Reasonable said:
rocketpig said:
Reasonable said:
rocketpig said:
Good God, I have lost all faith in gamers.
If you're including Orange Box as one game, I don't see how anyone could vote for ANYTHING else. It has one of the best FPS of all time (Half-Life 2) plus two of that game's expansions, it has one of the best multi-player experiences of the past ten years (TF2), AND it has the crowning FPS achievement of this generation, Portal, bundled into it.
There are plenty of other great FPS this generation but none that offer the length, quality, and multi-faceted gameplay options of Orange Box.
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Just what I was going to say.
Taken as a single purchase, Orange Box literally blows every thing else on the list out the water. A larger - and arguably much better - SP campaign than any of the others with HL2 plus both Episodes. Industry leading - and award winning - innovation in Portal as well as some great MP options. For quality/content combined no other single title comes close.
Mind you polls always skew to more recent titles just like film polls, then later on the young predenters start dropping down polls/best off lists like flies leaving the true classics in their higher positions, and this is definately looking like one of those polls.
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Just being reminded of Orange Box is prompting me to go buy it again for Mac. It's only $20 now. I'm curious to see it on my new 15" MBP.
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I replayed Portal just recently just to get back into the Portal frame of mind for Portal 2. Then I figured, what the hell, and played HL2 plus EP1 and EP2 through from start to finish over about a week.
Damn. Those titles remain the best SP campaign ever IMHO. The pacing, the depth of gameplay and seamless exposition during gameplay... still the best in SP FPS I'd argue.
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To put it lightly, I'm looking forward to playing it again. I don't think I even played Ep 2 so there should be new content for me as well. It will be a good primer for Portal 2 and Ep 3, if/when that releases.
Plus, I want to test the new MBP as a gaming rig. Orange Box won't put much of a strain on the system but I want to see how well FPS games play with a Magic Mouse (great for design work but I'm skeptical of its gaming abilities).
