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IGN reviews The Orange Box

IGN has just released it's review of Valve's value packed Orange box. They've done a full review on the entire package as well as individual reviews for each new game included.

btkadams6814d ago

woot a 9.5. i cant wait til this comes to ps3

Crazyglues6813d ago (Edited 6813d ago )

It should be said that this review was of the PC version? Not that I expect the console to be too far from this review.

Razzy6813d ago

Why are people disagreeing that he wants the game for his PS3? LOL

Crazyglues6813d ago (Edited 6813d ago )

@Razzy - I think people are saying they disagree with the part where he says "cant wait til this comes to ps3" -simply because a lot of people believe it will be better on 360. For several reasons.

1. being achievements which is actually a clever thing Microsoft has added to games and has turned gamers into junkies who want bragging rights. (I can't blame them either I too want my gamer points... as silly as that might sound.) I just like having proof that I completed a game.

2. Hooking up with friends, Xbox live does this so easy and nicely that it could be considered a crime if it wasn't so dam sweet. (and by that I just mean even die hard PS3 fans like myself for some reason just can't be mad at that.)

3. Rumble, ohh dear god where is your rumble PS3, yeah it's coming I know but it's not hear yet is it.

4.Ok as if that wasn't enough reasons, how about the fact that the game will not take advantage of any of the PS3's features. Yes people it's sad but this game with use none of the Cell’s SPEs on the PS3, you heard me right none of the 8 will be used. (doesn't really hurt the game in anyway but also doesn't give you a really good reason to buy it for the system unless a PS3 is all you have - and if that's the case then this didn't matter anyway because you where always only going to get the PS3 version)

So to make a long story short PS3 will have better games later on as companies start using the CELL's SPEs and taking advantage of the systems resources better as they learn more of how to use them. But for now these games are once again still better on the 360, for now.

Simply because of the reasons stated above. But as we start the first quarter of 2008 that's when things will get interesting. As we see more and more games like Killzone 2, and MSG4 which will show off the true systems potential.

MikeGdaGod6813d ago

that's still not a reason to disagree with him

borgome6813d ago

Probabaly disagreeing because it will never come to the PS3.

lawman11086813d ago

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats right, it has been DELAYED............Ahahahhahah ahahahhahahahhahaha want to bet it wont be out until 2008?

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Marceles6814d ago

Just the review I've been waiting for...I'm getting it tomorrow

ShiftyLookingCow6814d ago

4 hours before unlocking on Steam!

lawman11086813d ago

Until it comes to the PS3 :)

HarryEtTubMan6813d ago

Why don't you get a life and face it punk... 360 will lose to the PS3 by millions of consoles this generation... and it's just the superior machine that most people want like myself. In 4 years the 360 will be obsolete with PS3 selling at its highest point for still the next 3-4 years... I can't wait to get my PS3 as can many people and many of my friends(we are in our 20's lol) I can't wait.

Fade_Walker6814d ago

9.5! 20 +Hours! Hot Damn!

im so glad im getting this tomorrow, it should last me till Ace Combat 6!

xhi46814d ago

are Valve running at a loss here or something?? This is like the craziest best deal ever! 5 Games for the price of one! Hot dayummm!

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Classic Valve Titles Now in Enhanced Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Collection

The Xbox One Backward Compatible versions of Xbox 360 titles Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, The Orange Box, and Portal are now enhanced for Xbox One X, Microsoft announced.

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lxeasy2787d ago

Nothing but great memories with all these games! Playing Left for dead series during the college years with friends was the best.

Skull5212787d ago

Love to see titles coming to BC with enhancements. Would love even more to see Half Life 3.

gangsta_red2787d ago

To not have another Left 4 Dead is straight up criminal.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH2787d ago

So many memories of throwing my controller with Portal lol.

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How Valve released five of its greatest games in a single day

The year is 2007. Console owners tap their fingers in barely contained impatience. For years they have been starved of Valve's delicious, full-bodied courses, forced to watch from the bleachers as Valve mixes a unique blend of kinetic first-person with extraordinary tech. Besides a brief dalliance with the original Xbox and the PlayStation 2 - which produce pale imitations of its best work - Valve has remained faithful to the PC.

And then, in a flash, five of them arrive at once; neatly packaged morsels for a new generation reared on Microsoft's & later Sony's consoles. Five games, all in one orange box. Valve serves the PC too, for it is October 18 - a day of celebration - and everyone should feast.

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2pacalypsenow3152d ago

Man 2007 was a great year for gaming.

OpenGL3151d ago

Valve didn't really "release" 5 of its greatest games in a single day, Half-Life 2 came out 3 years before The Orange Box. In no other context do we talk about a port being the "release" of a game.

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Fist4achin3151d ago

The orange box was an excellent release. I don't think Valve will do much beyond online only games now.

AuraAbjure3151d ago

Thanks for making the source 2 game engine valve it's legit.

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Valve reflects on The Orange Box, ten years later

Robin Walker discusses the impact of Portal, Team Fortress 2 and more.

pwnsause_returns3160d ago

shut up valve....give me HL3....

FallenAngel19843159d ago

Back when Valve made a lot of great titles

-Foxtrot3158d ago

Little cheeky to talk about it when you know we're still waiting for Half Life 3...the Orange Box included Episode 2 and is still left unfinished story wise to this day.

At this rate we better get a second Orange Box. Half Life 3, Half Life Remake (Black Mesa Mod), TF3 or L4D3 and the HL spin offs like Blue Shift.

Reefskye3158d ago (Edited 3158d ago )

Don't know what valve are going to do with Half Life after Mike Laidlaw posted the short version of Episode 3 in August and changed the names and genders.