Half Life 2:Orange Box (360)

Negative Creep · 10-12-2007

I'm still not sure on this game... I've heard from several people that it's an awesome deal for what you get bundled in this Orange Box, but a friend that I was just on the phone with suggested that I run through Halo 3 before I possibly trade that in for this Orange Box.

Not to mention it scored really, really well in the new OXM magazine... they gave it a 9.5, which must be some kind of honor when they (shock) scored Halo 3 a perfect 10.

To be honest, I am still undecided and I think I honestly don't have the time for playing so many games right now.

murqq · 10-12-2007

i just picked this up a little bit ago i dont know what i think yet

OME6A · 10-12-2007

Sorry I had to bail, gotta get up early tomorrow. It's hella fun. Catrino and Gunner have it, as well as Loone. If you're playing alone, avoid rooms with more than 8 people, they're usually laggy.

.writer · 10-12-2007

How much did you get on your Halo trade-in Omeger? I was looking to get this, but with my recent computer purchase, I'm dead *** broke...

OME6A · 10-12-2007

I didn't trade in Halo on this because I forgot to take it with me.

I'll remedy that when Ace Combat comes out. If it's any indication, I got $40 for Bioshock when I traded that in 2 weeks after it was released.

.writer · 10-12-2007

Damn, if you got 40 for Bioshock, Halo should get atleast that... Looks like im only gonna pay 20 bucks for 5 games

OME6A · 10-16-2007

Team Fortress 2, the highly addictive and entertaining multiplayer shooter portion of The Orange Box, is getting a patch to help fix lag issues:

Good News: Valve Promises TF2 Patch Is Done, Coming Soon

NUN-PUNCHER · 10-23-2007

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Originally Posted by OME6A

Team Fortress 2, the highly addictive and entertaining multiplayer shooter portion of The Orange Box, is getting a patch to help fix lag issues:

I had alot of Lag last night. But the game is really fun even thought I've never played a MP game like this before. Different
Pretty cool how when someone grabs the intelligence they leave a paper trail behind them. I was cracking up when ever I ran around a corner and one of OME6A's sentry turrets turned me into Swiss Cheese

The only thing I didn't get was the Construction dude. When I went to make a sentry turret the Blue Prints and Image of the sentry appear but nothing happens. Am I missing something ??

OME6A · 10-23-2007

Yeah, I noticed you had some lag. I think it was on your end though. None of us were experiencing it, and we didn't have any complaints. That game can be really laggy at times.

As the engineer you can build teleporters, dispensers and sentries. Each item has a metal cost associated with it. Your metal is the number in the bottom right of the sceen. Press left on the dpad to select what to build, position yourself where you want it, and then pull the left trigger (it's left or right).

Sentries can be upgraded from a little pea-shooter, to a daul-gatlin gun rocket launching death machine. After you've built one, keep wacking it with your wrench, and notice it's upgrade meter go up. This only works as long as you have some metal.

Dispensers are great because they give you metal and health. A sentry with a dispenser near by is a good combo. The dispenser will keep giving you metal so that you can quickly upgrade your sentry.

Negative Creep · 10-23-2007

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Originally Posted by E. Writer

Damn, if you got 40 for Bioshock, Halo should get atleast that... Looks like im only gonna pay 20 bucks for 5 games

I checked with EB Games/GameStop the other day... Halo 3 gets you $35 in trade credit... I'm trading in my copy on Thursday, so I can put it towards The Simpsons Game and Mass Effect.