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Portal 2 |OT| Sleep. Spuds. Science.

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OldJadedGamer

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jambo said:
With puzzle games I find hints on forums to be better than a walkthrough blatantly spelling out exactly what to do, step by step.
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If I'm stuck, I'll watch a video and stop it right after it shows me what to do where I'm at so that I don't ruin the rest of the level for myself.
 
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Frost_Ace

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Valve you're worse than disney ._.
 
ElRenoRaven

ElRenoRaven

Member
demosthenes said:
SFW description?
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It's talks about how they wish they had a portal gun and what they would do with it. There is a lot of suggestive language and then a reference to sucking his own member using the portal gun. All set to a Gangsta rap like tune.
 
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Gvaz

Banned
PsychoRaven said:
It's talks about how they wish they had a portal gun and what they would do with it. There is a lot of suggestive language and then a reference to sucking his own member using the portal gun. All set to a Gangsta rap like tune.
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Would if I could.
 
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Uno Venova

Banned
I just got this game and it is so much fun and I can't put it down. The
Turret Room
(tiny spoiler) is the hardest I have ever laughed in a video game before, it was actually hard for me to leave that room.
 
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_RT_

Member
Anyone up for some portal?
I'm on level 4 co-op and the last two people I found were still on level 1 and didn't want to jump ahead.

RT_Boston on PS3 and steam.
 
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deleted

Member
Finally finished Coop with a friend yesterday. I liked it more than the single player, especially the parts, when Glad0s told us different things and tried to get us sabotaging each other.

It was a bit on the easy side most of the time, but maybe the upcoming dlc will change that. I wonder how big it will be. SP & Coop maps are confirmed I guess, but what about new MP modes?
 
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sonicmj1

Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
This has to be the dumbest point in the game.

I mean I knew how to solve this part, it just took me twenty minutes to actually execute it.
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As with any puzzle in this game, if your solution takes you 20 minutes to properly execute, there is almost certainly a simpler solution that can be executed easily.

This puzzle is no exception.
 
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NBtoaster

Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
This has to be the dumbest point in the game.

I mean I knew how to solve this part, it just took me twenty minutes to actually execute it.
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I can already see from that shot that I solved it differently from you (
I spread the goo up between those two pillars, letting me put a portal at the top, and then jumping down and using momentum to get shot out from the sloped platform
). Can't have taken more than 5 minutes.
 
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gdt

Member
NBtoaster said:
I can already see from that shot that I solved it differently from you (
I spread the goo up between those two pillars, letting me put a portal at the top, and then jumping down and using momentum to get shot out from the sloped platform
). Can't have taken more than 5 minutes.
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Same as me. Took me awhile to figure it out, but once I got it it didn't take long at all to execute.
 
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Flying_Phoenix

Banned
NBtoaster said:
I can already see from that shot that I solved it differently from you (
I spread the goo up between those two pillars, letting me put a portal at the top, and then jumping down and using momentum to get shot out from the sloped platform
). Can't have taken more than 5 minutes.
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That wasn't where the portal was originally.

What I did was
Let the white goo get on top of the pillar closest to the angled platform. I then shot a portal hole at the top of the pillar and at the angled platform. I jumped onto the angled platform and came out from the pillar. I then made a portal hole on the floor during the jump and got back from the angle platform. Once falling from the air I once again made a portal on the floor and rinse and repeat for 4 times until I completed.


Oh shit! I just realized what you did. You shot portal holes at the two higher pillars while having the goo come out, thus getting a higher jump when going off the ramp. I feel so stupid. :(
 
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FieryBalrog

Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
This has to be the dumbest point in the game.

I mean I knew how to solve this part, it just took me twenty minutes to actually execute it.
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It took me forever on that one since I was busy
painting the whole level white
just because it was soooooooooo much fun.

I'm almost done with the game and I looooove it. My only complaint is need moar
Cave Johnson
 
Acerac

Acerac

Banned
Ooh, glad to see this thread is still being bumped as I picked it up during the summer sale.

Am I the only one who thinks the Cave Johnson speeches are a lot more sad than they are funny? I mean at first they're hilarious, but it's the rants of a man who had the world at his fingertips and ends up being so broke he has to pay hobos to do experiments for him.

Towards the end you can tell he is a broken man who has lost almost everything, but refuses to give up no matter how fucked he is. Burning life's house down with the lemons is an awesome thought, but imagine the position you'd need to be in to develop that viewpoint.

Dunno, just my interpretation.
 
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Sibylus

Banned
I definitely share that impression.
During the same speech, his voice cracks and you're struck by just how desperate the man really is
. Great, great performance.
 
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OldJadedGamer

Banned
NBtoaster said:
I can already see from that shot that I solved it differently from you (
I spread the goo up between those two pillars, letting me put a portal at the top, and then jumping down and using momentum to get shot out from the sloped platform
). Can't have taken more than 5 minutes.
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I solved it the same way.
 
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Flying_Phoenix

Banned
Just beat the game.

My thoughts:

- Valve has once again risen the bar in video game writing and storytelling. There were many instances when playing this game I felt as immersed as when watching a film in a theater. Many times where I even tried to distract myself but I couldn't take my eyes from what was happening "to me" on the screen. But that's only part of it. Valve really got down the humor bit as well. There were many chuckles let out during the play through.

- I have no clue what the hell GAF is bitching about with the graphics. From a technical standpoint (talking solely on textures and lighting) the game in no way looks dated. Sure it isn't spectacular or even great, but its at par with your typical current generation game. And thats the technical side of things. Speaking of the visuals as a whole, such as artstyle and "easy on the eyes", its one of the best looking games out there. Similar to Team Fortress 2 in its hey day (hell arguably even today). I find it hilarious how graphic whore GAF rips this game to shreds. What were they expecting? Crytek level of graphical fidelity?


- My only issue with the game were: The load times. They break immersion so much. And I have a sata III SSD, I could only imagine it with a typical hard drive. There was also an overuse of pre-rendered cutscenes in the game, specifically
toward the end. That scene with the 300 turrets would have been so much more immersive in-game. I mean the game already did some pretty "CPU heavy" things for the low end. Why not that? Also I was dissapointed how obvious they made it that GlaDos was Caroline. At least make some mystery toward it.

Other than those things this game was great. The puzzles gradually got more difficult, but never difficult enough to make me turn to GameFAQS. Overall one of the best games I've played this gen. It would easily be my GOTY if it wasn't for The Witcher 2.

Valve, you never disappoint me.
 
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Sibylus

Banned
MNC said:
Dota 2, I think.
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Then again, it might not be. Her husband has been candid about his involvement with Dota 2, but she hasn't mentioned being involved at all afaik.

She's the voice of the OverwatchHALF-LIFE3BELIEVE
 
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StuBurns

Banned
Hey GAF, I was just playing a little Portal 2, and there was a joke I was wondering about. In the last chamber in chapter 2 Glados tells you the puzzle is hard and you need instructions, so she says something very quickly, I'm wondering if she really does tell you how to solve it?
 
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Kyaw

Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
This has to be the dumbest point in the game.

I mean I knew how to solve this part, it just took me twenty minutes to actually execute it.
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Real men paint the whole room in white or moon paste.
 
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
cooljeanius said:
Darn it, I was hoping this thread was bumped because part 3 of the soundtrack had been released... oh well, guess not...
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I had no idea Valve released volume 2. :eek:
 
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OldJadedGamer

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LordPhoque said:
I hope Valve release DLC plans during the GamesCom. Can't wait to play more of the GOTY.
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If they don't announce soon, I'm selling mine off. I have too many games coming up to play that I can't just sit on this game doing nothing.
 
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