Poll: Did you really feel sorry for the Companion Cube?

[sindremaster]

yes i feel sorry for it.
i remember the moment right before i threw him into the incinerator it said: please dont do it. but i did anyway.
but seriously no, i just think everything people wrote about it on the walls are funny.

 

[FistFlame]

I admit, I didn't feel for the cube. It didn't help me in anyway a normal cube could have and really I just found it amusing near the end.
On the subject of liking inanimate objects, I was attached to one of the friendly turrets in HL2.
I carried through all of Nova Prospect and broke my heart when I realized the turret hadn't came with me in the teleporter

 

[Taneer]

Yea, I really did. I loved that thing.

 

[Thor.]

I have to say that I was sad to see it go.

 

[AngloDoom]

I was sad to lose it, since it felt like it had become my shield. Also, giving it a name and providing it with useful qualities helped roll that along.
I wasn't at all pained to see it go, but I tried to find alternatives to it for a few moments before putting it in the furnace.

EDIT - I also felt bad for pushing over the turrets that tried to kill me. They, at least, had voices. Cute one's too.

 

[Amazigh]

No, it's a generic cube with a heart on it. I felt more attached to the turrets and they were shooting at me! If the companion cube could fire lasers however...

 

[Claptrap]

I cant play portal anymore because all the shit in it is just been said so many times im pissed off with it, People saying "the cake is a lie" all the time is getting retarded, It was funny the first time, Its gotten a little old by the 8123059th time.

 

[IslandManJack]

Yes. I was honestly sad when i had to kill my only friend in that world. I also teared up when Wilson died in Cast Away.

 

[bobknowsall]

It was just a cube with a heart on it. What's there to like? Destroying it was a symbolic act, but I didn't give a damn about the cube itself.

Not that this detracts from Portal's general brilliance and hilarity, though. It was a kickass game.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

No, I tossed it in without a second thought.

Then I played the Advanced Map.

Dear God, I could've kissed the Cube when compared to the horridness of the Companion Sphere.

But sometimes its fun to commit suicide after you destroy the Cube, as sort of a guilt and comedic relief act.

 

[psivamp]

I don't see how anyone could actually feel remorse about burning a steel box. There were tons of them, you could use them as weights, stepping-stones, weapons or riot shields. It wasn't meant to garner any actual feeling, not by Valve. The cube was a laughable attempt to test human emotion by a nutso AI, and just further illustrated how far off base GLaDOS was about people.

 

[XAEnimaX]

I... I havent played through Portal...

It's been completely spoiled for me and I know see no point in playing it, so i never killed/destroyed the companion cube.

It's a fun game regardless. I had it completely spoiled for myself when I played it and still absolutely loved it. Give it a shot, I'm sure you'll be glad you did.

 

[ultrachicken]

No, but I laughed my ass off when I dropped it into the furnace.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Pshh fuck no. I also blow up megaton when I'm through with it without blinking an eye.

 

[Enkidu88]

I tossed it into the fire pit before she even got finished giving me the order to do so.

 

[GRoXERs]

"For" it? No.

I was sad to lose the invaluable function it provided though - a portable platform!
I also was sad to lose the commentary concerning it that GLaDOS provided.


Really, I did like that you were required to hump it about - it added an interesting element to the gameplay. You couldn't just ditch it, as you had to make sure both it and you got to the end of the level.

 

[lacktheknack]

I tossed it in right away, and only felt bad when GLaDOS told me it was invited to my party.

MY ONLY FRIEEEEEND!

In all seriousness, I found the whole business around the companion cube to be positively surreal. I felt a bit nervous when I incinerated it, but when I wasn't punished immediately for it, I forgot about it.