Portal 2 Review

kibayasu

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Speakercone said:
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

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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.
 

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Dexiro said:
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.
 

Flamma Man

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fenrizz said:
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

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Flamma Man said:
fenrizz said:
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

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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.
 

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Dexiro said:
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.
 

ThirdPrize

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They should really have got Stephen Merchant to just voice the tall robot and then got Ricky Gervais to voice the short fat one.
 

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Selvec said:
I have the strongest urge to kick the reviewer square in the ball sack.
Why? If there are spoilers in the video version don't tell me as I didn't watch it in case.

I haven't played it yet and can already find flaws in the arguments used: Who really cares if it's Triple A or Indie unless they are pretentious? If it's fun then that's all that matters, and loading times are shorter if the game is installed on the Xbox, not forgetting that unless you are reviewing a game exclusively for a platform (as opposed to that platform just being the one you happen to try, like suggested), then issues such as that should be ignored as they don't affect other platforms.
 

Strixvaliano

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Mr. Omega said:
2: It was played on a console. They won't care if it was PS3 or 360, they will rage that it was on a console, period.
Sure there will be the "elitists" who will kick and scream it was reviewed on a console. For myself, I could care less if it was reviewed for PC or console but it is a bit asinine to review the "inferior" version that is lacking the extra features that come with steam.

I have an idea! Let's discard all the praise for Starcraft and re-review it based solely on the N64 version.
 

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danpascooch said:
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.
I'm confused. John Walker gave a completely different review on RPS, especially about the difficulty of the puzzles...
 

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I'm going to have to say this review is relatively sub-par. I found that a lot of the challenges required a lot more thinking and figuring than the original Portal. However, they were not as difficult in execution (which is very likely due to me having beaten the original Portal about 6-7 times, 3 of them speed runs). I found myself very interested and involved with the story (which is incredibly expanded upon in this over the first one). The dialogue was very funny. And you actual feel quite immersed in the whole ordeal. You'll learn a whole lot more about Aperture, its past, Glados, her past and maybe even a little of Chell's if you catch it.

Also as a reference guide for the length of this game. I personally beat it in about 5-5 1/2 hours. Can't comment on the co-op length although I expect to play it soon. Overall, highly recommend this game. Improves over the first Portal in pretty much every conceivable way and it's just a ton of fun.