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I agree it's a fun, but I'm the type of gamer who *hates* referring to walkthrus until after the first playthrough, and Portal was just pissing me off. I picked it up again yesterday but got distracted, I'll play it again today.
Yeah, I spoke too soon.
Kinda miss Steve now...
I agree it's a fun, but I'm the type of gamer who *hates* referring to walkthrus until after the first playthrough, and Portal was just pissing me off. I picked it up again yesterday but got distracted, I'll play it again today.
Never played the first one but the commercial I saw peaked my interest a lil'. Is this one of those mindless, open ended, puzzle type games?
Not at all. It's more like a first person shooter, but instead of shooting bad guys you're navigating a series of puzzle rooms.
Portal is kind of puzzles + reflexes; you're basically escaping a prison. For example, you might have a puzzle where your character is falling a hundred feet so you better get your portal shot in time to keep from hitting the ground and dying. And you need to shoot your portal in the right place too, or maybe you get killed after going through it. I haven't played 2 yet, but it's a really creative idea done by maybe the best developer out there; Valve just doesn't release crap.
Also, I didn't rely upon them too heavily for the first Portal, but it's kind of amusing how much more willing I am to consult walkthroughs now that I hardly have any time to game. Since going back to school full time, and especially now that it's grad school, I'm lucky if I can carve out a couple hours in a week to play and I'll be damned if I don't make it through at least one level in that time.
This game is ing awesome.
ill be renting this after finals along with la noire and eating some cake
I've got to be close to the end, I've been tempted at least 5 times to look up a tutorial on certain levels but have thankfully refrained. I would quit in frustration and come back a little later and figure it out.
The whole point of Portal is to test your mind.... Sure, its a fun game with funny narative, but dont cheapen it by looking up spoilers....
Thats like buying an old school puzzle and having someone else put it together for you... Its lame if you do that.
isnt portal 2 just like minecraft?
lol no. Also, I feel like a badass cuz I rolled through this without getting stuck at all even once.
interesting.. maybe i'll get it then..
yeah this game was easier than portal 1
I've listened to the end song like 7 times in a row already. Not the credit song the elevator one. dont wanna post spoilers
Fun game but there is zero replay value in it.
Wouldn't the fact it was a fun game be reason to replay it?
Not with the type of game it is. I enjoy crossword puzzles and think they are fun.. but I don't erase the answers after I finish and do the puzzle all over again because it was fun when I didn't know the answers and was figuring them out.
Portal + crumbling ruins + 2 new characters trying way too hard to be funny + bouncing = Portal 2
huge disappointment IMO
maybe there could be some DLC in the future?
Hopefully.. my friend sold all his games to get Portal 2.. I'm glad I am not him because he realizes that it was really fun to play through but now he has nothing to do after beating it.
Portal 2 is, by far, the front runner for game of the year at this point...
extremely well done, great voice acting and flat out fun and satisfying when you figure out a puzzle.
Almost as perfect a game as you can expect from these days of releasing a product and hoping for a patch.
I'm betting Skyrim or Rage will beat it though for the GoTY award.... simply because they are coming out closer to the end of the year (at least Skyrim is), and by then the hoopla (which is definately justified BTW) will have died down a bit for Portal 2.
Last edited by phyzik; 04-26-2011 at 10:34 PM.
I bought it yesterday. It is a load of fun. The puzzles are all very fun and require you to use your brain more. Well worth the 4 years it took to make this.
For those wondering if you can play Portal 2 without having played the first one... That's what I'm doing. There is some narrative in the game related (I assume) to the first one, but you can figure out the background as you go.
Looking forward to playing the first one after I finish it.
Make sure you buy the Orange Box. Every single game in it is awesome.
This. Orange Box is probably the greatest console release of all time.
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