The Orange Box Review

Best Deal in 08


With the Half life 2 games this reddish yellowish box is already the best game deal of 07, but with Portal and Team Fortress this box is unstoppable.


The games are all very well paced and extremely well thought out. The puzzles that challenge you in Portal and the Half life 2 games are very different from what puzzles you might see in first person games. Half life 2 Episode 2 Team fortress 2 and portal are all new games, and the box also includes Half life 2 and Half life 2 episode one which are older games.

Half Life 2: Episode Two.


A lot of key moments occur in Half Life 2 Episode Two's story that will give some closure and leave you wanting more.

The only real new weapon is a bomb that you can shoot at Stryders (Giant Mechanical Spiders) with your Gravity gun and if it successfully attaches to them you can shoot at the bomb and it wil explode taking out the Stryder in one blow. The self centered, egocentric Scientist named Dr. Magneson named his bomb after, himself. Yes the Bombs are called Magnesons.

The first third of the game takes you through the ant lions colony and it shows how much the series needed an explanation for what Gordon Freeman is really fighting. You go through some Combine enemies, but you'll mainly face the combines Hunters which are introduced to half life in this game.

The graphics are not raising any bars in games, but are well done and the art is not comparable to any other games. The real part of the games in half life that get me are the conversations with Alyx and Eli Vance, or Dr. Kleiner, and others.

The Aliens were more a part of Episode 2 as you go through their tunnels in the ground. You learn about the Ant Lions and you seethe Larvae, more Protectors and a lot of the regular Ant Lions.

This Game is only about 6 hours long unless you survive the whole game, and believe me you'll enjoy it.

Team Fortress 2

This game is going to give you great online multiplayer.

The game will blow you away with laughter, it has it's own unique, cartoony style, great characters to ontexperiment with, and fun combat techniques that are original to Team Fortress.

The bad stuff isn't so bad, and the good stuff is great! The game may be a little bit too slow paced for some players, the weapons don't match up with everyone's styles, but you've got hours of fun on this game.

The characters have 3 classes, Offense, Defence and Support. Offense Includes the Scout, the Pyro and the Soldier. The Defence has a Demoman, Heavy, and an Engineer. Finally the Support has the Spy, Sniper and Medic. The classes are quite fun to use and try to balance your team. You get three weapons for each class you pick Ex.(scout has Shotgun, pistol and Baseball bat)

I'll Start with Offense. The Scout is a character for those of you who want a fast paced kind of game where you are capable of avoiding enemies instead of having to go face to face with them. I've already mentioned the Scouts weapons, and to let you know, the bat is a one hit kill. Soldiers have rocket launchers which they can not only launch at enemys or ground near them, but ground near themselves to launch themselves to do a big jump. They also get their own shotgun and they have shovels which are comical to use. Pyros get the ever beautiful Flamethrower, which is my favourite weapon besides maybe the bat. They also get a shotgun, the same as the soldiers, and a red axe.

Now on to the Defence. The Demoman has a bottle of some kind of Rum, or at least alcohol, and a grenade launcher as well as the most frustrating death, the proximity mine. Heavy is one of the most popular classes and it gets its big Chain Gun, two fists, and the same shotgun as the soldier and Pyro. The Engineer has his Wrench, *FUN*, his pistol, same as Scouts, shotgun same to the Soldier, Pyro and Heavy, and also his trusty engineering gadget which can build Dispensers of engineering to build Sentry Guns, and Teleporters.

Support is equally fun where with the medic you can heal teammates with your ubercharger saw enemies or Shot pills at them with your pills despenser. The Sniper being on of My favourites again, has a sniper rifle, machine gun and a long knife. Finally the Spy has his big Revolver, his disguise as the other teams players, his little pocket knife and the Electro Sapper which I can't figure out what to do with honestly.

The Game can be slow paced if you don't have enough pplayers, which not a lot of people are on Team Fortress 2, but the game is Worth playing and truly a boost of the Ogrange Box's lasting Appeal.

Everybody saw the games

concept and thought it was

pretty good, but the feeling

of actually Playing Portal

is one of the best games

I've experienced. It really

gives you the things you would

only Sub-conciously wish for

in a type of puzzle game.

Portal truly shows that

fighting against enemies can

be a puzzle if you make it one.