Portal 2 Fans Send Valve Real Potatoes

[Jessweeee♪]

All I know is that I want to play this game with Danielle. I should probably play the first one at some point, though. But I've already spoiled the whole thing for myself. Still worth playing it?

Yes, the puzzles are the thing to play for!

If you just spoiled yourself on GLaDOS trying to kill you, then yeah, it's still worth it. I mean that's always a possibility when AI is involved. It doesn't take long to figure out that your life isn't worth that much to her. It's her dialogue that makes the game great. And just messing around with the portal gun. It's pretty short though, so if you're gonna buy Portal 2 then I'd just borrow the first one to save yourself money.

I like the puzzle where you just shoot a portal down below, jump down, come back up waaaay high, shoot a portal into the next platform and repeat until your jumps get higher and higher xD

[NorthernChaosGod]

The ones where you're supposed to slingshot?

[Jessweeee♪]

Those are fun too, but I meant the one with a few high platforms in toxic goo where you just go straight up and down.

[Jiro]

I think I know the ones you mean Jessweeee♪, they were fantastic

[G13]

Guys, that Portal gun I ordered finally came in the mail.

[Jiro]

I was impressed when the box nailed him in the face, but jumping into it yourself isn't very bright.

[Slothy]

First impressions of Portal 2: Every bit as hilarious as the first. I'm only half an hour in since I had to go to work (stupid work!). Opening scene wa awesome (especially when Chell "speaks"), but I had to stop playing shortly after meeting everyone's favourite homicidal AI again. Damn I can't wait to get home.

[Flying Arrow]

I'm going to be renting the hell out of this bitch once I'm finished all my work today.

[DMKA]

All I know is that I want to play this game with Danielle. I should probably play the first one at some point, though. But I've already spoiled the whole thing for myself. Still worth playing it?

If you spoiled the story for yourself you didn't spoil much. You should definitely still play it for the puzzles.

Also, the dialog throughout the game is brilliant and hilarious and should not be missed.

[Rantz]

Isn't there a considerable possibility that Valve themselves are at least partly responsible for "solving" the really hard/obscure parts of the puzzles? It's a pretty genius marketing scheme, and however clever/meticulous the avid Portal fans may be, I'm sure it'd be a lot of money and planning down the drain if there happened to be parts that nobody caught on to.

Not that it wouldn't still be an awesome way to build hype. But it seems a little too good to be true that the limited amount of people who even knew this was going on managed to solve such complex puzzles in such a short timeframe, doesn't it?

[DMKA]

Isn't there a considerable possibility that Valve themselves are at least partly responsible for "solving" the really hard/obscure parts of the puzzles? It's a pretty genius marketing scheme, and however clever/meticulous the avid Portal fans may be, I'm sure it'd be a lot of money and planning down the drain if there happened to be parts that nobody caught on to.

Not that it wouldn't still be an awesome way to build hype. But it seems a little too good to be true that the limited amount of people who even knew this was going on managed to solve such complex puzzles in such a short timeframe, doesn't it?

You underestimate the power of the internet, friend.

Actually you're probably right.

[Slothy]

Not that it wouldn't still be an awesome way to build hype. But it seems a little too good to be true that the limited amount of people who even knew this was going on managed to solve such complex puzzles in such a short timeframe, doesn't it?

Although I agree Valve probably helped things along when necessary (and would be right to. You can't really just count on people to solve all of this according to your schedule and hope it all works out), I wouldn't be surprised if the number of people aware of and participating in the ARG wasn't larger than you'd think. And these are Valve fans after all. They are a dedicated and industrious bunch of people.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Isn't there a considerable possibility that Valve themselves are at least partly responsible for "solving" the really hard/obscure parts of the puzzles? It's a pretty genius marketing scheme, and however clever/meticulous the avid Portal fans may be, I'm sure it'd be a lot of money and planning down the drain if there happened to be parts that nobody caught on to.

Not that it wouldn't still be an awesome way to build hype. But it seems a little too good to be true that the limited amount of people who even knew this was going on managed to solve such complex puzzles in such a short timeframe, doesn't it?

Possibly, but I doubt that Valve had that much involvement in it at all. Check out this 783 page thread dedicated to deciphering the mysterious "Transmission Received" achievement. These people are bat for Portal.

[Rantz]

That's pretty impressive, whether Valve are involved or not. xD

[Yeargdribble]

Isn't there a considerable possibility that Valve themselves are at least partly responsible for "solving" the really hard/obscure parts of the puzzles? It's a pretty genius marketing scheme, and however clever/meticulous the avid Portal fans may be, I'm sure it'd be a lot of money and planning down the drain if there happened to be parts that nobody caught on to.

Not that it wouldn't still be an awesome way to build hype. But it seems a little too good to be true that the limited amount of people who even knew this was going on managed to solve such complex puzzles in such a short timeframe, doesn't it?

This was my wife's first though too. I'm not sure I believe it though. The reason?

During the second phase the ARG people were going nuts turning things over left and right. Valve actually had to contact them and say, "You've got it all! The next phase won't start for a few days so just chill out and don't make yourselves nuts."

Paraphrased obviously, but if Valve was doing the hardest parts then it doesn't make sense that they would screw up the pacing so badly. I think the community shocked them at how quickly it finished up phase 2, which was without a doubt the deepest part of the ARG.