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Taking a break from MGS 4, because the repeat playthroughs will get pretty elaborate–as they ALWAYS do, with an MGS game. Instead I’m returning to a giant classic in PC gaming, coming in the form of The Orange Box, which I got in the mail the same day as MGS 4 arrived. It’s got Half-Life 2, Episode 1 and 2, the expansions, Portal and Team Fortress 2. Five games for significantly less than the price one, that’s pretty hard to beat for bargains. I’d actually played the original HL 2 on my wreck of a PC years ago, so this is the first time I’ve seen it looking this good. Portal is also shaping up to be a work of genius. It’s quite an original FPS PUZZLE game of all things, and it’s sense of humor is absolutely wicked.
Unfortunately, Electronic Arts did an incredibly shoddy port of the games, so while they look good, the frame rate can chug, which is pretty unacceptable for a games this old on a system this powerful. But it still plays great.