The Orange Box October 9, 2007 - Written by by Hilary Goldstein
Its 8:15 sunday night and I finnaly I have gotten the motivation to blog this weekend.
Its hard to cheat the system to save a little cash on the newest bestest games, but valve has offered a great deal most of you know about but probaly haven't bought.
The orange box which includes Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2 Episode One, Half Life 2 Episode Two, Portal, and Half Life 2.Add this up and the indivdual price would be 130 dollars!
The orange box contains some of the greatest games ever
"There's never been a package on a console like The Orange Box. For $60 you get five games: Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode One, HL2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. If you're keeping score, that's one of the best shooters of all time, its two expansion packs, a new and innovative puzzle game, and an off-the-wall multiplayer game. That's in one box, on one disc. If there's one must buy game of the year, it is, without a doubt, The Orange Box. All five components are excellent, with Half-Life 2 and Episode Two being the two finest single-player first-person shooters on Xbox 360.
Accessing the five games is easy, thanks to a simple, but elegant menu system. You can hop into any of the Half-Life components without having beaten the prior versions. So, if you've played Half-Life 2 before, you can skip it (though you really should play it again), and go right into the episodic content. Also included for every game (save HL2) is director commentary which offers an in-depth look at level and map design as well as story elements for the Half-Life universe. It's about as slick a package as you will find on a console. The only failure is the horrendous box art, which I'm pretty certain was designed by a select group of mildy-talented fifth graders.
Because The Orange Box contains so many pieces, Microsoft made several exceptions to its normal rules regarding Achievements. While there are still only 1000 Gamerpoints to be earned, there are 99 Achievements to unlock (as opposed to the normal limit of 50). You can also access unique Achievement lists inside each title that are game-specific. There are some well-planned Achievements to be had. Add some spice to replaying Half-Life 2 by trying to earn every Achievement. It's quite a challenge"
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/826/826062p1.html
Stats and Cover shot
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_Box
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