WSAD

2007
For some time now we had all been waiting for the next installment of Half Life 2, just before Christmas it came. The Orange box shipped as a bundle of 5 games HL2, HL2 episode one and two, Team fortress 2 and Portal.


The new episode of Half life was fantastic, I only wish it was longer and we didn't have to wait so damn long. Its almost year now and the next "mini" episode still is not on the horizon. HL2 still continues to be an amazing game.
Team Fortress 2 with its fast paced team game play is a fantastic game I still play every week. Valve changed a few things from Team fortress (no nades...yea!!) and a nice face lift with the source engine. I believe they hit a near perfect level of balance. They continue to update the game and now have an achievement system in place to extend the life and fun nature of the game play. I play a Pryo or Engineer mostly, tagged as OH10. Try the HK or Doorman servers.
Bundling these games together was brilliant. Valve continues to impress with both its products and the game delivery system, STEAM.
From one interface you can play, buy, download, patch, create, and keep in contact with your friends and join them in whatever game they are currently playing with a click of the mouse. If the voice chat were a little better it would be a standalone system for all gaming needs. For now steam combined with Ventrillo is about all you need.
The Orange Box shipped with a 5th game, Portal.....