IGN:The Orange Box Review "Best Deal Ever?"

Linkin Park Fan | October 10, 2007 | Reviews | PC Playstation 3

IGN has just got up there Oragen Box review. In this you get 5 games for $59.99. Wich is probably the best deal for a video game this generation. You get Half-Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode 1 and 2. You also get Portal and Team Fortress 2. They reviewed each game and a overall review for Orange Box.

Overall score=9.5

Valve's reputation as a top tier developer began when Half-Life released in 1998 and was cemented in 2004 when they released the spectacular sequel. Now, they're bringing that magic back with The Orange Box. As we've said in countless previews, this is one of the best deals we've ever seen in gaming, especially for those people that have yet to play Half-Life 2 at all. With Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode One, and Half-Life 2 Episode Two, players can take the entire Half-Life 2 journey up to now in order. If that was the entire package, it'd be hard to express much discontent even with Half-Life 2 being a three year old game, but Orange Box also comes with two other games: Portal and Team Fortress 2. They're quite a bit different than Half-Life in spirit, but offer up unique puzzle based and multiplayer experiences that have exquisite style and beautiful senses of humor. Everything has the spit and polish that we've come to expect from Valve and nothing in the package disappoints.

We've reviewed Half-Life 2 and Episode One in the past and decided to review Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 separately as you can purchase them individually via Steam. You can find the links to all of those reviews directly below followed by our overall thoughts of The Orange Box if you don't care about the individual reviews.

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TheBradman1andOnly | October 10, 2007

Read this earlier, and 100% agree with it. An epic three part game which is probably the best FPS ever made, a groundbreaking puzzle game which pushes the boundaries of the use of physics in games and a beatifully made multiplayer games that will keep players busy for hours. All that for the price of a normal game? Sounds good.
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Storm | October 10, 2007

Same here, completely agree with it. I can't wait to get my hands on this game (sold out at the local EB, though ). May have to wait until next week, but it's worth it.
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DragoniteBallZ | October 11, 2007

I'm probably going to pick that game up this weekend. I've been waiting for this game for a long time.
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Xenctuary | October 11, 2007

Definitely purchasing this. I still need to complete Half-Life 2 and having the next two Episodes in the same package is too much of an offer to pass up. Not to mention the reimagining of Team Fortress and that lovely little gem, Portal!
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Miller | October 12, 2007

Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till we run out of cake
And the science gets done
And you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive
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Pinkrhyno | October 12, 2007

Yeah, agree. This is the best deal I've seen for 5 games so far.