meh
Portal was screaming for a sequel though, because the gameplay is fucking awesome, and there's still a lot they can do with the game. HL2...stories in games...zzzzzzzz
you know why a sequel is needed? because if it's done properly, it'll make the entirety of the first game seem like a training exercise.LIKE? I beat the game over my lunch break. It was a tutorial plus one level of a game.
Portal was screaming for a sequel though, because the gameplay is fucking awesome, and there's still a lot they can do with the game. HL2...stories in games...zzzzzzzzI'd have to agree there. There so many concepts that they can flesh out. Also the first was pretty short, so the more the merrier.
360 version confirmed
Well duh. GI wouldn't do a front cover for a lame-ass PC exclusive.
Coming this holiday. Portal 2 is the sequel to 2007's Game of the Year and draws from the award-winning formula of innovative game play, story, and music that earned the original over 70 industry accolades. Features single and multiplayer co-op modes. The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers. Players will explore never-before-seen areas of the Aperture Science Labs and be reunited with GLaDOS, the occasionally murderous computer companion who guided them through the original game. The game’s two-player cooperative mode features its own entirely separate campaign with a unique story, test chambers, and two new player characters. This new mode forces players to reconsider everything they thought they knew about portals. Success will require them to not just act cooperatively, but to think cooperatively.
> implying Portal is worth playing on the 360
> implying Portal is worth playing on the 360
From other forums:QuoteThe Steam announcement is really short. I can imagine Valve was sitting laughing at our pathetic speculation, and then someone came in the room and said "Uh guys, GameInformer just announced Portal 2" Complete silence for a few seconds and then everyone scrambled to their desks.
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GI busted Valve.
http://www.portalgamemaps.com/index.cfm?pg=1&sid=38Portal was screaming for a sequel though, because the gameplay is fucking awesome, and there's still a lot they can do with the game. HL2...stories in games...zzzzzzzz
Besides when Portal got REAL GOOD it was the last level already and the whole game ended.
They can make SO MUCH more with it. I hope Portal 2 delivers!
The writing is funny too, and I bet there will be a few jokes you might not have even heard 20 times on internet forums.
- Portal was a 'trial'. Size and assets specifically kept minimal. Had no idea it would be this popular.
- Portal was a 'test bed', Portal 2 is a 'game'.
- GlaDOS returns as the antagonist.
- Chell returns, and we play as her.
- Portal 2 takes place a long time after the original. Hundreds of years, in fact. The complex has overgrown.
- Those orbs seen at the end of Portal are personality orbs. They've cornered off sections of the labs as their own, and are concerned about the decaying state of the complex.
- The opening sounds **** awesome. Im a bit **** I spoiled it for myself.
- Portal gun remains unchanged.
- Physics will now be part of portal puzzle solving. EG: A vent that sucks air in can be combined with a portal to 'suck' from a different location.
- "Paint" mechanic, various liquid substances that cause some reaction. For example, in the demo shown a orange substance on the floor caused Chell to be propelled upwards. Using portals you can apply these 'paints' to other areas of the level for puzzle solving.
- Reflection cubes will allow Chell to reflect lazers for various puzzles.
- The co-op campaign will have you playing as two bipedal robots. They like to hold hands.
- Splitscreen for people playing on the console, and 'picture in picture' available for those playing remote co-op (eg: PC). This allows you to easily communicate with the other player and combine efforts for puzzle solving.
Never played Portal. Not even a demo.
Sweet. I'm getting the Mac version for sure. Might get the 360 version too!You've heard that Steam is also coming to Mac as well? It's basically confirmed.
Valve :bow2
it takes place hundreds of years after the first but you play as the same character...?
Picked up a used copy of The Orange Box today, just for Portal. Cheaper than buying Still Alive, and then I've got all the Half-Life episodes for play.If you want a TF2 wingman, let me know.
best line in the gameQuoteit takes place hundreds of years after the first but you play as the same character...?
"I have your brain scanned and permanently backed up incase something terrible happens to you..."
Kosma, if you aren't going to play, you need to at least listen to the GladOS statements :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRzRH4n27RY
spoilertastic of course.
I used to love Valve, man, it used to be beautiful. But I can't put up with this shit anymore. Like Biz said earlier, their last full-length game was Half Life 2. What the fuck!?
I used to love Valve, man, it used to be beautiful. But I can't put up with this shit anymore. Like Biz said earlier, their last full-length game was Half Life 2. What the fuck!?
Took Valve 6 years to make Half Life 2. It is how it is. They make game slow but they make games goood.
