Team Fortress 2 Beta

[vc54321]

Pre purchase the orange box via steam and you can start playing Team Fortress 2 Beta on Monday 17th September price is $44.95

[DougMcDonald]

Done and done, very good value all things included, moreso if you don't have HL2 yet...no excuse for that though!

[redsky009]

bit miffed that they ditched the black box option though.. all my game-playing friends already have Half Life 2 so it's a bit of a waste really...

still gonna get it cos i want TF2 and Ep2 but a bit miffed

[alsenior]

you can give the hl2 and ep1 as a gift to someone.

[Nemz0r]

I checked Steam forums today, and gawd you can't please some people can you. $44.95 for 3 games that would otherwise cost about $80 if bought alone; yet they're all bitching that they already have HL2 and Ep1 - and that Valve is screwing over it's loyal fans... TBH if they act like spoilt children such as that, they deserve to be screwed over by Valve; even though they aren't.

[Tarffie]

I checked Steam forums

See, that's where you went wrong.

[danroyle]

is there anyway i can buy it and add ep 2 and tf2 to my account and put hl2 and css on a different account for a mate as he had his steam account stolen so is currently using mine in offline mode to play HL2



there is a thing on the bottom about that

[Pup]

I believe you can only transfer hl2 and ep1 over to someone else if it finds them on your steam account already. Also, I don't believe css comes with the Orange Box.

[Salazaar]

Well if the individual prices are accurate on Steam (Ep2 $30, TF2 $30, Portal $20) then the Orange Box at $45 does sound like a bit of a bargain, even if you've got the others already.

[neonplanet40]

To be honest i agree that you should just be able to buy the games you want. I am only interested in team fortress two. So i will only want to pay for team fortress two. Don't know why they don't just give you that option in the first place.

Neon

EDIT: maybe you can already buy it seperate? Im not sure.

[Pup]

Yep you can buy them seperately, if you only want to buy one of them. However as mentioned above for all 3 new items, it way more expensive than the price of the orange box package.

With the 10% discount for pre-purchasing, the steam price is actually competitive with places like amazon and play for once.

[tigerboyce]

How does this price compare with normal e-tailers? if its a fraction more expensive like steam usually is on new releases, you may as well just go for this to get the Beta of TF2..

[Pup]

Currently Amazon is £25, play.com is £27. Havent looked elsewhere as i usually buy from one of those two. Through steam (taking into account uk vat and 10% prepurchase discount, and my credit cards current xfer rate of $1.95 to &#163 its £27 via steam. With the beta available on monday, and you also get a free mini game (peggle extreme), I'm going the steam route for the first time for a major release.

[redsky009]

you can give the hl2 and ep1 as a gift to someone.

I know, but as I mentioned in my post, all my games-playing mates already have HL2...

Still not a bad deal, but I was looking forward to the Black Box which would have been $10 cheaper. maybe I'll give HL2 and Ep1 away to a Hexite who want's em....

[finlay666]

Orange box is £26.70 through paypal and steam, and you can pass HL2 onto a friend if you have it already, and you get peggle extreme....that is a good deal IMO

Individual price $129.75
Package price $49.95


works out as like $55 with tax

[Lube]

I never played E1 so this would be a worth while deal for me. TF2 looks awesome and I'd love to get in on the beta. Think I'll install Steam tonight and get thi rolling.