Half Life 2: The Orange Box

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.

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 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.