I didn't say I love Valve in that post. I'm merely being realistic.
Honestly 4 hours is all I need for a good game so long as the pacing is tight.
Also, Half Life 2 was too long. Half Life episode 1/2 length please.
So, the E3 event is NOT Portal 2, it's NOT Half Life 3 and it's NOT Ice Frog's DOTA game. What is it? If it's Counter Strike 2, I'll actually cry*.Gabe will reveal his THIRD chin.
*No not really.
So, the E3 event is NOT Portal 2, it's NOT Half Life 3 and it's NOT Ice Frog's DOTA game. What is it? If it's Counter Strike 2, I'll actually cry*.
*No not really.
Steam goes to 360.
:patel
wow that paint idea stuff is cooler than it sounded on paper
i should probably finish the first one sometime
i got stuck on a puzzle and started feeling like a dumbass and went into FUCK THIS GAME rage and sort of forgot all about it afterwards
i got stuck on a puzzle and started feeling like a dumbass and went into FUCK THIS GAME rage and sort of forgot all about it afterwards
Wha-how? Portal is like sleep-easy.
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/064/064329/vids_1.html
three good videos about the game in general
it seems like they're saying the single player is roughly double the first game. Multiplayer (co-op) is the same length as single player and a totally different game.
Gabe got so fat his spine disappeared. He's spent the last few years bad mouthing the PS3, then SCEA backs a truck full of money up to him.
What's with the bagging on Gabe?
Sony opened up their platform and it is apparent that SteamWorks running on PS3 will mean I can play Portal 2 on PS3, Windows and Mac using exactly the same save, cooping with players on any platform, whereas the 360 version will be isolated from the rest, like a ginger-haired school kid in the playground.
You should be bagging on MS, not Gabe.
So, the E3 event is NOT Portal 2, it's NOT Half Life 3 and it's NOT Ice Frog's DOTA game. What is it? If it's Counter Strike 2, I'll actually cry*.
*No not really.
No shit. That looks absolutely wicked. I can't believe how far they've pushed the Source engine. Looks substantially better than any of their previous games. Can't wait to see what else they build with this new engine.So, the E3 event is NOT Portal 2, it's NOT Half Life 3 and it's NOT Ice Frog's DOTA game. What is it? If it's Counter Strike 2, I'll actually cry*.
*No not really.
Steam goes to 360.
:patel
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The most amazing stuff about P2 is how GLaDOS is constantly rebuilding the rooms around. It looks f-g scary like from Silent Hill.
What's with the bagging on Gabe?
Sony opened up their platform and it is apparent that SteamWorks running on PS3 will mean I can play Portal 2 on PS3, Windows and Mac using exactly the same save, cooping with players on any platform, whereas the 360 version will be isolated from the rest, like a ginger-haired school kid in the playground.
You should be bagging on MS, not Gabe.
I'm in good company, on an old GFW episode Jeff Green said he got stuck on a particular puzzle for over an hour and felt the same way I did.
Please tell us which puzzle it is so we can all feel smug.
it was something where i had to jump from one portal down into to another and the momentum was supposed to fling me somewhere i needed to be, but i could never get it right so i said "fuck this game, fuck this game's mother, fuck this game's slutty granny" and went to play something else, never to return
it was something where i had to jump from one portal down into to another and the momentum was supposed to fling me somewhere i needed to be, but i could never get it right so i said "fuck this game, fuck this game's mother, fuck this game's slutty granny" and went to play something else, never to return
Sorry grandpa, Portal is easy. No auto-align here, no FAQs, beat that shit like a rented mule. Not saying it's easy for everyone, but as a puzzle platforming master, Portal is easy. I played it the minute it was unlocked at midnight and beat it in that one sitting in just over 3 hours.At least I'm comfortable with my penis, Ma'am.
This isn't a knock against Portal, I love it, but it's easy.
Sorry grandpa, Portal is easy. No auto-align here, no FAQs, beat that shit like a rented mule. Not saying it's easy for everyone, but as a puzzle platforming master, Portal is easy. I played it the minute it was unlocked at midnight and beat it in that one sitting in just over 3 hours.At least I'm comfortable with my penis, Ma'am.
This isn't a knock against Portal, I love it, but it's easy.
Auto-align is on by default; unless you messed with the options, you were benefiting from it all along. Beating it in three hours is impressive, but you didn't answer whether or not you'd also solved all the challenge modes and qualified for Vanilla Crazy Cake.
Why not save $10 and just get the superior PC version? ???