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i feel cheated

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 21
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i got these game for the multiplayer aspect of the game, and team fortress is the only multiplayer that comes with it, i think they are being a little dishonest whyle selling the game,

Great Value

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I already had HF2 and Episode 1 but figured getting Portal, and Team Fortress 2 in addition to Episode 2 was worth the $40. I was wrong in a good way - it's worth more than $40 and I haven't even tried out TF2 yet.

Episode 2 was a pretty linear extension of Episode 1 but I realized I really missed chopping up the Combine and assorted zombies. There were a few challenges that took some substantial effort to overcome and that made it all the better.

The real surprise was Portal - way fun and made you think. No spoilers here - but one of the talking entities sounded just like my wife when she's talking to the dogs! Now that was creepy.

All I need to do now is gift my old HF2 and Episode 1 to a deserving buddy.

New FPS Tournament quality game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Team Fortress 2 has got to be the hottest new LAN Party game for 2007-2008!

9 totally unique from each other) classes, including a pyro/flamethrower, an engineer who can make sentry guns and teleporters, a spy who can cloak for 30 seconds, and disguise him self as enemy forces also, and of course, the scout, with the ability to double jump, and run faster than any other class!

Great maps, integrated voice chat, ctf, and kill, kill, kill maps, and easy to use WASD controls!

If ur a Source player, the controls will be 2nd nature for you, and if u've ever played ANY FPS (first person shooter) before, you'll catch on pretty quick also!

Also included:

Portal: single player puzzle style game, with addicting properties.

Peggle: another single player, puzzle game, with even more addicting properties... once u strat, u'll be hooked on peggle!

some other stuff not worth mentioning, really.

THE Orange Box. THE best PC deal of the year (and maybe so far in Gaming History)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For around $40-50 dollars, the orange box is perhaps the best deal in gaming history. The Orange Box ships with five games: Half-Life 2, HL2 Episode 1, HL2 Episode 2, Portal, and best of all, Team Fortress 2. Individually purchased, the games would total around $130, so paying only $40-50 is (well, you do the math) an amazing deal.
The original Half-Life was one of the greatest First Person Shooters in gaming history, and the sequel, Half-Life 2, lives up to expectations. With an intense story line, amazing graphics, creative gameplay, and design ingenuity, Half-Life 2 and all its expansions (Episode 1 & 2) rise up above perhaps all the other first person shooters out on the market. The story is so deep that (I don't want to spoil too much) by the end of Half-Life Episode 2, the player will be so drawn in and excited when plans in Half-Life 2 finally come into fruition. And did I mention that it's possible to play through the entire game, even on the most difficult level, without using an once of gunpowder (okay, well, not including boss battels)? Yes! That's how creative Valve, the developer of Half-Life, is.
Portal is a unique twist in gaming by combining first person shooting and puzzle solving (with emphasis on the puzzle solving). This game targets those less interested in blasting through levels and more interested solving puzzles. There is not a single point when you actually use a bullet; all the enemies either kill themselves or you can disable them, all as a part of the puzzle solving process. Those who are really into the Half-Life storyline will notice the connection between Black Mesa and For around $40-50 dollars, the orange box is perhaps the best deal in gaming history. The Orange Box ships with five games: Half-Life 2, HL2 Episode 1, HL2 Episode 2, Portal, and best of all, Team Fortress 2. Individually purchased, the games would total around $130, so paying only $40-50 is (well, you do the math) an amazing deal.
The original Half-Life was one of the greatest First Person Shooters in gaming history, and the sequel, Half-Life 2, lives up to expectations. With an intense story line, amazing graphics, creative gameplay, and design ingenuity, Half-Life 2 and all its expansions (Episode 1 & 2) rise up above perhaps all the other first person shooters out on the market. The story is so deep that (I don't want to spoil too much) by the end of Half-Life Episode 2, the player will be so drawn in and excited when plans in Half-Life 2 finally come into fruition. And did I mention that it's possible to play through the entire game, even on the most difficult level, without using an once of gunpowder (okay, well, not including boss battels)? Yes! That's how creative Valve, the developer of Half-Life, is.
Portal is a unique twist in gaming by combining first person shooting and puzzle solving (with emphasis on the puzzle solving). This game targets those less interested in blasting through levels and more interested solving puzzles. There is not a single point when you actually use a bullet; all the enemies either kill themselves or you can disable them, all as a part of the puzzle solving process. *Those who are really into the Half-Life storyline will notice the implied connection between Black Mesa and Aperature Science.
Last, but not least, Team Fortress 2. Team Fortress is just an awesome game. It just is. It is, next to Halo 3 and Counter-Strike, the greatest multiplayer shooter. However, it is better than Halo and Counter-Strike in the team play department as it is very had for any one player to triumph against an entire team. This is due to the class system employed by Team Fortress 2. A player can chose between a scout, soldier, demolition man, engineer, medic, heavy weapons guy, spy, sniper, and pyro and each class has its own strength and weakness. Thus, each player has to rely on and support his or her teammates in order to best accomplish the mission requirements.
If you would like a video review, the following link provides a well presented and neutral opinionated review. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26397.html

orange box

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

game rocks. you cant beat getting 5 games in one box for such a cheap price. portal or team fortress 2 are definitely worth it alone. including the new halflife episode and the old ones is also great. had some problems getting the old ones working but found some information online. they should have fixed the issues by now though. other than that, i still play team fortress 2 all the time and portal was one of the best games i have played in a long time.

