October 5, 200718 yr I am wondering which one should be my next game; Hellgate: London or Half Life 2: Orange Box. I am trying to branch out from my comfortable little niche so which ones would you guys suggest I spend the mney to buy? Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
October 5, 200718 yr The Orange box, obviously. You get more for the money. Not only do you get the brand new Ep2, TF2 and Portal, you also get HL2 + Ep1 in addition. If you already have those, you can always pass it as a gift to someone else. Hellgate London looks more like a shoehorned "Diablo-clone into a FPS" to me... Rain makes everything better.
October 5, 200718 yr Isn't Hellgate an MMO? I cannot condone any MMO. Orange Box it is. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality!
October 5, 200718 yr Author I don't think its a MMO. I think it is a stand alone game that can be played online but not a MMO. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
October 5, 200718 yr Half Life 2 was critically acclaimed and very popular, whereas Hellgate: London is still an unknown quantity. If you're determined to try something new, go with the game that's acknowledged as one of the best of its genre. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
October 5, 200718 yr I say you should use the money to get something else entirely. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
October 5, 200718 yr Kneel before the power of the Orange Box! Hellgate does look cool though...but if you like FPS then go Orange. Do you like FPS? The best flash game ever!
October 5, 200718 yr Orange Box, definitly. I get 3 great single player campaigns, 1 awesome looking team shooter (hopefully it can be played single player too) and 1 random fps thingy that looks weird. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
October 5, 200718 yr Team Fortress 2 is the best online shooter in recent memory, it's not single player though unless you want to run around the maps by yourself. Also it looks gorgeous and is heaps of fun. The best flash game ever!
October 6, 200718 yr Where's the Fallout 3 option? Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
October 6, 200718 yr Hmm... I was expecting Ai like in the battlefield and battlefront games, though probably smarter. Damn. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
October 6, 200718 yr TF2 has been monopolizing my free time. I'd pay the 50 bucks just for it, and would probably pay another 30 for the other two new games that come in the orange box. Compare that to Hellgate, which has a subscription model that I'm not too fond of, and I think it's a pretty easy choice. That being said, I am still really interested to see how Hellgate turns out. I loved Diablo II, and it looks like it could have a lot of the same high points, minus the great servers at no cost to the gamer. My blood! He punched out all my blood! - Meet the Sandvich
October 6, 200718 yr Hmm... I was expecting Ai like in the battlefield and battlefront games, though probably smarter. Damn. The bots in those games are pretty terrible. Valve did make some decent bots for CS, but they still don't match human players. Considering the strategic depth of TF2, I don't think you'd ever really want to play with bots. My blood! He punched out all my blood! - Meet the Sandvich
October 6, 200718 yr Trust me, I can easily manadge bots, even if they suck. I have barely ever played Online. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
October 6, 200718 yr I'd recommend the Orange Box, but I am kind of biased, I'm getting my copy for free from VALVe. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
October 6, 200718 yr You know he's just going to go out and get Hellgate:London anyway. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality!
October 6, 200718 yr Author Well, MotB is a given. I already bought that, Zoma, however it seems that Orange Box is winning by a landslide. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
October 6, 200718 yr Orange box. I have heard some bad stuff from a friend of mine who is in the hellgate beta. Basically very unpolished at this point. Using a gamepad to control an FPS is like trying to fight evil through maple syrup.
October 6, 200718 yr Sand, you going to be able to play the Orange Box? Don't you have trouble with shooters? Portal you should be okay with, but the rest of them require varying amounts of twitch. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
October 6, 200718 yr I hope at the completion of Ep3, Gordon's gonna have the (long deserved) sex scene with Alyxx. I mean something memorable has to happen.... Rain makes everything better.
October 6, 200718 yr For Hellgate: London, wait the reviews first. And for Orange Box, if you're not into online FPSs, just save your money. I found HL2's story rather boring. Then again, I don't like the series at all. Edited October 6, 200718 yr by karka
October 6, 200718 yr A few posts removed. Stay with the topic. Half Life 2: Orange Box i would go for. Half Life 2 is a good game that uses that great Source Engine. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester
October 6, 200718 yr I'm gonna say Hellgate. Mostly because HL2 was great, episode 1 was ok - but I would rather try something new and Hellgate has a 50/50 chance of being either good or horribly bad. It's like legal gambling. Fortune favors the bald.
October 6, 200718 yr Author Sand, you going to be able to play the Orange Box? Don't you have trouble with shooters? Portal you should be okay with, but the rest of them require varying amounts of twitch. I have to get better some how and the only way to do so is practice! Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
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