Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: Syl on July 19, 2006, 05:16:22 AM
Title: "Portal"
Post by: Syl on July 19, 2006, 05:16:22 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWzmL05OlYA ^Trailer for "Portal", another game that Valve is giving away for free with HL2: Episode 2. Seems like one of the more positively enjoyable games that i've seen in ages.
This is all ontop of the news that HL2, HL2: Episode 1, HL2: Episode 2 (and Portal, and Team Fortress 2, and other stuff) are all coming out to Xbox360 and PS3 before the end of the year as a single game package. Talk about a busy and extremely impressive show from Valve.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: Nick DiMola on July 19, 2006, 01:46:01 PM
Well, its nice to be back from a long trip in Italy, and I also just saw the Team Fortress 2 stuff and Portal and my god does Portal look hot. I am really looking forward to this game. The possibilities are endless. Talk about the ultimate puzzle game, this will definitely fit the bill. Not to mention the FPS elements look lik ethey could be pretty cool. Chasing enemies through portals across levels, its gonna be some good stuff.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on July 19, 2006, 01:51:31 PM
If TF2 actually materializes after all these years, I might just jump off my roof and try to fly since, after all, apparently anything's possible.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2006, 06:52:58 PM
This is absolutley f'n insane and I can't even fathom the possibilities that are to come out of this in-game. That just looked way too insane to actually play, yet I can't wait to play it.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: NuclearSpeed on July 19, 2006, 07:23:58 PM
portal looks sweet, episode 2 is stand alone right?? either way it could be worth it for portal.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: SixthAngel on July 19, 2006, 08:57:48 PM
Excuse me while I use my best David Spade impression.
"Portal, I liked it better when it was called Narbacular Drop."
This is an independent game done awhile back that does everything portal is trying to do. Valve deservers no praise unless they actually hired these guys.
I just checked the website after posting this message and they have indeed hired these guys to make the game. Give Valve some praise for finding some talented people and hiring them, they may now be able to make an even cooler game.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: KDR_11k on July 19, 2006, 10:03:34 PM
portal looks sweet, episode 2 is stand alone right?? either way it could be worth it for portal.
I might be considering it if it was. Ep2 is of no value to me as I haven't finished HL2 and don't own Ep1* but new ideas are always welcome. But then again... Steam... urk.
*=That's one of the drawbacks of episodic content, your sales numbers can only go down since here's little point in buying one if you haven't played the previous ones wheras you can play a sequel without the first game since they are written to tell you what you need to know (Eps aren't long enough to waste time with introducing new gamers to the story).
Title: RE:"Portal"
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2006, 10:25:01 PM
I want to play it but I don't own Half-life 2(my computer couldn't run it as-is anyway), but I have a firend that is going to buy an Xbox360 and this should come with the Half Life 2 360 port.
Title: RE:"Portal"
Post by: Dasmos on July 20, 2006, 01:10:34 AM
This would be an awesome Wii title.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: Shecky on July 20, 2006, 03:03:35 AM
At first I heard "Now your thinking with portals" as "Now your playing with portals"
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: KDR_11k on July 20, 2006, 06:35:54 AM
Blackn~1: It should work wihout HL2 but you're getting it as a bonus for HL2Ep2 which you won't understand if you haven't finished HL2 and HL2Ep1.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: Syl on July 20, 2006, 07:56:43 AM
I don't see why you couldn't simply pick up HL2:episode 1 without playing Half Life 2, yes you'd lose out on story, but it is it's own self contained game.
I'd imagine episode 2 would be similar. The real reason to buy episode 2 now is because it also comes with Portal and Team Fortress 2 - both should be amazing stand-alone games in their own right. Odds are they're going to try and sell episode 2 as a combination of all 3, then people will play episode 2 and go back to buy HL2 and HL2:Ep 1 if they haven't already got it.
Of course, if yuo haven't already got HL2 yet, you happen to be missing out on one of the better games in the past few years.
SixthAngel: Although it seems you already did the research, portal is done by the same guys who did narbucular drop. Part of the reason it's so impressive.
Title: RE:"Portal"
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 20, 2006, 11:12:48 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Dasmos This would be an awesome Wii title.
Yes, please...I already have HL2 for PC, but I'd definitely rebuy it for a decent framerate, Wii controls, and of course, Portal included...
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: Spak-Spang on July 21, 2006, 08:18:11 AM
Hmmm...The game has some really interesting mechanics and promises some intriguing level design...but, that trailer didn't have me interested in the game in the list bit.
Nothing really screamed revolutionary, it just another means to rethinking how to get from point A to point B.
Thinking man's first person shooter....potentially, but I wouldn't go that far yet.
Title: RE:"Portal"
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 21, 2006, 08:26:32 AM
But imagine the multiplayer death matches, co-op puzzle solving and a frantic fast paced single player mode. I honestly don't think I could keep up with the insanity that would definately come from this being playable like UT, GE or PD.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: KDR_11k on July 21, 2006, 09:17:58 AM
I think it's singleplayer-only. But don't worry, there'll be a mod for Prey allowing that in MP really soon. The portal wrench mod requires you to get close to the desired portal location so I don't think that'd allow too many funny things.
Title: RE:"Portal"
Post by: nemo_83 on July 22, 2006, 11:38:31 AM
Portal was a trip; when I first heard about it I thought people were talking about a new weapon in HL2 Ep2...I hope it turns into a full game because it shows how portals can be used well for the first time in shooters (Prey's look nice but serve little purpose beyond spawning enemies like Turok). I've always hated the portal cliche in shooters (Doom, Metroid Prime 2, Halo, Quake, etc); it's a cheap solution to bad level design usually (in the case of developers working their way to a dead end and using the g!mmick of the portal to loop the player back around without wasting memory constructing a path back like you would find in Metroid, you would come out on a higher peak you couldn't reach before for example). When it isn't used as duct tape the portal can make the game too complex as MP2 proved by not selling nearly as many copies as it should have. Even veteran gamers have trouble keeping up with the mirror worlds when looking for items.
Title: RE: "Portal"
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 23, 2006, 01:34:28 AM
MP2's sales had much less to do with its gameplay than the marketing conditions/release season of its time.
Same applies to MGS3's performance in the same period.
