- Publisher: EA Games
- Release Date: Oct 10, 2007
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Developer: Valve Software
- Genre(s): First-Person Shooters
- # of players: 16 Online
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 34
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Mixed: 0 out of 34
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Negative: 0 out of 34
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As a whole it is almost overwhelming in its depth, irresistible in value and certainly, unreservedly, brilliant. [Dec 2007, p.82]
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Every game in the package is a winner, and the price makes it a no-brainer for anyone remotely interested in Half-Life or PC shooters in general.
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After playing through both the old and new stuff, I realized that there is one word that perfectly summarizes Valve: craft. Never mind that ballyhoo about whether games are capital-A art or not. Instead, put someone in front of a Valve game, and watch that person experience sheer craftsmanship. It seems that Valve just can't make a bad game.
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Damn you Valve. That's what rival game publishers must be thinking.
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Not only do you get the best single player first person shooter ever created, you also get the two next chapters, a 3D puzzle game that also happens to live in the Half-Life universe and a terrifically fun team-based multiplayer first-person shooter. This is a lot of game in one package for only 50 dollars.
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Leave it to Valve to deliver the goods on such an ambitious game package...The Orange Box is one of the finest compilations of gaming content ever produced. [Nov 2007, p.58]
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The Orange Box reminds me of those knife sets sold on late-night TV, where if you act now you get a vegetable chopper and a cutting board. Besides Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2, the package includes the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1. But no cake. If someone tells you the Orange Box comes with cake, remember that whatever else you choose to believe, the cake is most definitely a lie.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 225 out of 232
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Mixed: 4 out of 232
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Negative: 3 out of 232
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MarkP.Oct 11, 2007
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JohnSOct 11, 2007
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Dec 4, 2010
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DannyV.V.Oct 18, 2007
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BobB.Sep 7, 2008Almost any game being sold for 10 dollars is amazing, but five of the best ever created for 10 dollars each is beyond description.
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Jan 22, 2012
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MessiahL.Oct 21, 2007
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