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Forums - Microsoft - HL2: The Orange Box 360 getting very good reviews (98% on Gamerankings)

I know the average score will come down but it's still pretty impressive for the system to get 3 games that have scored so high in less than 2 months. 

1UP - 100% 

Eurogamer - 100%

Yahoo Games - 100%

Gamepro - 100%

Gamespy - 100%

Game Informer - 97.5%

Team Xbox - 96%

IGN - 95%



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It's got great (albeit somewhat short?) single player content, great multiplayer content, and bucketloads of awesomeness. I'm not sure if it should be reviewed as a single game, but it definitely deserved 90+ scores if so.

Can't wait to get it when I either get a 360, or a computer that can run it. =P



Parokki said:
It's got great (albeit somewhat short?) single player content, great multiplayer content, and bucketloads of awesomeness. I'm not sure if it should be reviewed as a single game, but it definitely deserved 90+ scores if so.

Can't wait to get it when I either get a 360, or a computer that can run it. =P

I don't know that the content is that short. I know it's a bunch of short games but you could consider half life 2 through episode 2 one whole game/storyline. You're looking at 9 hours for half life 2, 4 for each of the two episodes and 3 hours for Portal for a total of approximately 20 hours of single player gameplay. Then you got Team Fortress.

It's basically if you doubled Bioshock's single player and added a good but small multiplayer component with 6 maps. Not too shabby for 60 bucks.

Oh, I also think it's being reviewed as one game because two of the games have already been out and it becomes tedious to re-review them then put up 3 seperate reviews for the new games.  I guess since it comes in one package to the player, it should be reviewed as one product.   



Completed XBLA: 16 / 32
Completed Retail: 17 / 64
GS Completion %: 82.63%
 

Wait, it includes Half-Life 2 as well? I thought it only had Episode 2, TF2 and Portal.



Parokki said:
Wait, it includes Half-Life 2 as well? I thought it only had Episode 2, TF2 and Portal.

 Oh no, it has the full Half Life 2 game and Episode 1 along with the games you mentioned. 



Completed XBLA: 16 / 32
Completed Retail: 17 / 64
GS Completion %: 82.63%
 
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Man, they really need to inform people that it has HL2 and EP1 as well...those are also truly epic games.



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What exactly is Half-Life?



grandmaster192 said:
What exactly is Half-Life?

 Its one of the legendary FPS franchises. It's critically acclaimed for it's story telling and innovative game play which is something games like Halo fails at. 



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ssj12 said:
grandmaster192 said:
What exactly is Half-Life?

 Its one of the legendary FPS franchises. It's critically acclaimed for it's story telling and innovative game play which is something games like Halo fails at. 


You hate Halo, we get that. You don't need to remind us in every MS forum thread.

With that said, does grandmaster seriously not know what HL is?

 




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rocketpig said:
ssj12 said:
grandmaster192 said:
What exactly is Half-Life?

Its one of the legendary FPS franchises. It's critically acclaimed for it's story telling and innovative game play which is something games like Halo fails at.


You hate Halo, we get that. You don't need to remind us in every MS forum thread.

With that said, does grandmaster seriously not know what HL is?

 


 i dont hate it.. its good.. just not the best.. I do own Halo CE for the PC.



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