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Video Games : The Orange BoxIn association with Amazon.comfrom: Electronic Arts  
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 yearsAmazon Minimum Age: 204 months Binding: DVD-ROM Brand: Valve EAN: 0014633098525 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Label: Electronic Arts Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: October 09, 2007 Studio: Electronic Arts Sales Rank: 88 MPN: 9852 Features:
Accessories: Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: With part 3 of the Half-Life saga in the horizon, this collection brings you from the start so you're ready to take on the third episode of this exciting trilogy. Half Life earns its popularity and reputation at being the first First Person Shooter game to use aq lifelike, realtime plot that pits you in the action as well as behind the trigger. Created by Valve Software, each episode employs advanced technologies for better, more realistic play. In Half-Life, you assume the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a recently graduated theoretical physicist who must fight his way out of an underground research facility whose teleportation experimentations have gone awry. The second part of the trilogy of episodic expansions for Half-Life 2, Episode Two picks up where Episode One left off?with Gordon and Alyx traveling out of City 17 and into a vast new environment. The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people people he cares about are counting on him. Intense, real-time gameplay of Half-Life 2 is made possible only by Source, Valve's new proprietary engine technology Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Must-Have for all GamersA good deal, worth the money just for Half-Life Episodes One and Two alone. Portal is a great game as well, although it doesn't have as much excitement as Half-Life it is still quite entertaining. Rating: - really goodThe individual games are a bit short for an experienced gamer, but the quality of the games are top notch. Portal being part of the orange box package was ground breaking. It preformed in a way that no other game has to date. The story line of episode 2 was unforgettable, the only question being : When is the next episode coming out? And of course hours of fun of blowing up, and being blown up in team fortress 2. Rating: - Best value in gamingFirst, let me address some concerns that people have had which would be regarding the Steam software required to play and update the included games. Basically this is an anti-piracy tool (which works very well... Valve games are the LEAST pirated in the world, which is why they can offer consumers great value's such as the Orange Box). Anyways, yes, Valve should probably disclose information about Steam on the box, however in my honest opinion, Steam is a great piece of software. Steam allows ... Read More Rating: - Buy This GameThis Game should be bought by anyone who likes first person shooters and puzzle games. The real draw is the combo of all 5 games in the one package. It has Team Fortess 2, Half Life 2; episodes 1 and 2 as well, and Portal. Even if you are not specifically wanting to play the some of the games i would suggest buying this package, instead of the seperate packages, so if you do want to play it in the future you already ave it istead of shelling out $20 for it later. Rating: - Don't already own half-life 2? Then give this 5 stars. Some pros and cons but over all very good, just not excellent.The first thing to note is that orange box is more expensive on Steam than through Amazon. So in many ways at that price you can stock this review back up to 5 stars. However Steam does offer this product for $10 more (excluding tax). So its interesting that Valve cannot compete with Amazon (or doesn't want too) but I think to be fair in a review it would be best to give an overall review of this product rather than just the Amazon version. The orange box is a compilation. It contains ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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