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    Orange Box

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Rotz, May 18, 2010.

  1. Rotz

    Rotz Notebook Consultant

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    I know Orange Box came out ages ago, but my friend just reminded me of Counter-Strike and I used to play Counter-Strike way back when it was a mod for regular Half-Life but I haven't played CS: Source. I haven't ever played Team Fortress 2 either. Is it an amazing package still?

    I've not bought a game in a long, long time (aside from subscribing to wow until a few months ago), I've just been playing America's Army 3 and Battlefield Heroes for my multiplayer entertainment.

    Think Orange Box is still worth it? I keep asking myself this and keep thinking it's too old to justify buying it, lol.
     
    Rotz, May 18, 2010
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  2. j-p

    j-p Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's still awesome value, go for it!
     
    j-p, May 18, 2010
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  3. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    The amount of games justify it, regardless of how old it is.
     
    lozanogo, May 18, 2010
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  4. Signal2Noise

    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    And there's still a large community playing TF2/CS:S. No gamer should be without OB in their repertoire. Do it!
     
    Signal2Noise, May 18, 2010
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  5. myx

    myx Notebook Deity

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    TF2 is timeless! Or is that ageless? :) Anyway, it is a great package.
     
    myx, May 18, 2010
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  6. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

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    CS:S is not included in the Orange Box
     
    ziddy123, May 18, 2010
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  7. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    If you can swing the $100, I'd highly suggest the Valve Complete Pack. It's got all of Valve's games, including CS:S, TF2, and both L4D's, Portal, all the Half-Life games... I think it's a better value than the Orange Box.
     
    Pitabred, May 18, 2010
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  8. pkim1230

    pkim1230 Notebook Deity

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    and there is your solution.
    thread closed.







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    pkim1230, May 18, 2010
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  9. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    + 1!

    Cant beat that offer, L4D2 is awesome and CSS is getting updated to use Orange Box Source Engine, just like Day of Defeat: Source.
     
    DEagleson, May 18, 2010
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