The Librarian
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What's everyone's opinion of chapters 6 and 7, then? Are they as bad as Corky says?
Non-spoiler impressions for me, of course.
Non-spoiler impressions for me, of course.
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Portal 2 |OT| Sleep. Spuds. Science.
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wayward archer
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Corky said:
You have a point with the distant portal walls, although they do remind you that you have zoom right before those start and in typical valve style they put a light on most of them to draw your attention to them. i didn't have a big problem with any of them.
The rest of your complaints I just don't agree with. Those levels were there to give you a non-sterile/non-straightforward environment to work with. Hell in most of them you don't even 'solve' them to get through the sphere, you have to work around the original puzzle which is mostly non-functional. I think you backtrack once... maybe twice, in order to drop a portal at a leaking pipe so you can use the goo further along in the puzzle. Didn't hurt the game at all to me.
But to each his own.
Dax01 said:What's everyone's opinion of chapters 6 and 7, then? Are they as bad as Corky says?
Non-spoiler impressions for me, of course.
You will slam your head against a wall trying to work them out. Then once you work them out, you'll slam your head against a wall for feeling like an idiot.
All joking aside, they're the most challenging portion of the game, I thoroughly enjoyed them.
spermatic cord
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Dax01 said:What's everyone's opinion of chapters 6 and 7, then? Are they as bad as Corky says?
Non-spoiler impressions for me, of course.
They were a great change of scenery. The art direction was great. I don't understand what's not to like about them (beyond
OMG NOT SUPER HIGH TECH ANYMORE
Lionheart1337
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Man the blob areas are really bad performance wise.
There were two that really ticked me for a while, but then again I was up for a while and to be honest it was like 5AM and I spent the entire night playing the game. FYI it wasDax01 said:What's everyone's opinion of chapters 6 and 7, then? Are they as bad as Corky says?
Non-spoiler impressions for me, of course.
the blue paint one someone posted a pic earlier where you needed to vault yourself up to the top of
puzzle where all you get is white paint; I went to sleep and came back to it and solved it in no time flat.
spermatic cord said:
Portal the wall (slanted I think) across the chasm, jump down the elevator shaft (walk along the steps down one level) and there will be a portal-able surface at the bottom
OmnipotentO
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Just beat the game in 1 sitting. Fucking great experience! Definitely does the original justice... and then some.
The ending is
.... though
Dialogue, characters, music, story, atmosphere, graphics all fucking incredible.
10/10
AAA+++ Would play again!!!!!!!!
The Portals are definitely in my top 3 games this gen... without question.
I haven't even touched co op yet.
The ending is
great
shooting a portal to the moon is a bit much imo. This is really the only thing that kinda annoyed me a bit. On a different note I also really really really REEAAAALLLLYYY hoped they'd explicitly tie this somehow to Ep3... god this makes the wait for that 10x more excruciating :'(
10/10
AAA+++ Would play again!!!!!!!!
The Portals are definitely in my top 3 games this gen... without question.
I haven't even touched co op yet.
spermatic cord
Member
Oh man that was so obvious. I feel like a fool lol
Ad Infinitum
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pakkit said:Quoting for impatience.
Downloading now, I'll let you know if no one else does.
Personally they're my favorite part of the game. I loved all the gels, and felt like they added the most new feeling to the puzzles, so maybe that's why I feel differently.Dax01 said:What's everyone's opinion of chapters 6 and 7, then? Are they as bad as Corky says?
Non-spoiler impressions for me, of course.
It can be very easy to not notice entire sections of a level necessary to completing it though. If you ever get stuck the best thing to do is to take a break, come back, and then look at your surroundings for stuff you missed.
Haven't been keeping up with the whole free PC copy when you buy the PS3 version...
We have two PS3s in the house (one for me, one for my brother), and 1 PS3 version arriving. If he loads the game first, links it to his Steam account and downloads the PC version...then he gives me the Blu-ray and I play on my PS3, I'll be able to play with him while he's on the PC version, right?
