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Portal 2 |OT| Sleep. Spuds. Science.
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ThanksVision
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Ordered one day shipping from Amazon and still says it's being delivered tomorrow. Fuuuu.
CloakedPuppet
Member
Casp0r said:
apples and oysters
I have but one question. How will this run on my Mac set-up?
I'm rocking a 2.26 GHz Intel Core Duo with 4 GB memory and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M. It doesn't have too much trouble with other Valve games, but since this is a new and improved baby, I wanna be sure. The system requirements say I make the specs, but if it's just going to chug along I don't wanna drop 50 on it.
I'm rocking a 2.26 GHz Intel Core Duo with 4 GB memory and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M. It doesn't have too much trouble with other Valve games, but since this is a new and improved baby, I wanna be sure. The system requirements say I make the specs, but if it's just going to chug along I don't wanna drop 50 on it.
dark10x said:
Doing the same. Loving the synced saves and trophies/achievements. I don't know how likely it is that other developers owned by large publishers will ever make use of this but it would be so awesome if Deus Ex, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, etc did this. Don't even need them to try cross platform play where it wouldn't fit (Battlefield 3 will be more players per game on PC) but just having the installed copy on the PC in case of PS3 or disc problems is great.
Up to Chapter 2, game is terrific so far. Excellent work, Valve!
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Lol co-op fucking destroys single player in terms of goodness and singleplayer was already the best thing I played since like the Orange Box.
Valve fucking annihilates any competition for game of the year.
Valve fucking annihilates any competition for game of the year.
ThanksVision
Member
Evlar said:
One day shipping was the fastest option. Granted this was a few days ago. But I'm even on Amazon Prime...
BobTheFork
Member
Do you have ANY idea how nice it is to have a ps3 gave save without breaking to teh xmb and taking 3 steps.
Valve knows how to make a damn good game. Seriously.
All other FPSs like COD, Halo and non-Valve games are all shit-tier now.
Finished this in one sitting minus dinner break.
GOTY at moment for me.
Now i gotta do co-op and
I also enjoyed Wheatley's character. Voice acting in this game is godly.
One thing i didnt enjoy was the loading screens, why u no implement streaming tech Valve?
All other FPSs like COD, Halo and non-Valve games are all shit-tier now.
Finished this in one sitting minus dinner break.
GOTY at moment for me.
Now i gotta do co-op and
find Borealis
One thing i didnt enjoy was the loading screens, why u no implement streaming tech Valve?
Of note, you can be signed into Steam on your PC while using Steam on PS3. In addition, you can load Portal 2 on your PC and PS3 at the same time with both being connected.
On top of that, if you chat on your PS3 (I plugged in a keyboard) the Steam chat window ALSO appears on your PC at the same time. So you could start chatting on PS3 and then move to your PC and continue.
Very cool.
Also, tried PC version. Runs great as expected, but I'm impressed that the PS3 port is so close. Nothing seems to be missing on PS3. Framerate is 30 rather than 60 and image quality isn't as good (though still very good), but everything else is there. Loading isn't even really that much faster on PC. Enjoyable on both platforms for sure.
On top of that, if you chat on your PS3 (I plugged in a keyboard) the Steam chat window ALSO appears on your PC at the same time. So you could start chatting on PS3 and then move to your PC and continue.
Very cool.
Also, tried PC version. Runs great as expected, but I'm impressed that the PS3 port is so close. Nothing seems to be missing on PS3. Framerate is 30 rather than 60 and image quality isn't as good (though still very good), but everything else is there. Loading isn't even really that much faster on PC. Enjoyable on both platforms for sure.
Dunno if this has been posted yet: (video, doesn't spoil story, but is shown quite far into the game,
related. http://www.youtube.com/user/xxEDJExx#p/u/1/JSi4fhCCC8k .
ARG
First of a couple of dev commentaries that have encoded signals in them. Also listened to a great dev comment trash talking the fans who call themselves the grammar police 
Ad Infinitum
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Burger said:
abunai said:
Thanks guys, worked a treat.
Hnggh I can't wrap my head around this.
Chapter 1-5 were gold, brilliant, orgasmic. The crescendo that leads upto the climax which is chapter 5. Wonderful, loving it goty goty goty, *throws roses*
Chapter 6&7
I'm trying not to puke, the atmosphere, the simplicity, the details, that "touch" NONE of it present. Soo bad, these 2 chapters were soo bad please god tell me the game picks up because if the "quality" is like this then I might aswell stop and preserve the beauty that was the first parts of the game.
Dear god, I can't let it go. How ....what were they thinking? Fuck. Terrible.
Chapter 1-5 were gold, brilliant, orgasmic. The crescendo that leads upto the climax which is chapter 5. Wonderful, loving it goty goty goty, *throws roses*
Chapter 6&7
I'm trying not to puke, the atmosphere, the simplicity, the details, that "touch" NONE of it present. Soo bad, these 2 chapters were soo bad please god tell me the game picks up because if the "quality" is like this then I might aswell stop and preserve the beauty that was the first parts of the game.
Dear god, I can't let it go. How ....what were they thinking? Fuck. Terrible.
Very early in, but the first 10 minutes of this game may be the most I've ever laughed at a video game. The delivery is absolutely brilliant.
