Orange Box 10 bucks

xWonderboyx

I just got in on this because I happened to see it when I went to mess around with my steam profile, but there is now officially no reason to not buy this. 10 bucks, 5 games, can't go wrong. I don't expect this to be an epic thread or anything, I'm just trying to let you guys know that the Orange Box is now only 10 dollars.

It says weekend special, so try and get in on the action before the sale is over seeing as how today is Sunday.

UnbreakableVow

Portal is definitely worth $10.

Darlan

Yeah, it's been discussed in the Steam thread already, but then again there's supposed to be a ban on megathreads so maybe you're more in the right than they are here.

Great, awesome deal.

xWonderboyx

Darlan wrote: »

Yeah, it's been discussed in the Steam thread already, but then again there's supposed to be a ban on megathreads so maybe you're more in the right than they are here.

Great, awesome deal.

Yeah, the people that need to buy the orange box already aren't checking on the steam thread, so I am doing a public service!

Nerdtendo

Awesome. None of the local stores around here have it for some reason, been meaning to order it. Glad I waited.

Foefaller

Finally, got this... now if only my Gnome run from the time I rented the 360 version crossed over... oh well...

TeeMan

Picked mine up yesterday

PeregrineFalcon

xWonderboyx wrote: »

Darlan wrote: »

Yeah, it's been discussed in the Steam thread already, but then again there's supposed to be a ban on megathreads so maybe you're more in the right than they are here.

Great, awesome deal.

Yeah, the people that need to buy the orange box already aren't checking on the steam thread, so I am doing a public service!

This is true.

VoodooV

I already owned HL2 and Portal, but 9.99 was a great deal even for the rest of the games so I scooped it up. Steam was nice enough to recognize that I already owned HL2 and is allowing me to give the extra copy away as a gift. Too bad they don't let me do that with Portal. I've been trying to get my coworkers to play that game ever since I played it. They love puzzles, but aren't really gamers so it would be a perfect way to suck them in

xzzy

Steam tends to have a huge bargain every weekend.

You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't load steam up on the weekend, see if there's a good deal on something you want.

citizen059

I noticed it earlier when I fired up Steam; bought'd, so hard.

Triko

xzzy wrote: »

Steam tends to have a huge bargain every weekend.

You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't load steam up on the weekend, see if there's a good deal on something you want.

Who hasn't played Half-Life 2 by now?

Seriously, a jaw-dropping bargain for $10. Half-Life 2 and ep 1 & 2, should keep a new player busy for a good 40 hours or so of solid gameplay.

Frem

I'd totally be getting this if I hadn't already played Portal on my roommate's computer, determined that I like UT2004 more than TF2, and gotten HL2 & EP1 from people who had extras.

subedii

Frem wrote: »

I'd totally be getting this if I hadn't already played Portal on my roommate's computer, determined that I like UT2004 more than TF2, and gotten HL2 & EP1 from people who had extras.

Even accepting everything you've said there, it's STILL worth it just for Episode 2. You can also Gift HL2 and Ep1 to a friend later.

TechRat

When Circuit City was going out of business I snagged The Orange Box for $15. I felt like a tiny god.

Now Steam has to go and do this, making my amazing acquisition mean nothing.

<shakes fist> STEEEEEEEEEAAAAMMMM!!!!!

Dis

My first steam game.
9.99 is too hard not to bite

Unlucky

All ready bought.

'Cept I have capped internet so I gotta wait until next month to download the damned thing. I got a mate of mine with a credit card\some cash in his paypal to pay for me.

When a mate's willing to buy you the orange box at such insanely low prices, you know he's a keeper.

Darlan

Pretty clever, too: making it so that pretty much everyone has a reason to try the Orange Box will probably make a lot more day 1, full price HL2:III and Portal 2 sales.

We better get some Episode 3 info at E3, or else, uh, or else I'll...damn. I'm getting it day 1 even if the subtitle is "Man, Fuck You Darlan."

pyromaniac221

I bought this and immediately felt like I committed a crime.

Am I a bad person for buying so many great games for such a pittance? Is this a crime?

Triko

Darlan wrote: »

Pretty clever, too: making it so that pretty much everyone has a reason to try the Orange Box will probably make a lot more day 1, full price HL2:III and Portal 2 sales.

Yeah, I'm expecting them to announce HL2:Ep 3 anytime now, and they're cutting the price of OBox down to $10 as a marketing device.

Unlucky

Darlan wrote: »

Pretty clever, too: making it so that pretty much everyone has a reason to try the Orange Box will probably make a lot more day 1, full price HL2:III and Portal 2 sales.

It's all ready sold me. So, clearly it's working.

subedii

Darlan wrote: »

Pretty clever, too: making it so that pretty much everyone has a reason to try the Orange Box will probably make a lot more day 1, full price HL2:III and Portal 2 sales.

Not just that, it expands Steam's userbase. Valve are putting their flagship title, heck their three flagship titles plus two expansion packs for $10. I could easily see a significant percentage increase in the number of Steam accounts after this weekend.

Nappuccino

I can not stress how important this event is.

(very)

Unco-ordinated

Nice. Just bought it for my brother, as a 2 month early birthday present. Think I'll buy it for myself now.

TeeMan

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Nice. Just bought it for my brother, as a 2 month early birthday present. Think I'll buy it for myself now.

