The Orange Box delivers five innovative
action games from Valve– creators of the blockbuster Half Life franchise, in one
box. The Orange Box includes Half Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress
2 in addition to full versions of award-winning Half Life 2 and Half Life 2:
Episode One for an engrossing first-person action experience.
Features:
Half-Life 2:
1998. Half-Life® sends a shock through the game industry with its combination
of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title
wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named “Best PC
Game Ever” by PC Gamer.
NOW. By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original,
and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life® 2 opens the door
to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the
physical environment to the behaviors, and even emotions, of both friends and
enemies.
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 he cares about are counting on him.
Half-Life 2: Episode One:
Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a series of new adventures created
by Valve that extends the Half-Life® 2 single player experience.
Stepping into the hazard suit of Dr. Gordon Freeman, you face the immediate
repercussions of your actions in City 17 and the Citadel. Rejoin Alyx Vance and
her robot, Dog, to once again aid the human resistance in their desperate battle
against the totalitarian alien menace of the Combine.
Episode One exposes Alyx's combat skills and knowledge of City 17 as the
player battles side-by-side with her in this 4-6 hour adventure of greater
density and detail than non-episodic releases.
The intense gameplay delivered in Episode One is made possible only by
Source®, Valve’s proprietary engine technology, which has been enhanced with new
rendering technology and advanced artificial intelligence to deliver new levels
of graphics and character interaction.
Portal:
Portal is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture
Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new
games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
The game is designed to change the way players approach, manipulate, and
surmise the possibilities in a given environment; similar to how Half-Life 2’s
Gravity Gun innovated new ways to leverage an object in any given situation.
Players must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to
maneuvering objects, and themselves, through space.
Half Life 2: Episode Two:
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second in a trilogy of new games created by
Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life® adventure.
As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as
the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you
must battle and race against Combine forces as you traverse the White Forest to
deliver a crucial information packet stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of
fellow resistance scientists.
Episode Two extends the award-winning Half-Life gameplay with unique weapons,
vehicles, and newly-spawned creatures.
Team Fortress 2:
Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is the sequel to the game that put class-based,
multiplayer team warfare on the map. This year’s most anticipated online action
game, TF2 delivers new gametypes, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next
generation animation technology, persistent player statistics, and more.
Unlike other “class-based” games that offer a variety of combat classes only,
Team Fortress 2 packs a wild variety of classes which provide a broad range of
tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player
skills.
Play as the flame-throwing Pyro, the room clearing Heavy, or the Spy, a
master of disguises. Other classes include: Scout, Sniper, Medic, Engineer,
Demoman, or Soldier.
TF2 features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to
date – and the most exciting class-based action ever created.
System Requirements:
- Windows 2000/XP/VISTA
- Pentium 1.7Ghz
- 512MB RAM
- 64MB DirectX 9.0 video card
- DVD-ROM drive
- DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Internet connection required