THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: TVC15 on October 17, 2007, 10:36:18 PM
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Stolen from GAF
(http://www.primotechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/hl2p01.jpg)
So you’ve played through Portal and loved every minute as much as we did. Maybe you’ve even gone through the advanced maps and tried out some of the challenges? So what comes next?
How about the ability to play through Half-Life 2, HL2 Episodes, or other Source-powered games with the portal gun in-hand? We’ve been doing that very thing for the past few days now, and after hours spent experimenting with various techniques and tricks, we’re here to show you how.
Video is there as well.
Link: http://www.primotechnology.com/2007/10/17/half-life-2-portal/ (http://www.primotechnology.com/2007/10/17/half-life-2-portal/)
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Ok
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omg holy shit
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holy shit. FUCK. i guess i will buy the pc version
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holy shit
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Game gets hacked and modified because it's on PC version, morans dumbfounded how this could be
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Portal was made by a bunch of furry lovin' Digipen students, right?
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Game gets hacked and modified because it's on PC version, morans dumbfounded how this could be
I'm not surprised so much as I'm surprised as it was a user mod that did it, although even that isn't too surprising.
Still, this makes the other versions look like shit in comparison, even moreso than before.
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Portal was made by a bunch of furry lovin' Digipen students, right?
Yeah, as Narbacular Drop
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Portal was made by a bunch of furry lovin' Digipen students, right?
Yeah, as Narbacular Drop
The gal who was involved in both titles was on X-Play last night talking about Portal, she was 1,000,000 times less awkward than Jade Raymond in front of the camera.
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Game gets hacked and modified because it's on PC version, morans dumbfounded how this could be
I'm not surprised so much as I'm surprised as it was a user mod that did it, although even that isn't too surprising.
Still, this makes the other versions look like shit in comparison, even moreso than before.
All you can do is dork around with the portals, which I guess is cool, but it wouldn't make me want to replay HL2 for it since the AI doesnt even know portals exist.
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More than you can do with the ugly looking, blatantly inferior console versions.
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Well, you sure got me.
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Portal was nice, i'm at level 19 right now, but its way too short for all the praise its getting. It's a good game, but its a shame that it was 'wasted' on such a small-scale game... and i'll be real honest.. the puzzles were wayyyy too easy. My saved game showed 1hour15 last time I checked; and even if its a small budget title, it ends as it starts getting challenging.
.. and the whole thing is just a weird offshoot of PREY in the first case. Same tech, different engine and now you can spawn your own portals. The 'omg amazing' effect wasnt the same for me since I played prey like two years ago.
I dunno.
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I think you should finish it and then revise your thoughts. Also, there are several "Advanced" levels to fool around with once it's completed.
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TVC, like Wilco said, you should have just played Hl2 on your PC. It's stupid to complain how crappy the console versions are when you have a gaming PC that is capable of running it with twice the framerate/resolution. Everything in Orange Box runs for me at 60fps even w/maximum anti-aliasing/filtering at 1920x1200. Do you play the console version just so that you can whine about it?
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dude, it's a joke.
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I've made the right choice, then.
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The joke's on TVC for spending $60 on the 360 version when he has a 8800 GTS.
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he wanted achievements and has disposable income. he also has the pc version.
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Whats wrong with double dipping?!
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i have quintuple dipped before
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He can't even play the 360 version anyway, he spews like the exorcist
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No point in double dipping if you don't enjoy both versions.
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uh, i think hl2 is better as a console game. i used to find the levels torturously long. with the comfort of a couch, a tv, and a gamepad they're just long.
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Yeah, I got to play Half-Life 2, its episodic installments and Portal on a huge plasma television and comfy couch today, and I concur - the game works well as a single-player console game due to its pacing.
Team Fortress 2 still shines on the PC, although the 360 version is a bunch of fun. I will probably double dip on Portal just for custom maps.
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It fails as a console game because it looks like a PC game from 2004 without anti-aliasing, aka not next-gen.
And the only levels that are too long are the fucking airboat and highway fucking 17. The rest is buttah.
