The Orange Box | List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $25.85

| Platform: Xbox 360 Brand: Electronic Arts Binding: Video Game Release Date: 2007-10-09 ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Features: - 5 Games, One Box - The Orange Box is the ultimate collection of innovative action games for console, and an amazing introduction to the Half Life series for console gamers
- Epic Storyline - Half Life 2 - Episode Two takes gamers deeper into one of the best-known stories in gaming, following the desperate struggle of Gordon Freeman against the mysterious Combine. In this episode, gamers will leave the confines of City 17 for the first time.
- Redefining Action - Portal delivers an innovative new action gaming experience. Arming players with a portal gun allowing them to create portals from one location to another with the press of a button, Portal will forever change the way that gamers interact with their environment.
- World-Class Multiplayer - Team Fortress 2 is the sequel to granddaddy of role-based multiplayer action games. Featuring nine distinct roles - Heavy, Spy, Scout, Demoman, Engineer, Medic, Sniper, Soldier and Pyro - Team Fortress 2 is one of this year's most anticipated multiplayer games for any platform.
Worth the Price for the Episodes Alone... [Posted on 2008-07-18] What an amazing deal! This package includes Team Fortress, Portal, and the new Half Life 2 episodes, plus a remake of the original that fixes a LOT of problems. First off, the graphics are improved (the floors are a bit shinier, etc.) Secondly, the frame rate is AWESOME (it was horrible in the original version) and the save system is just as great as ever.
The best Sci-Fi FPS pack in history. Buy it now!
Best thing on Amazon [Posted on 2008-08-02] I would happily pay $100 for this box of games. I love HL and the series, and am an old TFC fan. This game revived my fandom. Portal is awesome, and TF2 is a blast. This is a must have for any gamer with a bit of pride in their collection.
if only the freeman would freeroam a little [Posted on 2008-08-03] i'm a mature gamer who bought a dozen videogames with an xbox to see how the technology has evolved. i played the half life and portal games on a 42" lcd screen and had great fun with them. the visual design is beautiful and the landscapes are interesting to explore. the action sequences involve the first person annihilation of some fairly rudimentary skull suckers, soldiers and zombielike critters with various firearms, and using a gravity gun to hurl and smash anything else. there is always enough health and ammo to keep you going, and a few puzzle tasks here and there to change the tempo. my main complaint is the plotting: your avatar, dr. freeman, is continually pushed into one plot exigency or another by the whims and decisions of his female companion, alex vance, who is certainly sexy in her low riders and tight jacket but is highhanded and in the end annoying. i was sorry my gravity gun did not enable me to give her a good spanking. but off i went, here and there, at her bidding, and once i forgot it was her idea in the first place the missions were compelling to complete: the whole dystopian world of aliens and biomorphs is spectacularly detailed. i encountered none of the bugs or glitches reported by other reviewers, but it's a shame that the engine must stop the action to load from disk as often as it does.
Great game [Posted on 2008-08-08] Valve put together a great package here. Portal is better with a mouse, but then *everything* is. Hadn't played HL2 in ages and Eps 1 & 2 are good as well. And Portal and TF2 are nothing to scoff at. Thoroughly recommend for the FPS fan.
This game sounds like a hell of alot of fun. [Posted on 2008-08-11] Based on the reviews.... this game sounds really fun. But what i want to know is does it require xbox live? None of the reviews mentioned this.
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