| The Orange Box | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $27.99
You Save: $12.00 (30%)
New (25) Used (9) from $21.05
Avg. Customer Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 105
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 09852
UPC: 014633098525
EAN: 0014633098525
ASIN: B000PS2XES
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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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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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 186 more reviews...
 Steam Sucks to no end July 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this game used on Amazon. Steam will not let me play it because it says it is registered to someone else. I tried all the recomended help settings with no answers to any of my e-mails. Thank The Lord for the nice woman who I bought it from giving me my money back plus shipping.
I have bought my last game involving steam lic.
Most of the reviews are done by Steam employees.
 Perhaps the best deal you will ever see... June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
5 games for half the cost of 1. HL2 is incredible for those who haven't played it - the best linear FPS I have ever played. Episode 1 and 2 pick up exactly where you leave off in both action and storyline. Portal is a mind-blowing puzzle game which toys with your tendencies and forces you to "think in portals". Add to that TF2 and you have an incredible deal. Buy it.
Perfect. June 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Orange Box is the ultimate gamer's dream. While a couple of the games included with the package are not very long, namely Episode One and Portal, you will still be provided with endless hours of fun with the included Team Fortress 2. The engine that the games run on, Source, is very versatile and allows you to lower the graphics enough to play it full-speed if your computer is not great. I was surprised at how great the graphics STILL looked even after I lowered everything to the minimum for my rather-old computer.
Great Collection To Those New to Half Life 2 June 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Orange Box and its games have gotten over a hundred rewards, and for good reason. Considering that the collection is now on Amazon for $30, I highly recommend that you get this collection if
A) You're a fan of FPS gameplay
B) You don't already have the games
Half Life 2, by and large, is a great game. The story is great, the action intense, and it definitely has plenty of great moments. If you're skeptical, I suggest downloading the Half Life 2 demo and trying the game out.
Graphically, there's not much to complain about. It is not Crysis, but considering the age of the game, I wouldn't be surprised. It runs smoothly on my system (Athlon 64 3700, 2 gigs DDR 400 ram, Geforce 6800 GT 256 mb videocard).
Gameplay wise, as mentioned before, the game has plenty of good moments, though I don't see it as much of a breakthrough to me. The game gets better and more immersible in the included expansion packs however.
Portal is a very unique puzzle solving game. It is also very challenging (at least to me) and can thus be very frustrating. However, it is a rewarding game and I love the humor in it.
Team Fortress 2, unlike other online FPS games, is truly team based. It is the kind of game in which sides win or lose not because of a single maverick, but because of how well coordinated a team is. The classes are remarkably balanced and set in such a way that weaknesses and strengths are always complemented with other classes (hence making the game more team oriented).
Overall, the collection is definitely good and definitely worth the money. Half Life 2 is a great game, as is Portal and TF 2. I thought Steam was a bit confusing at first, but I don't find it particularly annoying and I do find it useful for communication and organization. However, because you need to have access to Steam to play the games,
INTERNET ACCESS IS ALWAYS REQUIRED TO PLAY THE GAMES, EVEN IF THEY'RE SINGLE PLAYER GAMES
If you do not have internet, DO NOT GET THIS COLLECTION.
If you don't have the games already listed, then I highly suggest you get the collection. I don't think you'll regret it.
Thank You Valve!!! Orange Box excelent as i expected!!! June 27, 2008
5 of the best video games out there.
The 5 games are excelent. I love them all!!!
Portal 10/10
Team Fortress 2 10/10
Half Life 2 10/10
Half Life 2: Episode One 10/10
Half Life 2: Episode Two 10/10
Graphics 10/10
Sound(7.1 speakers) 10/10
Works great with no problems on windows xp pro servipack 2,
and looks great and smooth on my pc
Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2gb
Asrock Dual Series 7.1 Audio
Radeon X850 XT 256mb
1 gig DDR 400mhz
80gig Sata II
LCD Monitor Gem 17"
Creative Inspire p7800 7.1 speakers
Graphics on medium/high
Resolution 1024x768
antialiasing 4x
Anisotropic 8x
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