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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:36PM Mr Slayer said
That is fucking awesome.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:36PM Mogwai 279 said
Even though I have this for xbox 360 and I have half life 2 for pc I might just get this.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:54PM (Unverified) said
I'm not too familiar with Steams policies, but If I've already bought Team Fortress 2 and Portal can I buy this and then gift the two games I've already bought?
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 10:00PM BananaBoat said
Even though I own orange box for the 360, I couldn't resist. This gives me full access to HL2 mods, which I've been dying to try out.
At 10 dollars, this is the greatest gaming steal that will probably ever exist.
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At 10 dollars, this is the greatest gaming steal that will probably ever exist.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:39PM (Unverified) said
!!!
NEED!
NEED!
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:24PM (Unverified) said
here's a PS3 for $8
http://12tb.com/lookup/VideoGames/11846801/B000PE0HBI/The_Orange_Box_PS3
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http://12tb.com/lookup/VideoGames/11846801/B000PE0HBI/The_Orange_Box_PS3
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:40PM DBuckEye said
Awesome! I'm one-third of a kind! But with this deal, I'm probably going to have to sacrifice that status.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:41PM Maxwell said
I own the orange box on Xbox 360. Is it worth getting it on PC and will it run well on my Macbook (one of the new ones with 4GB of RAM)?
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:42PM Mogwai 279 said
I'm not sure about running on mac but I was running half life 2 on a pentium 4 when I first bought it.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:45PM Mogwai 279 said
Yeah you should be fine, I believe I only had 512 mb or ram when I first bought it. It ran fine for me, the loading killed me though.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:00PM (Unverified) said
I'm no computer brain, but I thought you had to get one specifically for a Mac to run it on a Mac.
My girlfriend's sleeping, or I'd ask her, she knows about these things.
Good luck though; love Macs myself.
http://videogamejunkies1.blogspot.com/
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My girlfriend's sleeping, or I'd ask her, she knows about these things.
Good luck though; love Macs myself.
http://videogamejunkies1.blogspot.com/
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:29PM (Unverified) said
Depends on your macbook
I have one of the new macbook pros and i can run Left 4 dead on max so im guessing all the other source engine games will run on max setting
Also you will need to have windows running on bootcamp to use steam
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I have one of the new macbook pros and i can run Left 4 dead on max so im guessing all the other source engine games will run on max setting
Also you will need to have windows running on bootcamp to use steam
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:42PM Liekos said
Valve is a genius company.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:47PM Kindrik said
Dammit, I JUST bought it two days ago.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:53PM (Unverified) said
This is a deal, I cannot refuse. Hell, I'm not even sure my pc can handle most of those games very well because I really don't play pc that much (xbox is my homie all the time for that)
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:59PM OMGOMG said
I'm making a note here.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:59PM FernandoRocker said
I have The Orange Box on my 360... I always wanted to be part of the Steam community, so this seems to be a good deal.
I'm not too much into PC gaming... can anyone tell me if I can run the games at a good framerate:
It's a laptop with a AMD Turion X2 at 2.1Ghz, 3GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon 3200 HD with HDMI output (ATI 780G)...
I know the procesor speed and RAM is enough to run the Source Engine, but I'm not sure about the video card. Any one with a similar card can give me some impressions when it comes to gaming?
I'm not too much into PC gaming... can anyone tell me if I can run the games at a good framerate:
It's a laptop with a AMD Turion X2 at 2.1Ghz, 3GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon 3200 HD with HDMI output (ATI 780G)...
I know the procesor speed and RAM is enough to run the Source Engine, but I'm not sure about the video card. Any one with a similar card can give me some impressions when it comes to gaming?
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:10PM (Unverified) said
You should be fine, I run a 7600 GT which I believe is comparable to the 3200 HD. I get like average 35-40 fps in TF2.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:10PM (Unverified) said
It should. If you're unsure, you can try downloading the Portal demo. If that runs well, you shouldn't have any trouble playing the half-life games. TF2 may be a different story though, as it's a little more demanding.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:18PM Geebs said
I'm more or less retarded when it comes to specs and stuff, but I have the T60 (http://i43.tinypic.com/qn8m10.jpg) and can run TF2 fine. My video settings in game are at the ... slightly below average settings, I guess? At any rate, the models don't look like horribly rendered glob people, so I'm happy.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:39PM einhanderkiller said
That videocard is not by any means a powerful one, but it is adequate enough to play the Orange Box games at a playable frame rate. The Source engine is pretty optimized--my cousin plays TF2 on a GeForce 4 Ti (released around the time the Xbox came out) and he gets 30 to 60 FPS at the lowest settings.
