Poll: Orange Box
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5/5, only issue i have with the review is the play times seem a little short, i spent 3-4 hours on portal (but i suppose if i knew how to do all the puzzles it would be shorter. and half-life is amazing, but crowbars, shotguns, and grenades aren't exactly "special." sorry, im just feeling nitpicky.
bottom line, at some point in your life, buy it/play it.
bottom line, at some point in your life, buy it/play it.
Orange Box= Favourite game on 360
Although I don't understand why you decided to turn your poll into a review.
Although I don't understand why you decided to turn your poll into a review.
but... the cake is a lie...Sporky111 said:
lol.. jokes...
TOB is quite good in my opinion although TF2 can be a bit of an annoyance to get used to if you have never played it before and dont know the controls..
To be fair, I only played the PS3 port. Which was plagued by poor controls, slow turning speeds which made most the games unbearable. It was almost as if Valve had never really tested it before release. Almost.
Half-life 2 disappointed me in how long it took to get any sort of weaponry (only to have that weapon be, to my grave displeasure) a stupid little crowbar. The story is also quite lackluster, with uninteresting characters abound. And me, having to play someone with the personality of a brick.
No, I'm pretty sure this is more interesting than Freeman. That's one hooooot brick.
I never played episode 2 because I couldn't stand to subject myself to much more of episode 1.
Which brings us to the next huge disappointment: Portal. I found a mediocre puzzle game, in the first person. Which really didn't work well at all. The puzzles were immensely easy, and I solved it entirely too quickly. Many of the puzzles were more a test of reflex and patience (putting up with their seeming inability to create a good game using console controls) than actual puzzle solving. It failed to impress in its entirety.
Admittably I had never played Team Fortress 2. But that is because it had no localized multiplayer, or even localized single player support. This is on a CONSOLE, Valve. Do you guys know what a con-sole is? They tend to have multiple controllers, thereby allowing multiple people to play on the SAME CONSOLE. Without requiring internet connectivity in order to play against other people.
If my buddy is sitting on the couch next to me, we're both holding a PS3 controller a piece... Why should we be unable to play against each other, at all?
In summary, keep your garbage on the PC.
Half-life 2 disappointed me in how long it took to get any sort of weaponry (only to have that weapon be, to my grave displeasure) a stupid little crowbar. The story is also quite lackluster, with uninteresting characters abound. And me, having to play someone with the personality of a brick.
No, I'm pretty sure this is more interesting than Freeman. That's one hooooot brick.
I never played episode 2 because I couldn't stand to subject myself to much more of episode 1.
Which brings us to the next huge disappointment: Portal. I found a mediocre puzzle game, in the first person. Which really didn't work well at all. The puzzles were immensely easy, and I solved it entirely too quickly. Many of the puzzles were more a test of reflex and patience (putting up with their seeming inability to create a good game using console controls) than actual puzzle solving. It failed to impress in its entirety.
Admittably I had never played Team Fortress 2. But that is because it had no localized multiplayer, or even localized single player support. This is on a CONSOLE, Valve. Do you guys know what a con-sole is? They tend to have multiple controllers, thereby allowing multiple people to play on the SAME CONSOLE. Without requiring internet connectivity in order to play against other people.
If my buddy is sitting on the couch next to me, we're both holding a PS3 controller a piece... Why should we be unable to play against each other, at all?
In summary, keep your garbage on the PC.
I only played portal from this on a friend's computer. It was awesome. Can't wait for the second one.
Yeah, the PS3 port is by EA, so most of your comments are null.Chibz said:To be fair, I only played the PS3 port. Which was plagued by poor controls, slow turning speeds which made most the games unbearable. It was almost as if Valve had never really tested it before release. Almost.
Half-life 2 disappointed me in how long it took to get any sort of weaponry (only to have that weapon be, to my grave displeasure) a stupid little crowbar. The story is also quite lackluster, with uninteresting characters abound. And me, having to play someone with the personality of a brick.
No, I'm pretty sure this is more interesting than Freeman. That's one hooooot brick.
I never played episode 2 because I couldn't stand to subject myself to much more of episode 1.
Which brings us to the next huge disappointment: Portal. I found a mediocre puzzle game, in the first person. Which really didn't work well at all. The puzzles were immensely easy, and I solved it entirely too quickly. Many of the puzzles were more a test of reflex and patience (putting up with their seeming inability to create a good game using console controls) than actual puzzle solving. It failed to impress in its entirety.
Admittably I had never played Team Fortress 2. But that is because it had no localized multiplayer, or even localized single player support. This is on a CONSOLE, Valve. Do you guys know what a con-sole is? They tend to have multiple controllers, thereby allowing multiple people to play on the SAME CONSOLE. Without requiring internet connectivity in order to play against other people.
If my buddy is sitting on the couch next to me, we're both holding a PS3 controller a piece... Why should we be unable to play against each other, at all?
In summary, keep your garbage on the PC.
Did you really find Half-Life 2 to be that bad? The characters are fleshed out very well.
Yes, I really did. I spent almost every second running. Portal's big disappointment was that the portal gun wasn't in a better game...Redingold said:
...Made by a better company. Oh, Timesplitters 4 portal gun. That would be sweet. But no. It's in PORTAL.
I LIKE FPS games, which is why I don't like Valve's products. They tend to be rather dismal in the quality department.wlminter said:
Except I can't really comment on left 4 dead. Have yet to play it.
it has so much love fore every type of FOPS it has the OCD fanatics satisfied a getting everything right in HL & it has the kill everything because mummy did not love me in TF.. and then it satisfies the buddisht atisfied by the classic non-violent nirvana of Portal.
5/5
5/5
I give it 5/5
its an excellent game, but i think they should have released team fortress 2 on its own, so they could put more than about 17 ahivements in and more than 6 levels in.
But even though its small its amazing and combined with 4 other amazing games= EPIC WIN!
its an excellent game, but i think they should have released team fortress 2 on its own, so they could put more than about 17 ahivements in and more than 6 levels in.
But even though its small its amazing and combined with 4 other amazing games= EPIC WIN!