The Orange Box

[Blaze]

On Portal:

Holy crap this game was fun but a bit short at an average first play time of two hours.  I rate this game a 10/10 for unique ideas and a very funny storyline involving a Disk Operating System and Cake.  :)

On Team Fortress 2:
I bought it the other day and damn, I've been playing it only for a day and a half and I'm already addicted.  If anyone is considering getting it, please do! 

If you buy the Orange Box from Valve, you'll get it (Team Fortress 2), Portal (Another awesome++; game, based on the style of Narbacular Drop), Half Life, Episode 1, and Episode 2.  If you already have any of the listed above you'll also get a gift invite for a friend.  If you send them the gift invite for a game such as HL2, they get the full game forever (Could be good selling to friends, although this is against the terms and everyone who is anyone in games should have already played HL1..)!

Anyways, back to the topic of TF2, it's got the same 9 classes the original Team Fortress Classic had but with a lot of modifications.  It's pretty damn balanced and if you get bored of playing once class, switching classes (of which you can do anytime you die) completely changes the feel of the game.  Over-all 9/10 game.  :)

[Blaze]

So, who else has played Portal?  I'm sure (at least Sidoh, I think) will find it fun.

[dark_drake]

Seriously, how'd you post this review 2.5 weeks before it came out?

I plan on getting the Orange Box one of these days; it just seems like a great deal. :)

[Sidoh]

I haven't yet, but it looked awesome when I saw it.  Any chance I could rip the ISO from you or something? :)

[Blaze]

I haven't yet, but it looked awesome when I saw it.  Any chance I could rip the ISO from you or something? :)

You need to have a steam account with it activated on. :(

Seriously, how'd you post this review 2.5 weeks before it came out?

I plan on getting the Orange Box one of these days; it just seems like a great deal. :)

I beta tested

[Towelie]

Anyways, back to the topic of TF2, it's got the same 9 classes the original Team Fortress Classic had but with a lot of modifications.  It's pretty damn balanced and if you get bored of playing once class, switching classes (of which you can do anytime you die) completely changes the feel of the game.  Over-all 9/10 game.  :)

Are there grenades in TF2? I remember the beta didn't have grenades or medics :P.

[Blaze]

Anyways, back to the topic of TF2, it's got the same 9 classes the original Team Fortress Classic had but with a lot of modifications.  It's pretty damn balanced and if you get bored of playing once class, switching classes (of which you can do anytime you die) completely changes the feel of the game.  Over-all 9/10 game.  :)

Are there grenades in TF2? I remember the beta didn't have grenades or medics :P.

The only grenades in the game are from the Demomans Grenade Launcher or the Demoman's Remote Mine stuff.  Also, the Medic is in the game and is a fun class to play.  :)

[Newby]

So... I was contemplating getting this, but I have a poor grade in English, and this would not help it. :(

[BigAznDaddy]

So... I was contemplating getting this, but I have a poor grade in English, and this would not help it. :(

cp (college Prep not child porn) FTW
but this game pack looks tight

[warz]

it looks like a marketing ploy to sell more half life 2, which is a few years old. im pretty sure the portals game is old too, because i remember seeing it a long time ago, somewhere. TF2 looks cool, though.

[Sidoh]

it looks like a marketing ploy to sell more half life 2, which is a few years old. im pretty sure the portals game is old too, because i remember seeing it a long time ago, somewhere. TF2 looks cool, though.

I think Portals advertised in relatively obscure places for a pretty long time.  I think this is the first time that it was officially and publicly released.

[Warrior]

it looks like a marketing ploy to sell more half life 2, which is a few years old. im pretty sure the portals game is old too, because i remember seeing it a long time ago, somewhere. TF2 looks cool, though.

Who would of thought a sequel would continue a game?

[Blaze]

it looks like a marketing ploy to sell more half life 2, which is a few years old. im pretty sure the portals game is old too, because i remember seeing it a long time ago, somewhere. TF2 looks cool, though.

Portal was created by the entire Narbacular Drop team and the Half-Life story writer.

[warz]

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Who would of thought a sequel would continue a game?

isn't it just half life 2? thats not even close to being a new game.

[dark_drake]

isn't it just half life 2? thats not even close to being a new game.

All right, it's 5 games in one package. You get Half-life 2, Half-Life 2: episode 1, Half-Life 2: episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. From what I understand, the only old games you're getting are Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1. The rest are brand new.