Completely Happy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is worth the money paid for it. Portal was definitely fun, and the half life 2 episode 2 contains a good amount of playtime. I try to gauge a games worth based of amount of game time versus cost, and this is up there with the best.

Five of the best FPS games yet made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I already owned Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One, both of which are excellent in all respects. They've got intriguing, mature storylines, excellent gameplay, and graphics that even my non-gamer friends find like watching a movie. One surprise was that, although my computer is mediocre by the standards of most gamers, the games run very smoothly with all the features enabled.

So, I wanted Half-Life 2: Episode 2, and Team Fortress 2 sounded compelling, particularly as I had fond memories of Team Fortress Classic. Portal also sounded like it might be good. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is, in fact, quite good -- a solid continuation of the story, with slightly improved graphics, and a little more humor and characterization than the previous parts of the Half-Life saga. Team Fortress 2 is pretty good, but too much for my system.

However, the biggest surprise was Portal, which was very innovative, and also one of the best games I've ever played. It was relatively short -- I finished it in about five hours or so -- but I think part of what made it great was that it was no longer than it ought to have been. The game play is a matter of puzzle-solving, and the puzzles were just enough of a challenge for me to be satisfying when I solved them, without really being uncomfortably frustrating. You're slowly drawn into the story, organically in the process of playing the game. The graphic style is reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and not without reason; it's also reminiscent of the odd science fiction B-movie The Cube.

I'd say it's well worth the $20 just for Portal, plus you get a bunch of other great games to boot.

I notice there's some of the usual ranting from the tinfoil-beanie wearers about Steam. No, it's not spyware. Occasionally, Steam will ask permission to poll your hardware and submit the results to a survey of users, but it asks first.

I've actually gotten to like Steam pretty well -- it's a combined updater for all the Steam-installed games, game buddy finder, and yes, it pushes advertising. However, it's quite likely you'll actually be interested in some of the games advertised on Steam, some of which are free, and some of which are mods for games you've got installed. When you install games, it automatically creates shortcuts that will load Steam in the background and the game in the foreground, without bothering you about it all. I don't like the obsession with authentication software, but Steam was the least painful approach to it I've yet encountered. You generally only see the advertisements, news updates, etc., if you launch Steam directly. Having recently had to reinstall my OS nearly from scratch, I found that Steam made reinstalling my games a lot easier.

Buy it for Portal!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love HL 2, but I would recommend the Orange Box just for Portal, thrown in as a sort of bonus, like the B side on a best selling single (if anyone can remember those days). Portal is a puzzle game set in a story in which you are testing a new device that can open interdimensional tunnels. The puzzles are completely innovative, yet logical, the graphics and stability are excellent, but for me the best part was the story that unfolds as a computer guides you from test chamber to test chamber. Both the script and the voice acting are wonderful (and how often do you get to say that about computer games?), and they were the real motivation to keep moving through the puzzle series. The script/plot is darkly funny, leading me to laugh out loud and then be completely creeped out for the rest of the evening. It's full of loving small touches that pull you completely into this new world. And if you get really stuck, there are a million YouTube videos showing you exactly what you need to do next. (PS. The cake is not a lie)

Best value ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the best valued video game purchase I've ever made. Even though it cost me fifty dollars, it was completely worth it. Portal and TF2 alone would have made the purchase worthwhile. I already owned Half Life 2, and Steam's "Gift" system allowed me to get one of my friends a great Christmas present: a license of Half Life 2. Episodes One and Two were great added bonuses.

Portal is a game that every gamer should own: its amazing new style of play is something that should never be missed. While the game was, as everyone criticizes, much too short, the experience was well worth it. GLaDOS's haunting commentary throughout game is what brings the game from a nifty set of physics puzzles to a full fledged gaming experience

Team Fortress 2 is the star of this box though. The cartoonish graphics are beautiful, and will keep the game's graphics from looking dated for quite a while. The game is amazing because of the sheer joy I get from playing it. Because every class is so different, there is no end to the ways you can experience this game. Blazing through the levels as a scout is absurdly fun, but nothing compares to the sheer joy of watching a scout explode in your face as he accidentally runs in front of your rocket.

The Orange Box

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Amazing game, portal could be a little longer. I had troubles running the servers on team fortress though, this probably has something to do with Windows Vista. Half Life is an awesome game and if you already own the episodes it comes (or if you don't) with you can give a copy to your friends through Steam.

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