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10-03-2007
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I'm not sure if anyone else has been looking at this, but Half Life 2: Orange Box comes out 10/9. I'm not big on Half Life, in fact I've never played it before, but it comes with 5 games for $60.
One of the five games is called Team Fortress 2, and that's what I'm getting it for. It's a fun, cartoony looking class-based online shooter. Kinda like XIII from the PS2, if you ever played that, but way better.
Here's a great article on it: IGN: The Orange Box Preview
Check out these videos for it, it looks like some good fun:
Video 1Video 2Video 3Video 4Video 5
I'll be trading in Halo 3 for this, so you won't be seeing me on Halo after it comes out. Halo looks great, and the campaign is awesome, but multiplayer is garbage. I've never played a more rediculous game than it.
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Rep Power: 8 | I've been watching it.
I've played Half-Life ( PS2) & Half Life 2 ( XBOX ) . The stories are great and the Graphics for Half Life 2 on the OG XboX was some of the best visuals and sound effects that came out on that console.
After looking at it I'm a little confused with the 3 part versions of Half Life 2 ????
The Multiplayer Team Fortress game looks cool . The graphics look different from what I'm used to with the Gordon Freeman story line.
The graphics do remind me alot of XIII, you don't see much cell-shading graphics that much.
I'm also waiting to see how Mass Effect is since it looks like the best thing since Star Wars: KOTOR 1 & 2 . I love Sci-Fi Games
Playing Halo 3 is like eating a Double Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese from McDonalds everyday.
If Half Life OB gets good MP Reviews I'll pick it up. From what I remember the weapons from Half Life 2 are pretty Spiffy. I've been playing games with excellent SP and really bad MP ( The Darkness , Stranglehold , Halo 3 ) so I must be a little stand-off-ish.
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10-04-2007
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Rep Power: 7 | Team Fortress looks like a new Fighting Force. FF was a game that was on the original PS, and was ****ing fun as hell. ______________________ Quote:
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Rep Power: 0 | i've heard about this team fortress 2... i've played half-life and this is a very great game...well Team fortress 2 looks great i think...and more challenging game... **The highlight of Team Fortress 2 is definitely the variety offered by its nine different character classes.  | 
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Rep Power: 2 | I'm going to play this game for I am a fan of half-life and counter-strike...1on1 anyone? | |
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Rep Power: 10 | I'll need to see the reviews and how much fun Team Fortress 2 is before I decide on this one. Wish they would give us some kind of Demo to try out. | |
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10-10-2007
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Rep Power: 8 | Here's the IGN Review IGN: The Orange Box Review
Looks like you get alot of bang for your buck with this.
I wasn't quite sure what was up with the expansions ( Story Wise ) being that I beat Half-Life 2 on the OG XBOX 2 years ago but now I get it. 
I can't wait to see how the graphics and especially the sound effects hold up after 2 years. Half-Life 2 was one of the best games on the OG XboX
Team Fortress offers up 6 maps with 9 different playable characters, but has no Team Deathmatch.
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Rep Power: 14 | TF2 is mad fun, and classes are very balanced. However, graphics could be a bit for polished, and matches tend to lag when they have more than 6v6.
It's very basic, with 6 maps and a handful of modes like attack & defend and control points, which the game seems to choose at random.
Still, it's a lot of fun. ______________________ • bury me at sea where no murdered ghost can haunt me | |
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10-11-2007
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Rep Power: 0 | I have have Half Life but why did the have to make a orange box with the same game?  | |
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10-12-2007
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Rep Power: 19 | 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. ______________________ Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos! | |
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Rep Power: 14 | 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. ______________________ • bury me at sea where no murdered ghost can haunt me | |
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Rep Power: 12 | 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...  ______________________ I BE ON THE WEST COAST
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Rep Power: 14 | 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. ______________________ • bury me at sea where no murdered ghost can haunt me | |
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