We have two PS3s in the house (one for me, one for my brother), and 1 PS3 version arriving. If he loads the game first, links it to his Steam account and downloads the PC version...then he gives me the Blu-ray and I play on my PS3, I'll be able to play with him while he's on the PC version, right?
bender
What time is it?
I finished the game last night after picking it up on Saturday. I'd put my game time around 7-8 hours. I loved the story and the ending was fantastic. I was really skeptical that it could recapture the charm for the original but I'm happy to be wrong.
My only issue is the challenge level. I never found myself stuck so I don't think the experience is as satisfying as the original. Maybe it's unrealistic to think the game would be as challenging as the original since that game has already trained you. Maybe they just packed in too many new ideas through out the game and kept the difficulty at the "teaching you new concepts" level rather than having fewer mechanics and having you master those.
I hear the co-op is more difficult so I'm looking forward to tackling that mode.
My only issue is the challenge level. I never found myself stuck so I don't think the experience is as satisfying as the original. Maybe it's unrealistic to think the game would be as challenging as the original since that game has already trained you. Maybe they just packed in too many new ideas through out the game and kept the difficulty at the "teaching you new concepts" level rather than having fewer mechanics and having you master those.
I hear the co-op is more difficult so I'm looking forward to tackling that mode.
OmegaDragon
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Woops, didnt refresh
Played up to chapter 7, 5 hours. I love it, all the added stuff to the basic portal mechanics is great and the story surprises me. I love the Aperture science service announcements.
Played up to chapter 7, 5 hours. I love it, all the added stuff to the basic portal mechanics is great and the story surprises me. I love the Aperture science service announcements.
AppleSmack
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Omfg, the game seems better than I ever dreamed. I must resist the urge to play and fail all of my exams. I MUST!
I found when I was hopelessly stuck. That I'd just close my eyes for two seconds, breathe and think what exactly is required to get me to that door or to get that door open?Dance In My Blood said:
Like I said, find the exit, work backwards and trace the exit to you NOT the other way around.
Also, if there are buttons, push them! See what they do, what they might give you/open/activate.
Zomba13
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So I've been listening to the credits song
Also, needs to be said again, an amazing game. IMO Valves best single player yet. Everything about it was awesome. There wasn't one part I didn't enjoy (mid-lateish game vauge level spoiler)
. If there is a Portal 3 it'll have to be one hell of a game to beat this.
Want you gone. Anyone else like this better than Still Alive? Maybe because it's new but I really really like it.
Also, needs to be said again, an amazing game. IMO Valves best single player yet. Everything about it was awesome. There wasn't one part I didn't enjoy (mid-lateish game vauge level spoiler)
Maybe that part with the goo and outside the chamber bit but I got over it once I figured it out.
metareferential
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Finished the coop a few minutes ago: clocked in at about 7 hours.
The game is incredible, nearly perfect: funny, clever, with one of the best level design I've ever witnessed.
Maybe it's a bit easy sometimes, but it still feels very rewarding, and sometimes your brain really seems to melt, even if the solution turns out to be quite simple.
Finished half of the game and if the game ended here, I would be perfectly satisfied.
Now there's the singleplayer.
*slowly applauds Valve*
The game is incredible, nearly perfect: funny, clever, with one of the best level design I've ever witnessed.
Maybe it's a bit easy sometimes, but it still feels very rewarding, and sometimes your brain really seems to melt, even if the solution turns out to be quite simple.
Finished half of the game and if the game ended here, I would be perfectly satisfied.
Now there's the singleplayer.
*slowly applauds Valve*
Did anyone else get stuck on something as stupid as I did?
