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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $29.98
You Save: $10.01 (25%)
New (25) Used (5) from $22.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 88
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 09852
UPC: 014633098525
EAN: 0014633098525
ASIN: B000PS2XES
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 DANGER - Do not buy a used copy! Valve won't transfer licences April 24, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
Beware. A lot of people on here selling "New but opened" copies of orange box are actually selling registered copes and Valve (in their infinte wisdome) refuse to transfer licences from one customer to another (in violation of the "First Sale" doctrine of copyright law).
DO NOT BUY a used copy except from an 'authorized valve reseller' (whoever that is, apparently not Amazon, unfortunately).
 great!! April 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great buy for all who are new to HL2 and those who already have it.
You get:
HL2: Which I believe is one the best games ever. Nothing more I can say that hasnt already been said.
HL2 Episode 1: Fast action and great graphics and gameplay. Not much more to say about this either.
HL2 Episode 2: Another fast paced and very intense game. The graphics still hold up and this expansion has less puzzle solving this time which I like alot better. Also, th final battle is very intense and very cool. Awesome soundtrack as always. Game keeps you on the edge of your seat. Also has a surprise ending.
Portal: What a little gem this is. This is a very cool game with great graphics and great puzzles to solve. The puzzles get harder and harder up to the last one which is very long and very challenging. Also a little comical and also has a surprise and cool Ending.
TF2: Instead of making this look like the old TF (which would have been like playing CS), they created 9 Pixar -like charcters to choose from. Excellent graphics and cool maps and there are so many new maps already out there that this game stays cool for along time. With 9 classes to choose from, you have many different ways you can play the game. Also keeps your best scores for each class. I love this game.
So if you haven't gotten any HL2 games, this is your chance to catch up and have at least 40+ hours of single-player gaming and countless hours on TF2. Happy gaming.
Orange Box - Insane Deal, Wonderful Games April 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The whole notion of sticking all these games together for such an unbeatable price blows me away. Anyhow, as a whole the package, the price, and the games cause my rating to bump up to 5/5 stars but I'd like to break it down by game and review each of them shortly because it is a compilation game.
Half Life 2: 5/5
HL2 Episode 1: 3/5
HL2 Episode 2: 3/5
Team Fortress 2: 5/5
Portal: 5/5
Half Life 2:
The game picks up what seems to be 15 or so years after the original game. You have been dropped off in the middle of a conflict between an alien police force / totalitarian and the surviving humans. It seems that the aliens from the original game have returned as well (including the charming Alienesc face hugger ones).
There are plenty of weapons to use in the game and the games feel is much less restricted than the original. As mentioned in other reviews the vehicles can be annoying but I enjoyed those levels as well.
The multiplayer is interesting but I didn't find it anything worth mentioning further here.
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Half Life 2: Episode 1:
Continues shortly after Half Life 2. You lose all your weapons (since it's a stand alone game this is understandable but annoying) and your mission continues. The game wasn't anything special and while it did continue the story I would never have purchased the game if it wasn't included. It's rather short and there isn't much new.
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Half Life 2: Episode 2:
Just like Episode 1 you start off empty handed as well. It continues from the ending of Episode 1. I must admit this episode had some more interesting aspects to it but it too was somewhat repetitive. It also had the most annoying beginning of any game I've ever played. Who doesn't want to spend the first half of the game with only the gravity gun?
It does end in an interesting way and leads you to believe there will be a Half Life 3, however. I'm just hoping there isn't a Half Life 2: Episode 3 before then.
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Team Fortress 2:
Arguably one of the best multiplayer shooter games on the market right now. While there aren't many maps that come with the game the ones that do are fun to play and the plethora of classes to pick from keep the game interesting.
One of the only draw backs to the game would be just that there aren't many weapon choices once you do select a class. There's a melee weapon, your class weapon, and usually a weaker but more generic weapon (like a shot gun or a rifle). It does add to the strategy of the game though.
My only other complaint would be that for a game that so relies on team combat it requires a lot of work to join a clan. It would have been nice if there was some way to dynamically set a clan tag in your profile so you wouldn't have to actually change your steam login username to join one.
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Portal:
This game alone would have definitely been worth buying if you were given the choice let alone as a piece of such a great bundle.
The whole idea behind it is you are a test subject at a facility which is using you as a guinea pig to test out a new weapon. This weapon allows you to create a portal which you can use to move from wherever you set the opening portal to where you set the closing one. This is the only gun you get in the game.
I won't spoil much but the game somehow manages (through the genius of the developers no doubt) to use this premise to build an engaging atmosphere and storyline even into such a short game. It's puzzle game meets action shooter. And while it sounds very easy it can be pretty hard as you begin to think about all the possibilities of the portals (like making a portal under you, and one above you pointing out, jumping down and using your speed to propel you a distance).
The only draw back to this one is how short it is. You likely can finish this game in one sitting if you put enough time aside and pick up the general idea of how to use the portals quick enough.
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All in all this is a great collection and definitely worth the money. The HL2 episodes are rubbish but everything else is a definite add on to the compilation.
best deal March 31, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
5 games in one.
EXCELLENT story in the HL2 and 2 add ons. Very cinematic and movielike. FUN FUN FUN
Orange Box Rox March 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game is exactly as all the great reviews say. I don't have much to add, it's a great game.
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