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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $21.99
You Save: $8.00 (27%)
New (45) Used (17) from $20.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 624
Format: Cd
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 9851
Model: 15782781
UPC: 014633098518
EAN: 0014633098518
ASIN: B000PE0HBI
Release Date: December 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 The Orange Box for PS3 August 10, 2008
If you are reading this then you are thinking about buying the Orange Box for the Playstation 3 system. It is 100% worth it. Make sure not to pay more than $30 USD for a new copy but it is one of the best buys out there. You will not be sorry.
Trust Me.
 Sound and video glitches, but still worth buying. August 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, it's true, this is a somewhat shoddy port.
The audio is the biggest problem, from time to time the soundtrack engine glitches out for several minutes at a time, resulting in unpleasant digital noise over the music. In addition, sound effects in Team Fortress 2 often go missing when too much is happening at once.
There are some frame rate dips too, which really eat into the sense of immersion and can make TF2 a bit frustrating when too much is going on next to you.
But having said all that, Portal is an excellent game, and Team Fortress 2 has actually got me playing online and enjoying it. So given the cut price of the package and the amount of game contained, I'd have to say it's worth buying.
Actually a good game August 7, 2008
I had a couple questions after reading the reviews like others but the game is far from unplayable. I haven't experienced any noticable lag yet (the kind where you are like 'Okay this is messing up my experience' or something like that) just a couple spots here and there that don't really register in your conscious until a couple minutes later.
Load times are not a big deal either, although if you finish levels quickly in Portal they can be irritating. (The first couple levels are hella easy and you can pass them in less then a minute so having a load time every minute is a little tedious but as the levels get harder, it takes longer and longer to finish the levels so you won't be affected by it after 4-5 load times or so)
All in all, its a great game, best bang for your buck imaginable . Also, I reccomend the Metal Gear Solid Essential Collection if you have a BC PS3 because you are probably into playing great games regardless of their age if you like TOB.
 PS3 version of Orange Box a Bad Buy July 29, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Let me state at the outset that I am a fan of the Half Life series, and own the Orange Box for PC. I think the game itself is outstanding - one of the best video game experiences ever created.
The Playstation 3 port of the Orange Box is a disappointment. Frame rate issues haunt several areas of the game. Audio issues, ranging from missing sounds to crackling and even audio cutting out completely, are everywhere. For me, I noticed the most audio issues in Portal, the least technically complex of the games included in this package. I am not an online gamer, but reportedly the Team Fortess 2 component is sorely lacking - you are unable to host your own games, the servers are "laggy" and often off-line, and the maps are full of exploits which have been patched in the PC version, and mitigated somewhat in the Xbox 360 version.
The real problem with this game, that make it a bad buy in my opinion, is that you are buying an orphan. The Orange Box for the PS3 is the red-headed stepchild of the video game world, and neither parent, EA nor Valve, are taking responsibility for it. Gamers have been requesting patches to address the faults in the game since it was released in October of 2007. "Support" at EA says it is Valve's responsibility to fix the game. Valve, who aren't PS3 developers, say it is EA's job. While the two game studios point fingers at each other and duck responsibility, consumers who have paid a premium price for an unfinished product are left holding the bag (or the box, in this case).
Do not buy this product if you are expecting a polished game experience. If you cannot live without the Half Life 2 series on your PS3, by all means, this flawed, half baked attempt is the only way you are going to satisfy your craving. But go into this purchase with your eyes open - this game is buggy, and nobody seems willing to fix it. EA and Valve will take your money and ignore your troubles.
"beau-ti-fu-el" July 27, 2008
I used to think that console gaming was becoming increasingly boring as the days go by, till I've bought The Orange Box.
Team fortress is simply amazing. Yeah, I know it's a shooter. But it's not a simple shooter: it is an amazing shooter. You gotta play it to understand it... There's not enough words to explain why I've spent so many hours hooked to it, exploding buddies around the globe.
Nice try by Portal on proposing new playing experiences, but it's still like a revamped edition of echocrome - not much action really.
And I've never played the Half Life saga, as it's a non-multiplayer linear game, which made me push down the rating stars from 5 to 4... but I promise I'll play it someday, if I lost my internet connection =)
The only shame is the almost-useless empty booklet, with not enough information on strategies, controls, point/award strategies and a whole lot of missing information...
Yet you can still get the Prima Official Game Guide to complete a nice bundle, here:
Half-Life 2 (Orange Box): Prima Official Game Guide
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