The Orange Box

The Orange Box is a collection of five Half-Life 2 based video games including Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, all of which were developed by Valve Corporation.http://orange.half-life2.com/tf2.html

For PC and Xbox 360, The Orange Box was released on October 10, 2007 while the PS3 version was released on December 11, 2007. Since the compilation contains five video games, The Orange Box features multiple ESRB ratings, depending on which video game is played, however most of them are rated M for Mature.http://orange.half-life2.com/tf2.html

After the compilation was released it received multiple positive reviews from critics, as well as positive feedbacks. On IGN, The Orange Box for PC and Xbox 360 received 9.5 points out of 10 while the PS3 version gathered a score of 8.4 out of 10.http://pc.ign.com/articles/825/825992p1.html

On Metacritic, he Orange Box collected a cumulative score of 96% (PC and Xbox 360) while on Gamespy the collection received 5 stars out of 5.http://pc.ign.com/articles/825/825992p1.html

Most critics gave lower scores to the PS3 version of this compilation, because, according to 1UP.com, on PS3 there are several frame rate issues.http://download.gamevideos.com/Podcasts/113007.mp3

According to Eurogamer.com, the PS3 version also presents minor problems when it comes to accessing the games online. Also known as lags, these problems may affect the gameplay especially when some of the games included in the compilation, such as Team Fortress 2, are multiplayer based video games. In other words, these video-games don’t have a Single-Player Mode and can only be played online.http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-orange-box-review