All I can say is: WOW! This game really is quite fun!! I just wish it was longer " SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif"> But man oh man, Did I love it! A++ in my book!
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Posted by Riven on Wed Oct 10th at 5:27pm 2007
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by reaper47 on Wed Oct 10th at 5:33pm 2007
Posted by reaper47 on Wed Oct 10th at 5:33pm 2007
Oh yea, it's release-day! :o
Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by DrGlass on Thu Oct 11th at 4:00am 2007
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Posted by DrGlass on Thu Oct 11th at 4:00am 2007
Both Portal and EP2 = amazing.
I don't know if it is because I don't play many other FPS and puzzle games but Valve just blows me away.
I don't know if it is because I don't play many other FPS and puzzle games but Valve just blows me away.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Oct 11th at 6:18am 2007
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Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Oct 11th at 6:18am 2007
You took the words right out of my mouth Dr. G. E2 blew me away. Just the amount of art animation time put into this chapter was well worth the ~2 year wait. I can't wait to see the final 3rd part of the trilogy...or maybe its not even the last part, idk, nor do I really care. Valve will just keep on making great games and they'll keep topping themselves every time. E1 I was hesitant towards... to me it was more of an expansion on HL2, but E2...god...just blew me away...
/My hats off to valve
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Damn aperture science corp in BOTH portals AND HL2 E2....frikn' awesome. Great job, I can't wait to see whats being cooked up behind their doors.
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/My hats off to valve
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Damn aperture science corp in BOTH portals AND HL2 E2....frikn' awesome. Great job, I can't wait to see whats being cooked up behind their doors.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Finger on Thu Oct 11th at 7:01am 2007
Posted by Finger on Thu Oct 11th at 7:01am 2007
Haven't played Ep2 yet.. trying to save it for the weekend.
Just finished Portal.... OMG! That has to be one of the funniest, smartest, most clever games I've ever played. Despite its simplicity, it had more character than most full blown games do. The puzzles ramped up perfectly.... just awesome!
Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Rumple on Thu Oct 11th at 12:37pm 2007
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Posted by Rumple on Thu Oct 11th at 12:37pm 2007
Both great games! Haven't quite finished either yet.
Portal is really cool, on the second last test now (then onto the challenges
) just awesome.
Show spoiler
Ep2, wow.
On the last level, its quite hard, love the effects and how its filled out a whole lot more of the HL story.
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Also if you want to collect the achievements, dont use cheats, they get disabled when you cheat. (No I didnt cheat, just saw that on another forum and thought I'd pass it on
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Portal is really cool, on the second last test now (then onto the challenges
) just awesome.
Show spoiler
Ep2, wow.
On the last level, its quite hard, love the effects and how its filled out a whole lot more of the HL story.
Show spoiler
Also if you want to collect the achievements, dont use cheats, they get disabled when you cheat. (No I didnt cheat, just saw that on another forum and thought I'd pass it on
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by G.Ballblue on Thu Oct 11th at 3:22pm 2007
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Posted by G.Ballblue on Thu Oct 11th at 3:22pm 2007
I have two questions -- though they are probably redundant and probably have already been answered elsewhere:
1. Portal comes in the Orange box, yes?
2. The Orange Box, as in, the actual physical thing you can hold in your hands, has been released, yes?
I held off from buying anything Orange Box related over steam -- primarily because I'm turning into a bit of a nut with locating all of my games, and keeping them in the same spot
Either way, Portal sounds like a winner, and if I can buy a hard copy of it, I'll definitely be buying it this weekend.
1. Portal comes in the Orange box, yes?
2. The Orange Box, as in, the actual physical thing you can hold in your hands, has been released, yes?
I held off from buying anything Orange Box related over steam -- primarily because I'm turning into a bit of a nut with locating all of my games, and keeping them in the same spot
Either way, Portal sounds like a winner, and if I can buy a hard copy of it, I'll definitely be buying it this weekend.G.Ballblue
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Rumple on Thu Oct 11th at 3:55pm 2007
1. Portal comes in the Orange box, yes?
Yes.
2. The Orange Box, as in, the actual physical thing you can hold in your hands, has been released, yes?
It has in North America, other regions was later (17th maybe??).
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Posted by Rumple on Thu Oct 11th at 3:55pm 2007
? quoting G.Ballblue
1. Portal comes in the Orange box, yes?
Yes.
? quoting G.Ballblue
2. The Orange Box, as in, the actual physical thing you can hold in your hands, has been released, yes?
It has in North America, other regions was later (17th maybe??).
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by fishy on Thu Oct 11th at 4:43pm 2007
Posted by fishy on Thu Oct 11th at 4:43pm 2007
? quoting G.Ballblue
if I can buy a hard copy of it, I'll definitely be buying it this weekend.
