Half Life 2 : Orange Box

grizzly

Looking forward to this one. Anyone know when it's released here?

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Well I for one am not looking forward to it...


Damn Ring of Death


* Runs off crying *

Hal1

Its available on steam afaik. I want portal

grizzly

Steam? is this an online store?

koneko

On PC, not relevant if you want to get the Xbox 360 version.

tman

To answer the original question;
Wednesday 10th oct on Steam
Friday 19th oct in the shops

Flaccus

Not sure about the PC version, but the 360 version will come with the original HL2 as well, with some enhanced effects. Plus Ep1, Ep2, Portal etc..

Zapp Brannigan

^Pc version is the same

Its out oct 19th in the shops. Should be good.

Ciaran500

TF2 is available on Steam already and I've already got my monies worth from the Orange Box. Fantastic Deal

FranchisePlayer

Have half-life 2 and episode one already for the P.C but may get this for 360 maybe later on in the year.

Vic Vinegar

Can't wait for this! Just found the achievement list for anyone who's interested. It's huge! 99 achievements! link http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=308

The beat episode one achievement firing only one bullet looks like a tough one!

johnny_ultimate

Can't wait for this. Played through HL2, and some of HL:E1, but my PC was too stubborn to let me finish the latter, so Im just gonna get the Xbox version.

It really is a great value boxset though - puts alot of others to shame. That much content will last ages - single player must be around 30-40 hours worth, as well as countless TF2 hours.

Jip

What is the Orange Box package?

Creamy Goodness

half-life 2
half-life 2:episode one
half-life 2:episode two
team fortress 2 (sequel to the best online multiplayer game, forget (s)h(ite)alo).
portal

http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=package&SubId=469&cc=IE for more info about the games.

Ciaran500

All the information you could ever want here

Mr E

I think I'll get this.
I tried HL2 on my PC. Ran fine, but steam on dialup broke my heart.
Never got to finish it.

dmigsy

Defo gonna get this for 360. Played HL2 on a 19" screeen. Can't wait to play it on 32"!

Scruff

So many good games out, so little time to play them.

Vic Vinegar

Cremo wrote:

(s)h(ite)alo).

Oooh, that's clever (sarcastic)

Jip

Ciaran500 wrote:

All the information you could ever want here

Were you never told if you've nothing good to say, say nothing at all.
Cheers Cremo.

CiDeRmAn

I'm going to buy it, despite finishing the Xbox version of Half Life 2 on the 360 a couple of months ago.
My biggest regret about this package is the absence of the original Half Life, I mean how much work would it have been to include Half Life and maybe Blue shift too, not to mention the co-operative mission included with the DC edition, just so the whole of Gordons travels are chronicled in one place, seems like a wasted opportunity.
Still going to buy it though!
Portal looks sweet, Preys use of a similar premise was poor, this looks much better.

Vic Vinegar

CiDeRmAn wrote:

My biggest regret about this package is the absence of the original Half Life, I mean how much work would it have been to include Half Life and maybe Blue shift too

Gees, five games on a disc and still your not satisfied!

Nailz

CiDeRmAn, don't worry about mountain lips' comment, you see.... he's easy!

CiDeRmAn

I remember seeing the ad in Edge for Half Life, the enigmatic page with the lambda symbol and a childs face, very creepy.
And I waited with fingers crossed for the PC release and was totally blown away, breathtaking, from the monorail (A Monorail?!?) trip to work in the morning to the soldiers absailing out of the osprey to that battle with the Apache, awesome, love to see that updated.
Those that were there know what I mean when I say its a pity its not in the Orange Box.

Still going to be an essential buy, especially for anyone still living under the delusion that Halo/Quake/Doom/Prey are the greatest FPS since Wolfenstein, HL/HL2 kicks ass.

Vic Vinegar

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Still going to be an essential buy, especially for anyone still living under the delusion that Halo/Quake/Doom/Prey are the greatest FPS since Wolfenstein, HL/HL2 kicks ass.

I'm with you on that!

CiDeRmAn

There is a notion that large maps and non linear emergent gameplay is the future of videogames, but sadly this method sacrifices the story telling ability only a linear game can bring to the table, HalfLife and its sequels are a case and point.
All the best FPS are, ultimately, linear affairs, now thats not to say that creative uses of available maps isn't encouraged, with different methods available to the player to get from checkpoint to checkpoint, best seen in the Ravenholm sections of HL2, that place scared the beegeezuz out of me! Where was that big feckin' robot when I needed him/her/it?

Vic Vinegar

Agreed, Half life 2 was one of the finest FPS experiences on the old xbox, looking forward to playing through it again with nicer visuals and ep 1 & 2 should kick ass hopefully. Can't wait, not long now!

Kanney

Orange Box, next week, the Pro Evo the week after. Nice nice.

Unearthly

Pitty Counter Strike isn't in the box. Although that's being greedy

The Freeman

quite possibly my favourite game of all time, there's nothing more satisfying than shooting a cop on a bridge in the head and hearing a distant beeeeep! confirming his demise:)

hope episode 2 delivers more than 5 hours of gaming (like ep 1)also


anybody hear of any graphices upgrades for xbox360 from the p.c. back in the day at all?

Sad Professor

I've never played HL2 so I'm really looking forward to this. Portal looks interesting too.