The Orange Box
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:43 pm
I don't know if any of you are first-person-shooter enthusiasts, but I have to share my recent experience with Valve's latest releases. They'll probably sound like commercials, but I'm an avid fan of most of Valve's creations, so... you'll be alright.
If you've never played any of the Half-life series, you probably don't care, but if any of you have... you need to get The Orange Box. Team Fortress 2 is an awesome remake of TFC, with a cool retro graphic feel and simplified gameplay that lets you focus on the action. Portal is a short but mind-bending game involving a gun that lets you create portals from A to B and back, and the ending is far from anything you'd expect. And HL2 Episode 2... had more emotional highs and lows than HL2 and Episode 1 combined.
If this sounds really really interesting to anybody, I have 1 free gift of HL2 and HL2:EP1 left to give somebody, since they came with The Orange Box and I already owned them.
Has anybody else played/completed any of these games? I'd be interested to discuss some of the story and your favorite parts, if so.
On an overall note... it's rather sad that I can't find anybody I know that plays a computer game... other than WoW. I've asked around and most people don't even know what Valve is (the company that started out with Half-Life, then grew huge with the advent of Counter-Strike).
If you've never played any of the Half-life series, you probably don't care, but if any of you have... you need to get The Orange Box. Team Fortress 2 is an awesome remake of TFC, with a cool retro graphic feel and simplified gameplay that lets you focus on the action. Portal is a short but mind-bending game involving a gun that lets you create portals from A to B and back, and the ending is far from anything you'd expect. And HL2 Episode 2... had more emotional highs and lows than HL2 and Episode 1 combined.
If this sounds really really interesting to anybody, I have 1 free gift of HL2 and HL2:EP1 left to give somebody, since they came with The Orange Box and I already owned them.
Has anybody else played/completed any of these games? I'd be interested to discuss some of the story and your favorite parts, if so.
On an overall note... it's rather sad that I can't find anybody I know that plays a computer game... other than WoW. I've asked around and most people don't even know what Valve is (the company that started out with Half-Life, then grew huge with the advent of Counter-Strike).