Half-Life 2 - The Orange Box PS3 Reviews

Half-Life 2 - The Orange Box details

Formats:	16 PS3, 15 Xbox 360
Genres:	Adventure, Party/Music/Misc, Shooter
Developers:	VALVE SOFTWARE
Rental release:	07 Jul 2007

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Still Alive

By KatiMark (33 reviews) from Warwickshire, England , 08 Jan 2008

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Wow. There is just far too much to say about this game. Just far too much. With 5 games in 1 box I am not surprised that no one has attempted a review to cover that much detail in 500 words!

I suppose the best thing to do is presume that you, the reader, has no knowledge of this game what-so-ever. You are now a scientist named Gordon Freeman. With several nicknames including 'The Free Man' and so forth. You first made an appearance in the late 90's with the original Half Life game, with two expansion packs closely following into the new decade. You started in a research facility named Black Mesa, where things got a bit pear shaped. Incidently, you managed to open a portal to a boarder world named Xen - where creatures of every shape and size squeezed through and then continued to slaughter everyone and anyone in sight.

Thats the background of Half Life, in a nutshell. The new (or not so new) Half Life 2 introduces you to a new world of pain and a slight hint of genecide. Trying not to give too much away about the storyline or game (because that's really what you are going to buy this game for) you are under attack from an alien species pretty much the entire time. The game shares a lot of attributes with such games like Silent Hill, to the degree of walking along and wetting your kecks every so often when something flies out and gives you a good going over.

That's 1/5 games.

The 2nd game is coincidently Half Life - Episode 1. Pretty straight forward.

The 3rd game is Half Life - Episode 2. Hmm!

The 4th game is an innovative new style of stratigic puzzle solving called Portal. Honestly, I can't see this game every losing it's playability. If you're not at all interested in first person shooters - just rent this game to play portal. Guess what it's about? Portals!!

And finally, the last game in the box, so to say, is a renowned Team Fortress multiplayer game. Graphically different to Half Life, with a different weapons system and.. well let's just say it's got very little simularity to Half Life! Addictive online class-based multiplayer. Simple.

Still not too sure whether to buy it or not? Rent it! Just don't expect to blink for the next month!
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By a customer , 04 May 2013

A very good game. Or 5 games put into 1. Portal the slightly funny amd very challenging puzzle solving game. Half-Life 2-A sc-fi shooter involving gravity guns,headcrabs and of course dog, who could the giant oversized mechanical beast. And last but not least Team Fortress 2, the entirely online squad based online shooter. Very comical,very fun. It's your decision now l.
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SO good.

By FufuMagoo (1 review) , 29 Nov 2012

Rent this game, in fact, buy it. Absolute masterpieces of gaming history in Half-life and Portal, simply outstanding. TF good for a laugh.
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THE LAG OMG

By a customer , 21 Apr 2012

maybe my connection but i rented this for TF2 half was fine good game porthole never been keen on but TF' ive never seens so much lag decent enougth game but all comes down to the LAG i got on TF2 ill stick to it on pc :( so 2 stars from me
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GETS BORING! AND ONLY 2 FUN GAMES

By a customer , 28 Mar 2012

my expirence with this game is that IT GETS A BIT BORING AFTER A WHILE!!! AND THE ONLY FUN GAMES ARE PORTAL AND TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!!
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orange box

By leebob123 (1 review) , 03 Mar 2012

i havent played it yet but im renting it i read some reviews and i would agree with the people who said its good so plaese tell me. im only going to play half life 2 and team fortress cause my brother want to play it he said it has hard puzzzles so I mait play it so ill post it and tell you so if its good or not thanks for reading happy gameing.
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