[dibbers006]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 17 December 2023 at 11:51

[Man-At-Arms]

never played either
but one thing's for certain, this'll be moved to the Computer Games section !

[Liszt]

Got both and while Skyrim is great, Portal is brilliant. The gameplay is fantastic and develops through the game. There is a nice line of humour there as well.

[sjg]

The Portal games are essential playing IMO. The first is usually very cheap on Steam, and is only about 4 hours to play through. You'll know at the end whether you want to play the second or not.

Skyrim is meant to be good if you like that sort of epic RPG thing. If you do, it can be a massive timesink - a mate put in 100 hours in his first month with the game and is probably well past the 250 mark now. Good value if you'll get that much play out of it.

[130R]

dibbers006 said:

I do love open sandbox style level up type games. Especially if it has a medieval feel.

It doesn't get any more open world than Skyrim really. I generally prefer guns over swords (Fallout) but I put about 100 hours into Skyrim and it's bloody good. Also there are tons of mods if you are playing on PC for enhanced textures, stronger dragons, etc.

Another game worth buying if you like RPG's is Dragon Age: Origins. Again it's massive and you can buy the Ultimate Edition (Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs) for £20 on steam. That's well over 100 hours easy. Dragon Age 2 is the sequel and it's just "not bad" IMO.

If you don't like RPG's then you should avoid both of these because there's a lot of talking.

[y2blade]

I'll not vote as I Have never played Portal, I play and enjoy Skyrim (was on it last night actually)

[ArsE92]

I have had both, and recently traded Skyrim in. Whilst I'm sure Skyrim is great for those that are into that genre, I just couldn't be arsed with all the withcraftery and st.

Whereas Portal 2 is a fantastic game that anyone can pick up and play. I'll keep it forever.

[y2blade]

ArsE92 said:

I have had both, and recently traded Skyrim in. Whilst I'm sure Skyrim is great for those that are into that genre, I just couldn't be arsed with all the withcraftery and st.

Whereas Portal 2 is a fantastic game that anyone can pick up and play. I'll keep it forever.

hmmmm might have to investigate Portal 2....tbh I'd never heard of Portal 1

[ArsE92]

y2blade said:

ArsE92 said:

I have had both, and recently traded Skyrim in. Whilst I'm sure Skyrim is great for those that are into that genre, I just couldn't be arsed with all the withcraftery and st.

Whereas Portal 2 is a fantastic game that anyone can pick up and play. I'll keep it forever.

hmmmm might have to investigate Portal 2....tbh I'd never heard of Portal 1

It's brilliant. When I lived in Harrogate for a couple of months on my own I used to play it every night. Kept me out of trouble!

[ArsE92]

dibbers006 said:

Thanks for the thoughts so far.

This isn't helping though!

Do you prefer swords or teleporting?

[dern]

Portal 1 and 2 are the best computer games I've ever played. Definitely do 1 before 2 though.

Never played skyrim so can't help with your decision.

Mark

[MikeyLCR]

Depends on whether you want to continue to have a life away from the PS3 :-) I've found Skyrim ridiculously addictive, it's stopped me playing GT5 for months!

[Simbu]

y2blade said:

hmmmm might have to investigate Portal 2....tbh I'd never heard of Portal 1

AS mentioed, definitely play 1 before 2. It's cheap, fairly short, and will introduce you to the game mechanics and 'in-jokes'. It's also an excellent game in its own right.

[ArsE92]

dibbers006 said:

ArsE92 said:

Do you prefer swords or teleporting?

That's a bit personal isn't it

I don't know. Maybe I will go for Portal as it is fairly cheap and then have a go at Skyrim nearer Christmas when it starts to get rainy and miserable of an evening.

[ArsE92]

dibbers006 said:

Any experiences of Steam? I might get Portal on the lappie so I can pretend to myself like I am working!

I used Steam to get Portal 2 on my laptop, but I'd already played through and finished on PS3 (you get the Windows version free with PS3 version).

[Stagpump]

Two different types of games so difficult to say. For my pennies worth I'll say Portal every day. Especially 2 though I do agree that you should play 1 first.

You will find these games are amazing, more so when you remember that the first one was just a quick game put together to show off the physics capabilities of valve new game engine. 2 is amazing in no small part due to Steven merchant voicing one of the main characters.

then when you have finished 2 there is the on-line co-op mode where much hilarity is to be had as you get a bit wrong and smash your friend into a wall, drop him in the water etc.....

They have even made it so you can play rock, paper, scissors with your friend.

These games are awesome simply a must have in all pc gamers collections and quite frankly you will keep realising that you have left it long enough and you have forgotten how to do the puzzles and you'll find yourself booting up the game yet again.

One word of warning if you buy these games then you will find the phrase " oh go on, just one more level" becoming part of your life.

[roryfizz]

Good choice, kiss goodbye to your evening!!