I really wish they'd improved Chell's jumping animation. It's seriously bad; a stark contrast to the quality of the rest of the visual presentation. She doesn't even bend her legs before jumping; she just kind of rises. Far from game-ruining, but a shame as it's easily fixed.
I really wish they'd improved Chell's jumping animation. It's seriously bad; a stark contrast to the quality of the rest of the visual presentation. She doesn't even bend her legs before jumping; she just kind of rises. Far from game-ruining, but a shame as it's easily fixed.
or, if you step into door #2, you can be part of the crowd up in arms because of:A27 Tawpgun said:
-"don't turn off your console" references in the PC version
-the robot enrichment center (the store) as a giant DLC scheme
Personally, I didn't mind the loading screens, it felt more like a pacing thing, because there were cases where, yes, a single (even simple) puzzle is devoted to a single map, but then again we have just giant, more intricate maps without loading screens placed throughout.
Twilight Princess
Member
so, how good is co-op?
my friends are all idiots
my friends are all idiots
overthehill99
Member
How come it says I played 0 hours when I click Portal 2 on Steam? I just played about 2 hours on the PS3.
Corky said:
I agree that the visuals of 6 and 7 were weaker and I even think that there was a little too much in the way of "fling filler" where you're basically moving from actual puzzle to actual puzzle, but how the hell are they terrible? The level design with the
goo- excluding the white one- is just as good if not better than anything in the first part. Cave and seeing the progression of Aperture stuff was also awesome.
eshwaaz said:
I doubt it's that easy ...
Think about when you go to jump, you have to bend your legs first then push up ... since the jump button in Portal 2 (and most games) require an immediate 'jump' when you hit it. The game can't possible predict when your going to jump so it can start the animation before hand (bending the legs) ... and if it tried fitting the animation after the jump button, it would have to be so fast it'll look even weirder.
The best solution would be to have the jump button as 'charge and release' which isn't worth the extra control complexity for such a rarely seen animation.
CloakedPuppet said:
I meant for my
wayward archer
Member
I don't understand why people dislike the white goo. Love it. Painting that one huge room all over with it was one of the best parts of the game for me.
Loved chapter 6 and 7 too.
Really the only problem I have with this game are the load screens. Almost wish they just froze the game view for a few seconds instead ala Half Life 2 and Portal 1. Kinda breaks the flow a bit too much for my liking. In L4D they were fine since you needed a break from the action.
Loved chapter 6 and 7 too.
Really the only problem I have with this game are the load screens. Almost wish they just froze the game view for a few seconds instead ala Half Life 2 and Portal 1. Kinda breaks the flow a bit too much for my liking. In L4D they were fine since you needed a break from the action.
Taking a break from playing the single player on PC (just got past chapter 6), this game is soooo freakin' good! As expected, the art direction is incredible, but on top of it the image quality and lighting are ridiculous.
I cannot wait to try out coop once I beat SP...
I cannot wait to try out coop once I beat SP...
Awesome Animals
Member
Hmm...Critics love love love Portal 2. GAF loves Portal 2. Metacritic users...not so much. Interesting.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
They were nicely masked in Portal 1, I'm not sure why they didn't use the same method.Ferrio said:
gregor7777
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Awesome Animals said:
Hats + ARG = hate
Absolutely nothing to do with the game itself.
Angst said:
The recent Source games had splitscreen enabled from the console. I think Portal2 does as well.
traveler said:
Oh, the contrary actually, I found the aesthetics to be , just like Kyaw said, a nice change of scenery from the regular stuff. It is the game design that I despised in those two chapters.
- Forced puzzles, nothing made "sense" frankly
- No sense of accomplishment just , " oh thank god I found the 100x100 pixel sheet of wall I could use my portalgun a million miles away in these giiiiigantic levels"
- Dragged way too long, should have been half as long to be honest.
- The mechanics they introduce aren't THAT amazing that they need 2 long chapters dedicated to them
- Some wierd backtracking which, imo, goes against eeeeverything that Portal 2 is with its testchambers and bitesized levels
- Even though I commended the aesthetics you can only stand soo much it, and in the final stretch it just lost its uniqueness
I reckon I could go on but frankly I rather forget these chapters and focus on the good stuff ahead. I took a sneakpeak at chapter 8 and my faith was pretty much restored 5 seconds in...
One thing I really really appreciate about this sequel is how much bigger the scale is of the puzzles, so much so that they gave you a zoom button. I remember first noticing I can zoom and thinking why would I ever need that, meanwhile I was pressing it all the time later on in the game. Portal 1 seems ridiculously cramped in comparison.
lazybones18
Banned
Gonna wait until tomorrow to get this.
I really hope BB is just bullshitting when it shows that the game is unavailable in stores
I really hope BB is just bullshitting when it shows that the game is unavailable in stores
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Just started a little while ago. This game is AWESOME.
JakOfTheShadows
Member
Just finished the single player and I loved it. It was really refreshing, and I had to say they really had some great dialog. The quips thrown at you were awesome and genuinely had me laughing.
theinfinityissue
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Awesome Animals said:
there's a troll campaign going on. It's pretty funny, they act all individualistic, but when 4chan tells them to do something they do it
Mr. Spinnington
Banned
i understand the joke!John said:just popping in to say that this is hilarious
(from the valve store)