The Orange Box
The Orange Box includes all the content of The Black Box for PC, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Innovative games featured in The Orange Box include 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, as well as the pioneering type of single-player action game Portal, which rewrites the rules for how players approach and manipulate their environment, and Team Fortress 2 -- an all-new version of the legendary title that spawned team based multiplayer action games with a daring new art style features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date.
The Orange Box Accessories
 BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Mass Effect
Assassin's Creed
Halo 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus
Gears Of War
Xbox 360 Rock Band Special Edition
Gears of War 2
The Orange Box Reviews
"Half-life", unlike many other gaming titles, has a progressive, linear plot, and requires enough thoughtful strategy that I could actually make worthwhile contributions without a controller. Can't wait for the next Half-Life. But I LOVED both "Half-life" gamesI sit next to my husband and shout at him at while he controls the action. I know, so sad and lameand I'm usually pretty coordinated. I'm a middle-aged woman who just can't seem to get the hang of the game controllers. "Portal" is also a fun *team* endeavour.
I bought this game used in late 2008. If you enjoy moaning bloody zombies and spiders that try to jump on your face in a game that looks and plays like its from 1998, then this is your game. Portal was pretty cool though not worth the price of the game alone.
Half-Life is amazing, Portal is thought provoking, and TF2 is flat out fun. And these aren't your average games. Essentially five games in 1. At this price you can't go wrong. BUY IT.
'Cake or death.' Um, I'll have cake please. It is like a 3D LodeRunner, with a disturbing twist. I quite enjoy the 'good solution' concept rather than a 'perfect' one. No points, no power-ups and certainly no 'extra' lives. I am currently on the achievement hunt(30K ft. Half-Life2 (et al) - I played its predecessor on the PC years ago. I will get around to it. and videogames.
I gotta say, the magic is still there. Huge environs, bizaar puzzles, great backstory. I haven't walked around enough to get the feel of it yet. Not sure that I am sold on the facelift.
Go make a sandwich). SQ. What better way to fuse the two than with this one. Portal - I like puzzles.
Team Fortress - Lost alot of hours online with the PC version. It looks cartoonish.
The last game, Team Fortress two, the sequel to the grand daddy of team based combat. Half Life 2, Episode 1 and Episode 2 are basically all the same game. Sure, HL2 has outdated graphics but the gameplay is engaging and wide ranging. Five games, one box, $27 dollars. Toss in the ridiculous humor and the re-playability (a variety of difficulty levels) and you have a great game; most of the most unique things to hit the market in years. Half-Life's story itself is very interesting and it kind of drives me nuts that its going to have taken over 10 years for the whole tale to be told. Describing it as a first person puzzle game will have to suffice but it doesn't do it justice.
Portal, the next game, is the most unique game I've ever played. Portal challenges the way you think. There isn't a better value in gaming right now. It's incredibly simple, but also incredibly fun.
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