icemann on 31/10/2007 at 12:54
the_grip: Hmm 12 year olds must have advanced a huge amount since my generation :p.
Anyone spend ages seeing how long you could "fall" through 2 portals setup, 1 under the other? I did that for a fair while to try and get the achievement done, but gave up after a while.
Kolya: Most test chambers tend to look along the lines of the ones in portal. Even SS2 featured similar looking rooms in the training areas. I look forward to seeing what the community comes up with for custom levels.
If they can come up with puzzles along the difficulty level of 7th Guest or Alundra then I`ll be pleased with that.
Firefreak on 31/10/2007 at 13:09
Quote Posted by icemann
Anyone spend ages seeing how long you could "fall" through 2 portals setup, 1 under the other? I did that for a fair while to try and get the achievement done, but gave up after a while.
Yup, did that and it took only about one minute. All you need is a very high room, so you have plenty of time realigning yourself with the lower portal if you're drifting off.
I did this in the room near the end of level 18, the fall you use for the first fling up the four platforms - both floor and ceiling are portal-able there, and it's one of the highest (safe) rooms available.
Spaztick on 31/10/2007 at 16:37
Ugh, I know base jumpers and they tell me you reach terminal velocity faster than 30,000 feet later. :/
Peanuckle on 31/10/2007 at 18:34
The "Portal" game one Newgrounds is pretty fun too, but it's more of a thinking difficulty than a physical difficulty when compared to the original.
ant on 4/11/2007 at 08:30
I just finished Portal about an hour ago. It did remind me of SHODAN in System Shock 2. :) SHODAN is cooler though.
ZymeAddict on 4/11/2007 at 09:58
Wow, I've been glancing through this thread, and it seems Kolya's reaction to Portal is a grade A example of why I try not to read a game's "reaction" thread on here before I've completed the actual game in question.
I'm pretty sure he would have enjoyed Portal a lot more if A: he hadn't gotten his hopes overly high beforehand, and B: he hadn't gotten into a argument with ZylonBane, which probably made him subconsciously decide to dislike the game more in order to justify himself against ZB's attacks.
I didn't know anyone's opinion beforehand, and found the game to be very entertaining. Not as good as SS2 mind you, but still one of the best games I've played in a while.
Butters8435 on 4/11/2007 at 16:30
If you loved portal,then thats great.I did not care much for it.
Up until level 19 it seemed like a Children's game.Upon further research it IS based on a children's game called Narbacular Drop.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbacular_Drop) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbacular_Drop
Now I am not saying children's games cannot be fun,because they can.I was not expecting portal to be like one.
If they eliminated levels 5-17 and extended level 19 when you get out of the test chamber and did not have all the repeated dialog,it would have been a much better game.Perhaps even gave you a health indicator and some type of weapon to take out turrets.Definitely could use some other test subjects hiding in there,or maybe finding a few dead test subjects, or dead people in the meeting rooms.
In my opinion,the only thing it had in common with System Shock 2 seemed to be some of the metallic textures of the rooms looked similar, and an insane AI.Other than that they seemed like totally different games.
catbarf on 4/11/2007 at 16:32
Quote Posted by Butters8435
Perhaps even gave you a health indicator and some type of weapon to take out turrets.
:tsktsk:
Portal is not your kind of game. Move along.
Butters8435 on 4/11/2007 at 16:36
Quote Posted by catbarf
:tsktsk:
Portal is not your kind of game. Move along.
I said I did not like it in the second sentence of my post.I have moved along to play different games thank you. :cool:
catbarf on 4/11/2007 at 19:12
Quote Posted by Butters8435
I said I did not like it in the second sentence of my post.I have moved along to play different games thank you. :cool:
It's not that you don't like the game for what it is, it's that you expect it to turn into HL2 somewhere early on.
