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Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3)
1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3
1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3
1up - November 21, 2007
Submitted by -THE-RAY- (272) at 2:31AM PST on November 22, 2007
In an interview earlier this year, Valve Software founder Gabe Newell referred to PlayStation 3 as "a waste of everybody's time." This attitude shows in the development structure of The Orange Box. While the PC and Xbox 360 versions were handled by Valve, the PS3 port was handed off to an internal team at EA.
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-2Laoldar posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 11:06PM PST on November 23, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3@kspraydad,
EA has only put out a few sports titles and a Godfather port...so hardly enough to decide on the overall quality of their titles (nor enough to declare a backroom conspiracy). When titles like Army of Two, MoH: Airborne and Mercenaries 2 come out, we can see if it holds up.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
4kspraydad posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 6:06PM PST on November 23, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3@Laoldar,
Activision, Naughty Dog, Sony and others have all shown it isn't the PS3 but the developers and their attitude.
I truly believe there are back room deals between companies like Valve and EA and MS. Take a look at the high profile movement of managers between MS and EA this year...seems awfully coincidental that these moves come at the same time that almost everything coming from EA for the PS3 is crap.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 475 ]bids
1Laoldar posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 4:02PM PST on November 23, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3@kspraydad,
High-profile games reflect on the systems that they are released on. If someone sees a 3 year old game barely chugging along on the system, it reflects poorly on the system. People compare systems by multiplat games, and this is one of the biggest ones this year.
Also, how the heck could this even happen? Either the development team is incompetent (possible) but is the PS3 that different from the 360/PC that it can't run older titles?
I don't buy the excuse that the project is sabotaged by Newell's attitude. A poor product reflects badly on Valve as well as reducing the money they could be making from it. EA isn't exactly a no-name company either.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
1kspraydad posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 3:47PM PST on November 23, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3bids
0Laoldar posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 10:07AM PST on November 23, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3@kspraydad,
It's a pretty bad sign when a game (Half Life 2) runs smoother on the original X-Box than the PS3.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
1zeromous posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 7:02AM PST on November 23, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3@kspraydad,
Doomed is right, I don't think this game is going to sell at all (ie any better than Quake on the 32X).
People who buy games like HALF LIFE ORANGE BOX are wise to this type of play by publishers..and wont buy it.[ Veteran ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 878 ]bids
3kspraydad posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 4:21AM PST on November 22, 2007. RE: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3@-THE-RAY-,
For those that don't click through:
After spending a significant amount of time with a near final version of the PS3 game, it's apparent that this version suffers from a number of technical flaws, which at best merely hinder game play and at worst make the experience downright unplayable. Framerate is a consistent issue throughout the Half-Life series of games included in The Orange Box. One moment you'll be cruising through the game at 30 frames per second and the next you'll be enjoying a slideshow of series protagonist Gordon Freeman cruising down the river.
With the clock ticking, EA has a limited amount of time to fix the glaring issues which plague this port of The Orange Box. Unfortunately, it seems that, once again, PlayStation 3 owners are doomed to suffer through another substandard version of a multiplatform game.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 475 ]bids
8-THE-RAY- posted on Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) at 2:31AM PST on November 22, 2007. Article: 1UP previews The Orange Box for the PS3In an interview earlier this year, Valve Software founder Gabe Newell referred to PlayStation 3 as "a waste of everybody's time." This attitude shows in the development structure of The Orange Box. While the PC and Xbox 360 versions were handled by Valve, the PS3 port was handed off to an internal team at EA.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 272 ]
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