Anyway, Smooth Groove, as I have fucking said before, I wanted to play through it on 360 for achievements. That's where I started Portal, so that's where I plan on finishing it. Ep2 I will play on PC, TF2 I wouldn't dream of playing on a console.
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Half-Life 2 might, but Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 certainly do not, which headline the box, drama queen.
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I'd say HL2 looks better than plenty of 360 games I've come across to play "just for achievements"
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Half-Life 2 might, but Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 certainly do not, which headline the box, drama queen.
None of them have anti-aliasing, though, and although they are upgrades from HL2, they don't look like anything cutting edge. Their sexy good looks is, as always, from super consistent design.
Demi, I could handle the games looking lousy, really; it's the vomitorium I can't handle.
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Well stop being a pansy wimp and get over it
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Well stop being a pansy wimp and get over it
I try on the days my stomach feels mostly stable. I ate a bunch of calamari today so that wasn't happening tonight. I don't want to risk puking on my cat again.
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Calamari? No homo
Eat a steak like a man
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I don't usually eat red meat, and because of that, I usually get a tummy ache when I do. And the shits.
Calamari is the perfect food. Look at this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Mesonychoteuthis_hamiltoni_2003.jpg)
That's almost enough to feed Dark Shake for like a half hour.
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That would look delicious smothered in sauce. You couldn't handle this dick.
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I could totally handle your dick as long as there are not jaggies on the edge of it. Playing Orange Box on 360 is the equivalent of sucking on a dickus that has been covered in glue and dipped in a bucket of gravel.
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Looks like you're gonna have to take up a new fetish then!
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My PC can run the flash version at 12 fps.
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I dunno if I agree that a game must LOOK next gen, to succeed as a game.
And I think, of all the things from the 16-bit gen I miss the most, it is the idea that a game can be nowhere near perfect, but still be appreciated as the only way to play it on a console. Back in the SNES days we would get arcade ports of fighting games, yes some from 2-years back, that looked kinda like crap, but people still appreciated them.
Its not as if Orange Box is currently available on any other platform, and unlike say the PS3 if it ever gets it, the PC DOES exist in a realm OUTSIDE of console gaming. I feel some people drag the PC platform into the Console domain, kicking and screaming, in some kind of attempt to add legitimacy to the PC Gaming Hobby.
I just dont see the value in wandering a cheetah into a field of cows and then act like its remarkable that the cheetah not only runs faster, but also eats the cows alive. Good troll material, but not really good discussion.
If you want a good example of how to approach gaming, take a note from CajoleJuice. I think he's playing Portal at 2 frames a second on his PC, and he fucking loves it to death.
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Needy PC Gamers give PC Gamers a bad name :(
We could argue 'BO BO BO IT COULDA BEEN BETTER ON 360 LAWL' till the cows come home, but it wont change what it is. Sitting on endless soap-boxes gloating just makes console people avoid PC gaming.
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If you want a good example of how to approach gaming, take a note from CajoleJuice. I think he's playing Portal at 2 frames a second on his PC, and he fucking loves it to death.
CajoleJuice is a moron
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I could deal with the Saturn quality graphics if the game didn't basically start requiring me to potpourri my bathroom like an old woman.
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The bulk of PC gamers on this forum are fuckin snobs. We should all be like Frag
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When Robby turns into a PC tard, I feel just slightly disappointed. That's not what I fell in love with!
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I dunno if I agree that a game must LOOK next gen, to succeed as a game.
I'm sure this comment doesn't apply to Nintendo. ::)
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given that maf still plays and enjoys ps2 games, you're taking the wrong tack with the wrong person.
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I could deal with the Saturn quality graphics if the game didn't basically start requiring me to potpourri my bathroom like an old woman.
Someone should shove that calamari up yo ass.
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Oh come on Prole, MAF's never said anything about the Wii having Gamecube-esque graphics? Or how shit the DS is vs. the PSP?
I'm just calling out a small discrepancy is all. NO NEED TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS, BOYS
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you're confusing him with me, honky tonk. don't do that!
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I'm pretty sure that MAF has said that he spends more time with the DS than the PSP.
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and the wii does have gamecube graphics. and the ds hardware *is* shit compared to the psp's. how is acknowledging either of those facts tantamount to suggesting that the corresponding games available on those platforms are awful?
