What is The Orange Box? - Blu-ray Forum

Tanman19az · 01-02-2008, 10:24 PM

Ive played both Half Life 1 and 2. Is Orange Box just an expansion pack? Also is just a multiplayer release or does it have a 1 player campaign?

jling84 · 01-02-2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tanman19az

Ive played both Half Life 1 and 2. Is Orange Box just an expansion pack? Also is just a multiplayer release or does it have a 1 player campaign?

Think of Orange Box as a compilation of sorts. It includes the original Half Life 2 and both of its episodes. Also it includes Team Fortress 2. Finally and best of all, it includes what should have won game of the year, PORTAL! Portal is a very trippy puzzle FPS by the way. It is a must play. Half-life 2, HL2 Episode1 & 2, and Portal are 1 player games. Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer online shooter.

davidPS3 · 01-02-2008, 10:29 PM

This is a collection of games from the company.

You have all of the Half Life Games (except the original-go figure) and two other games, Portal being a blast!

iNCREDiPiNOY · 01-02-2008, 10:33 PM

Me neither. There are 5 games in 1 box. Orange is the color of the box. That's why they name it for such reason.

JakeNRoland · 01-02-2008, 10:47 PM

I never intended on buying The Orange Box due to porting issues, but someone got it for me over the holidays as a gift. I'm only a small portion into Half Life 2 (I've never played a Half Life game ever) and I'm almost done with Portal. Portal is all sorts of awesome. I wish it were longer or had other gameplay modes. I'm sad I'm almost done with that one.

Luis_A51 · 01-02-2008, 10:54 PM

I wasnt going to get this becuase of all the EA-ports issues. But It just keeps getting awesome reviews and quite frankly im tired of FPS games with little/no campaign modes. The single player mode in this should be quite long since its HL2 and both episodes... well worth the money to me even before Portal and TF2

jq71586 · 01-02-2008, 11:45 PM

This is a great buy. It's one of the best values in video game history.

It's also a great way to pass the time during January and February where not many games will be coming out.

JakeNRoland · 01-02-2008, 11:49 PM

And to be honest... despite Valve's apparent hatred of the PS3... EA seemed to do an adequete job on this. I've only played a little bit, but everything seems cool to me.

owa · 01-02-2008, 11:52 PM

I've enjoyed The Orange Box quite a bit even though I don't like Valve. I could never play HL2 for long on the PC since it's one of the few games that gives me motion sickness. Playing on the PS3 I haven't had that issue (maybe b/c I can sit a lot further from the screen) so I'm seeing a lot of it for the first time.

Verbal · 01-02-2008, 11:59 PM

Never been a big fan of shooters on consoles, so this one remains a PC-only purchase for me. Brilliant package...Portal is amazing. Game of the Year hands-down. Episode Two is also fantastic...the big battle at the end of the game is brilliantly intense.

reiella · 01-03-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by JakeNRoland

I never intended on buying The Orange Box due to porting issues, but someone got it for me over the holidays as a gift. I'm only a small portion into Half Life 2 (I've never played a Half Life game ever) and I'm almost done with Portal. Portal is all sorts of awesome. I wish it were longer or had other gameplay modes. I'm sad I'm almost done with that one.

You do know there's an advanced mode with portal? Or are you almost done with that?

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And there's hope with Episode 3... Given where you end up.

Tanman19az · 01-03-2008, 07:27 AM

Thanks guys I'll probably end up buying it or renting it, probably rent and save my money to buy blu-rays

XSilentCobraX · 01-06-2008, 07:04 AM

Word is, theres a path coming to Fix all the problems the PS3 version had.
Source is on IGN.com

chnandler_bong · 01-22-2008, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by XSilentCobraX

Word is, theres a path coming to Fix all the problems the PS3 version had.
Source is on IGN.com

I hope that's true, because it broke my heart that it may be a bad port. A buddy of mine bought this for me for the PC as a Christmas gift, but if there is a patch released I may have to buy the PS3 version.