I don't know if it's the same with all steam games, but when I installed from a hard copy of Red Orchestra, Stean decided that it still had to download it again anyway. Something to bear in mind, maybe.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by RedWood on Thu Oct 11th at 7:48pm 2007
Posted by RedWood on Thu Oct 11th at 7:48pm 2007
I bought my copy form a store. Besides the games being incredible i was a little disappointed in my purchase. They give you 2 dvd's and no little book. Just a piece of paper activation code on it. They install it under your steam folder, which is convenient, but YOU CAN'T RUN THE GAMES WITH OUT STEAM ON. Witch is why i waited in the first place. Unless you have a 56k net connection, buy if from steam. You wont have to pay sales tax and all the money goes directly to Valve instead of the store you bought it form.
I like the new hud in EP2. Slightly more pleasing to the eye.
Anyone els find the password painted on the wall in Portals?
I like the new hud in EP2. Slightly more pleasing to the eye.
Anyone els find the password painted on the wall in Portals?
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Natus on Thu Oct 11th at 8:28pm 2007
I had to pay a $12 tax, is this because I'm from Denmark?
It was a bit of a letdown because I'm semi-broke at the moment, but I just couldn't wait to play those games any longer, installing them as I type.
Posted by Natus on Thu Oct 11th at 8:28pm 2007
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You wont have to pay sales tax..
I had to pay a $12 tax, is this because I'm from Denmark?
It was a bit of a letdown because I'm semi-broke at the moment, but I just couldn't wait to play those games any longer, installing them as I type.
Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Oct 11th at 11:06pm 2007
O.o I thought that was clear to everyone by now... You HAVE to have steam running to play any game that comes on steam.
Anyways I think gball...like a few others....dont have electronic methods of paying for the game online and have to resort to buying the hard copy of the game. (Or those on a 56k connection as well).
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Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Oct 11th at 11:06pm 2007
? quote:
YOU CAN'T RUN THE GAMES WITH OUT STEAM ON.
O.o I thought that was clear to everyone by now... You HAVE to have steam running to play any game that comes on steam.
Anyways I think gball...like a few others....dont have electronic methods of paying for the game online and have to resort to buying the hard copy of the game. (Or those on a 56k connection as well).
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Yak_Fighter on Thu Oct 11th at 11:35pm 2007
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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Thu Oct 11th at 11:35pm 2007
Episodes 1 and 2 (first time playing 1) have completely restored my faith in fps gaming.
And portal was hilariously awesome.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Riven on Fri Oct 12th at 3:56am 2007
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Posted by Riven on Fri Oct 12th at 3:56am 2007
Welp, I already played Portal twice and watched my friend play it all the way through, the second with the developer commentary, and now on to the second playing of EP:2 with commentary! I can't wait!!! Valve just blows my mind! I can't get over how good of a job they did! I absolutely love the story for EP: 2
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Natus on Sat Oct 13th at 12:46pm 2007
Posted by Natus on Sat Oct 13th at 12:46pm 2007
Wow, amazing games all of them, I've yet to try out TF2 though.
I really like the way valve managed to twist the games together in ep2, loved it, I really hope we get to see some aperture technology in ep 3.
Oh yea, if anyone doesn't own hl2 I have one of those gift things, just send me a pm or something if you're interested.
I really like the way valve managed to twist the games together in ep2, loved it, I really hope we get to see some aperture technology in ep 3.
Oh yea, if anyone doesn't own hl2 I have one of those gift things, just send me a pm or something if you're interested.
Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Gaara on Sun Oct 21st at 9:56pm 2007
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Posted by Gaara on Sun Oct 21st at 9:56pm 2007
Holy crap Portal was good.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by fishy on Sun Oct 21st at 11:10pm 2007
Posted by fishy on Sun Oct 21st at 11:10pm 2007
It wasn't bad for the hour or so that it lasted, but I was expecting a lot more. I'd be very disappointed if I'd paid for it as a standalone.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by Riven on Sun Oct 21st at 11:17pm 2007
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Posted by Riven on Sun Oct 21st at 11:17pm 2007
Well, I've heard that they're planning to add more to it. Such as more bonus maps and even work on a sequel of some sort! Have you played through it with commentary yet?
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by omegaslayer on Mon Oct 22nd at 1:34am 2007
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Posted by omegaslayer on Mon Oct 22nd at 1:34am 2007
IMO they can make the portal name last 10 times longer if they 'release' the portal SDK. Then the community can make some more content for them. Yes I know you can set up the SDK to get it working and stuff, but im lazy ;P.
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Re: Portal is Awesome!
Posted by fishy on Mon Oct 22nd at 3:27am 2007
Posted by fishy on Mon Oct 22nd at 3:27am 2007
No, I didn't play it with the commentary. The portal thing got old too quickly for me, and left me with little desire to play it over. Maybe it would have helped if there had been some enemies, or some challenging puzzles. But, as it is, it all seems to be the same gimmick being repeated over and over.
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