As wonderful as The Orange Box was, some people complained that there was no value for them personally, because they already owned Half-Life 2 and Episode One. These people are blasphemous demons who should have thanked Valve for making them own such great games twice. If you were one of those people, or if you just want to play Portal, you may be interested to know that (while on the subject of blasphemous demons) EA is planning to release hard copies of Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal for PC separately.
Although available individually through the Steam server, fans of discs needed the full Orange Box if they wanted to get their Portal on. Now you'll be able to pick it up solo, but remember to shake your fist at EA if you do, because when Electronic Arts is involved, you know that some diabolical scheme, possibly involving your everlasting soul, is underway.
This is being met with some skepticism thus far, but if the prices of the seperate components match the same kind of value as The Orange Box, it could be a good move. If all you want to do is play Portal, then you're sorted. But this is so evil, somehow.
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6:20 AM on 02.02.2008
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Are there many ppl and servers on tf2?? for pc version..
Because the pc gaming community is kinda.. dying..
I can hardly find any good servers for UT3...
Yes.
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/CaffeinePowered/fnf-tf2-sappin-mah-sentry-edition-68096.phtml
@foxhound009: i play enough TF2 on PC and I find there to be a big enough community and don't have much trouble finding fun servers. the biggest complaint i hear about TF2 is the lack of maps but I have no problems with it. that and there are some awesome custom maps out already.
I'm unfortunately burned out on TF from playing each revision since the original quake mod. I miss my old school 2 forts map and grenades.
By the way, Jim, not to be an ass...but it’s “separately”, not “seperately”.
Either that or the Orange Box didn't sell as well as most of think it did.
however hl e1 and e2 Ican't enjoy..
there's some weird error..
intern driver bla bla... that many of ati ussers are experiencing.. and no1 knows how to fix...
HL2 is 3 or so years old. Hell it was released on the original Xbox. It's a great game but it's been milked harder than even Ninja Gaiden.
All great games.