PORTAL!

I got The Orange Box on Sunday and after hearing so much good about Portal I just had to play it. I completed the game last night and Holy moley... what a game! If you have the Orange Box and haven't completed Portal you should sit down and do it right now!  Im not going to do any spoilers but completing the game is well worth the effort. If you have played any game in the Half Life series you will enjoy it even more. It has some really funny references to both Half Life 1 and 2. Please keep any comments to this blog spoiler free!

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SUFFUR's picture

Yes worth a play through, very funny and though frustrating at some points, worth it.

Patience is something I taught myself, so I never know when it's going to run out?

Patience is something I taught myself, so I never know when it's going to run out?

hn6's picture

The cake is not a lie.

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the cake is a lie

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kevlar0's picture

Top notch game. Its like cake, you can't stop till its all done.. mmmmmmm cakey.

and the song at the end is worth finishing it for..

my dog ate my disc.

BootlegGiant's picture

Urm as per usuall I got bored with it, and failed to play the first game, ah well

Xandu's picture

It's nothing like a "delicious and moist" cake.  

Im listening to the music right now... had to get the mp3.

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oO EezO Oo's picture

*hopefully this isn't a spoiler, but warning anyways, I'll try to keep this very vague*

 

Did anyone else catch  a recipe for cake while playing the game?  To be honest, if thats what the cake is made of I really don't want any.  If you want more details (or a recipe) send me a message.

And oh yeah, that endsong alone makes it worth the playthrough.  Portal is one of the all-time favorites for me.

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oO EezO Oo's picture

I miss companion cube,  was my pal. 

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oO EezO Oo's picture

Which games did you play?  You mean you got bored with the first Half Life game?  Or the first level in Portal?  If you haven't given Portal an honest 1 - 2 hours to get the hang of it, and roll through a couple levels, you're really missing out.  I guess if puzzles aren't your type of game I can see how you might not like it, but just the humor and sarcasm in Portal is worth it.  Some of that stuff is really twisted.  Has anyone else ever played a game with such a Passive/Agressive personality complex?

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Xandu's picture

Yes, I noticed the recipe too...

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hn6's picture

The humour is so good its worth hunting down on youtube, if (like bootleg) you don't want to play it.

 

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oO EezO Oo's picture

I could go all day typing out my favorite quotes but I really don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't heard any yet.  Dang, now I'm probably gonna have to play it again.  I kept a save file right before the end so I can listen to that song whenever.  (yeah, I'm old fashioned, no ipod or anything)

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Xedec's picture

i played through the game again and got the recipe for the cake and damn its good!!!

 

The harder to play every game makes you more a winner the cheating to the top!(it's like the needler got on Steroids!)

(People play Road rage on purpose?!!)

oO EezO Oo's picture

lollers - apparently GlaDos likes fish alot lol.

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Xandu's picture

Check out http://aperturescience.com/.

Type login for loginpromt.

User: cjohnson / Pwd: tier3
This puts you in admin mode. To login as normal user type whatever username and portal as password.

There is lots of cool stuff to play around with... the cake is a lie!

If you have not played the game you should stay away as the site it does contain spoilers.

http://aperturescience.com/ is a viral marketing site made by Valve.

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Xedec's picture

well the cake i made just had chocolate and fish crackers with candie hahah

 

The harder to play every game makes you more a winner the cheating to the top!(it's like the needler got on Steroids!)

(People play Road rage on purpose?!!)

BootlegGiant's picture

urm OB has four games I played the first one, now I am tempted to give Portal a go just to see what the fuss is about, Oh and Earth deffence force 2017 have some great lines that make no sence what so ever

oO EezO Oo's picture

HL2

HL2: episode 1

HL2: episode 2

Team Fortress - online multiplayer shooter, class based games etc.

PORTAL!!!!!!!   Boot, you haven't even loaded this game yet? Get on it dude - you're missing out if you don't. You owe it to yourself to play this game.  Its my favorite out of the set, great gaming.  You have to at least stick with it until you get far enough to fire both portals and then do one more level, if you don't get the hang of it by then, I can't give you grief for not trying.

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ZombieTron's picture

I too will have to try Portal for myself, although I have seen a lot of it from watching Xandu play.

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oO EezO Oo's picture

Any gamer worth their controller owes it to themselves to play through this game.  I can't recommend it enough.  Very different game.  Refreshing to see new game ideas come to market and I hope the trend continues.    

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BootlegGiant's picture

Ok man I tried Portal last night after revenge and yeah its differant, a bit of puzzle solving and the cool blue gun, and yep Im stuck, it realy is not my kind of game

oO EezO Oo's picture

Well at least you gave it a go.  You only mentioned the blue gun?  there are two of them you know and the game doesn't really open up until you get both the guns.  They kind of bring you into the game pretty slowly.  But, I can see how it might not be for everyone...  Can't win 'em all.

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ZombieTron's picture

umopapisdupuaq has adapted the Portal song to a Burnout 3 Tribute.

Check it out here

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hn6's picture

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