The Orange Box

The Orange Box
This is a bundle that consists of 5 games.
1) Half Life 2
2) Half Life 2: Episode 1
3) Half Life 2: Episode 2
4) Team Fotress 2
5) Portal
(There is also a deleted mission called Lost Coast but its techincally not a game)

To buy these games seperatly would cost around 80 dollars.
Computer Price = $29.00.
Xbox 360 Price = $19.99.
I have it for my laptop and I have to say it is one of the best games I ever bought.

Half Life 2/Ep. 1/ Ep.2

I never played Half Life 1 and did not know the story line. It was easy to follow and explains the characters pretty much from the beginning. You are a scientist name Gordan Freeman who awakes on a train in City 17. There was an accident in Half Life 1 that opened another dimension or somthing that brought aliens and shit. The world seems to be controlled by soliders called the Combine. The game is action packed and interesting. The characters are likeable and you want to find out whats happening next. And Yes, there are zombies. Just when you think your just fighting soldiers, you wind up seperated in a dark town at night with zombies everywhere.
There are also weird giant bugs that are from soem other demension or somthing called Antlions. I didnt play the first so I dont get it but they are cool. Aliens also help in the game. It is based in the future so theyre are pretty cool weapons and tools you can use. In the game you have to escape City 17, go into the wood, and stop the Combine who seem to follow a guy name Dr, Breen, who controls the area.
The Half Life Episodes are continuations to Half Life 2 and are also fun. The end of Ep. 2 is a cliffhanger that you have to wait for Ep. 3 to find out the ending. I cant wait for it.

Team Fortress 2
This game is a team based game pitting the Red team agasint the Blue. (Never seen that before) This game is a fun and can be played with a bunch of friends. There are 9 classes you chose from, all with different guns, personalities and ablilities, all with many different taunts and sayings. There is the:

Soldier: Carries a Rocket launcher that can do some damage close/far range
Heavy: Big Russian with a chaingun that has alot of health
Scout: Very fast and captures control points faster then anyone else
Demoman: A scottish blackman who can blow shit up
Sniper: Australian sniper who is a problem in open areas
Engineer: Can build turrets that are manuel or auto. Also build teleporters.
Medic: German medic who can heal you on the battlefield
Pyro: Has a flamethrower and can find enemy spies this way. I love the taunt
Spy: A French man who goes invisable, or take on a diguise of any of the other team

Portal
In this game, you have a gun that throws...portals. You have to find your way through each obstacle course using your Portal gun, companion cube, and your memory or other levels, cause alot of the higher maps use elements of the lower ones. Remember what you learned to continue.
Not being a storymode game or having multiplayer, the game is actually pretty fun. The last level was suprising and really cool but I wont ruin it.

SO, The Orange Box is definetly worth the price and should be bought even if you didnt play Half Life 1 like me. If you buy it on the computer, you can downlaod some cool zombie game online like, Zombie Panic! and Zombie Master. They are FREE. Also Garrys Mod, which is $10, is a game where you can do pretty much anything you want. Its hard to explain so look up some videos, it is pretty cool. Moslty played by idiots though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMjTzc_QMwc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgarrysmod%2Ecom%2F%3Fpage%3D131&feature=player_embedded

Half-life is my favorite series.

Wish my shitty computer would run my orange box. Great review though.

this guy's videos are so awesome

https://www.youtube.com/user/kitty0706#grid/uploads

https://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm213/Knoxville912/?action=view&current=Re4Movie.flv
Here a shitty slideshow I made on Garrys Mod that has some familiar characters of a popular zombie game! Notice how all the pics are blury and hard to make out! Thanks Photobucket!

I have been meaning to pick that up it's just.. Half Life... man I hated the first one. I wish they would make a standalone Portal game though. (And yes, I know they did the arcade one)

Ross Saxophone wrote:I have been meaning to pick that up it's just.. Half Life... man I hated the first one. I wish they would make a standalone Portal game though. (And yes, I know they did the arcade one)

What?! You hate it?! its fucking master piece! how could you fucking hate it! the story was ... IS great!

I love that game.Propably my favorite game of all time!Well i dont know...Half life 2 was awesome aswell its episodes.How could you hate half-life 1?

I would have to say that Team Fortress 2 is beyond my expectations.

Pros:
-Excellent Online gameplay.
-Balanced Classes.
-Class abilities are great.
-Maps are fun to play in.
-Controls are spot on.

Cons:
-No single player mode (for those who don't have Xbox Live).
-No DLC.
-More PC content than Xbox 360.
-Hacks are common in PC and sometimes in Xbox.
-Too serious players on Xbox.
-Some times, it can get VERY gay. (E.g. Spawn Killing; booted for owning etc.)

Overall, I give it 4 Stars out of 5.