The Orange Box
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Valve
EAN: 0014633098525
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: October 09, 2007
Sales Rank: 33
Studio: Electronic Arts
Features:- Characters - Advanced facial animation system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. With 40 distinct facial muscles, human characters convey the full array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity and intelligence
- Physics - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy
- Graphics - Source's shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to create movies such as Toy Story and Monster's, Inc., creates the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game.
- AI - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain, and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand
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With part 3 of the Half-Life saga in the horizon, this collection brings you from the start so you're ready to take on the third episode of this exciting trilogy. Half Life earns its popularity and reputation at being the first First Person Shooter game to use aq lifelike, realtime plot that pits you in the action as well as behind the trigger. Created by Valve Software, each episode employs advanced technologies for better, more realistic play. In Half-Life, you assume the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a recently graduated theoretical physicist who must fight his way out of an underground research facility whose teleportation experimentations have gone awry. The second part of the trilogy of episodic expansions for Half-Life 2, Episode Two picks up where Episode One left off?with Gordon and Alyx traveling out of City 17 and into a vast new environment.
The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people people he cares about are counting on him. Intense, real-time gameplay of Half-Life 2 is made possible only by Source, Valve's new proprietary engine technology
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The Orange box retail item is one of the best sets I've ever purchased. As far as first person shooters go, Half life 2 ranks among the finest Jam packed with action, realistic graphics and physics that you would think would bring any respectable machine to its knees, but actually it's easy on the system resources (My machine is over a year old without any major upgrades except a memory upgrade from 2 gb to 4 gb) I didn't need to scale anything down! This game has it all, an excellent plot, storyline, ... Read More
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WARNING: Don't buy this game unless you don't have a problem with the fact that you MUST be connected to the Internet to even install the game. If you're one of those people who have anti-virus software running at the same time, also forget it, as you will most likely be unable to find any but the least secure settings that will allow it to work.
If your PC is already part of the worldwide spammers botnet, then OK, I guess. But I strongly advise against it for anyone with any computer equipment ... Read More
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Yu-jin Chia,
While Steam requires a live internet connection to INSTALL the games, one can play the games offline by simply putting the Steam client in offline mode. Additionally, one can turn off the automatic update feature for the games.
Steam is by far the best online game distribution system available. Most others require a monthly fee. A steam account is free (no setup fee and no monthly fee). One simply purchases the games desired.
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Beware. A lot of people on here selling "New but opened" copies of orange box are actually selling registered copes and Valve (in their infinte wisdome) refuse to transfer licences from one customer to another (in violation of the "First Sale" doctrine of copyright law).
DO NOT BUY a used copy except from an 'authorized valve reseller' (whoever that is, apparently not Amazon, unfortunately).
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Great buy for all who are new to HL2 and those who already have it.
You get:
HL2: Which I believe is one the best games ever. Nothing more I can say that hasnt already been said.
HL2 Episode 1: Fast action and great graphics and gameplay. Not much more to say about this either.
HL2 Episode 2: Another fast paced and very intense game. The graphics still hold up and this expansion has less puzzle solving this time which I like alot better. Also, th final ... Read More
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