Portal 2

[pletschee]

What are you looking most forward to in Valve's upcoming game? For me it's co-op, I loved the onriginal one but always felt lonely well playing it and one of my friends is the hug button. So escapists forum, what are you looking most forward to?

 

[Mike Laserbeam]

I like portals.

 

[similar.squirrel]

The new gameplay elements, like the prism cubes and springboards look amazing. Then the story and dialogue. And last [but by no means least], the co-operative gameplay.

 

[GundamSentinel]

More dark humor and clever puzzles, that is all.

 

[Harlemura]

The length, if that makes any sense.
Hopefully be able to play for more than 3 hours without having to do something I've done in the same day.

 

[obedai]

The tractor beams!!!!

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Some hint as to the next Half-Life game. Anything please. Also, the game itself. Thinking with portals hurts my head in a good way.

 

[FalloutJack]

The comedic exploits of two robots trying to avoid Android Hell. What's not to love?

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I can't think of a single part of the game I want to play more than the rest. I want to challenge myself with a series of new portal based puzzles, I want to learn about the story behind Portal (and I'm expecting some hints at Half-Life 3, considering Episode 2 had some references to Portal and vice versa), I want to hear the quotes before everyone else quotes it to death and makes me sick of it, and I want to play co-op with friends.

 

[Realitycrash]

The comedic exploits of two robots trying to avoid Android Hell. What's not to love?

This post contains a paradox. Where is it?

 

[subject_87]

The humor is a big factor, such as characters who think 'manual override' means 'repeatedly smashing a cargo container/motel room int a wall repeatedly. Also, I want to see the ways that these bizarre, wonderful new puzzle elements play out, and where they go with the story now that it's established that GLaDOS is evil. Also, some more connections to Half-Life would certainly be repeated.

The only downside I can think of is the inevitable internet flood of "They told me that if I ever [performed action], I would DIE!!"

 

[OctoH]

Co-op. And the hug button.

 

[Fooz]

Co-op easily, best part of any game is even better with a friend

 

[Andrew_Mac]

The comedic exploits of two robots trying to avoid Android Hell. What's not to love?

This post contains a paradox. Where is it?

i don't see it...

 

[carnege4]

the gameplay.

And what will be the new meme

 

[starkiller212]

Co-op easily, best part of any game is even better with a friend

Not entirely true, I would never have been able to enjoy, say, Bioshock, as much as I did if I'd have had a friend playing with me and talking to me through the whole thing. But generally speaking, I'd say you're right.

OT; I'm not really hyped about anything in Portal 2, to be really blunt. I just don't think that it looks all that appealing, sure, they've added a bunch of new elements and what not to make the game longer. But what made the original Portal good was the fact that it was short. I don't think that a game like Portal can stay interesting for more than 4 hours at most. Maybe that's just me being a bit cynical, but I'll keep a somewhat watchful eye, and if the game turns out to be good I might give it a spin.

I feel the same way. At least it's trying harder than L4D2

 

[Realitycrash]

The comedic exploits of two robots trying to avoid Android Hell. What's not to love?

This post contains a paradox. Where is it?

i don't see it...

Nah, fail of me, rly. Just picked up on the fact that he used the words "Robot" and "Android" in the same sentence, even though they don't mean the same thing literary. Then I realized that in this case they can be synonym, so it's irrelevant now.

 

[Ekit]

I am not that hyped. The little I have seen about it has been really underwhelming. But I hope that I don't get to play as one of the ugly-ass robots in single player.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Did you know the first developments were made without portals, they wanted to make a new game just with the new elements(fluids, lasers, platforms, vortex, ...), but luckily they remembered why Portal was so very fun.

Here is a more interesting question, would you play Portal 2 if you never got a portal gun? (that would be quite a fanboy rampage I think)

 

[Mikeyfell]

What are you looking most forward to in Valve's upcoming game? For me it's co-op, I loved the onriginal one but always felt lonely well playing it and one of my friends is the hug button. So escapists forum, what are you looking most forward to?

the loneliness you feel while playing portal is the most important part of the atmosphere.
it's just you and your wits against a psycho computer.

Portal 2 is one of those paradoxical games. Portal one was so good that you want a sequel but the best part of Portal was its brevity and ending.

Chell isn't going to go back to the Apature base so continuing Chell's story would be pointless.
But going through the same motions with some new poor mute sap just can't be as good.
and this is Valve we're talking about so I trust them not to make a bad game. I just want to play it