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 - Great Collection To Those New to Half Life 2The Orange Box and its games have gotten over a hundred rewards, and for good reason. Considering that the collection is now on Amazon for $30, I highly recommend that you get this collection if A) You're a fan of FPS gameplay B) You don't already have the games Half Life 2, by and large, is a great game. The story is great, the action intense, and it definitely has plenty of great moments. If you're skeptical, I suggest downloading the Half Life 2 demo and trying the game out. Graphically, there's not much to complain about. It is not Crysis, but considering the age of the game, I wouldn't be surprised. It runs smoothly on my system (Athlon 64 3700, 2 gigs DDR 400 ram, Geforce 6800 GT 256 mb videocard). Gameplay wise, as mentioned before, the game has plenty of good moments, though I don't see it as much of a breakthrough to me. The game gets better and more immersible in the included expansion packs however. Portal is a very unique puzzle solving game. It is also very challenging (at least to me) and can thus be very frustrating. However, it is a rewarding game and I love the humor in it. Team Fortress 2, unlike other online FPS games, is truly team based. It is the kind of game in which sides win or lose not because of a single maverick, but because of how well coordinated a team is. The classes are remarkably balanced and set in such a way that weaknesses and strengths are always complemented with other classes (hence making the game more team oriented). Overall, the collection is definitely good and definitely worth the money. Half Life 2 is a great game, as is Portal and TF 2. I thought Steam was a bit confusing at first, but I don't find it particularly annoying and I do find it useful for communication and organization. However, because you need to have access to Steam to play the games, INTERNET ACCESS IS ALWAYS REQUIRED TO PLAY THE GAMES, EVEN IF THEY'RE SINGLE PLAYER GAMES If you do not have internet, DO NOT GET THIS COLLECTION. If you don't have the games already listed, then I highly suggest you get the collection. I don't think you'll regret it. Rating: - Thank You Valve!!! Orange Box excelent as i expected!!!5 of the best video games out there. The 5 games are excelent. I love them all!!! Portal 10/10 Team Fortress 2 10/10 Half Life 2 10/10 Half Life 2: Episode One 10/10 Half Life 2: Episode Two 10/10 Graphics 10/10 Sound(7.1 speakers) 10/10 Works great with no problems on windows xp pro servipack 2, and looks great and smooth on my pc Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2gb Asrock Dual Series 7.1 Audio Radeon X850 XT 256mb 1 gig DDR 400mhz 80gig Sata II LCD Monitor Gem 17" Creative Inspire p7800 7.1 speakers Graphics on medium/high Resolution 1024x768 antialiasing 4x Anisotropic 8x Rating: - Great valueI haven't played Team Fortress 2 for the sheer fact that it might be too addictive, but HL2, the whole series is taking up enough of my time that I'm falling behind on work and now have to catch up. Also, Portal is AWESOME. You can't go wrong with this package. Rating: - Great Games + PriceThe games are great and the price is amazing TF2 is fun even thow its cartoonie. the rest are the games are great to :D Rating: - Value for the $$The Orange Box is a great 5 game selection of top notch 4 Valve products as well as the PopCap game Peggle. Cannot be beat for the $$. If your computer is relatively newer and has the CPU/Memory/Video Card to manage these games. Check specs b4 you buy.
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