Portal 2

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Altrezia

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8,517 posts

210 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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So it's out today. Who's playing?

Mine is currently de-crypting, and I'm 'working from home' today.

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Zaxxon

4,057 posts

159 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Just read how you bought it early, did you pay for 40 indy games?

Edited by Zaxxon on Tuesday 19th April 08:33

Lets Torque

10,974 posts

156 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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I'm looking forward to playing it, and think the co-op play will be fun!

Although the topic has already been started here,

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...

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Altrezia

Original Poster:

8,517 posts

210 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Valve have released it early on steam - for an unknown reason smile

(altho I do buy a lot of indie games)


Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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bah! ordered mine from Amazon and they have still not shipped it. (cheaper than the steam pre-order price).

Loved the ads and loved the first game.

Altrezia

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8,517 posts

210 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Played through the first 30 mins earlier - fantastic. It's essentially the first game, but with more soul, more voicing, and a better setting. Love it!

MattyB_

2,008 posts

256 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Already getting stonking reviews...looking forward to picking it up myself, but probably later in the week.

craste

1,222 posts

206 months

Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Come on Amazon - deliver this game to me now!!!

Can't wait for this game!!!

Mannginger

9,032 posts

256 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Portal 2 is brilliant, so amusing and engaging at the same time. I think it'll entertain more if you've completed the first game but it should work as a stand alone as well.

I've not chuckled to game since...well the last Portal really!

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XMG5

1,082 posts

226 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Altrezia said:
Played through the first 30 mins earlier - fantastic. It's essentially the first game, but with more soul, more voicing, and a better setting. Love it!
That's why I don't think I'll bother getting it.The same thing happened in Left 4 Dead and L4D II. More of the same <<yawn>>

khevolution

1,592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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am i the only person who doesnt get this game , maybe i didn't put enough time into it, but i bought portal 1 on steam ages ago as part of the bundle, and think i spent about 15mins on it but i got bored and uninstalled

But i always hear about the hype of this game, so tell me people what am i missing

The Beaver King

6,095 posts

194 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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khevolution said:
am i the only person who doesnt get this game , maybe i didn't put enough time into it, but i bought portal 1 on steam ages ago as part of the bundle, and think i spent about 15mins on it but i got bored and uninstalled

But i always hear about the hype of this game, so tell me people what am i missing
Depends.

I loved the first one, finding the dark, random humour and progressively difficult puzzles a joy to work through.

The is a certain amount of satisfaction to be gained from completing it, I think. I suppose it's a bit like completing a crossword or hammering the st out of your nan playing scrabble.

Maybe re-visit it. Give it an hour and if you still don't feel for it, it's just not your thing.

Gun

13,431 posts

217 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Can't wait to get this tomorrow, I've played through the first so many times and just never get bored. It's refreshingly different not to be shooting at endlessly spawning enemies like a lot of game today.

Mannginger

9,032 posts

256 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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khevolution said:
am i the only person who doesnt get this game , maybe i didn't put enough time into it, but i bought portal 1 on steam ages ago as part of the bundle, and think i spent about 15mins on it but i got bored and uninstalled

But i always hear about the hype of this game, so tell me people what am i missing
I found the same thing initially. I enjoyed the humour but looked at the rooms and thought it would be pretty short and a little pointless, but I went back into it a wee while later and the story telling / character really comes alive in the last couple of rooms and when you escape the test labs into the "back office" of the labs.

I loved it and was compelled to finish the story to see how Gladys would meet her demise. Finishing it was one of the most satisfying and rewarding gaming experiences I've had (and the end credits song was a real cherry on top tbh!)

Now that it's back it's like finally getting the next instalment of a great novel and I'm really enjoying the character again especially as she's even more pointed now - I can't wait to beat her cheeky, evil ass!

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

159 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Because of my bloody awful and stty O2 broadband connection, I am still downloading it, 15hrs so far.
Can't wait to move to BT Infinity soon.

Portal is possibly the greatest game ever IMO, definatly the best game that you don't kill things in anyway.

khevolution

1,592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Mannginger said:
I found the same thing initially. I enjoyed the humour but looked at the rooms and thought it would be pretty short and a little pointless, but I went back into it a wee while later and the story telling / character really comes alive in the last couple of rooms and when you escape the test labs into the "back office" of the labs.

I loved it and was compelled to finish the story to see how Gladys would meet her demise. Finishing it was one of the most satisfying and rewarding gaming experiences I've had (and the end credits song was a real cherry on top tbh!)

Now that it's back it's like finally getting the next instalment of a great novel and I'm really enjoying the character again especially as she's even more pointed now - I can't wait to beat her cheeky, evil ass!
after reading a couple of post i decided to re-install and spend more then 5 minutes on it, so far I'm about 20mins in and i don't have the urge to un-install so that's a good sign, think i will enjoy the game for a couple of hours at a time, but don't think i could become engrossed by it, as thinking hurts my brain and i can tell you might have to do that a lot

Alex@POD

6,133 posts

214 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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khevolution said:
after reading a couple of post i decided to re-install and spend more then 5 minutes on it, so far I'm about 20mins in and i don't have the urge to un-install so that's a good sign, think i will enjoy the game for a couple of hours at a time, but don't think i could become engrossed by it, as thinking hurts my brain and i can tell you might have to do that a lot
What kept me hooked, other than solving the puzzles, was the different characters and the random things they say. I spent some time trying different things with the machine guns to see what they would come up with for example...

It's definitely worth finishing for the end credits alone! Enjoy the cake!

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

159 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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You know there is a portal app for iphone and android.With all of Glados's comments and also a video for the end credits.

Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Alex@POD said:
It's definitely worth finishing for the end credits alone! Enjoy the cake!
[predicable]the cake is a lie...[/predictable]

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

159 months

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Loving Portal 2 so far, except for one thing, Stephen Merchent's voice is seriously getting on my tit's.

Bad casting in this case. His lines are funny but he's just st. Just like Gervais. They think they are funnier than they are.

Glados is nice an menacing.