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Overall Critic Score:3.9154
The Orange Box Critic Reviews
Is the Orange Box a deal or no deal? Find out exactly how much bang you'll get for your buck in our review of EA's Half-Life...read the complete The Orange Box review at Yahoo Games
to be unpeeled. EA/Valve could have easily sold Half-Life 2 along with Episode One and Two as one game and Portal and Team Fortress 2 as another. But instead, gamers have them all together, and with all five titles excellent unto themselves, having them b...read the complete The Orange Box review at Armchair Empire
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Valve Software is known for its quality games and long delays, although the former can certainly be said to outweigh the latter in the final tally. The Orange Box collects some of their best work yet, including full versions of Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2:...read the complete The Orange Box review at G4 - X-Play
runs amazingly well on the Xbox 360. The graphics are amazing as is the presentation. The interface that Valve created for navigating through the content is also wonderful. You can easily choose a game from the main screen, play for a bit, exit out and ju...read the complete The Orange Box review at GamePro
any given moment during my multi-day review process, I could look around and see a few players skirmishing in Team Fortress 2, the most well-balanced, deepest team-based shooter on the consoles. Across the room, I'd see another reviewer contorting his spa...read the complete The Orange Box review at 1UP
While the PC audience has been frothing at the mouth for the next chapter in the...read the complete The Orange Box review at GameSpy
experiences and one of the best multiplayer shooters of the year, all for the price of one game. Heck, with the way the individual games are priced on Steam (Valve's proprietary digital distribution platform), getting all the new stuff as the Orange Box p...read the complete The Orange Box review at GameTap
the game is that each map has a game type attached to it, so if you like one particular game type; expect to only see the same map(s) over and over again. If one thing is certain, there is not one game out there that offers such a complete package at the...read the complete The Orange Box review at Gaming Age
From what started as the game of the year with a short and sweet sequel, the Half-Life franchise is now well known for being the best of the best. Nothing out there really compares to...read the complete The Orange Box review at Strategy Informer
so ahead of its time that it doesn’t seem like a three-year-old title, and now that console hardware has caught up, we are able to get the full, undiluted experience onto our TVs. So if you haven’t played the original Half-Life 2 and Episode One befor...read the complete The Orange Box review at Game Informer
Each component of the package has moderate to minor flaws, but as a whole of historical significance and truly unique, entirely innovative contemporary game design, The Orange Box is pretty damn close to perfect, barring the rare, almost accidental...read the complete The Orange Box review at Worth Playing
No matter how one looks at it, The Orange Box is an astonishing deal that should be considered a mandatory purchase for any real fan of the genre....read the complete The Orange Box review at Talk Xbox
With three amazing new games and two classics all in one package, it's impossible to go wrong with The Orange Box....read the complete The Orange Box review at GameSpot
2 is a three year old game, it is much better than a lot of the mess found on the console. With five stellar chapters to dive into there is a little something for everyone to enjoy, not to mention being able to finally play the Half-Life 2 saga in success...read the complete The Orange Box review at ZTGameDomain
There's never been a package on a console like The Orange Box. For $60 you get five games: Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode One, HL2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. If you're keeping score, that's one of the best shooters of all time, its two...read the complete The Orange Box review at IGN
and get The Orange Box. If you’ve already beaten Half-Life 2, go out and get The Orange Box. If you’re a die-hard Halo fan that can’t stop playing Halo 3, go out and get The Orange Box. If you’re going to buy an Xbox 360 tomorrow, ...read the complete The Orange Box review at GameZone
And don't forget: The blend of near-faultless quality and originality associated with the amassed content threatening to burst free of Valve's collection can be secured for the price of a single Xbox 360 title, which near demands that The Orange Box...read the complete The Orange Box review at Ferrago
sound effects for every object bouncing off any other object must have been an absolute nightmare, but worth every minute. You’re staring at the Wal-Mart of video games. The Orange Box has got everything you want, some things you didn’t even think you wan...read the complete The Orange Box review at GameTrailers
2 PlansValve Co-Founder: PS3 "A Total Disaster"...read the complete The Orange Box review at Total Video Games
of these three games would be a Must Buy by itself. Three of them in one box for £50 is a bargain beyond compare;...read the complete The Orange Box review at Official Xbox Magazine UK
Move over Master Chief, Gordan Freeman, Demoman, and Chell show how it's really meant to be done......read the complete The Orange Box review at TotalVideoGames
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2 is a beautifully designed game with a visual style reminiscent of old Warner Brothers cartoons, and battles that combine strategy with frenetic action. The only real flaw is the documentation, which is far too skimpy to be of any help at all in learning...read the complete The Orange Box review at The New York Times
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