All Channels
Popular
430°

PS3 Orange Box Not So Broken?

A recent preview on the PlayStation 3 version of Valve's The Orange Box was less than kind. Sure, the PS3 edition of Portal seems fine, but the adventures of Gordon Freeman were given a lashing. Terms "downright unplayable", "slideshow" and "substandard" were peppered throughout the preview of the Half-Life 2 portions of the collection. Many days late and frames per second short, PS3 owners were finally getting a stinker of a port from EA UK. Recent previews from IGN and Gamespy, however, paint a slightly less depressing picture.

the worst6735d ago

kotaku.com please dont try 2 save it
unreal tournament 3 for me

djtek1846735d ago (Edited 6735d ago )

looks like another sloppy second.

gamesR4fun6735d ago (Edited 6735d ago )

Sad ya but dont expect much from this.

Surprising enough Im hearing Burnout might be decent was hoping for a new racing game soon... Still gonna wait until I see some reliable reviews.

Danja6735d ago (Edited 6735d ago )

Nope this game was meant to be played on PC

and once I heard they handed it over to EA...that's when I stopped wanting this game on PS3

UT3>>>PS3>>FTW ..!!!

InMyOpinion6735d ago (Edited 6735d ago )

All I hear is lots of sobbing.

A PS3-fanboy looking forward to a FPS. Now that's funny lol!
Your logic is missing. If Half-Life 2 is better to play on a PC, even more so is UT3. I'd say most FPS's are. But then again, you had to say it cause you're getting a crappy port of Half-Life 2...

mark096735d ago

actually it is ment to be played on the pc and halflife and halflife2 were the best fps of their time. I lost interest after they started adding episodes even though I will prpbably have to finish it one day just to see how the story turns out.

Real gamer 4 life6735d ago

that one of the few game that i am looking forward too is UT3, Ill stop playing ff12 when i get ut3

jackdoe6735d ago (Edited 6735d ago )

Even if it isn't as broken, it is still broken. Frame rate issues are still present in Episode Two which shouldn't be there. Can't believe that even with a freaking two month delay, EA can't iron out these kinds of frame rate issues. They are well on their way to becoming the most hated developer by PS3 owners. Actually, I think they are already there. They are just cementing that position. EA should have just delayed this game to next year and make sure that everything is nice and smooth. But no. They want to compete against UT3, UT3 which has Mark Reign one of the least douchiest people on the planet (he loves the PC, PS3, and 360), against the gimped Orange Box and Gabe Newell, possibly one of the most disliked men by the PS3 population.

-edit- At TPlarkin, quit bullsh!tting. No need for fanboy comments like that.

xplosneer6735d ago

No....more like putting in an iron box, sealed by a laser, and dropping into a volcano.

tplarkin76735d ago

When are we going to face the facts. The PS3 isn't as powerful as the 360. The excuses don't matter. Games play better on 360.

wil4hire6735d ago

How come:

Infinity Ward
Epic
Naughty Dog
Incognito
Insomniac

Can do it?

blusoops6735d ago

yeah...Ninga Theory and Evolution Studios can do it too!

+ Show (1) more replyLast reply 6735d ago
Show all comments (43)
320°

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.

Read Full Story >>
news.xbox.com
lxeasy2757d ago

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

Skull5212757d ago

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

gangsta_red2757d ago

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

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH2757d ago

So many memories of throwing my controller with Portal lol.

2756d ago
Show all comments (23)
100°

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.

Read Full Story >>
eurogamer.net
2pacalypsenow3122d ago

Man 2007 was a great year for gaming.

OpenGL3121d 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.

3121d ago
Fist4achin3121d ago

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

AuraAbjure3121d ago

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

110°

Valve reflects on The Orange Box, ten years later

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

pwnsause_returns3130d ago

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

FallenAngel19843130d ago

Back when Valve made a lot of great titles

-Foxtrot3129d 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.

Reefskye3128d ago (Edited 3128d 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.