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rheinberger
10-10-2007, 02:24 PM
simply put, the best game i've played all year.
it was short, yes, but it was like this awesomely tasty and moist cake that was a bit expensive and small but it tasted so damn good that you are just glad you ate it.
in my opinion they nailed everything: the mood, the atmosphere, the puzzles, the story, the ending and the credits. i loved every second of it. it was something unique and innovative for a change.
i can't wait for the mapping community to get their hands dirty with this.
anyone else got thoughts?
You beat it already? How long, estimated (or exact if you know) did it take? Cause it's probably the game I'm most interested in, from The Orange Box. (That and TF2).
Rowhin
10-10-2007, 02:26 PM
The concept is awesome. It shows how far video games have progressed over the last years. If you had mentioned a game with mechanics like this 5 years ago, you would've been laughed at.
rheinberger
10-10-2007, 02:32 PM
You beat it already? How long, estimated (or exact if you know) did it take? Cause it's probably the game I'm most interested in, from The Orange Box. (That and TF2).
you can do it in about 2½ hours if you only think of completing the game. exploring spaces should give you another 30-60 minutes. it's very short but there are some advanced versions of the maps available after you complete it giving you something extra to do.
Wolfman
10-10-2007, 04:17 PM
Oh, man, this looks like the sort of game that will make me motion sick.
Rabbit Slayer
10-10-2007, 07:06 PM
yeah just finished it this morning LOVED IT!!! the end credits song IS THE BEST SONG EVER! That song alone is worth the entire orange box!
I didn't realize that Portals story is tied in with Half Life's story.
Veilside
10-10-2007, 08:37 PM
yeah just finished it this morning LOVED IT!!! the end credits song IS THE BEST SONG EVER! That song alone is worth the entire orange box!
I didn't realize that Portals story is tied in with Half Life's story.
They have been hinting at that throughout the entire development process.
Grimfell Gromgear
10-10-2007, 09:53 PM
The game is great.
I love the AI's dialogue, it proved a constant source of hillarity, and the end credit song... well, I have a friend already trying to find a copy of the MP3 for me.
It alone is worth the purchase of the box.
Rabbit Slayer
10-10-2007, 10:15 PM
They have been hinting at that throughout the entire development process.
the only thing I ever saw of the game prior to release was the trailer for it. Perhaps I wasn't looking or i just didn't care.
Oh and if you find a copy of the song I want it.
edit: you know what I think i know of a way I will just fraps it then lift off the sound to an a mp3 the quality might not be that great but its worth a shot
ImixZinz
10-10-2007, 10:17 PM
The game is great.
I love the AI's dialogue, it proved a constant source of hillarity, and the end credit song... well, I have a friend already trying to find a copy of the MP3 for me.
It alone is worth the purchase of the box.
That was the only thing i didn't like actually, A "nasally" Stephen Hawking that just keeps taaaaaalking. My friend was playing some game or watching tv behind me while i was playing and about 15 minutes in he just screamed SHUT THE F**K UP! and i don't blame him. :mad:
GLaDOS was great! really made the game for me, some of her comments near the end had me cracking up, and the credits finished me off XD
Just after you escape the fire and she asks you to assume the "Party position"? Genius.
I now demand a place to purchase a plush Wieghted Companion Cube.
wingzero
10-11-2007, 03:30 AM
lol best game iv played in ages
epic spolier *****
"THE CAKE IS A LIE" when i first saw that i was like WTF but it all made since in a fire pit of doom way. ending song was great
also compleated EP2 and playing both back to back there are some fing strong links which can only leave me guessing what the hell is on that ship if EP3 has that gun ZOMG type of game play is bound to start, or mabe the return of zen.
OMFG g-man is back and looks like he is the loser that started the whole mess but "why???"
only first time of basicly cired at the end of game "EP2" (yer you heard me)
edit: demands a wighted companon cube
************
dam i want cake
Unstoppable
10-11-2007, 05:43 AM
It's a great game as was episode 2 and is teamfortress 2.
Rabbit Slayer
10-11-2007, 01:07 PM
I herby nominate Orange Box to be game of the year
Chielz0r
10-11-2007, 01:13 PM
Damn you I still have to wait a week till it's released here in the Netherlands.
Grimfell Gromgear
10-11-2007, 01:26 PM
HERE IT IS!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DBRG152X
The name of the song is Still Alive, the ending credit theme to Portal. Now it's time to put this is on my MP3 player, can't wait to blare it out in the office.
THE CAKE
THE CAKE DOES NOT EXIST
Just like Area 51.
But more on topic. Finally got the game; epic by all standards. I'd play it over again just for the hell of it.
Gna, now I need to play that game just to know what you guys are talking about T_T
wingzero
10-12-2007, 04:55 PM
from my count iv got about 5 people to play the game by running around Uni screaming
THE CAKE IS A LIE trust me it all becomes clear
THAT CAKE!
IT'S PERFECT!