(Spoiler for gameplay mechanic that appears in (I think) one of the first 4 chapters)
(Spoiler for gameplay mechanic that appears in (I think) one of the first 4 chapters)
After doing a few rooms with the light bridges there was a room where I needed to get across some water. I spent 10 minutes trying to find a spot to divert the bridge so that I could get onto it and have it in the right position to span the gap. Then I realised I could shoot a portal over to the other side and walk through it. /facepalm
Netrunner2k2
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Never thought I'd want to keep playing a game JUST to see what a character has to say next over and over and over and over again. The writing is superb.
Nappuccino
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Doopliss said:
I did this exact thing too.
AppleSmack
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overcast said:
PC not an option?
Twilight Princess
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glados >>>> wheatley tho
Zomba13 said:
NoplzMichaelScott.gif
After playing this one, that's enough especially on how it ends as
there is barely any connection to the half-life world of things, and Valve still does not want to do it.
Maybe I'm alone on this, but
I thought Wheatley's character was out of place for a Portal world. Shouldn't all the bots have vocodor robotic voices?
I didn't think it fit well with the overall with the Portal theme.
Also the Portal techno music doesn't do it for me either although it was a nice touch when Chell hits platforms. However, a perfect example what I'm complaining about is the part when you first meet turrets. Why play that disgusting vomiting techno sound when you knock down a turret? Was that really necessary? There could have been a better musical beat for killing the turret or just leave it out Valve.
I didn't think it fit well with the overall with the Portal theme.
Also the Portal techno music doesn't do it for me either although it was a nice touch when Chell hits platforms. However, a perfect example what I'm complaining about is the part when you first meet turrets. Why play that disgusting vomiting techno sound when you knock down a turret? Was that really necessary? There could have been a better musical beat for killing the turret or just leave it out Valve.
Lostconfused
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Pretty close to the end and yeah the game is incredible. More of everything that made Portal great.
droopy said:
Theres a clear condracition to what we seen and what was said in Ep2, that is that the dry dock got taken out along with the ship - clearly the dry dock we see is intact and there hundreds of years after HL2, so either they retcon'd this information, or the ship left the cave somehow and entered the sea (as shown by the photos of the two scientists infront of the boat) and then was re-purposed for whatever doomsday device it became to become a legend.
As to what the ship does, no idea. We know that Aperture developed Portals and Timetravel before the construction of the Borealis and went to the moon shortly after. It could be Appertures crazy attempt at colonising the moon in the past for all we know.
On another note - I'm probably ignorant about this, but doesn't a salt mine mean the soil is untenable (like, forever). Why are their crops on the surface then? Clearly the matrix going on as per the developer commentary idea that was binned at the start of the game.
As to what the ship does, no idea. We know that Aperture developed Portals and Timetravel before the construction of the Borealis and went to the moon shortly after. It could be Appertures crazy attempt at colonising the moon in the past for all we know.
On another note - I'm probably ignorant about this, but doesn't a salt mine mean the soil is untenable (like, forever). Why are their crops on the surface then? Clearly the matrix going on as per the developer commentary idea that was binned at the start of the game.
syoaran said:
In fact, relating to this stuff.
I thought we'd at LEAST learn something about the Borealis, do we really have to wait for Ep3 to see ANYTHING RELATED TO THE FUCKING HALF LIFE STORY? This is seriously something that annoyed me about Portal 2. It was the only thing too, but we've been waiting for soooo long.
syoaran said:
I noticed this as well, but I figured that Valve had forgotten since it's been so long since Ep2 released.
syoaran said:
When did we learn this?
Cindres said:
In all fairness, just because Portal is linked to the HL universe, doesn't mean it has to give us information on it. Valve wants to keep Portal as Portal, and HL as HL. If Portal 2 had some crazy Ep3 reveal, everyone would be talking about Ep3 and not Portal 2.
davonaytor
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For anyone wanting the soundtrack, you can extract it by downloading GCFScape, navigating to steam/steamapps/common/portal2/portal2 and opening the bottom PAK file (it should be named pak01_dir).
When you've opened that, just go into root/sound/music.
When you've opened that, just go into root/sound/music.