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The way you two are joined by a low-latency cable, it's hard to tell you two apart sometimes!
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and the wii does have gamecube graphics. and the ds hardware *is* shit compared to the psp's. how is acknowledging either of those facts tantamount to suggesting that the corresponding games available on those platforms are awful?
Because that's just, like, your opinion, man.
If they're so shit, why is the Wii & the DS outselling the PS3 and the PSP by huge margins? Don't answer, I don't care.
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Ive never reviewed a Nintendo product saying its crap cause it looks bad. It almost always comes down to WAGGLE sucking ass. I own billy hatcher for gamecube for godsake. I give Nintendo consoles some major breaks.
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i'll answer: because consumers don't care if the hardware is archaic crap?
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Ive never reviewed a Nintendo product saying its crap cause it looks bad. It almost always comes down to WAGGLE sucking ass. I own billy hatcher for gamecube for godsake. I give Nintendo consoles some major breaks.
Okay, my apologies. And no need to feel bad about Billy Hatcher, that's a great game!
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isn't there a Billy Hatcher cameo in super smash bros brawl?
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I just like rolling giant eggs around.
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Hey, MAF, what are some good mods for HL2? Since I've beaten HL2/EP1. before, I'll like to play them again in a different manner.
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Play TF2
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The bulk of PC gamers on this forum are fuckin snobs. We should all be like Frag
Gee, Maf, I am sorry for liking the version of the game that doesn't make me puke. Not metaphorical puke, not exaggerating; it has literally made me puke!
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Take your vomit like a man
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i once swalled my own vomit
then it came out of my nose
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That's MANLY :rock
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How can I through these tears!
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I thiiiiiiiink, I'm going to buy that cheaper 8800 series card that supposedly being released next month (As per Smooth Grooves thread) and get Orange Box for the PC.
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I puke all the time. I do take it like a man. Orange Box-related vomit is just not desirable because it has a very fast onset which prevents me from getting to the toilet or sink on time, invariably making me spray vomit in all sorts of unintended places.
When I puked all over my toilet, I later had to take an emergency shit without having time to properly clean up, and there was vomit everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Every nook and cranny of my body. I was like an english muffin buttered with vomit. Thanks Valve!
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I told you, just like a garbage pail kid
Let's think of a name for him
Toilet Tantrum TVC
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well *i'm* vomiting now!
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It's not always the toilet though.
I used to try to do the kitchen sink with the garbage disposal, until it got clogged and broken. Note that vomit was the only thing I remember putting in there, unless my cat was shitting in there during the day.
Another time when it wasn't the toilet was this time I was sick and shitting. it was really nasty, and I had to puke. Naturally, I couldn't get up and puke in the toilet because it was filled with shit, and if any spittle rubber-banded back into my mouth, I could have been eating my own shit. So I did the natural thing, and just puked into the bathtub right by the toilet. Byt he time I was done puking, the bathtub was like 1-2inches deep with chunky vomit. That took forever to clean out. I had to do it by fucking hand, too.
Another time when I didn't puke in the toilet was another time I was shitting, while drunk, and I just puked all over myself, fluid coming out of every hole in my body at the same time. That was the time I puked so hard I nearly passed out. I got really lightheaded.
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why
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cry
i call dibs on onetvc-onecup.com
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:lol
:-X
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It kind of reminds me of Seinfeld, when J Petermen buys all of Kramer's anecdotes because they are interesting, so Kramer resorts to buying Newman's to fill his anecdote gap. So he basically loses all of his interesting, wacky stories, and is stuck telling Newman's anecdotes, which are all gross boil-related stories. I have no good stories except my vomit-related ones :(
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water hazard is wayyyy too long
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water hazard is wayyyy too long
Dont forget to get the Singing Vortigaunt cave! Unless you're on PC then go ahead and skip it cause achievements dont matter
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water hazard is wayyyy too long
Water Hazard and Highway 17 are the two most complained about parts of the game. The worst part is that they are both so promising, too. The controls are generally pretty good, and both levels have good parts, but they just go on for waaaaaay too long. If there were like, a 5 minute similar sequence between every level, it would be like buttah.