I must eat it.
from my count iv got about 5 people to play the game by running around Uni screaming
THE CAKE IS A LIE trust me it all becomes clear
I wish you hadn't it's kinda a major spoiler once someone connects it with portal :- /
Not a very good idea to use it as a sig (yet) either.
Gaazruk
10-12-2007, 08:34 PM
It was an entertaining game, but the song in the credits made it all worth it. :p
"Maybe Black Mesa.... haha ... that was a joke..."
Gaazruk
10-12-2007, 08:46 PM
HERE IT IS!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DBRG152X
The name of the song is Still Alive, the ending credit theme to Portal. Now it's time to put this is on my MP3 player, can't wait to blare it out in the office.
Nice thanks for link man
Holy... crap. Episode 2 was awesome. I can't wait to play Episode 3 and see how it ties in more with Portal.
As for Portal, it's a really good, innovative game. I beat it in just over 3 hours the first time, and just under 2 hours the second time. I've got half of the advanced maps done (crap that third map is hard...) and haven't tried the trials.
Rabbit Slayer
10-13-2007, 12:08 AM
THAT CAKE!
IT'S PERFECT!
I must eat it.
I wish you hadn't it's kinda a major spoiler once someone connects it with portal :- /
Not a very good idea to use it as a sig (yet) either.
no its not. especially since it apears in the first half of the game
Gaazruk
10-13-2007, 04:06 AM
Yeah you find out kind of early on due to all the writting in blood on the walls that say the cake is a lie the cake is a lie over and over.
True, but I heard the promise of cake before I saw the writing.
So the writing itself was ruined for me.
Rabbit Slayer
10-13-2007, 10:50 AM
True, but I heard the promise of cake before I saw the writing.
So the writing itself was ruined for me.
my god cry me a river. You are one of those people who complain just to complain.
You are whining about writting on a wall in a video game being runied for you
"The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes."
Has anyone got this pop-up message when trying to launch Portal? The game worked perfectly yesterday, I played through and beat it. But starting last night, and still this morning, when I try to load the game, I keep getting that message.
I tried deleting the ClientRegistry.blob and then loading steam and letting it re-update, but to no avail.
Help? I want to play Portal again. :( :( :(
Edit: Nevermind. It's working now. Just me being overly anxious. >_>
wingzero
10-13-2007, 01:52 PM
the cake is lie in my sig gives nothing away and tbh even if does give away whats the wall it hardly matters tbh as you cant even guess were the line comes from.
also you reading a thread about Portal wtf do you expect were are going to be talking about the game, if you dont want it to be runned dont read the bloody thread.
Garthilk
10-13-2007, 02:03 PM
Only thing is, I wish the game was longer. I'm working through the time trials at the moment. Getting the gold medal in some of them is insane, damn near impossible if you ask me. Though we'll see, I'm sure someone will video themselves actually completing them.
Oh noes! I've been all figured out.
What an excellent judge of character you must be. All praise to Rabbit Slayer for his incredible insight into human nature that enables him to judge people over the interweb.
Seriously... :rolleyes:
the cake is lie in my sig gives nothing away and tbh even if does give away whats the wall it hardly matters tbh as you cant even guess were the line comes from.
As I said, once someone connects it with Portal.
also you reading a thread about Portal wtf do you expect were are going to be talking about the game, if you dont want it to be runned dont read the bloody thread.
Tbh I didn't expect anything. I was just saying that I was just quite disappointed about that phrase when I discovered it ingame as I knew it beforehand and you probably should treat it a bit more carefully until the novelty of Portal wears off.
No need to get all agitated.
Only thing is, I wish the game was longer. I'm working through the time trials at the moment. Getting the gold medal in some of them is insane, damn near impossible if you ask me. Though we'll see, I'm sure someone will video themselves actually completing them.
I am so looking forward to Portal speedruns, not only those few level, but the whole game. I expect people to do some seriously crazy stuff with it, like infinite looping for speed and then doing nothing but portaling to move.
wingzero
10-13-2007, 03:38 PM
im sorry Abr4 if i came off harsh, thats quite out of character for me, anyway the point im makeing is, if you just here the cake is a lie you wont have a freaking clue what im going on about, second this is thread about portal so its going to be full of spoilers, and im not the only one blurting out the cake is lie, i just happen to have it as my sig and t-shirt and quite possable going to be my in game addy from know on but still. i hope you can see were im comeing from, looking in a thread about a game and moning about spoilers is a bit stuiped.
Grimfell Gromgear
10-13-2007, 07:04 PM
Only thing is, I wish the game was longer. I'm working through the time trials at the moment. Getting the gold medal in some of them is insane, damn near impossible if you ask me. Though we'll see, I'm sure someone will video themselves actually completing them.
I can do most of the limited portal trials. And the time aren't so bad. It's the step that seem to get me. I need to figure out how to use the portals for efficient movement better I guess.
I loved the game, everything was pretty easy up until bonus level 18, which drove me nuts for awhile :P
I still have fun with the game even after I beat all the time trials, so that's how I know it's really good. Seriously though, when mappers get their hands on this, oh man oh man this is going to take off, I cannot wait to see some of the crazy things people come up with.
