The Orange Box
from: Electronic Arts
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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
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
Features:
- Characters - Advanced facial animation system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. With 40 distinct facial muscles, human characters convey the full array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity and intelligence
- Physics - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy
- Graphics - Source's shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to create movies such as Toy Story and Monster's, Inc., creates the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game.
- AI - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain, and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand
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- The most fun packed into one box
3 awesome games, Half-Life 2 (with episode one), Team Fortress 2 and Portal, each uniquely entertaining. A great value for hours of play! There is nothing negative that can be said about this gem from Steam. Highly recommended.
Rating: - AWESOMENESS
This game is AWESOME!! The graphics are very good. The game play is very smooth. Portal is amazing! My favourite game is Half-life 2. Team Fortress Two is very fun, my sister thinks I am addicted....
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- The Orange Box crashed our hard drive???
While playing this video, our laptop stopped working. Were told by Dell Support Tech that the game, because it was written by Atari was not really compatible with Windows.
Has anyone else had this experiece?
Rating: - GREAT HL2 PACKAGE DEAL
This is a great package deal for Half-Life 2 fans. This was my first exposure to the Half-Life 2 story line and it really makes the game moreinteresting. You feel more like a part of the story than just going through levels killing eveything that moves. Yes, you can do that as well. Throughout the game you are given directions, clues, warnings, hints, etc. that will let you know what your next goal should be. The game is very intuitive and has a natural feel. The HAVOC physics engine is very cool ... Read More
Rating: - Great value. Worth the money and a lot of fun
These are really fun games. This was the first time I played these games and was able to get right into them. Portal was a little short,but was fun and differant. I am still working on half life 2 and it is good never a dull moment with a lot of action and then some slower times to find your way out of certain areas or get familaure with a new weapon of re-stock ammo and health. All and all a lot of fun. I have only peaked at Team Fortress, but it looks good as well. Also I am useing Vista home pro, ... Read More
- The most fun packed into one box3 awesome games, Half-Life 2 (with episode one), Team Fortress 2 and Portal, each uniquely entertaining. A great value for hours of play! There is nothing negative that can be said about this gem from Steam. Highly recommended.
- AWESOMENESSThis game is AWESOME!! The graphics are very good. The game play is very smooth. Portal is amazing! My favourite game is Half-life 2. Team Fortress Two is very fun, my sister thinks I am addicted....
- The Orange Box crashed our hard drive???While playing this video, our laptop stopped working. Were told by Dell Support Tech that the game, because it was written by Atari was not really compatible with Windows.
Has anyone else had this experiece?
- GREAT HL2 PACKAGE DEALThis is a great package deal for Half-Life 2 fans. This was my first exposure to the Half-Life 2 story line and it really makes the game moreinteresting. You feel more like a part of the story than just going through levels killing eveything that moves. Yes, you can do that as well. Throughout the game you are given directions, clues, warnings, hints, etc. that will let you know what your next goal should be. The game is very intuitive and has a natural feel. The HAVOC physics engine is very cool ... Read More
- Great value. Worth the money and a lot of funThese are really fun games. This was the first time I played these games and was able to get right into them. Portal was a little short,but was fun and differant. I am still working on half life 2 and it is good never a dull moment with a lot of action and then some slower times to find your way out of certain areas or get familaure with a new weapon of re-stock ammo and health. All and all a lot of fun. I have only peaked at Team Fortress, but it looks good as well. Also I am useing Vista home pro, ... Read More
