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I love my Orange Box. Currently, I’m playing Team Fortress 2, and I love it! I liked Team Fortress Classic, but TF2 just blows me away. However, there’s another honorable mention on the Orange Box: Portal. I’ve just finished Portal, and I must say…I can’t look at cake the same way anymore.
The game is one of the most strange, yet awkwardly satisfying games I’ve ever played. With a few exceptions (like Zelda), I generally do not prefer puzzles in games. But Portal had well made level designs that were mind numbingly complex. Also, the Portal gun made this a fresh FPS game. In what game, can you create inter-dimensional rifts in space whereby you can suspend yourself in infinite free-falling loop at terminal velocity in a room no bigger than my garage?
Only in Portal, apparently.
One of the more annoying but strangely entertaining aspects in Portal was the sadistic AI, GlaDOS. Her constant lies and false praise drove me nuts. And the ending song summed up personality quite well.
Too bad the game is extremely short, I beat it in one entire sitting without any external help. Now I have to get those damn turrets out of my mind.