Also, TF2 is awesome, SNIPER for life! :P Episode 2 was amazing, definitely one of the better games this year, can't wait for episode 3 :D
Seriously though, when mappers get their hands on this, oh man oh man this is going to take off, I cannot wait to see some of the crazy things people come up with.
I'm even more curious about the ways people will come up with to beat those crazy maps :D
(I'll give it my best shot too of course)
Garthilk
10-13-2007, 11:17 PM
My poor companion cube! Nooo!
Is it just me or has Valve repeatedly come up with amazing products again and again. Can they do no wrong?
Thrakkesh
10-14-2007, 01:05 AM
Only thing is, I wish the game was longer. I'm working through the time trials at the moment. Getting the gold medal in some of them is insane, damn near impossible if you ask me. Though we'll see, I'm sure someone will video themselves actually completing them.
You know, the more I think about that, the more I actually think the length is just fine.
It's hard to judge objectively in a game like this, but by the end? I felt like I sort of was getting the hang of things. I can fling with the best of them, I could pull off the more complex 'double' flings, or triple flings. I had played around for a good while for good measure. I felt the same way at first, but the more I play the extra content I kind of got the feeling that it was just right.
My real only complaint is so much of the game is tutorial. I really didn't feel like I had to have my hand held through so much of the game, considering I didn't start really having fun with it until the puzzles got complex.
Good lord challenge mode is rough though.
Also yeah, Half Life Episode 2 for me was shocking--I seriously couldn't have cared less about it when I bought the box, and was sort of shrugging and being like "You know, I'm kind of done with HL2."
Fifteen minutes in. And all I could say was "MORE."
The final segment of EP 2 is pure gaming bliss. I haven't felt that sense of urgency in a game for quite some time.
I just watched some speed runs on youtube. Half of the time I don't even know what they're doing or where they're going oO
I had to watch this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1nOzG5LYg) for example like three times before I knew where he was porting to.
Then I tried for an hour to reproduce it, but the odd auto turns you do when you're not looking straight up or down while entering a floor-floor portal just got me dizzy :x
Dashel
10-14-2007, 08:58 AM
Ha this game was fantastic. Dont read any Portal threads until you finish the game! ... Which I guess is pointless to post in a Portal thread but.. oh well.
JonesyMan
10-15-2007, 08:59 PM
I would have bought the O box for my PC, but since it wouldn't be able run it smoothly, I opted to buy it for the *cough* 360 *cough*. I think Portal is the most inovative game to come out the last ten years, maybe more. It is fantabulous. Best game for your money on the market.
My poor companion cube! Nooo!
Is it just me or has Valve repeatedly come up with amazing products again and again. Can they do no wrong?
Yes, they most definitely can, and it's name was Ricochet, lol :P Although you are right, they have constantly released very good games, hell, the more I play TF2 the more I love it. I think a sign of their dominance is the fact that no matter how many games I play, I still always come back to counter-strike (not source... ewwww), and I'm always able to spend awhile playing it, sort of like Diablo 2.
I was really looking forward to this game and was blown away by it when it came out, I just wish it was longer. :cry:
I now demand a place to purchase a plush Wieghted Companion Cube.
I've actually heard that Valve will be selling plush Weighted Companion Cubes on their store site soon, so check that often.
But in the mean time you can make your own W.C.C (http://kotaku.com/gaming/papercraft/portal-papercraft-311187.php). Sadly it comes with no instructions and I have yet to take the time to figure it out myself, but someone else did here (http://greg.medding.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1192298135556.jpg).
EDIT: All we need now is a an Aperture Science miniature Turret that has a motion sensor that says various comments and also a sensor that can tell if its been knocked over to say another set of comments.
Yes, they most definitely can, and it's name was Ricochet, lol :P.
I liked Ricochet. :(
Ozric
10-18-2007, 09:45 AM
Yeah you find out kind of early on due to all the writting in blood on the walls that say the cake is a lie the cake is a lie over and over.
Not all people can read that. I had to put all the graphical settings on minimum to play the game and the writing on the walls becomes too fuzzy to read, I can't even see that it is writing at all.
Grimfell Gromgear
10-18-2007, 09:51 AM
Not all people can read that. I had to put all the graphical settings on minimum to play the game and the writing on the walls becomes too fuzzy to read, I can't even see that it is writing at all.
Well, in case you missed it then.
The Cake Is A Lie.
Gaazruk
10-18-2007, 12:05 PM
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2541-Zero-Punctuation-The-Orange-Box
Zero Punctuation did a review on the Orange Box, its kinda funny. He loved Portal even though he usually ALWAYS says something terrible about the games he reviews because thats what makes it funny.
Chielz0r
10-20-2007, 07:21 AM
Finished Portal yesterday in 1 go :D
Once of the most fun games I played in years.
Pugslah
10-20-2007, 05:21 PM
Portal was way to easy. :(
I enjoyed playing with the Portal gun though.
Pie > Cake
I was keeping a lookout for the G-man the entire time.
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