Electronic Arts Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

Best game bundles of 2007

Strengths: Portal, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life and its episodes, great value

Weakness: None

Orange Box has been rated one of the best games of 2007. In fact, the only game that can compare, IMHO, would be Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. Orange Box has so much value packed into it: HL2 and its episodes, TF2, and Portal. Portal is great and refreshing, though a bit short. TF2 requires tons of teamwork, but once you get past that learning curve it is a lot more fun that your average "lone...
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Orange Box has been rated one of the best games of 2007. In fact, the only game that can compare, IMHO, would be Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. Orange Box has so much value packed into it: HL2 and its episodes, TF2, and Portal. Portal is great and refreshing, though a bit short. TF2 requires tons of teamwork, but once you get past that learning curve it is a lot more fun that your average "lone wolf" type shooters. The cartoonish graphics also add to the fun atmosphere. HL2 is probably one of the greatest single player experiences ever. If you've played HL1, you'll know what I'm talking about, but HL2 is even better.
I picked this up for around $20 on Black Friday from Best Buy, but I think it's worth every penny of its $45 (or $50?) MSRP, if not more.
10 out of 10 stars from me.

By goldrogers - Jan 4, 2008

Worth it for just 1 of the games

Strengths: TF2 Portal HL2 HL2 episode 1 HL2 episode 2

Weakness: None!

If you haven't played in the Halflife universe, or just not Halflife 2, then this is the pack for you. You get all the fun of the Halflife 2 trilogy, as well as the new fun game Portal, and of course the popular Team Fortress Classic. Hours of fun for the price of one game!

By nrudd1 - Dec 19, 2007

Hl2 O

Strengths: Tremendous Value - Hl2, Hl2:ep1, HL2:ep2, Portal and TF2

Weakness: forced bundle didn't exactly sit well at first, but got over it

HL2 and Episode 1 have previously been released. The only thing I did not like was that you were forced to rebuy those in this bundle. Not 100% forced, but to buy the new games separately would cost more than the bundle. Good marketing I guess. Ep2 and Portal are excellent. Well worth the price of admission. TF2 I haven't gotten into much, but seems like a fun time once you get the hang of how...
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HL2 and Episode 1 have previously been released. The only thing I did not like was that you were forced to rebuy those in this bundle. Not 100% forced, but to buy the new games separately would cost more than the bundle. Good marketing I guess.
Ep2 and Portal are excellent. Well worth the price of admission. TF2 I haven't gotten into much, but seems like a fun time once you get the hang of how the class system works.
Definitely worth the purchase. Stop reading and go buy.

By Pookymeister - Dec 4, 2007

Best money ever spent

Strengths: HL2 Episode 2 has awesome graphics and battles throughout, longer than Episode 1. Portal, is a great puzzle game, innovative and fun to play. Team Fortress 2 is ok. Not big on the online experience

Weakness: Unfortunately, I already had two of the games. Consumes all your free time and gets you into trouble with your wife.

The best entertainment value at a low price. This game is worth the money, even if you already have HL & episode 1. I picked the orange box up for Portal, probably the amazing game I have ever played. I'm now hooked on Team Fortress 2, haven't even tried out episode 2. Everyone knows HL2 is one of the best games out there, and Episode 2 will not disappoint you. I'm already more than pleased with...
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The best entertainment value at a low price. This game is worth the money, even if you already have HL & episode 1. I picked the orange box up for Portal, probably the amazing game I have ever played. I'm now hooked on Team Fortress 2, haven't even tried out episode 2. Everyone knows HL2 is one of the best games out there, and Episode 2 will not disappoint you. I'm already more than pleased with this purchase.

By pwirtsha_7650744277 - Dec 1, 2007

Great deal

Strengths: 5 games, 1 low price

Weakness: 2 of the games are over a year old, and most people already have it, but you can gift them.

This was probably one of the best gaming deals to come out in the last few years, the reason being mostly because of Portal and TF2. Portal is one of the most original FPS's I've played. The game play is very fun and the entire last half of the game had me laughing because of the dialogue. The bonus levels left me wanting more, and hopefully some good user created levels come out. TF2 is also...
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This was probably one of the best gaming deals to come out in the last few years, the reason being mostly because of Portal and TF2. Portal is one of the most original FPS's I've played. The game play is very fun and the entire last half of the game had me laughing because of the dialogue. The bonus levels left me wanting more, and hopefully some good user created levels come out. TF2 is also probably one of the best multiplayer FPS's out currently. I played the original TFC briefly, but I've been playing TF2 non-stop with some friends. The player classes are all very well balanced, thus leading to some unique gameplay with my friends. As for Episode Two, it was good but not much innovation as compared to Portal and HL2. I felt a lot of the elements from Ep1 and HL2 were reused. Hopefully Ep3 won't take as long to get released.

By el_aye - Nov 29, 2007