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Post by pokey on Nov 28, 2007 15:53:48 GMT -5
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EvilMasterBetty, Esq.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Nov 28, 2007 15:55:51 GMT -5
I haven't played either, but Orange Box is the best value for your dollar.
Portal, by all accounts, is worth the price tag by itself. Then you get Half-Life 2, Episode 1, and Team Fortress 2 (which is still buggy). That's a lot.
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Post by AriadosMan on Nov 28, 2007 15:58:21 GMT -5
Orange Box...multiple games.
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Post by estrada on Nov 28, 2007 16:32:49 GMT -5
Orange Box. I only say that because I dont dig the type of game Mass Effect is.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Nov 28, 2007 16:56:25 GMT -5
Honestly I think Mass Effect might be the better buy just for the kind of game it is, but I'm also going on the fact that I've heard the Orange Box version of Half Life 2 isn't very good...and if so that's totally not worth it, simply because of control problems and stuff, and you deserve to play a better version of HL2, 'cause it's a brilliant game.
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Nov 28, 2007 18:37:34 GMT -5
Orange Box, hands down.
Mass Effect is a good game, but it suffered from not enough development time. With Orange Box you have two great new games, and the greatest First Person Shooter yet made and it's two episodes.
No brainer to me, if there need be a choice.
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Post by AoDfan on Nov 28, 2007 18:45:28 GMT -5
The Orange Box
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Post by Jeff on Nov 28, 2007 19:17:52 GMT -5
Mass Effect.
I have both and trust me Mass Effect is better. TOB is a good pickup too though.
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Post by shiranui on Nov 28, 2007 19:44:11 GMT -5
Let's see... the latest RPG title from the developers who made two of my favorite games from recent years (KOTOR and Jade Empire) or a "box" containing a three-year-old FPS (a game genre that I generally don't care for) with its expansions/sequels, an online FPS I wouldn't even think about playing and a puzzle game that lasts a few hours (but is at least somewhat interesting)?
Yeah, as you could probably tell, I'd personally get Mass Effect.
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Post by Johnny on Nov 28, 2007 21:04:05 GMT -5
Mass Effect. I beat it yesterday and I'm already itching for Mass Effect 2
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Post by Jaffa is behind you. on Nov 28, 2007 21:46:56 GMT -5
I haven't played either, but Orange Box is the best value for your dollar. Portal, by all accounts, is worth the price tag by itself. Then you get Half-Life 2, Episode 1, and Team Fortress 2 (which is still buggy). That's a lot. The PC version is excellent, so if your PC can run the Orange Box, get the PC version. Either way, 5 games is a better value than one. |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Nov 28, 2007 21:51:18 GMT -5
Orange Box, hands down. Mass Effect is a good game, but it suffered from not enough development time. With Orange Box you have two great new games, and the greatest First Person Shooter yet made and it's two episodes. No brainer to me, if there need be a choice. 4+ years wasn't enough development time? |
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Nov 28, 2007 22:30:31 GMT -5
Orange Box, hands down. Mass Effect is a good game, but it suffered from not enough development time. With Orange Box you have two great new games, and the greatest First Person Shooter yet made and it's two episodes. No brainer to me, if there need be a choice. 4+ years wasn't enough development time? Not for what they promised. It's like the Fable Effect only not as extreme. I hear a whole plot point was erased that the dialogue tree hinted to because they ran out of time. It's also glitchy. |
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Post by shiranui on Nov 28, 2007 22:33:23 GMT -5
Either way, 5 games is a better value than one. True, although Bioware's games have quite a lot of gameplay content and replay value as well. I've finished the first KOTOR seven times. |
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Post by Rube on Nov 28, 2007 22:40:32 GMT -5
Orange Box.
Mass Effect is a great game, but it's nowhere near what I was expecting. The main story is awesome, but the sidequests are just f***ing boring. Go to boring planet, kill bad guys, find debris and minerals, rinse and repeat. Bleh. All the landable planets are just lame. I wish they had scrapped all of them and just made it more like KOTOR. A handful of fully detailed and story-filled locations > 20 + Meaningless planets with absolutley nothing to do.
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Post by King Fox -1017 Bricksquad on Nov 28, 2007 22:51:04 GMT -5
Man, that's a tough one. I'm barely, just barely going with Mass Effect. If you have the money try and get both.  |
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Post by samachine on Nov 28, 2007 23:14:57 GMT -5
Mass Effect.
Have you played any of the games in The Orange Box before? i was never that big of a fan of HL 2, Team Fortress is great, but Mass Effect is jus.. amazing
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Nov 28, 2007 23:35:51 GMT -5
4+ years wasn't enough development time? Not for what they promised. It's like the Fable Effect only not as extreme. I hear a whole plot point was erased that the dialogue tree hinted to because they ran out of time. It's also glitchy. just making sure you knew. All that aside, it is still one of the few reasons I would consider getting a 360, the other being Bioshock. Half-Life 2 is soemthing special. I am not sure about the versions in the Orange box, but I am going to get the PS3 version, as my PCs are both way to clunky to play it, and I need it in my home finally. |
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