Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, this is the best gaming purchase you could ever make back in 07. At double the price it still would have been a steal.
Take Team Fortress out of there and it's perfect.
A collection of some of the best games ever made, even on console, except for TF2 though i guess
After playing on PC this feels really bad on console, but still get these games.
Was great at the time, I don't think there's much reason to get this nowadays, especially since TF2's console servers are almost completely shut down last time I checked. Still, it was (and to an extent still is) worth it for Half-Life 2 + its episodes and Portal.
absolute best buy of 2007. even on xbox.
4 solid games and also version 1.0 of team fortress 2
2 great games, and 1 defunct broken port, all in a single package.
Half Life 2 and all it's episodes- ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ - are amazing, and such a great fps game I absolutely recommend anyone play. Don't ask for Half Life 3, at this point. Still Great game to experience
Portal- ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ - An amazing unique puzzle game that features, you guessed it, portals. It really makes your brain think about where to place portals and how to launch yourself at the correct time to get to another side of the room your in, also featuring sarcastic dialogue from Glados. Amazing game I recommend.
Team Fortress 2 (Console Port)- ⭐ /5- Very fun after the first 3 matches then gets really repetitive, also the refusal to update the game has kept it so far back and hack filled that it's pointless wanting to play it. Maybe if they made a PS4/PS5/Xbox Series port and had regular updates TF2 would be great, but this port is just trash, play the PC version.
Half Life 2 and all it's episodes- ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ - are amazing, and such a great fps game I absolutely recommend anyone play. Don't ask for Half Life 3, at this point. Still Great game to experience
Portal- ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ - An amazing unique puzzle game that features, you guessed it, portals. It really makes your brain think about where to place portals and how to launch yourself at the correct time to get to another side of the room your in, also featuring sarcastic dialogue from Glados. Amazing game I recommend.
Team Fortress 2 (Console Port)- ⭐ /5- Very fun after the first 3 matches then gets really repetitive, also the refusal to update the game has kept it so far back and hack filled that it's pointless wanting to play it. Maybe if they made a PS4/PS5/Xbox Series port and had regular updates TF2 would be great, but this port is just trash, play the PC version.
An incredible package. This was my first encounter with Valve, let alone any of these games. HL2 was phenomenally tight and polished, the HL2 episodes were more experimental and not as polished, but still lovely, TF2 was the first online shooter I really loved, and Portal was a short and sweet delight. I had a ton of fun with this whole package, it was such a great introduction to Valve and their games. Oh, and the dev commentary was rad! <3
will one day tell my gf i shall have mine encased in a glass display box like a museum exhibit in the middle of our living room
Valve should make games again
The GOAT collection.
I don't think it would matter how much this thing cost. It'd probably still be considered the best deal in gaming.
How could you not love it?
le choc civilisationel
tf2 just doesn't work
my entire childhood is in this orange box
Though it has been said very often, it is undeniable that this is probably the best collection of games ever made. Consistent quality throughout all 5 entries for a very good price and a nice to play them on console.
Honestly one of the best collections out there back in the late 00s.
Some of the first non nintendo games I ever played and holy shit they still hold up
One of the best bundles out there for highly rated games. I got to play all of these for the first time. Half Life Episode 2 and Portal are great single player experiences and Team Fortress 2 was a heck of a good time for a long time even on the PlayStation.
"PC FPS For A New Millennium"
"The Orange Box" was a breakthrough compilation for Valve Software, and served as a great example of the quality of service the company had served throughout the 2000's and late 1990's. It combined three newly released PC FPS titles (Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2) alongside two other celebrated FPS games (Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1) in a steal of a package. Not only that, but it provided an opportunity to experience some classic (HL2E2), current (TF2), and future FPS masterpieces created by some of the best developers of the genre at the time, all for a discounted price!
Now I could go into a review of each individual game, but I will have a separate review of each one full finished soon enough so I won't bother here. Instead I will shortly discuss why I give this collection a "masterpiece" score.
This collection was sold at $50 (or $60 for consoles) upon release, which for the PC's case was a discount on all three games for buying the collection. This is impressive considering Valve chose to compile three newly released games together as a Day One purchase...with a huge discount. This pro-PC gamer mindset was a huge deal at the time, and really helped to support a platform that was not getting as much love as the console scene at the time was getting. Additionally, these games all ended up being quality titles, if not masterpieces of the genre in general. These titles perfectly supplied a mix of immersive storytelling, puzzle solving, class-based multiplayer, quality presentation, and tight game mechanics. It's simply a perfect package of style and substance for the FPS genre as a PC gamer, and this is coming from someone who was not able to experience these games in their heyday.
"The Orange Box" is just a masterclass in quality FPS game design and positive consumer behavior for the industry. It provides a great deal and a great experience with each part of its package, and solidified Valve's spot as a legendary developer (even if just for that specific time). I Recommend any and all to purchase the games in this collection despite it being discontinued as a collection currently, but the heart and soul of these games continues to live on to this day.
Final Verdict: 10/10 (Masterpiece)
"The Orange Box" was a breakthrough compilation for Valve Software, and served as a great example of the quality of service the company had served throughout the 2000's and late 1990's. It combined three newly released PC FPS titles (Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2) alongside two other celebrated FPS games (Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1) in a steal of a package. Not only that, but it provided an opportunity to experience some classic (HL2E2), current (TF2), and future FPS masterpieces created by some of the best developers of the genre at the time, all for a discounted price!
Now I could go into a review of each individual game, but I will have a separate review of each one full finished soon enough so I won't bother here. Instead I will shortly discuss why I give this collection a "masterpiece" score.
This collection was sold at $50 (or $60 for consoles) upon release, which for the PC's case was a discount on all three games for buying the collection. This is impressive considering Valve chose to compile three newly released games together as a Day One purchase...with a huge discount. This pro-PC gamer mindset was a huge deal at the time, and really helped to support a platform that was not getting as much love as the console scene at the time was getting. Additionally, these games all ended up being quality titles, if not masterpieces of the genre in general. These titles perfectly supplied a mix of immersive storytelling, puzzle solving, class-based multiplayer, quality presentation, and tight game mechanics. It's simply a perfect package of style and substance for the FPS genre as a PC gamer, and this is coming from someone who was not able to experience these games in their heyday.
"The Orange Box" is just a masterclass in quality FPS game design and positive consumer behavior for the industry. It provides a great deal and a great experience with each part of its package, and solidified Valve's spot as a legendary developer (even if just for that specific time). I Recommend any and all to purchase the games in this collection despite it being discontinued as a collection currently, but the heart and soul of these games continues to live on to this day.
Final Verdict: 10/10 (Masterpiece)
One of the best gaming collections ever made, great fucking value!
Also, Portal? Nobody saw that coming, such a masterpiece.
Also, Portal? Nobody saw that coming, such a masterpiece.
On the Xbox 360 it's very useful as a whole, but the TF2 port of it is... kind of poor and doesn't support splitscreen so there's nothing you can do offline.
On Steam it's just a bundle to buy the games.
On Steam it's just a bundle to buy the games.
the orange box no se podría puntuar como juego pero es un buen pack en el cual invertir
Grand ol time with an insane amount content to chew on for a long, long time
I had a used copy of this that would only run Portal, HL2 and Ep1 so i'm rating it according to the amount of games i had from this
CLASSIC!!!!!
My first experience with Valve. The best $20 I ever spent.
A perfect collection of Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2 with both episodes and Portal.