Characters - Advanced facial animation system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. With 40 distinct facial muscles, human characters convey the full array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity and intelligence
Physics - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy
Graphics - Source's shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to create movies such as Toy Story and Monster's, Inc., creates the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game.
AI - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain, and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand
The Orange Box provided me with hours upon hours of entertainment. Playing through Half Life 2 was the best fifteen hours of my life!!! Portal also provides several hours of fun puzzle solving. The Source engine that all the games run on is amazing! The physics are such that you can pick up almost anything in the environment! The Gravity Gun is the funnest gun in any game I've ever played!!! Every gamer should have this at the top of their list!!!
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DO NOT BUY:
I purchased the orange box for PC. big mistake. i installed steam, and after waiting 3 hours for it to finish, i started installing ONE game off of the orange box, HL2, and after a cpl hours, it was still preparing cache files. i leave it on all night (about 10 more hours), still preparing. i try again and wait all day, after reinstalling steam and everything. still preparing cache files. i want my money back or a copy without steam or something, because my internet here sucks, and the box has ZERO mention... more info
The Orange Box will keep you occupied for weeks or months.:
The Orange Box is simply one of the best deals in video game history. Five A-rated games all in one package for the price of one is never a bad deal. PROS
+ This will keep you busy for a while. It has everything from classic FPS action, to puzzle, to insane online multiplayer.
+ The price considering all five games is very low.
+ The "Source Engine" these games run on are very computer friendly and do not lag even on some older hardware.
+ The "Team Fortress 2" game, personally,... more info
Might be fun if no Steam:
While I know some get tired of people complaining about a game they have not purchased; I think it fair to rate this game poorly as I cannot buy it since it is Steam/Valve. I bought HL2 thru the Steam Download when it came out and I cannot play it as I cannot find my login and password. I was supposed to get Episode 1 for free, but they took so long that I moved on to a new computer and thus lost my links. Valve's support is not good, their servers are slow when they actually work and when you want to play... more info
