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The Orange Box | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $24.99
You Save: $5.00 (17%)
New (39) Used (14) from $24.00
Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 307
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: Shooter Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 9851
UPC: 014633098518
EAN: 0014633098518
ASIN: B000PE0HBI
Release Date: December 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: factory sealed
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| Features:
| • | 5 Games, One Box - The Orange Box is the ultimate collection of innovative action games for console, and an amazing introduction to the Half Life series for console gamers | | • | Epic Storyline - Half Life 2 - Episode Two takes gamers deeper into one of the best-known stories in gaming, following the desperate struggle of Gordon Freeman against the mysterious Combine. In this episode, gamers will leave the confines of City 17 for the first time. | | • | Redefining Action - Portal delivers an innovative new action gaming experience. Arming players with a portal gun allowing them to create portals from one location to another with the press of a button, Portal will forever change the way that gamers interact with their environment. | | • | World-Class Multiplayer - Team Fortress 2 is the sequel to granddaddy of role-based multiplayer action games. Featuring nine distinct roles - Heavy, Spy, Scout, Demoman, Engineer, Medic, Sniper, Soldier and Pyro - Team Fortress 2 is one of this year's most anticipated multiplayer games for any platform. |
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Product Description
The Orange Box includes all the content of The Black Box for PC, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Innovative games featured in The Orange Box include Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the second installment in Valve's episodic trilogy advances the award-winning story, leading the player to new locations outside of City 17, as well as the pioneering type of single-player action game Portal, which rewrites the rules for how players approach and manipulate their environment, and Team Fortress 2 -- an all-new version of the legendary title that spawned team based multiplayer action games with a daring new art style features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 Bang for your buck. August 25, 2008
The first thing that can be said for The Orange Box is what a deal it is. For less than the price of one game you're getting 5: Half Life 2, Episodes 1 and 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2. And every single one of those games are awesome in their own right. Starting with Half Life 2 and the 2 episodes; graphically all three are great and hold up even compared to newer games. The story and weapons are part of what make this game so fun and definitely one I'd recommend for those who enjoy both first person shooters and puzzle games, but beware as there are zombies. Team Fortress 2 is a quirky online first person shooter that is worth trying out and a lot of fun to play with a bunch of friends. Each character class has it's own unique personality to go along with it's unique weapons. Finally there's Portal. A first person action puzzle game that is both fun and challenging. GLaDOS the crazy computer who is putting you through all your test with the portal gun had me laughing out loud so many times and I replayed the game several times just to hear what she had to say. Plus the ending of the game, which I won't give away, is well worth the time put in getting through the trickier puzzles. Overall this is a great buy I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys fps game and puzzles that have a different point of view to them.
Want more story August 14, 2008
I was really hoping for closure with Halflife. I played Halflife 1 and now the orange box and I still feel like a don't know anything. Who is the dude in the jacket. What are the Vorts doing. I don't get it. Great game though.
No Title August 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Valve has made itself distinct in the PC world of gaming. We've all played through at least one session of Gordon Freeman clobbering some headcrab, have fond memoriories of a killer game of Team Fortress, and each time we see the fat man with the knob on his dome, we recognize how much skill Valve has. But Valve take the easy way out, by making the Orange Box a smourgasboard of games, but small ones.
The Orange Box is a great game deal, there's no denying that; the entire Half Life 2 collection with the 2nd sequal, the much innovative, mind-blowing Portal, and one of the origonal class-based multiplayers, Team Fortress 2. While there is 5 games total, the only true full game is the origonal Half Life 2. Both sequals are just episodes(half a game), not a full fledged 20+hr game, which goes the same for Portal, Valve's interpetation of a test lab rat. Among all the gold(or orange) in the Box, Portal truly is a diamond, by circling around a wormhole-generator gun as the main gameplay mechanic, using it to solve puzzles for a appliance company. Seems simple enough, but innovation is just breaking into games now(outside Nintendo). Portal is enjoyable enough, fun enough, and brillant enough to stand on it's own two feet, but Valve gives it 4 support beams to fall back on, channling the Box as a pilot game to lauch a hopefull franchise.
After hitting the snooze button for 10 years, Valve woke up to the fans call of a 2nd edition of Team Fortress. Instead of following the sequal norm of an upgraded graphic engine, Valve rehauls the whole look, flip-flopping over to a Pixar-type look, Incredibles, if I had to call one out, but ramped up violence/blood is what slappes the M on the box more than anything. Valve keeps one eye on TF2 online, now giving patches and updates for the unpopular clases, which keeps gameplay fresh and stops Valve from pumping out another full fledged game. Team Fortress has a great online community, but thats just it. It's ALL online, nothing else. No offline services, which isen't to bad, but when fans get love affairs for certain maps, the play-feild gets real stale.
Even though Valve gave us 5 games(4shorties) it's has all the makings for the perfect game sequal: a strong foundation to build off of(Half-Life 2), fresh new ideas, while still keeping to it's roots(Episodes 1 and 2, Portal), plus, a killer multiplayer function(Team Fortress 2). Valve put all of the ideas in the same box, but just put barriars between them.
 The Orange Box for PS3 August 10, 2008
If you are reading this then you are thinking about buying the Orange Box for the Playstation 3 system. It is 100% worth it. Make sure not to pay more than $30 USD for a new copy but it is one of the best buys out there. You will not be sorry.
Trust Me.
Sound and video glitches, but still worth buying. August 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, it's true, this is a somewhat shoddy port.
The audio is the biggest problem, from time to time the soundtrack engine glitches out for several minutes at a time, resulting in unpleasant digital noise over the music. In addition, sound effects in Team Fortress 2 often go missing when too much is happening at once.
There are some frame rate dips too, which really eat into the sense of immersion and can make TF2 a bit frustrating when too much is going on next to you.
But having said all that, Portal is an excellent game, and Team Fortress 2 has actually got me playing online and enjoying it. So given the cut price of the package and the amount of game contained, I'd have to say it's worth buying.
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