Orange Box Screenshots, and Conclusion
It's easy to talk about a game, but very different to express in words the graphics and feel of the action. Here are a few screen shots from the five titles that will hopefully give you a brief taste of what's included.
Half
Life 2 – Main Menu and Train Station. Yes, that guy is about to
beat me with a big stick!
Episode
1 – Main Menu and Early in the Game. That robot is your friend.
It isn’t killing Alyx!
Episode
2 – Main Menu and Early in the Game. This is a really cool
environment and the sky is amazing!
Portal
– Main Menu and Level 01. The recursive portal effect on the right
is an awesome head trip!
Team
Fortress 2 – Main Menu and a courtyard. You can see how the
graphics are cartoony and smooth.
Conclusion
If you are the kind of person who like single player games, taking a lot of time to explore, and being in the action then the Orange Box is for you. If you are searching for some multiplayer killing then I'd have say you should pass and pick back up your copy of Halo 3 or wait a bit longer for Call of Duty 4. Oh, and I wanted to mention that there are only a mere handful of Xbox Live achievements for the Orange Box... 99, to be exact! Woah! Yeah, they are pretty well divided between the 5 titles and will be awesome for those of you who like lots of little challenges. Again, the graphics are decent for the home theater experience, but not revolutionary by any means. The sound has its good and bad points as well, but is certainly much more enjoyable on a full theater type setup then on the PC. The controls are a bit more tricky then your PC, but I prefer sitting down in my easy chair for the epic Half Life 2 experience. Is this an Epic? Trilogy? Or does the original Half Life and its versions make it something more like Star Wars?
The little green Orange Box; nothing green, nothing orange, but a whole-lotta good single player gaming action! Good luck, Gordon Freeman!
Ratings
Visuals - 4/5
The graphics look pretty good, but are still the same as the
3 year old PC game.
Sound - 3.5/5
The Musical Score is good, but the sound effects don’t
take advantage of the LFE.
Gameplay - 4/5
Many hours of single player gaming is coming your way!
Don’t expect any local game parties out of TF2.
Value - 5/5
So many games in one box! This is a great value! Oh, and
Portal is the Shizzle Dizzle!
Recent Forum Posts:
I will settle for a 5.1 PCM but when I force PS3 to use only Dolby/DTS/PCM 5.1 I see the same problem in my reciever it does not understand the codec. Am I doing something wrong? Or Orange box supports some Dolby True HD stuff only?.
Any help is appreciated.
Sheep;323199
Really? You don't think there is firmware updates for the consoles?
Agreed!!!!!
Yeah, the PS3 has had a ton of updates.
So what is the difference???
Computer gaming, IMO, is much nicer, faster, better graphics (by far), and is never stuck at 'what it is, is what it is.'
Have you guys NEVER heard of a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse?
I use mine at 20 feet away from the computer in another room.
(21 feet actually)
In other words, the computer never needs to be moved
Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed many years of consoles (NES, SNES, PS, PS2, etc..).
But they are always behind, so I have stopped spending my money on them.
That said, I've only played TF2 on a friend's 360 copy so far, and the experience was so horrible I decided to just skip it for my pc collection. Not to mention the graphics.. that "beautifully inventive" visual style just reminds me of cartoony gamecube shooters, not the graphically stunning stuff I'd expect off a high-def console game.
So much better stuff has been coming out that its really a waste, and GOTY is going to be a heck of a competition, unless they cave to the same huge beef previously noted and/or just give it to Orange Box because its 5 games in one and Valve's already won it x# of times with HL2.
Yes I there is a after market device that allows connected mouse and keyboard to the 360 for around $80. Thought about it about for Halo, but playing Half Life ep. 2 and Portal now on PC, which I prefer.
