Half Life 2: Orange Box

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So... anyone pre-ordered one yet?

It'll be out in 10 days time and I'm very tempted to preorder. Team fortress 2 looks amazing, esecially coupled with XBL and I've almost but not complete HL2 on my PC, so here's my chance to finish it on the Xbox360... plus the 2 episodes.

What are your thoughts on it?
Oh and I haven't a clue what Portal is but 5 games in 1 box sounds good to me:)
 
I still don't know what to do with this one, I used to play TF years back when it first started and I'm not sure how well this is going to play on the 360, how many players will this support?

If it's a low number then I'm not going to bother, it'll need to be at least 16 people if you ask me.
 
I'm getting both. I've been playing the beta on the pc for a while, which is great fun, and think this game will suit the 360 very well - slow paced and little focus on twitch aiming (there's only two classs that require any precision in aiming fullstop). I've also found the most enjoyable servers ones that support teams of 7 or 8 aside. So, it's looking all good :)
 
I'm pretty sure I will be picking this one up next Friday (think it's released then). Completed HL2 on the PC but haven't played either of the episode packs
 
I've pre-ordered, wanna play episode 2!

ive got it on pre-order for £34.99 so i thought what the hell, its got like 5 games in it!

Josh
 
Never played any of this half life 2 stuff. Only played Counterstrike for about a year casually (around 1.5-1.6). Will I enjoy this? From what I understand it is a bunch of PC mouse and keyboard based games. Will this be any good with a 360/PS3 controller? I know HL2 is not a Q3/UT speed game, but no idea about the other games you get in this bundle.

(I guess I have an extra monthish to decide, as I will prob wait for the PS3 version).


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rp2000 said:
Never played any of this half life 2 stuff. Only played Counterstrike for about a year casually (around 1.5-1.6). Will I enjoy this? From what I understand it is a bunch of PC mouse and keyboard based games. Will this be any good with a 360/PS3 controller? I know HL2 is not a Q3/UT speed game, but no idea about the other games you get in this bundle.

(I guess I have an extra monthish to decide, as I will prob wait for the PS3 version).


rp200
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Could be alright with the controller, I'd get the 360 version if I was you as that's developed by Valve IIRC, as far as I know Valve ditched the PS3 version. Plus there is the thing with the 360 pad being better for FPS games due to the analog sticks.
 
Going to pre-order but mainly for the single player side of things. 99 Achievements looks tops!
 
Inoshishi said:
It is pretty fast (nowhere near as fast as quakeworld but it is fast) I honestly wouldn't like to play it on a gamepad I don't think but maybe it will suprise me and work well.
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Odd. I find the pace to be really quite slow. Other than the scout, of course.
 
Done HL2 but not the episode packs so this is a must have for me. I think a lot of folk are over looking portal (including myself, to be honesty) so hopefully that will surprise me.

I really like HL2 and it deserves all the praise it gets, come release it will wipe the floor with Halo and Bioshock!
 
slambo69 said:
Done HL2 but not the episode packs so this is a must have for me. I think a lot of folk are over looking portal (including myself, to be honesty) so hopefully that will surprise me.

I really like HL2 and it deserves all the praise it gets, come release it will wipe the floor with Halo and Bioshock!
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If i'm being honest, Portal is my main reason for buying Orange Box.

TF2 was a really nice suprise though, I wasn't really bothered about it until I had played the Beta.

HL2: Ep.2 is probably the last reason for me buying this, though I know i'll enjoy playing through it as I loved HL2 and HL2: Ep.1
 
slambo69 said:
Done HL2 but not the episode packs so this is a must have for me. I think a lot of folk are over looking portal (including myself, to be honesty) so hopefully that will surprise me.

I really like HL2 and it deserves all the praise it gets, come release it will wipe the floor with Halo and Bioshock!
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I'm really looking forward to having a go at portal, it looks like it could be very interesting.
 
Did anyone see the Portal trailier on the 360 a year or so back?

Looks VERY fun. Probably going to be extremely difficult too if they get the levels right.
 
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