Joe Shlabotnik
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AvidNobody said:
Very near the endgame, less than an hour.
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Portal 2 |OT| Sleep. Spuds. Science.
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Very near the endgame, less than an hour.
wonderkins
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Stephen Merchant is my new god.
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DevelopmentArrested
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Oggie oggie oggiewonderkins said:
Sutton Dagger
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Absolutely fabulous game, definitely my front runner for GotY so far. Stephen Mercant as wheatley was a god damn genius casting choice, one of the funniest games I have ever played.
wonderkins
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lol. hi-five.DevelopmentArrested said:
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Steve Merchant cheated he was just being Karl head shaped like an orange
Sanic
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Just finished it. Too tired to post up detailed thoughts, but thinking back through everything that happened and taking the ending into consideration, this is a totally off the wall game. Just so weird in many respects.
And don't jump on me, but considering the above, the story almost sort of felt like some 16 year old's fan fiction sequel to Portal. It just felt really goofy to me...but in a good way.
And don't jump on me, but considering the above, the story almost sort of felt like some 16 year old's fan fiction sequel to Portal. It just felt really goofy to me...but in a good way.
Is the Steam code that comes with the PS3 version only redeemable by the Steam account I've linked my PSN one to or can I give it to a PS3-less friend for him to play with his Steam account on his PC?
BTW, just played some PS3-PC co-op with a friend living at the other side of the Earth. Works flawlessly. Felt like playing locally
BTW, just played some PS3-PC co-op with a friend living at the other side of the Earth. Works flawlessly. Felt like playing locally
wonderkins
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JK Simmons, as well. Does a perfect job as Cave Johnson. Immediately recognized his voice.hamchan said:
I'm trying not to be overly effusive, but Stephen Merchant and JK Simmons were pitch perfect. Portal 2 has some of the best voice work I've heard in a game. And the scriptwriters deserve major kudos for the banter. Funny, without relying on hack or cliche.
I'm awestruck at how much I enjoyed the dialogue. I tend to ignore it more often than not in games.
And Nolan North...smh. lol.
TTP said:Is the Steam code that comes with the PS3 version only redeemable by the Steam account I've linked my PSN one to or can I give it to a PS3-less friend for him to play with his Steam account on his PC?
BTW, just played some PS3-PC co-op with a friend living at the other side of the Earth. Works flawlessly. Felt like playing locally
As long as you don't use it you can give it to somebody else, but they will have to tie their PSN id to a Steam account in order to use it.
The key is probably formatted in a particular way that it only activates on Steam accounts that are tied with a PSN id.
indigo-cyclops
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NotTheGuyYouKill said:
Haha, that is true. I guess just a few bits of dialogue get me, some of it is funny though. Didn't mean to sound like a downer!
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The amazing thing about Weatley is that the Valve employee in the earlier videos sounded almost as good.
rainking187
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Alright, I'm finally stumped at the end of the second co-op area,
I stop the fan and the other person shoots themselves across, but what do I do then? How do I get myself across? The other person stopped the fan and I shot myself across to look around, but I can't figure out how to get both characters across at the same time.
Wow, I just noticed the fact that I have finally been approved! It's about time, I think I sent my request over 6 months ago. Basically, I wanted to see if I am the only one that is disappointed with this game. Maybe it has something to do with the gameplay of the original, and maybe it has something to do with games like Killzone 3 and Metro 2033. All I know is that the game isn't living up to my expectations. It isn't bad, it just isn't what I was expecting.
I think it's about time for Valve to retire the Source engine, everything about it just feels outdated these days. I have gotten back into some original xbox games lately, and the overall graphics and gameplay is remarkably similar. Just about everything Source feels like early/mid 2000's gaming to me.
I think it's about time for Valve to retire the Source engine, everything about it just feels outdated these days. I have gotten back into some original xbox games lately, and the overall graphics and gameplay is remarkably similar. Just about everything Source feels like early/mid 2000's gaming to me.
UltimaPooh
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jj350 said:
If this is your first post on the forums... it's not a good start.
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Show us some pics so we can compare.jj350 said:
jj350 said:
Clearly!
The Source Engine of 2011 is very different on a technical level to the Source Engine of 2004. The dynamic shadows and HDR lighting in Portal 2 is quite the jump from that seen in L4D2, even. Source 2 won't happen - at least in the foreseeable future - as the entire point behind Source all those years ago was to create something modular and easily upgradeable so that Valve wouldn't have to spend years developing another engine.
Perhaps if Source received a DX11 renderer path with a few such bells and whistles all the calls for a new engine would cease or at least lessen in frequency, however that isn't going to happen until - at the very least - Valve have the data to suggest that the majority of their active userbase has a card supporting the API.
I can understand the desire for Valve to whip together an amazing top-tier engine, and I imagine part or all of that is due to their commanding position and respect within the video game industry and in particular the PC gaming community, but the simple fact is Valve doesn't operate like that and as such it's an unrealistic expectation.
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Why? Because he's not calling it the game of the generation? SmhUltimaPooh said:
UltimaPooh
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DevelopmentArrested said:
No because it doesn't sound like his claims are legitimate. Really the Source engine doesn't look good? I know it's not the best engine but it does get the job done and the animation and effects on display in Portal 2 are some of the best around.
He also brings up KZ3 and Metro 2033 as reasons he's not into Portal 2, which is fine, perhaps he enjoys more traditional FPS than a puzzle one. No reason to hate on Portal 2 because it's not his cup of genre.
Textures are a bit poor in places and load times are a bit too frequent, outside of that I can safely say it remains one of my favorite engines. Valve does magic with it.Slavik81 said:
Lighting especially has been improved since its inception.
He's got some weird issues with it but certainly you can't take his post as "hating."UltimaPooh said:
The sense of logic is that GlaDos should've just killed Chell when she had her in that clamp arm while she had the chance...but she was like... oh well we both love testing and keep moving stuff out of the way to make things not too hard for you...
I mean, you tried to kill each other before. But if things were that logical we'd have no game but just 1 long ass boss battle
I mean, you tried to kill each other before. But if things were that logical we'd have no game but just 1 long ass boss battle
UltimaPooh
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Medalion said:
Spoilers here.
and you find out later on why she doesn't kill you instantly.
Crunched said:
Fill in whatever word you wish with hating. Dislike is fine.
Lionel Mandrake
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Just beat it. Loved every second of it. And now... The eternal wait for Ep. 3 continues. But it's not so bad anymore.
Lionel Mandrake said:
I disagree. It's even worse now as, aside from DotA 2, there's nothing else due to exit through the doors of Valve. Prior to this week, the thoughts of Episode Three over the past year or so were always quelled with, "Well, at least I'll be playing Portal 2 soon."
Now, the horizon is empty. I feel like this teddy bear waiting for a train that appears to be nowhere in sight.
Dr.Palutena
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Omg just finished it amazing, simply amazing. definitely Game of the year contender.
Just finished it. Was pretty good but I definitely prefer Portal 1. P2 felt pretty aimless at times. The dialogue was also more hit or miss than the first. If they had cut a couple of hours I think it would have been a better game.
It felt a bit like what Bioshock 2 was to Bioshock.
It felt a bit like what Bioshock 2 was to Bioshock.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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george_us said:
Same here. 2018 can't come soon enough!