Yesterday, Michael Mcwhetor of Kotaku.com posted volume one of his impressions of the PlayStation 3 version of Valve's The Orange Box, the one handled by EA UK. It's arriving about two months later than its PC and Xbox 360 counterparts and amid some controversy.
Here is part of what he wrote:
"Having worked my way through the first three chapters of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, I stopped just before one of the episode's key vehicle sequences. This portion of the game was deemed one of the worst, in terms of technical performance. Assessments of those moments are mostly accurate. Yes, the frame rate takes some heavy dips, but at no point did it become unplayable. Slideshow? Nah. At least not for me..."
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.
Nothing but great memories with all these games! Playing Left for dead series during the college years with friends was the best.
Love to see titles coming to BC with enhancements. Would love even more to see Half Life 3.
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.
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.
The orange box was an excellent release. I don't think Valve will do much beyond online only games now.
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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.
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.
was just from some fanboy who happens to get paid to give his opinion.
anyway im buying this game
It seems the apparent broken,unplayable,flawed(inser t any other negative word here)Orange Box PS3 has been slightly exaggerated by some.
It seems to me every slight technical problem/flaw,even frame drop in any ps3 title is jumped upon with far more negativity than any other rival system(especially the supposed gaming press)
Other apparent AAA titles with obvious flaws seem to get overlooked on other consoles (Mass Effect for example) thats fair enough as by all accounts it's a stunning title even "with" it's technical flaws.
However if Orange Box ps3 is released with the odd frame drop it seems to make it all doom and gloom and somehow makes the Orabge box all of a sudden not a AAA ps3 title.
I was always going to buy this game even tho i have completed Half Life 2 and Episode one on my pc i still want to play through them on a Large HD screen with a full DD/DTS 5.1 setup.
Besides that Team Fortress 2,Portal and Episode 2 are worth the price alone so with this in mind it's a must have in my opinion.
So to conclude it seems Orange Box ps3 isn't as broken as many have claimed (judging on this preview) the guy seems unblinkered in his views and very honest. Perhaps some others should take this approach in future !! who knows ??
Enjoy your games irespective of platform !!
frame rates my ass. People just got use to bashing the PS3 framerates because of Madden 08.
Game is best on PS3.
I finished this on the 360 bout a month ago and although its a good game it does show its age abit in the graphic department. The physics are still good though. The vechile sections are quite poor but you get a lot of game for your buck.