"The Freeman Returns" with The Official Orange Box Thread
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Is GAF incapable of talking about a multiplatform title without arguing about the actual platforms?
Here's a thread
Use it.
Here's a thread
Use it.
BenjaminBirdie
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pxleyes said:
While I don't necessarily agree with Draft's militant stance on the issue, I hardly see how user created "remixes" of code are some kind of magical selling point that cripples console versions of a game. A mash up of "Paranoid Android" and "Ballet Dance" by Roni Size might be the best thing ever, but it doesn't make OK Computer less of an album if that's all you ever get a chance to hear.
darkressurection
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Especially since both platforms are getting the same great experience.Quellex said:
It certainly isn't, but not everyone cares about mods. In fact, I've never bothered with any HL2 mods nor any sort of related multiplayer (including CS). I simply don't care. Occasionally a cool mod shows up that's worth trying, but in general, they are so far below professional quality that I'd rather spent my limited gaming time playing something more interesting. I certainly support what they are doing, though. I used to enjoy mods a lot more, but as games become more complex, mods start to feel less impressive.ice cream said:
Varth said:
Haven't tried. They said yes.
Episode 2 is good.
and by good i mean omg
It loads for less than ten seconds periodically. Maybe like once a half hour? I've been playing since around 2 and I think I've seen the loading bar maybe three or four times. Really not as bad as it was on my PC.
gregor7777
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Draft said:
LJ11 said:
Missed the sarcasm..if you were joking, then Ari says he's sorry.
Jaded Alyx
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DoctorWho said:
You'd be confused even if you did play Half-Life 1.
BenjaminBirdie
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VALIS said:
Where the hell did YOU get it??
Whoa wtf peeps already have the 360 version? I need comments on the controls, please. Are they as smooth as Halo 3's?
I just bought Orange Box from Steam and have started Episode One, which I haven't played before. I'm wondering if they've tweaked the game any for the console version or if they've optimized the aiming to be as smooth as Halo 3's.
I just bought Orange Box from Steam and have started Episode One, which I haven't played before. I'm wondering if they've tweaked the game any for the console version or if they've optimized the aiming to be as smooth as Halo 3's.
beelzebozo
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there's still mid-level loading? holy christ
DevelopmentArrested
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Got it.
Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto, Ontario.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
jarosh said:
i don't know if my cpu could run it. it's certainly not geared toward gaming.
but thanks, man. for old time's sake:
My clever ruse has been exposed. I'd sooner eat a porcupine than play HL2 with a damn gamepad. and no custom maps. And a 30 fps ceiling. And no mods.
A damn gamepad :lol
But it is definitely :lol that X360 owners are playing now, while Steam owner wait, and it is also :lol that retail PC buyers will be saving mad cash money when they buy from CC or Fry's or whatever. Much as I love Steam, it's definitely 0 for 2 as far as HL2 episode releases go.
Let me suggest this to you: TF2, right now, before it is even officially released, has more custom content on the PC than you will ever, ever see on the X360.
Ever.
A damn gamepad :lol
But it is definitely :lol that X360 owners are playing now, while Steam owner wait, and it is also :lol that retail PC buyers will be saving mad cash money when they buy from CC or Fry's or whatever. Much as I love Steam, it's definitely 0 for 2 as far as HL2 episode releases go.
You're high. People still play Half Life One, and it sure as shit isn't because Valve is tracking stats or selling a custom map or two twice a year.
Let me suggest this to you: TF2, right now, before it is even officially released, has more custom content on the PC than you will ever, ever see on the X360.
Ever.
Actually, it was ice cream that said six months. My point was that I'll probably be playing several other titles a year from now, when the influx of user-created mods for Orange Box arrive. However, if there's a quality mod that catches my eye then I'll certainly be the first to check it out. I've actually had more fun playing through Morrowind this summer, roughly five years after the game arrived, due to incredible user-created content that's been released.Big-E said:
BenjaminBirdie
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Draft said:
All of which takes a massive flyover the sum total of my post. The core game of Team Fortress 2 or Portal is not gimped because of a lack of access to this content. It wasn't developed by the designers. I'm not saying it's not fun or awesome. Nor am I saying that "tracking stats" or selling a custom map makes up for their inavailability. Where did I even imply that?
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
jarosh said:
well, i'm on a dell inspiron 530 with a genuine intel cpu processor (2140 @ 1.6GHz), and 1013 mb of ram.
. . . i copied that from the my computer tab, so to answer your question, no way in hell am i sure it won't run it. haha
My point is that it is gimped. The level editor, the SDK, and the community that uses both to create custom content like maps and mods, is as much a part of HL2, TF2, the whole "Source" package, as Episode 1 or Portal. A Half Life game without mods is half a game (tee-hee.)BenjaminBirdie said:
The Orange Box, as it appears on consoles, is like the first 5 courses of a seven course meal. And it may be satisfying. And you'll tell yourself, "I didn't want the cake, or the after dinner brandy, anyway." But then you'll look over, and see me eating slice after slice after slice, getting all sippy with that brandy, and you'll think, in your animal brain that rejects rationalization, "damn... I want some of that cake."
CajoleJuice
Member
My laptop is 1.6 GHZ with 512 MB and it runs TF2 when it's not supposed to, considering I have a 32 MB graphics card.beelzebozo said:
UnholySpectacle
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Any Orange Box 360 sightings in stores other than EB?
UnholySpectacle
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Draft said:
*golf clap* But shouldn't you have posted time wasting dribble like this in the "Which version to get thread?"
ElectricBlue187
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Draft said:
:lol well put
hmmm... 1.6 ghz isn't much, but the 2140 is a dual-core so i dunno, might still be good enough... you should check your graphics card. the inspiron 530s seem to be highly customisable so you'd have to check. go to your display properties -> settings. check what it says under 'display'. should be: "blah blah monitor on graphics card".beelzebozo said:
DantesWrath
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Is there a way to only preload Portal and not the rest of the games?