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Old 09-12-08   #1 (permalink)
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1. Stalker
2. Orange Box Retail
3. Orange Box Steam

Which of these games should I get ?

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I just got the orange box on steam a few weeks ago and its great. Portal lives up to the hype and HL2 is fun as well.

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How long did it take to download ?

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Well with steam you can download each game individually so it doesn't take too long.

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Orange box retail. I really like having the physical disks.

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Orange Box was very good, I got it back when it came out on preorder. I don't like TF2 as much as I used to though, I find it way too easy now, especially when playing as a sniper, but meh.

Personally I would recommend CoD4 if you don't have it yet.
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Orange Box was very good, I got it back when it came out on preorder. I don't like TF2 as much as I used to though, I find it way too easy now, especially when playing as a sniper, but meh.

Personally I would recommend CoD4 if you don't have it yet.
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Orange Box FTW! Can't wait until HL2: E3 comes out. I'm currently replaying HL2 now then E1 & E2
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Orange Box FTW! Can't wait until HL2: E3 comes out. I'm currently replaying HL2 now then E1 & E2
Just finished Ep: 1 and 2. Now it has me hanging for Ep 3.

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