The Orange Box (Xbox 360)

Look inside The Orange Box... The Orange Box is a rather ambiguous title for a game, giving very little clue as to the game's contents. If you have not heard of this game before, you might be surprised to find that it does not, to my knowledge, feature any actual orange boxes. What it does feature is an abundance of diverse quality content, spread over what is advertised as being five separate games for the normal retail price of a standard game. ...
...than enough to justify labelling The Orange Box the best deal in video game history. The first game is Half-Life 2, released in 2004, and widely considered one of the greatest PC games of all time. The next two titles are the follow-up expansion episodes, numbers 1 and 2, which I would group together as being the second game of three and a half. The third game is Team Fortress 2, a fast-paced, class-based online team shooter that goes for a rather ...

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Half-Life the Orange Box I'm going to divide this review into 6 different sections, the first is overall about the Half-Life box contents, and then the other 5 are for each of the different games. The Contents are a follows History Introduction Graphics Sound Controls Weapons and Vehicles Characters --------------------- The 5 games Longtivity Achievements Story-Line ---------------------- Summar y Comparison What's missing? Value ...
...and it won game of the year and it really deserved it, after a disaster at Black Mesa caused by Gordon Freeman the only playable character. The following title, Opposing Force sees you playing as an SAS soldier sent in to combat the infestation of Aliens and to kill Freeman, another top game. The next was Blue-Shift, which saw you playing as Barney the security guard, probably the weakest game in the original series. Then Half-Life 2 came out and ...

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One of the best games I own by far. I purchased the Orange box for £25 out of GAME, and the sheer variety of the contents make this an excellent, well rounded package. It consists of: Half-Life 2, A rich and immersive shooter, Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two, two extensions to the Half Life game roughly doubling the amount of play you will get from the Half-Life 2 series, Team Fortress 2: An excellent online FPS following up the huge hit of its ...
...The black horse of the bunch, a refreshing new take on the way that the player thinks about games, and how to solve problems. These 5 games I received for £25, and I can get at least 60 hours of gameplay out of them. I'll review the games in more detail now; Half-Life 2 and its episodes: A continuation of the genre-redefining and excellent Half-Life. Half Life 2 is the main meat of the box, and is what the Source engine was designed for. The game ...

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...has a reputation for being the best bargain in gaming history and I must say it lives upto the reputation, 5 games in one is a hard deal to beat, first of all you get the classic Half-Life 2 which is worth the whole cost alone, the graphics may be a outdated but the gameplay is phenomenal and has a great expansive storyline which will immerse you into the game for hours. The game also includes Half-life 2 :episode 1 and 2 which further expands onto ...
...and use their skills to the full. The other is Portal which is a good enough game to be a standalone game if not for it being a little on the short side but it will make the most of your brain power to over come it's obstacles and also a sense of stealth can go a long way. ...

lukemufc 22.03.2008 · Read full review
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...of which are part of the half life series, which would be a great offer with just these 3, Portal and team fortress are wondefull, portal is a puzzle game which although is a bit on the short side is amazing, i have never played or seen another game quite like it. Team fortress brings a new aspect to online game play, (unfortunatley there is no offline mode so you need xbox live gold to play) you play as one of many characters on a team, each has ...
...kill that one person on the other team with the flamethrower that is slaughtering anyone. All in all this is a great game even if you do not have xbox live to play team fortress or are not a keen half-life 2 player its a must buy, i mean look at the price for 5 games!!! ...

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...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 game's as a whold are just amaising , ...
...Eps 2: Same as the others in the half-life serise just with a lot more freedom and the Boss(Nimisise) Leves city 17 for the 1st time :D so you get much more space to use Portal: my fav has to be this one becouse of the conspt and the portal guy , which can make the impossible possible . the voice that talks to you all the way troght the game can e a bit freeky , but also quite amusing. Its just a brilliant game ,if you get the chance , PLAY IT!!! ...

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...we all know how amazing the origonal half life was!!!! half life had amazing game play with an exciting and first person shooter action and also had a fantastic array of weapons!! the first half life had everything u needed in a first person shooter and the only draw backs were that the graphics were a bit iffy. Now comes half life episode 2 and it has all the positive points of the origonal half life and they have improved the graphics!!! half life ...
...for money and days of endless fun!!! if u look at the price of a normal 360 game its around 40 quid for a new game, this orange box with two of the best games and storylines ever made for less than the normal price!! i really recomend this game! ...

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...what to expect. But from the second i put the game in the drive, i was captivated. Half life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, and Half Life 2 Episode 2, are all fantastic games with excelllent in depth storylines, fully fleshed out characters and some truely innovative weapons, such as the gravity gun, which has to be the best weapon in any game. Team Fortress 2 is a great fun xbox live mulitplayer game, although the lobbys look a little poor compared to ...

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