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Posted: Apr 25th 2009 1:06AM Territorial Oak said
A handy site I've recently found for this sort of thing. Compares your system against the minimum and recommended requirements.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
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http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:06PM Geebs said
Sigh. I bought TF2 for 20ish bucks a couple months back. Now I'm kinda considering this too. Nevermind that I already have Orange Box on 360 :(
ILU 2 much, Valve.
ILU 2 much, Valve.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:10PM cesaria said
This is such a great deal. If console gaming eventually goes to digital distribution only, I sure as hell hope they offer deals like this. I'll be severely upset if they continue to charge the current rate for a product they no longer need to spend packaging money on.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:15PM Sly C said
very nice! i'll be getting this ASAP. if it doesn't work on my computer (which it should since it's new), it's only $10. :D
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:22PM KeenCommander said
The system requirements for Source games tend to, at least in my experience with them, be really reasonable. I'd expect you should be fine. Unlike a lot of the games that have come out recently, it's not horribly coded.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:21PM KeenCommander said
I actually grabbed this. Not usually a fan of digital distribution, but at certain price points...it becomes worth it. Downloading Half-Life 2 right now. I didn't actually finish it the first time I started playing, I found the levels to be annoyingly short and nothing special - even though the gravity gun is fun at first. Worth another shot, though, and - of course - I simply must play Portal.
...yes...I'm the one person in the world who still hasn't...
Or maybe...that's...a lie?
...yes...I'm the one person in the world who still hasn't...
Or maybe...that's...a lie?
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:26PM alexmlowgmailcom said
Holy fuck. Too bad my shitty ass computer can't even play any of them. I might buy it now for when I get my laptop.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:28PM Levi said
lol... I bought HL2, HL2 ep1, HL2 ep3, and Portal, all separately... HL2 for $20 before the Orange Box came out, Portal for $20 stand alone (well worth it at the time... sooo good), and luckily got the episodes on their crazy sale. Still, I could have bought Orange Box full price for the same amount!
Is TF2 more than $10 normally?
Is TF2 more than $10 normally?
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:02PM Levi said
Ep3 isn't out yet. I wasn't a huge fan of HL2, probably because HL1 was my favorite game of all time and my expectations were so high... so I wasn't into the episodes... but my friends played them and said that ep1 is better than the core game, and ep2 is better than ep1.... and that ep2 was so good that they were left craving ep3... so I started it up. I haven't gotten far in ep1, because my computer died, but I already could tell it was more half-lifey than half-life 2.
And I'll just wait until my tax return and the new laptop that follows to get TF2 in that case. no sense in getting the orange box for $10 if I have all the games but TF2, which is $10.
Anybody but me actually like Turok?
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And I'll just wait until my tax return and the new laptop that follows to get TF2 in that case. no sense in getting the orange box for $10 if I have all the games but TF2, which is $10.
Anybody but me actually like Turok?
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:42PM Covarr said
I already have The Orange Box on PS3, but my PS3's wifi connection is unreliable, and even when I connect, there's frequently not many other people playing TF2. Even worse, there's no sprays on the PS3, and almost nobody has a headset. On top of that, the load times are atrocious for Portal and HL2, and I've run into crazy framerate issues on multiple occasions. It was well worth the $10 for the PC version.
If I had a 360 and its version of The Orange Box, I might not have bothered with this, but it's well worth the $10 as a replacement for the PS3 version.
The ironic thing is, I didn't really even like HL2 that much. I'm mostly just getting this for TF2 and Portal.
If I had a 360 and its version of The Orange Box, I might not have bothered with this, but it's well worth the $10 as a replacement for the PS3 version.
The ironic thing is, I didn't really even like HL2 that much. I'm mostly just getting this for TF2 and Portal.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:43PM (Unverified) said
TF2 is a completely different experience on PC, lots more players, new maps, class unlocks and most importantly the balancing is perfect down to keyboard and mouse. Snipers are actually playable on PC!
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:17PM Zak Canard said
Steal of the week, you'd need to be batshit insane to miss it.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:35PM Negativecool said
Holy bloody piss!! This is quite possibly the most insane deal I've ever heard of. So many impossibly great games in one package...for 10 bucks.
Un-fucking-real.
I already have it, but this makes me want to go out and buy it again, just so I can feel like I'm stealing from the developers.
Un-fucking-real.
I already have it, but this makes me want to go out and buy it again, just so I can feel like I'm stealing from the developers.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:47PM FallenArms3 said
I haven't bought them because I don't think my computer could handle it.
What do you think:
Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
1 gig RAM
Integrated graphics (sucks)
Windows XP
Oh, and it's a Dell >
What do you think:
Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
1 gig RAM
Integrated graphics (sucks)
Windows XP
Oh, and it's a Dell >
