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Half Life 2: The Orange Box

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  • User Score (357)
    9.2 9.2 from 357 reviewers
  • Expert Score (89)
    9.3 9.3 from 89 reviewers
  • Gameplay (31)
    7.7 7.7 from 31 reviewers
  • Graphics (39)
    7.1 7.1 from 39 reviewers
  • Sound (37)
    7.2 7.2 from 37 reviewers
  • Storyline (5)
    8.1 8.1 from 5 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (9)
    8.0 8.0 from 9 reviewers
  • Lifespan (6)
    7.7 7.7 from 6 reviewers
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The Orange Box delivers five innovative action games from Valve® - creators of the blockbuster Half Life® videogame, in one box. Available for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360™, The Orange Box includes Half Life® 2: Episode Two, PortalTM and Team Fortress® 2 in addition to full versions of award-winning Half Life 2 and Half Life 2: Episode One for an engrossing first-person action experience. All new games in The Orange Box are: Half Life 2: Episode Two - the second…

Half Life 2: The Orange Box

The Half Life 2: The Orange Box is a video game compilation for Microsoft Windows, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. This video game is powered by Valve’s Source engine. There are two games included, Half-Life 2 and its first expansion, Episode One. Moreover, the compilation includes three new games for the second expansion, Half-Life 2: Episode Two; the puzzle game Portal; and Team Fortress 2, the multiplayer game sequel to the Quake modification, Team Fortress.

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Half Life 2: The Orange Box

The Half Life 2: The Orange Box is a video game compilation for Microsoft Windows, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. This video game is powered by Valve’s Source engine. There are two games included, Half-Life 2 and its first expansion, Episode One. Moreover, the compilation includes three new games for the second expansion, Half-Life 2: Episode Two; the puzzle game Portal; and Team Fortress 2, the multiplayer game sequel to the Quake modification, Team Fortress.

Features

The Half Life 2: The Orange Box is created for PC and manufactured by Electronic Arts. Other information featured in this box set is the Game Genre whereby is from the First Person Shooter (FPS), License Type with Full Product, ESRB Rating of M (Mature), DVD-ROM media format and with the release date of 10-10-2007. Now the software has a Network Compatible with the Version / Edition of Orange Box. Besides that, the MPN is 014633098525. Among the specialities of The Half Life 2: The Orange Box is the 5 Games in One Box with collection of innovative action games for the PC or console, and an introduction to the Half-Life series for console gamers. Then, there is the storyline with Half-Life 2 episodes that takes gamers deeper into the stories game. The game also includes portals that delivers gun allowing them to create portals from one location to another with the press of a button leaving gamers to interact with their environment. Next, The Half Life 2: The Orange Box includes a World-Class Multiplayer for the sequel to the role-based multiplayer action game, featuring nine distinct roles - Heavy, Spy, Scout, Demoman, Engineer, Medic, Sniper, Soldier and Pyro. In addition the box set includes the second chapter in Valve’s trilogy, taking gamers beyond the walls of City 17 for the first time.

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Review Summary

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…

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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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Pros & Cons

  • loads of content, just plain fun, addictive gameplay, engaging story, innovative concepts
  • ugly visuals, it costs money, not enough content, lousy camera viewpoint, it s boooring
  1. Half-Life 2 Orange Box

    Reviewer: CVG
    29 April 2009

    In a world where your usual new release's recommended retail price is £50 and every great leap in graphical prowess seems to lop another few hours off their length, it's a refreshing change to be able to say that Valve are being really, really good to you. Not content with remastering the PC's best ever FPS for 360, they're also packing in two supremely addictive mods in the form of bizarre but compulsive puzzler Portal and Team Fortress 2's insanely violent cartoon... Read more

  2. Half Life 2: The Orange Box

    Reviewer: Gamesmonster
    24 February 2009

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

  3. Portal

    23 December 2007
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    Play it, and keep playing it until you reach the end because it's a pointless exercise trying to make you understand why this game is brilliant until you do, and if you reach the end and still don't think it's brilliant, then you need a new hobby. If you do "get it", you'll probably have a tiny tear in your eye that it's over (it's pretty short but at least once done you can take part in the advanced challenges, a set of levels even more punishing than those in the... Read more

  4. The Orange Box

    23 December 2007
    Overall 9
    9.0
    Gameplay 9
    9.0
    Graphics 9
    9.0
     

    While it sounds like a box of supermarket own brand cheesy corn puffs The Orange Box from Valve and Electronic Arts in fact represents one of the best deals in computer games history! Read more

  5. The Orange Box

    Reviewer: Acegamez
    21 December 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 the... Read more

  1. Portal

    Reviewer: Amazon
    18 March 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    I'm rather late to the Portal party. The guests have left and there's no sign of any cake. But by all accounts, it was some party. Portal managed to make numerous game-of-the-year (2007) lists, despite being a supposedly minor addition to Valve's Orange Box collection. While the first-person shooter Half Life 2 was top of the billing - and it did, justifiably, receive a huge amount of critical acclaim in its own right - Portal used the exact same game engine to a very... Read more

  2. Great pack , best £30 you will ever spend

    Reviewer: Ciao
    04 January 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Well well well , there back again and i cant belive i waited this long to get it. the game is just amaising , its the same as the pc version , but always runs perfecly , i have both since i got the xbox 360 for christmass and cant stop playing . Half-life 2 + Eps 1: Same consept as Half-life, just so much better. i have to got very far into the game , since it kinda chickend out with i saw the 1st zombie , but thats just cuse i was playing it the dark at 2 am . LOL . the... Read more

  3. "Amazing."

    26 October 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Just buy this game, ok? Half Life 2, both Episodes, and Portal are all amazing. Team Fortress 2, I haven't really touched, as I'm not interested in it very much, so can't comment on that. The rest of the package is well worth it though, and at the moment, it's selling brand new for under £20. If you buy this because of my review, you will thank me very much. I don't recommend rubbish games. Read more

  4. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

    Reviewer: Jason Wedgburrow, gameplay
    31 October 2007

    Buy it... Read more

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