

  5. Half Life 2: The Orange Box

    Reviewer: GamesFrenzy
    19 October 2007

    Includes: Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2: Episode One Half-Life 2: Episode Two (new) Team Fortress 2 (new) Portal (new) Read more

  1. Simply Amazing

    Reviewer: sofacinema.co.uk
    08 November 2007
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Not only does this game cost the same as most games but it includes 5, yes 5! games on 1 disk. It contains Half Life 2 Half Life 2: Episode one Half Life 2: Episode two Portal Team Fortress Half Life provides an amazing singleplayer experience, the storyline is good and it involves lots of action and some puzzles. Also has good graphics. Portal is a puzzle game, you would think that it isn't fun...you would be wrong, this game if amazing, the graphics are outstanding ... Read more

  2. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

    Reviewer: Jason Wedgburrow, gameplay.co.uk
    31 October 2007

    Buy it... Read more

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