I've been eagerly awaiting Valve's Portal for a long, long time. This morning I had the pleasure of indulging in all of its glory. I don't even know what to say about it. Video games shouldn't be this good. I'm still sort of in a shocked state of awe.
One thing I will state right away: best ending credits in the history of video games.
Better than super monkey ball's ending credits?
I guarantee it.
I am insanely jealous. Portal is one of the few games I'd really like to play and don't have any means of doing so.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.
I finally got Portal running on the desktop upstairs after many failed attempts to get it running on my PC (seems there was an update that leads to me seeing through some walls in TF2 and Portal with my old video drivers which actually made Portal unplayable since I couldn't see where to go in the first room, and when I updated them it now crashes my computer as soon as it finishes loading the menu screen). All I can say is this is an incredible game. It's Narbacular Drop on steroids and one of the best puzzle games ever. I'm not that far in thanks to a midterm I have tomorrow, but I know what I'll be staying up until 4 in the morning playing tomorrow night.
I agree, the ending credits were awesome. I enjoyed the little spots of humor throughout the game
(SPOILER)Remember when you were on the platform and we said we'd kill you in the pit of fire. HA HA HA
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I absolutely laughed my socks off at the AI for most of the game, (SPOILER)until it went all SHODAN on my ass. I also like how they mixed it into the main storyline.
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Midterm be damned; those credits rocked.
I love the personality of all the robotic devices in the game, especially the turrets.
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
(SPOILER)It explains quite a bit about the relationship between Aperture and Black Mesa.
The game was long enough to hold my attention and thus never got boring. I'm totally going to try and speed run it now.
EDIT: BASTARD!
The bonus missions are difficult. The advanced maps are frustrating but doable, but my word the challenge maps are nye on impossible! Even attempting to blaze through for the time challenge I couldn't even make the 40 second mark. The number of portals is easy enough. Steps is very difficult, I reached the first tier but the second seems actually impossible (20 steps? Get out of here!). I imagine someone will do them, but for now they do actually seem improbable for anyone but the most dedicated of players.
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I still haven't tried any of the bonus material. Half Life 2: Episode 2 comes first, and unfortunately, my busy school schedule comes even before that.
My Friday is booked for Valve, though.
Minimum Requirements: $50, Time.
As much as I hate to put it off this may have to wait for Christmas.
Has anyone played it on the 360 yet? That's the version I'm most likely to find/buy. If it controls too unreasonably I will go through the extra trouble of Steam-ing it.
Everything I've read says it plays fine, but that the D-pad is a little awkward for cycling through all the weapons. I really want to buy it, but so soon after Halo 3 came out I can't really justify spending more money.
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