It's just a long running joke sort of thing. It's not really a big deal, it's just, ya know, a silly joke.-Zen- said:
OT: It looks hard as hell! Man, Portal 1 was hard enough for me.
Well, mostlyJonnyMonroe said:
Portal 2 Screens Feature Return of a Cubic Companion
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OT: It looks hard as hell! Man, Portal 1 was hard enough for me.
...It's a box. It does not speak. It does not offer companionship. If offers button-pushing weight, and an amount of solid matter to put between you and bullets. When required to drop it down a shaft, that I might escape, I dropped it down a shaft. This is not a Wilson supposition, where an inanimate object offers communication and companionship for a bereaved individual. I am baffled by the amount of connection a painting on a cube has offered. And, hey, look, there's a whole parade of "The cake might be a lie, but the cube is forever!" nonsense coming. Oh, joy.
My response to picture 13 sounded a lot like...
That.
Game looks beautiful, can't wait until April.
That.
Game looks beautiful, can't wait until April.
It should be noted that at least some of these aren't actually screenshots. That's not to say they're fake - they might just be mockups - but don't expect to see them in game.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6771672/gamersmint.png
SOURCE: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1774948
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6771672/gamersmint.png
SOURCE: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1774948
All the snapshots are great....but that last one. What is that? Thats not Aperture science at all, its something else completely.
Well, it is sort of, in the context of Portal. Still, not one of the best, I'm afraid to say. Not up there with Mordin's effort anyway. Also, who knows what is going on in image 13. Doesn't seem to scan with the Portal aesthetic. Actually almost looks a bit more Mass Effet than anything else, if you ask me.mjc0961 said:
In closing, for using the concept of "losing 2 internets" you lose something much, much more important than that. What it is though, you will be left to figure out for yourself.
I thought they were planing on having no references to the original Portal in this game. Though I hope we get to see what is in the cubes, both weighted storage and weighted companion varieties.
The companion cube meme has stuck around because it's brilliant. On the one level, it's a moronically ill-informed attempt by Glados to test your attachment to an inanimate object if there's a heart slapped on. On the next level, it's the developers testing your attachment to an object by half-heartedly telling you you're attached to it, linking it with humor in your mind, and then asking you to destroy it. And it's surprisingly effective.
QFTteknoarcanist said:
I find it hilarious how people are whining how the "cube is just a box". I'm not calling you people stupid or anything but how hard is it to understand that it being "just a box" was the point of the whole thing? You're not actually supposed to relate to the cube, Glados just tells you that you are. It's a joke, not rocket science.
I thought Wheatley was like the new Companion cube.
Ya know, the Companion Cube.
THE ONE YOU MURDERED.
Ya know, the Companion Cube.
THE ONE YOU MURDERED.
You euthanized your faithful Companion Cube more quickly than any test subject on record. Congratulations.manythings said:
How I hate the companion cube. Actually I don't. But I hate how it and "the cake is a lie" just keep being repeated. How a good game is reduced to mentions of a couple of things from the game.
Had GLADoS not constantly talked about how much I cared about the cube, I might have actually started to care, but since she kept bringing attention to a supposed bonding with a plastic cube, it turned out to be impossible for me. I thought that was the joke, GLADoS talking as if you cared when you clearly did not.
Had GLADoS not constantly talked about how much I cared about the cube, I might have actually started to care, but since she kept bringing attention to a supposed bonding with a plastic cube, it turned out to be impossible for me. I thought that was the joke, GLADoS talking as if you cared when you clearly did not.
*SPOILERS* (Probably)
Look at the achievements of the game and look at "Preservation of Mass."
Solved it.
Look at the achievements of the game and look at "Preservation of Mass."
Solved it.
Well the good news is that Valve has a history of making games that suck terribly and that people cannot help but hate.MelasZepheos said:
I am of course pointing out that the flaw in your prejudice is that it's a company fairly famous for making solid titles and sequels (albeit painfully slow but solid).