IGN: The Orange Box PS3 Hands-On

ruibing - 771 days 1 hour ago

Ever since I bought Orange Box for the PC from an Asian online retailer and got my account suspended on Steam, I've lost whatever motivation I used to have in playing CS and CS Source. So unless they can provide a PS3 game without spitting on it first, I'll be looking elsewhere for my gaming needs this holiday season.

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the worst - 771 days 1 hour ago

for me

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rushbd - 771 days ago

"There is an upside. The PS3 version of Half-Life 2 and Episode One have a few extra lighting and texture touches that make some areas look better than on 360. There's also a handy quicksave feature. Hold down the start button in any of the five games to quicksave without having to go to a menu. It comes in handy, especially if you man up and play on the hard difficulty in the Half-Life games."

"The framerate problems are most prominent in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It's in this portion of The Orange Box (my personal favorite of the collection) that the most noticeable hiccups can be found. However, the drop from 30 frames per second is sporadic. You can go 10 minutes and have everything running perfectly, and then hit a few minutes that have some jitters. Again, none of it was enough to make me throw my controller in disgust."

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Half-Life_Fan - 770 days 23 hours ago

"You can go 10 minutes and have everything running perfectly, and then hit a few minutes that have some jitters. Again, none of it was enough to make me throw my controller in disgust."

Sounds exactly like my PC when I'm playing HL2 & HL2:Ep1 except it jitters a bit longer than 10 minutes. Hence the reason why I want it on my PS3.

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chelcho - 770 days 21 hours ago

People, you should read article! They didn't say ps3 version is a flop. There are some framerate drops (not many) in episode two, but have better lightning and textures.
THIS SHORT PREVIEW IS MISLEADING!!!

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BrianC6234 - 770 days 13 hours ago

Screw EA and Valve. I'm buying UTIII. That's a great game and a game designed for the PS3. Not some port. I don't really have a problem with EA on The Orange Box. I'm sure they'll do the best they can. The game shouldn't be rushed out though. Delay it and make it better. I blame Valve for this though. Gabe Newell is an idiot. I'm not buying anymore of his crap.

There are too many great PS3 games out and coming out to waste money on lazy or crappy ports now. A year ago we didn't have that much choice. Now we do.

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witchking - 770 days 8 hours ago

UTIII is designed for the PS3? Funny, I thought it was designed for the PC... as a PC franchise... and the PS3 "port" kind of fell out of that... just as the 360 port will inevitably follow.

However, none of that is a defense of the Orange Box on PS3. I think the real issue here is that most gamers are aware of Gabe Newell's disgust with the PS3 development kit, and we're anticipating that in addition to the Orange Box being delayed on PS3 that there will be issues with it as well.

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Nagthragarthoth - 770 days 6 hours ago

There are more than enough games and studios I would rather support than these D!CKS.

UTIII for me and my PS3.

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Ring of Death - 771 days 1 hour ago

i was about to post the same...i was planing on buying this game 4 months and am so disappointing and then i realize UT3 its a lot better and they r trying really hard on ps3 ....screw u valve and EA.

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Daishi - 770 days 3 hours ago

You can play it on 360 or PC as well so what's the problem?

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toughNAME - 771 days 1 hour ago

haha nah i'm kidding

even though theres a lot of hate for the PS3 version it'll still sell like madddd

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ELite_Ghost - 771 days 1 hour ago

get your girlfriend to buy it for you? Who do you think you are?
Unless she's rich or something that's not right lol

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scottie2521 - 771 days 1 hour ago

thats what i just did with AC and Uncharted.

i wasn't 100% sure so i had my gf buy them. thankfully they were good purchases.

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Kleptic - 770 days 15 hours ago

ha...I am already screwed with UT3...she has "confirmed" it as a Christmas present, which means I have to wait until the 25th instead of the 11th....that kind of sucks...

Not sure if I will ever get this...I loved the original, was a little disappointed with this "episodic" content stuff though...SourceEngine was awesome in 04...but it definitely shows its age (even though EA confirmed to not use any SPE's on the PS3 port...exactly why it chugs at times most likely)...I have just been wanting half-life 3...

TF2 is fun though...and have played through portal several times now...but I will probably not get this any time soon...TF2 is cool in taking the class system to the next level, but I prefer the perks of CoD 4 more anyway...a game by the way that absolutely trashes every version of HL2 visually in the first place (making it even more frustrating that they couldn't get more than 30fps out of it)

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BrianC6234 - 770 days 13 hours ago

Maybe The Orange Box will end up being worth the money. I wouldn't recommend a preorder or even buying it before Christmas. Wait for the reviews and opinions from people who bought it. Why risk $60 on it if you aren't sure?

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MK_Red - 771 days 1 hour ago

True. Burnout Paradise is the only worthy EA game and not because they did a right port. Simply because PS3 version was lead and those idiots didn't need to port it. Hopefully, the port to 360 is done by Criterion and not EA.

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Daishi - 770 days 3 hours ago

True to that MK, Criterion is a wonderful developer, EA is not... Stick to publishing guys and leave the developing to the artists, who wants the pit crew driving the car?

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Skillet_135 - 771 days 1 hour ago

Ha I agree that it blows that no one is supporting the PS3 like it deserves. But Orange Box comes out the day after UT3. I have both pre-ordered and will be picking both up

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jaja1434 - 770 days 22 hours ago

Umm it was game of the year at one time. So unless your to young to remember two years ago your comment is quite confusing. Now add in that you get 5 games total for 60$ and thats one hell of a deal.

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BloodySinner - 771 days ago

I love conspiracy theories.

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scottie2521 - 771 days 1 hour ago

but do you think the 360 attach rate was always what it is now or did it grow as time passed and games came out?

if i thought like you, i'd think ps3's attach rate was like me and everyone had at least 8 to 10 games at any given point.

BTW....i BOUGHT Lair and HS.....WOW!!!!!!

although i do have to admit............i haven't bought R&C........yet

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Action Bastard - 771 days 1 hour ago

Do yourself a favor Scottie...buy R&C. Fantastic.

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Snukadaman - 771 days ago

here is nov 2006 numbers from vgchartz..notice gears of war...2nd week 300k..thats where ratchet and clank should of been...600k the first week of gears sales...
http://vgchartz.com/aweekly...

but lets get a obscure week...how about aug 26th 2006..3 games in the top 10..when was the last time ps3 had 3 games in the top 10? face it the ps3 attach rate for games is terrible, and exclusives are even worst.
http://vgchartz.com/aweekly...

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jctoyou - 770 days 5 hours ago

why dont ya mind ur own buisness and play ur 360!

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A_Gamer - 771 days ago

a great purchase i wouldnt want HL OB on the ps3 even if i was to get it for free

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achira - 770 days 19 hours ago

have you read the ign review ? it says that the ps3 version is in some areas better than the 360 version, so whats your point ?

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