Portal 2 Review

[Speakercone]

They seem to have borrowed the gel idea from a freeware game called TAG. worth a look if you haven't played it already.

SCIENCE!!!!

 

[Catchy Slogan]

Wait...so Portal 2 gets 4 stars, but DAII got 5 stars?

What the hell happened here?

Money dear boy.
Valve doesn't strike me as the type of company to threaten/bribe a website for a good review.
EA does.

Otherwise, the footage looks nice, might pick this one up.
I'll have a look at a few more reviews first though. Not sure I can trust the Escapist anymore for honest reviews.

Or, in a less paranoid world, how about the two were reviewed by different people who have different opinions on things, and we accept that there is no grand unifying objective scale of game development and what one person loves another person might find tiresome and vice versa.

The Escapist has never sold a review score or review in its half-decade of life. We certainly don't plan to start now.

(And, for the record, I'm loving Portal 2. There's that subjectivity at work).

Yay! Go John Funk! It gets annoying that just because something is successful and you have a different opinion that it means they're evil and sold out. especially since he has no proof and is making baseless accusations!

OT: I don't really care if the puzzles are easier, I'm mostly getting it for Valve's awesome sense of humour.

 

[Carnagath]

Oh Escapist reviews section, you so silly.

 

[V TheSystem V]

I installed the game to my 360, and it only takes about 5 seconds to load between levels.

I'm installing it to my hard drive straight away. It is joining Red Dead Redemption and Halo Reach in the awesome games that get installed to hard drive!

Nobody shun my love for Halo Reach. I was way too obsessed with the multiplayer for a time.

 

[Oyster^^]

LIES. There are no excursion funnels in the first act. What a fibber

 

[Joa_Belgium]

Hmm, I might pick this one up and give it a go.

Oh and with all due respect: the entire "SCIENCE!" thing got annoying after the second time.

PS: I hope there's cake.

 

[Pillypill]

Indie game? I was under the impression that Indie meant "Independent". Like Solar or ancient trader... does Portal actually count as Indie?

So...
1st act is portal again
2nd act is cool
3rd act is cooler

Co-op is always awesome.

 

[Glamorgan]

whats with the "SCIENCE!" thing?

Dr. Insano, most likely. He helped turn SCIENCE! into a meme.

Let's not forget about Thomas Dolby.

Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!

OT: If he'd reviewed it on PC, I bet the loading times wouldn't have been an issue.

They still would be.
I'm playing through it now, and there are a huge number of loading screens. Usually one between each test chamber.
On PC, chances are the loading times would be shorter, but no less numerous.

 

[kibayasu]

They seem to have borrowed the gel idea from a freeware game called TAG. worth a look if you haven't played it already.

Valve hired the developers of Tag to work on Portal 2.


The loading screens in Portal 2 are rather jarring at times. I can only guess why Valve didn't go with their usual method of freezing time for a few seconds while the next level loaded. That method is a lot less abrupt than what they've chosen to do here. There are several instances where you're moving along a seemingly open path and then Loading Screen, only to be transported back to the same path after the loading screen. It's a fairly poor design decision in a sea of inspiration.

 

[Dexiro]

Wow it actually sounds kinda sucky. I was hoping this one would be a lot more story heavy and not just a pointless test chamber rush, as well as a lot more difficult.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised but I'm a bit underwhelmed by the review.

 

[Flamma Man]

Wow it actually sounds kinda sucky. I was hoping this one would be a lot more story heavy and not just a pointless test chamber rush, as well as a lot more difficult.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised but I'm a bit underwhelmed by the review.

It is a lot more story heavy and has more than a dozen cruel puzzles.

Russ is just a terrible writer.

 

[fenrizz]

Wait, what???

No GlaDos?
But, but...

Dammit!

 

[Flamma Man]

Wait, what???

No GlaDos?
But, but...

Dammit!

GLaDOS is in the game.

 

[fenrizz]

Wait, what???

No GlaDos?
But, but...

Dammit!

GLaDOS is in the game.

But only in the co-op, right?

Or did I read the review wrong?

 

[Flamma Man]

But only in the co-op, right?

Or did I read the review wrong?

No, she's a major character in single-player, Russ is just an abysmal writer, so don't blame yourself for thinking that she wasn't.

 

[fenrizz]

But only in the co-op, right?

Or did I read the review wrong?

No, she's a major character in single-player, Russ is just an abysmal writer, so don't blame yourself for thinking that she wasn't.

Excellent!

Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Just 4 more hours until I'm off work for the day!

Oh joy

 

[Danpascooch]

Not as challenging? Four stars? Seriously?

I just finished it, yeah, it wasn't portal 1, and although it wasn't quite as original it improved on the original in every conceivable way, sure as fuck beat out Dragon Age II, which was given 5 stars.

 

[Danpascooch]

Wow it actually sounds kinda sucky. I was hoping this one would be a lot more story heavy and not just a pointless test chamber rush, as well as a lot more difficult.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised but I'm a bit underwhelmed by the review.

It has so much more story it's insane, if the review said it's not more story focused he's crazy, there's probably 20x as much dialogue and development going on.

 

[Quellist]

Looking forward to the gibs flying when Yahtzee reviews this...

 

[slipknot4]

whats with the "SCIENCE!" thing?

Dr. Insano, most likely. He helped turn SCIENCE! into a meme.

OFCOURSE DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!

[HEADING=1] SCIENCE![/HEADING]