[h2]1) The Orange Box (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)[/h2]
Orange Box was a masterpiece. Gamers got the amazing single-player stylings of all the Half-Life 2 games, the award-winning multiplayer battle game Team Fortress 2, and the experimental instant hit Portal.
I worked at Toys “R” Us when this baby came out, and was embarrassed every time I looked at it. Recommending it to every customer looking for a great and unique game was difficult because no one took it seriously. Let’s be honest, Valve could have had a solid orange box with the Half-Life Lambda symbol on it and it would have been pure gold.
Instead, we got a mish-mash of characters from the respective games, and a list of games that seemingly took up way more space than it needed. It’s not like these names would have helped at all anyway. All of these are fairly hardcore games. And chances are, if you’re interested in the game(s) at all, you already know what this box contains.
I guess that’s why Valve is currently the king of digital distribution, where they have to make significantly less boxes.
Gamers, what say you? Anything that you think belongs on the list? Any repressed memories that I’ve unfortunately unearthed?
Published: Aug 21, 2011 03:56 pm