+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted November 27, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted November 27, 2007 IGN has had a play with Orange Box for the PS3 and state they encountered just a few truly troubling framerate issues. For the majority of the play, Orange Box performed just fine and the technical issues are reportedly not strong enough to deter anyone from joining the Orange Box bandwagon on the PS3. They also draw a positive in that some games have a few extra lighting and texture touches than on the Xbox 360 and there is a quicksave feature. Before you freak, know that in my time playing The Orange Box on PS3, I only encountered a few truly troubling framerate issues. For the bulk of my playtime, the pieces of The Orange Box run fine. Sure, there's more hitching than on 360, but I was still drawn in to the dense world Valve created. The technical issues aren't going to be enough to deter anyone who wants to enjoy Orange Box on PS3. Unless you require your games to never dip below 30fps, you should not strike The Orange Box off your PS3 holiday wish list.The framerate problems are most prominent in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It's in this portion of The Orange Box (my personal favorite of the collection) that the most noticeable hiccups can be found. However, the drop from 30 frames per second is sporadic. You can go 10 minutes and have everything running perfectly, and then hit a few minutes that have some jitters. Again, none of it was enough to make me throw my controller in disgust. The only real issue I've found with The Orange Box on PS3 is the decision to add extra motion blur when holding objects. Everything blurs as you turn, including the object in hand. This makes it appear as if someone smeared Vaseline on the screen. And, unfortunately, The Orange Box does not support 1080i or 1080p. There is an upside. The PS3 version of Half-Life 2 and Episode One have a few extra lighting and texture touches that make some areas look better than on 360. There's also a handy quicksave feature. Hold down the start button in any of the five games to quicksave without having to go to a menu. It comes in handy, especially if you man up and play on the hard difficulty in the Half-Life games. Source: http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23097 Not as bad as originally expected? Still, it should of been sorted for release. (Y) for the graphical improvements & quicksave though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted November 27, 2007 Veteran Share Posted November 27, 2007 One opinion vs the rest of the industry? Yeah, no thanks :p Would rather play it on PC/360 with no problems at all (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted November 27, 2007 Author Subscriber² Share Posted November 27, 2007 One opinion vs the rest of the industry? Yeah, no thanks :pWould rather play it on PC/360 with no problems at all (Y) That's fine DM, but it's from IGN and it's good for PS3 owners to hear this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 One opinion vs the rest of the industry? Yeah, no thanks :pWould rather play it on PC/360 with no problems at all (Y) Yep, I rather have the game handled by the actual developers and get the game as intended. Still better news for PS3 owners than a little while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I like how the video is from Portal. The portion of Orange Box that has the least chance of having a bad framerate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Play it on PC for best experience though understandably, there are probably people out there without a decent enough PC who own a ps3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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