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The orange box (PS3 version): Is it worth buying?
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psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Well, there's enough positive comments on here to persuade me to get it.
Micromegas
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rkenshin said:
No rumble either by the looks of things. How can they let this great collection wallow in mediocrity and technical bugs?
If you're not going to play it anywhere else, by all means get it on PS3. I've played the whole thing up to Episode 2 (about 3 hours in), and the performance issues are pretty overblown. The biggest issue is probably going to be how TF2 is supported going forward. Loads in Portal are long, but not terrible.
nelsonroyale
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HL2 has horrible loading, but the game is still excellent and runs decently...its worth it
devildog820
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Ranger X said:
Yes, however I experienced a nasty lockup in the second to last chapter. No matter what I did or how many times I restored it, it locked up in the same place. Since I couldn't restart the chapter until I beat it, I used the stage select code to restart the chapter. No consistent lockups after that.
Even with all the mentioned problems, I still cant see how it could be crap. HL2 is probably the best FPS Ive ever played. The episodes are quite good too.
And then there's Portal, which is supposedly awesome. I have not played it since my 360 died but I plan on getting the PS3 edition later.
And then there's Portal, which is supposedly awesome. I have not played it since my 360 died but I plan on getting the PS3 edition later.
gregor7777
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Even if it has tech issues, you owe it to yourself to play the HL2 series.
TF2 PC shames the console versions though.
TF2 PC shames the console versions though.
drakesfortune
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devildog820 said:
I had the exact same problem and I just restarted the level to fix it. This is a huge bug that persists on the 360, PS3, and PC version of the game. It's not limited to the PS3. Search on it and you'll find people on all platforms had that same issue. Luckily for me it was only about 5 minutes worth of game that had to be replayed.
I'm almost done with the original game (on PS3) and there is definitely no reason not to experience this game. It plays great on PS3, although obviously not as well as its 360 or PC counterpart, but like I said, still no reason not to get the game. A few random areas will have a second or two of hang time, but it's never got me killed and is rarely an annoyance.
devildog820
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drakesfortune said:
Good stuff. Yeah, that chapter was pretty short. No big loss. But I was pissed before that.
ThirstyFly
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I just picked it up for PS3 this morning (got it for $35, couldn't resist) and started playing though Portal. It runs good enough for me. The only time I saw frames dropping was when I looked though a portal that had multiple room reflections in it, and it didn't hamper gameplay at all.
I do hear a static noise every once in a while. At first I thought it was a location specific thing, or a design choice if I was taking too long because "all is not as it seems" in Portal, but now I'm thinking it's a glitch? Anyone else have the static noise? It's basically static like you're listening to aging analog recording and is fairly loud. It goes away if I load a save and pausing the game also pauses the sound (the restarts when I un-pause).
I do hear a static noise every once in a while. At first I thought it was a location specific thing, or a design choice if I was taking too long because "all is not as it seems" in Portal, but now I'm thinking it's a glitch? Anyone else have the static noise? It's basically static like you're listening to aging analog recording and is fairly loud. It goes away if I load a save and pausing the game also pauses the sound (the restarts when I un-pause).
Automatisch
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It's not a bad port, and while it certainly is the weakest of the 3 it's still entirely playable. The framerate does feel a bit slow at times, but it's not as bad as some people make it out. I didn't have any issues with Portal, but I've had some loading issues where the game will freeze trying to load HL2 Ep 1; to fix this I just deleted the game data and it worked after reinstalling.
brain_stew
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lupinko said:This.
<3 Source for being so scalable.
I'm giving you the angry eyes Unreal Engine 3!
Unreal Engine 3 is incredibly optimised on the PC, and scales pretty well as well. It obviously doesn't go as far down as Source, but then, its a good 3 years newer so that's to be expected.
Crayon
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I played both back to back.
The PS3 'Box runs noticably worse than the 360 one.
But the frame drops are not as annoying as the insane loading. lol And both versions have that.
Orange Box is awesome. I have it on PS3 and I think that the particular way these games shine is not dulled by the imperfect porting process.
The PS3 'Box runs noticably worse than the 360 one.
But the frame drops are not as annoying as the insane loading. lol And both versions have that.
Orange Box is awesome. I have it on PS3 and I think that the particular way these games shine is not dulled by the imperfect porting process.
BlackGoku03
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I bought it for the PS3 for 24 bucks, brand new at work. We were putting games on clearance to make more room for new games. I haven't opened it yet. I hope it's worth it when I get to it.