Portal

[mtv dave]

Valves new thing - looks quite innovative:
www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/first-trailer-of-valves-portal-released (review)
www.gamevideos.com/video/id/4650 (video)

Not sure how you'll deal with multiplayer or more sentient enimies that gun turrets though.

[thepassenger]

Dunno looks more like a puzzle game using a FPS engine so not sure it is multiplayer unless it's a team effort to solve the puzzle that is.

Still it looks like a good bit of fun.

[mannginger]

It's not that innovative - Prey is all about the portals and gravity puzzles:







Phil

[steve_evil]

I said a similar thing about Prey but after watching the Portal trailer it looks like it poos all over Prey from a great height, all the portals in Prey are fixed, whereas Portal lets you create your own and get really creative with it. Ok it looks very similar to Prey in a number of ways and could be argued that it has pilfered it's unique selling point, but it's like cavemen inventing the wheel and then someone coming along with the cart and making a good use for that wheel.

On another note the trailer for Team Fortress 2 looks great, cartoon stylings with all the classic cast of classes and gameplay that everyone loves.

Edited by steve_evil on Friday 21st July 12:37