Of course it helps that my PC is over 7 years old and won't be playing the PC version for a while anyway.

ra1024 · 01-22-2008, 01:49 PM

I was eagerly awaiting this one until I found out EA was going to port it. If they patch it, I might give it a rent and see at that point.

mystiksuicide · 01-22-2008, 02:12 PM

We are not gamers but this is one game I was planning on getting for Cris.

Go Blue · 01-22-2008, 02:30 PM

I like it so far, but the load times during the game are ridiculously long, IMO.

01-02-2008, 10:24 PM	#1
Tanman19az Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Lake Forest, CA Blu-ray collection:57 Trading Score:23	What is orange box? Ive played both Half Life 1 and 2. Is Orange Box just an expansion pack? Also is just a multiplayer release or does it have a 1 player campaign?

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davidPS3 Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Seattle	This is a collection of games from the company. You have all of the Half Life Games (except the original-go figure) and two other games, Portal being a blast!

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01-02-2008, 10:47 PM	#5
JakeNRoland Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Bay Area, CA	I never intended on buying The Orange Box due to porting issues, but someone got it for me over the holidays as a gift. I'm only a small portion into Half Life 2 (I've never played a Half Life game ever) and I'm almost done with Portal. Portal is all sorts of awesome. I wish it were longer or had other gameplay modes. I'm sad I'm almost done with that one.

01-02-2008, 10:54 PM	#6
Luis_A51 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Calgary, AB Blu-ray reviews:4	I wasnt going to get this becuase of all the EA-ports issues. But It just keeps getting awesome reviews and quite frankly im tired of FPS games with little/no campaign modes. The single player mode in this should be quite long since its HL2 and both episodes... well worth the money to me even before Portal and TF2

01-02-2008, 11:45 PM	#7
jq71586 Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Fall River, MA Blu-ray collection:55 Trading Score:29	This is a great buy. It's one of the best values in video game history. It's also a great way to pass the time during January and February where not many games will be coming out.

01-02-2008, 11:49 PM	#8
JakeNRoland Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Bay Area, CA	And to be honest... despite Valve's apparent hatred of the PS3... EA seemed to do an adequete job on this. I've only played a little bit, but everything seems cool to me.

01-02-2008, 11:52 PM	#9
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	I've enjoyed The Orange Box quite a bit even though I don't like Valve. I could never play HL2 for long on the PC since it's one of the few games that gives me motion sickness. Playing on the PS3 I haven't had that issue (maybe b/c I can sit a lot further from the screen) so I'm seeing a lot of it for the first time.

01-02-2008, 11:59 PM	#10
Verbal Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Toronto, ON 4K collection:172 Blu-ray collection:867 DVD collection:117 Blu-ray reviews: 5	Never been a big fan of shooters on consoles, so this one remains a PC-only purchase for me. Brilliant package...Portal is amazing. Game of the Year hands-down. Episode Two is also fantastic...the big battle at the end of the game is brilliantly intense.

01-03-2008, 07:27 AM	#12
Tanman19az Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Lake Forest, CA Blu-ray collection:57 Trading Score:23	Thanks guys I'll probably end up buying it or renting it, probably rent and save my money to buy blu-rays

01-06-2008, 07:04 AM	#13
XSilentCobraX Senior Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:264 Blu-ray reviews:135	Word is, theres a path coming to Fix all the problems the PS3 version had. Source is on IGN.com

01-22-2008, 01:49 PM	#15
ra1024 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:1	I was eagerly awaiting this one until I found out EA was going to port it. If they patch it, I might give it a rent and see at that point.

01-22-2008, 02:12 PM	#16
mystiksuicide Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Miami Blu-ray collection:305 Blu-ray reviews:27	We are not gamers but this is one game I was planning on getting for Cris.

01-22-2008, 02:30 PM	#17
Go Blue Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Home Theater Gallery:23 Blu-ray collection:160 Trading Score:7	I like it so far, but the load times during the game are ridiculously long, IMO.

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