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pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

my rating is mostly for team fortress 2 and portal, both are great games. The only critique i have is i wish there were rewards for completing the in game acheivements

Orange Box is amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Orange Box is absolutely amazing. No game(s) compare. All 3 games and its sub-games are great, great, great. I've had so much fun with friends and going solo playing all games in this deal.

Please Place Your Hypercube in the....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Absolutely amazing.....

Portal is one of those games that will establish a new genre of titles. If 4th dimensional battle concepts began with Sub-Zero and Baraka in mortal combat as well as Knight Crawler in a host of combat oriented games, Portal will bring it forward a generation in pvp, and it is only a matter of time before they make this pvp. There are other games within the Orange box, but Portal is worth every penny spent.

I miss my Hypercube....

Convenient to use and good deal of money

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This package is cheaper than buing those games separately. The installer is quite convenient so no further looking for DVDs and hassle with enetering them to the DVD drive is necessary.

The Ultimate FPS Pack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Orange Box is a collection of games that I think even the most casual gamer should have on their shelves. I have so far only played through and beaten portal (other than the epic HL2 and Episode 1, which I owned previously), but TF2 and Episode 2 I have heard are great!

Portal was an incredibly unique game that brought many hours of enjoyment. I am the kind of person to try and get EVERYTHING in a game. While playing you can unlock "bonuses", which are certain goals (i.e. knock all cameras off the walls) you have to strive for. This is a game everyone should play through to the end. Not an FPS (First Person Shooter) fan? Give Portal a try... it may very well make you reconsider.

Sure, I am a previous owner of HalfLife2 and Ep1, but Valve set up a system where you can transfer an existing subscription to a friend as a gift (or resell it, of course). This kind of system is unheard of in the game industry and I personally believe other companies releasing game bundles should consider making this a standard.

You really can't go wrong with this bundle. Even if you own HL2 and EP1 already, you're still getting an amazing deal at retail price.

Excellence in fun, value, and teamwork

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This package has a lot of value for the money. It includes Portal a very unique game involving in effect a portable hole into dimensions and many levels of puzzle solving combined with a weird kind of humor with a theme song that will stick with you after you stop playing. Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2 are unique in how you begin to care and interact with the characters in this series using Havok physics and a tendency to have a strong story line. Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer, cartoon shading, simply fun through and through game with team work, goals, and learning new maps part of the fun. You may play on moving Mario Karts, climb a skycraper, shoot a rocket to jump on a roof at a Granary, Spy like in the Man from Uncle to destroy sentrys, engineer solutions, blow up with sticky bombs at an entrance, and all of these choices will have underlying a sense of humor with excellent use of lighting to get you entirely into that world. I find myself playing it after a hard day first just to relax and have a sheer sense of fun. That is what all good games are all about that last, a sheer sense of the appreciation of fun.

The best $29.99 I've ever spent.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Excellent package of games. I fully expected HF2 to rival the original, and it's even better than that first-rate game. I've yet to play Episode 1 and 2, so I still have that to look forward to. Portal was a blast! I've only dinked around with Team Fortress 2, so I can't say much about it. However, with only Portal and HF2 under my belt so far, I can honestly same it's money well spent. Everything has run well on my getting-long-in-the-tooth rig, so even if you don't have a state-of-the-art machine you can still probably handle this collection of games.

Best bang for your buck!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the best bang-for-your-buck PC game out there. Half-Life 2 is one of the best games ever made (just check every review ever written), Portal is fun (if only for a short while) and Team Fortress 2 is one of the most fun multiplayer FPS games available.

I've had the game for just about a month and I can't seem to break away from it...Halo 3 and Guitar Hero 3 are sitting on the shelf untouched. Way too much fun if you ask me!

Stays true to the series, better than Episode 1

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't be happier with this group of games. I've played through the series so far and have to say, I was more than impressed with this installment. I was able to purchase the Orange Box for about $30, which definitely sweetened the deal. For what you get, it's definitely worth it, especially when compared with Episode 1, which I believe I paid close to $15 for.

Half-Life 2 and Episode 1 I already owned, but both are excellent games. Graphics, physics engine, story, gameplay, all extremely well done. Some elements parts of Episode 1 were a little disappointing, but it was a still an excellent game. Being the first attempt at Episodic gaming for the series, there were sure to be some bumps to work out, but they more than made up for the lack in Episode 1 with Episode 2.

Episode 2 had much more of a cinematic feel to it which worked amazingly well for the experience. The story really starts to pick up and gets much more interesting at this point as well. On top of everything else, one of my favorite parts of the game was somewhere around the half-way point in which you get a car. This was by far the funnest part of the game. The handling on the vehicle was great, they must have improved from the vehicles in the series thus far. The scenarios in which you use the car are very well planned as well, further enhancing the experience. For brevity's sake, I'll just say I wanted to play Episode 2 again before I even finished it, it was that fun. There certainly are challenging portions of the game, but not to the degree of frustration. Also worth mentioning is the introduction of achievements which further improves its replay value.

As for Portals, I loved this game. The gameplay, again, is outstanding and while the concept is simple, they execute it perfectly. Beyond the story, there are advanced maps and challenge levels (fastest time, fewest portals, fewest steps). There's also the ability to import new maps. There are a number of resources online already providing new maps, so the possibilities are nearly limitless.

Team Fortress 2, I haven't played much yet, so I can't say much. I'm sure other reviews could do a better job than I can with my limited experience, but I can say that even if this wasn't included in the Orange Box, the compilation would still be worth purchasing.

Coming from someone who previously owned 2/5 games included and have only really experienced 2/3 I didn't already own, I can still say this purchase is definitely worth while and, especially at $30, is an incredible buy. Best $30 I've spent on PC gaming in quite some time.

Go play Quake Wars!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 32
Date: October 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game took 3 years to long. They force you to buy games you already own under the guise that you can give them to a friend. However, they know full and well your friend will want to play what you are playing, so they will end up buying the full box and have games to give away too. Don't waste your time with this overhyped piece of junk.

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