I've given up buying Steam presents for siblings. I bought a whole heap of games like World of Goo, Audiosurf, Rome: Total War etc for my old brother for his birthday, but to this day (some 2 months later) hasn't gotten around to making a free account to download the games.

And hes a PC gamer

Annoys the shit out of me Such a waste!

I gifted TOB to a work mate this morning though, he didn't even know such a download service existed! He now owes me 8-)

citizen059

pyromaniac221 wrote: »

I bought this and immediately felt like I committed a crime.

Am I a bad person for buying so many great games for such a pittance? Is this a crime?

Even at full price it's a steal. So you're good.

GoodKingJayIII

Bought the OB for $30 about a month ago. Just beat HL2 for the first time, started HL2: E1 yesterday. These games are amazing, definitely worth $30. $10 is a freaking steal. Anyone who doesn't own this game now has no excuse. None, zero, zilch.

UnbreakableVow

Honestly I thought Portal was worth $60 alone, short as it was.

xzzy

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Honestly I thought Portal was worth $60 alone, short as it was.

I felt it was pretty mediocre as a puzzle game, what made it stand out was the voice acting and the story.

As such, I felt it was appropriately priced as a feature of OB.

UnbreakableVow

Eh, opinions. It was honestly the only part of The Orange Box I really dug.

durandal4532

FUCK YOU STEAM


God fucking dammit. I forget every time. My credit card's billing address is in the US, since I'm only up here for Uni. So obviously, it's impossible for me to purchase anything from a computer with a Canadian IP! Yay! Obviously! Fucking hell.

I hate this so much, I don't know if I'm going to bother doing the whole remote logging into a friends computer deal that I did the last time I bought something on Steam.

Unlucky

durandal4532 wrote: »

FUCK YOU STEAM


God fucking dammit. I forget every time. My credit card's billing address is in the US, since I'm only up here for Uni. So obviously, it's impossible for me to purchase anything from a computer with a Canadian IP! Yay! Obviously! Fucking hell.

I hate this so much, I don't know if I'm going to bother doing the whole remote logging into a friends computer deal that I did the last time I bought something on Steam.

You're lifelines are:

Phone a friend
50\50
Ask the audience

To reiterate that point,
Phone a friend
50\50
Ask the audience

One more time, just because the viewers are bored,
Phone a friend
50\50
Ask the audience

CHOOSE WISELY.

McAllen

I'd say Phone your Family would be better.

Better start getting more Orange Box TF2 newcomers to crunch on

Morskittar

A friend of mine bought myself and a few others the OB, just because.

We still played L4D tonight, but now the rest of us have no excuse to not jump on TF2 whenever he wants.

Well played, friend. Well played.

LockedOnTarget

I just took advantage of this myself...great deal.

Delta Assault

Huh. Well, I already owned HL2 and Portal. Bought the Orange Box just now.

Got a free copy of HL2 to give away. But no free copy of Portal.

Just a warning. Valve's ripping you off.

UnbreakableVow

Delta Assault wrote: »

Just a warning. Valve's ripping you off.

Holy fucking shit. You are fucking spoiled if you think HL2, HL2 Ep 1, HL2 Ep 2 and TF2 all together are not worth $10.

Delta Assault

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Delta Assault wrote: »

Just a warning. Valve's ripping you off.

Holy fucking shit. You are fucking spoiled if you think HL2, HL2 Ep 1, HL2 Ep 2 and TF2 all together are not worth $10.

Uh... dude... that was kinda tongue in cheek? Just a little? Seeing as how it's a 10 dollar purchase...

Even though technically, what I said was completely accurate. If you own HL2 and Portal, and buy the Orange Box, you should get an extra copy of HL2 and Portal to give away. Not having an extra copy of Portal is a loss in value.

But yea... gotta watch out for that tongue in my cheek.

jothki

xzzy wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Honestly I thought Portal was worth $60 alone, short as it was.

I felt it was pretty mediocre as a puzzle game, what made it stand out was the voice acting and the story.

As such, I felt it was appropriately priced as a feature of OB.

It felt kind of like an excellent tutorial for a game that didn't actually exist.

And then I downloaded the Flash Version mod, and the game existed.

Unco-ordinated

TeeMan wrote: »

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Nice. Just bought it for my brother, as a 2 month early birthday present. Think I'll buy it for myself now.

I've given up buying Steam presents for siblings. I bought a whole heap of games like World of Goo, Audiosurf, Rome: Total War etc for my old brother for his birthday, but to this day (some 2 months later) hasn't gotten around to making a free account to download the games.

And hes a PC gamer

Annoys the shit out of me Such a waste!

I gifted TOB to a work mate this morning though, he didn't even know such a download service existed! He now owes me 8-)

o_O He's a PC gamer and he doesn't even have Steam installed? Wow. I don't play my PC nearly as much as I'd like to but I've still had Steam installed since the couple of days I bought it. At this point it's as necessary an application as VLC, Firefox or iTunes to me.

Delta Assault: Am I reading what you said wrong? You do get extra copies of games you already own, which you can give away as gifts to other people.

Delta Assault

Unco-ordinated wrote: »

Delta Assault: Am I reading what you said wrong? You do get extra copies of games you already own, which you can give away as gifts to other people.

Yes, that is what is *supposed* to happen. You are supposed to get extra copies of games you already own, which you can give away as gifts to other people.

However, I did not get an extra copy of Portal, even though I already owned it. So it's not quite working as intended.