What do you get when you cram all of Valve's triple A games into one nice, neat package? Let me introduce you to The Orange Box. Selling for 20 dollars, you get Half-Life 2, both the Half-Life 2 episodes, Portal, and the popular multiplayer game, Final Fortress. Each of these games have something to offer for any gamer, and I would have spent 20 dollars on a single game from the disc. Half-Life 2 strives to combine puzzles and physics elements into a game with easy-to-master shooting mechanics. The wide diversity of weapons keeps encounters varied and fresh, along with a variety of environments to explore and gawk over. Having a gunfight while trying to balance on a support beam of a creaky bridge remains the most tense and frightening experience that I won't ever forget. The characters have depth and real personality, with perfect character animation where few games can match. While jumping from episode to episode, there are noticeable changes to the visuals as Valve tweaked the source engine to adapt to better particle fields and lighting. Half-Life 2 is a monument to what first person shooters should be, as many games like Bioshock and Crysis 2 expanded from. Along with the entire Half-Life 2 series, Valve included their real gem, Portal into this already outstanding package. Portal is an experience previously unseen in modern gaming. Part shooter, part puzzle, Portal's ambitious goals are met and surpassed through mind-bending puzzles and shocking plot twists. I never been so fascinated by the antagonist, gLADos, who remains one of my favorite game villians in history. Clever writing and flawless gameplay make the Orange Box worth its valve by itself. This game disc showcases all of Valve's most successful aconplishments, branching from its PC roots into the console world with the best deal in gaming.
Score:
(5/5): This package is the most bang for your buck, buy it
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