Comments on: Half Life 2: The Orange Box Impressions http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/ PS3 News and Views Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Russell http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-129903 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:54:29 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-129903 I've just finished HL2 and Portal on the PS3 and i didn't have one single framerate problem at all. I feel dizzy thinking i almost didn't buy this package due to reviews. I'm on EP1 now and everything is still fine. Great games. I’ve just finished HL2 and Portal on the PS3 and i didn’t have one single framerate problem at all. I feel dizzy thinking i almost didn’t buy this package due to reviews. I’m on EP1 now and everything is still fine. Great games.

]]> by: Gary http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-129107 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:07:25 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-129107 The load times are my biggest issue with TOB. You get used to if after a while but it's a joke you have to sit through two load screens before a game save has loaded. :roll: The load times are my biggest issue with TOB.

You get used to if after a while but it’s a joke you have to sit through two load screens before a game save has loaded. :roll:

]]> by: Frank http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-129106 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:04:49 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-129106 I played HL2 and EP1 on PC when it was released and in December I bought the US Version for PS3 - I did not experienced major differences. Of course it would have been nice to have less load time but I do not remember if they were shorter on PC.... I played HL2 and EP1 on PC when it was released and in December I bought the US Version for PS3 - I did not experienced major differences. Of course it would have been nice to have less load time but I do not remember if they were shorter on PC….

]]> by: darrin http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128996 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:07:45 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128996 Couldn't agree more. I've played Episode 2 on the PS3 and I haven't noticed any slowdowns so far. IGN/Eurogamer use this dramatic hyperbole to describe how terrible a PS3 port is, but when you play the game, the problems aren't noticeable and even closely studying head-to-head videos the differences are impossible to see. Same thing with F.E.A.R: IGN went on and on about how terrible the PS3 port was. I was really expecting something completely unplayable, but I was shocked to play the final version and find that it was basically indistinguishable from the PC version. To make it even crazier, on IGN's recent GameSages podcast (ep 1), they even said that Blu-Ray movies aren't noticeably better than regular DVDs. Wow! Just f'ing Wow... Couldn’t agree more. I’ve played Episode 2 on the PS3 and I haven’t noticed any slowdowns so far.

IGN/Eurogamer use this dramatic hyperbole to describe how terrible a PS3 port is, but when you play the game, the problems aren’t noticeable and even closely studying head-to-head videos the differences are impossible to see. Same thing with F.E.A.R: IGN went on and on about how terrible the PS3 port was. I was really expecting something completely unplayable, but I was shocked to play the final version and find that it was basically indistinguishable from the PC version.

To make it even crazier, on IGN’s recent GameSages podcast (ep 1), they even said that Blu-Ray movies aren’t noticeably better than regular DVDs.

Wow! Just f’ing Wow…

]]> by: YoDaddy http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128989 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:14:43 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128989 I like it ...but then again I have only played it on ps3 ! I like it …but then again I have only played it on ps3 !

]]> by: Segitz http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128956 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:46:40 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128956 Well, you need to keep in mind, not all people are as susceptible to or annoyed with bad framerates. I don't mind slightly slugish games, as I was and always will be first and foremost a PC gamer. I played Crysis last week on my gaming rig (dual core, 8800 GTS, 2GB RAM) and it ran good (~25fps, but some situations took the framerate down to 5fps^^) with everything set to max (in DX9, DX10 tasks the system too much and the premium is not worth the price imho). And I cannot complain. And to the last chapter in EP2... It is epic, but the running around and "limited ammo" was too much hastle for me^^ I dunno, I had to do it twice as I didn't quicksave in between (which sucked, as I missed my last target). Well, you need to keep in mind, not all people are as susceptible to or annoyed with bad framerates.

I don’t mind slightly slugish games, as I was and always will be first and foremost a PC gamer. I played Crysis last week on my gaming rig (dual core, 8800 GTS, 2GB RAM) and it ran good (~25fps, but some situations took the framerate down to 5fps^^) with everything set to max (in DX9, DX10 tasks the system too much and the premium is not worth the price imho). And I cannot complain.

And to the last chapter in EP2… It is epic, but the running around and “limited ammo” was too much hastle for me^^ I dunno, I had to do it twice as I didn’t quicksave in between (which sucked, as I missed my last target).

]]> by: Ryan(jpt) http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128948 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:03:38 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128948 Great post Gary, i've played the lot on PS3 aswell and agree with everything you say. Also interseting that Clavian says the same things happened in the 360 version...where was the reports of these i wonder? Hopefully people will read this and go get TOB. It's too good a collection of games to let pass by. Ep2 is immense! Great post Gary, i’ve played the lot on PS3 aswell and agree with everything you say. Also interseting that Clavian says the same things happened in the 360 version…where was the reports of these i wonder?

Hopefully people will read this and go get TOB. It’s too good a collection of games to let pass by. Ep2 is immense!

]]> by: Clavian http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128946 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:41:12 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/01/28/half-life-2-the-orange-box-impressions/#comment-128946 I find this especially interesting since I played HL2, Ep. 1, and Ep. 2 on the 360 and encountered the same issues as Gary describes on the PS3 version (random, minor periods of slowdown). An interesting side-note to this is that as I progressed through the saga, my 360 began to freeze more and more often. By the time I made it to the final scenes of Ep. 2 (a FANTASTIC chapter, by the way), I had to restart my 360 about 5 or 6 times to make it through the final segment (which, ironically, doesn't feature any gameplay). I am currently awaiting my "coffin" from Microsoft, as my 360 red-ringed the very next day. I find this especially interesting since I played HL2, Ep. 1, and Ep. 2 on the 360 and encountered the same issues as Gary describes on the PS3 version (random, minor periods of slowdown). An interesting side-note to this is that as I progressed through the saga, my 360 began to freeze more and more often. By the time I made it to the final scenes of Ep. 2 (a FANTASTIC chapter, by the way), I had to restart my 360 about 5 or 6 times to make it through the final segment (which, ironically, doesn’t feature any gameplay). I am currently awaiting my “coffin” from Microsoft, as my 360 red-ringed the very next day.

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