Portal! Portal! Portal!

[The Groke]

Utterly, completely brilliant.


Lets hear it for the Weighted Companion Cube.

 

[fishfinger]

And the cake

 

[The Groke]

The Cake Is A Lie!



I thought there would be more portal fans present than just you and me FF.


Crispy would love it for starters

 

[8ball]

Weighted companion cube plush toys are expected to be in the shops for Christmas.

 

[fishfinger]

Well, if you can get plush head crabs, I don't see why not weighted companion cubes too

 

[The Groke]

You had better all be playing Portal right now.

 

[fishfinger]

I was just playing one of the bonus levels

 

[lego]

Portal.

Easily my Goty so far.

 

[The Groke]

I was just playing one of the bonus levels

Get tricky don't they!


Zero Punctuation shows some begrudging and unexpected love for Portal here.

 

[Rikbikboo]

i just downloaded it form steam trying it now

had it for months but never tried so here goes

 

[Crispy]

Crispy would love it for starters

I loved it to death and then I loved its still twitching corpse some more just for kicks, all weekend. It is brilliant. A pinnacle of game design. I was so completely not expecting the whole 'other' bit of the game

 

[golightly]

Get tricky don't they!


Zero Punctuation shows some begrudging and unexpected love for Portal here.

It was not the slightest bit begrudging. He said, "I can't think of any criticism for it".

 

[The Groke]

It was not the slightest bit begrudging. He said, "I can't think of any criticism for it".

I meant in as much as he was irked by his own gushing praise for the thing which is rather unlike him.....

 

[cybertect]

Portals are so 1998

 

[The Groke]

I loved it to death and then I loved its still twitching corpse some more just for kicks, all weekend. It is brilliant. A pinnacle of game design. I was so completely not expecting the whole 'other' bit of the game

yay!


I also much enjoyed the "endgame" and was also not expecting it.....


The other thing I was not expecting was how much the game actually made me lol - for real.





This was a triumph
I’m making a note here
HUGE SUCCESS!
It’s hard to overstate
my satisfaction
Aperature science
We do what we must
because we can
for the good of all of us
except the ones who are dead

But there's no sense crying
Over every mistake
You just keep on trying
Till you run out of cake
And the science gets done
And you make a neat gun
For the people who are
Still alive

I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart
And killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you!
Now these points of data
Make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta
We’re releasing on time
So I’m glad I got burned
Think of all the things we learned
For the people who are
Still alive

Go ahead and leave me
I think I prefer to stay inside
Maybe you’ll find someone else
To help you
Maybe Black Mesa
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Anyway, this cake is great
It’s so delicious and moist
Look at me still talking
when there’s science to do
When I look out there
It makes me glad I’m not you
I’ve experiments to run
There is research to be done
For the people who are
still alive

And believe me I am
still alive
I’m doing science and I’m
still alive
I feel fantastic and I’m
still alive
While you’re dying I’ll be
still alive
And when you’re dead I will be
still alive
Still alive
Still alive

 

[Crispy]

target aquired
where did you go?
put me down!
aaaaah!
I don't blame you

 

[Rikbikboo]

mad. i am stuck in the second or third room and i have the gun but cant seem to get up onto the ledge that will let me out. perplexed my brain so i am going for a bath and then to work cya

 

[Crispy]

I wouldn't read this thread, cos we're all talking about the endgame and the story. Seriously, don't come back here till you've finished it

Oh, and remember that the portals work both ways - in and out, and that you may have to make a portal before you go to where the other end is.

 

[Rikbikboo]

you may have to make a portal before you go to where the other end is??????

erm.. yeah ok..... run that by me again LOL

got to go to work but i can see how it is quite mind numbingly fun

have a good evening all.

and call your local dominos for a pizza


ask for the new ciabatta base its mmmmmmmmmmmmtasty

 

[fishfinger]

I can't get the end song out of my head

 

[The Groke]

target aquired
where did you go?
put me down!
aaaaah!
I don't blame you

Did you play through Episode 2 yet as well?

 

[Crispy]

Yes I did. Fantastic stuff also. Although after playing lots of halo, the enemies in HL2 just aren't so much fun to fight. They mostly stand still while you fill them with lead. Even the exciting new enemies - the hunters - are basically bullet sponges. There's not much you can do in the way of tactics.

The final section was completely insane though. So much going on, and bringing down each strider really felt like a battle won. Had my heart pumping for sure.

 

[apie2004]

I liked the companion cube

If the cube offers you advice ignore it.

I dont think i've ever laughed so much while playing a game

 

[dogmatique]

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cube/

 

[apie2004]

Completed it today, what a fun game

 

[fishfinger]

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cube/

"I'm doing science with my arse"

 

[adsr]

This has got to be the best game ever.

Did Valve just suddenly take a fist full of drugs when they created this game?

 

[Structaural]

Sorry missed this thread - was playing portal, on end boss now - seems a bit quick, hopefully they'll make more levels at a later date. Brilliant idea though, best new concept I've seen in ages.

 

[Sunray]

Its a great game but its a bit easy, I did the entire game in the 1st sitting, including 3 advanced. I like the concept, although the feel of the game is mercilessly ripped from Cube. Not sure if they can make it into more than it is without making it impossible.

 

[Structaural]

Just killed the boss which wasn't too hard - I pretty much finished the main game yesterday. The advanced rooms seem better but it would be interesting to take the concept further (add the portal gun to HL3