Your opinion on Portal 2 [SINGLE PLAYER]

DreadStunLock · April 22, 2011, 03:15:52 PM

What do you think about it?

I found it really boring and nothing special if really, didn't try the Co-op yet, but I don't really have any hope for it either.

VaNilla · April 22, 2011, 06:59:40 PM

Loved it :)

Cronky · April 23, 2011, 01:22:36 AM

Quote from: DreadStunLock on April 22, 2011, 03:15:52 PM
What do you think about it?

I found it really boring and nothing special if really, didn't try the Co-op yet, but I don't really have any hope for it either.

I find it odd that this is not the first time a game that has a focus on the story does not please you (that I've heard of). I get that video games are an interactive medium and that fun, exciting gameplay should be of the utmost importance (rather than it's story), but I felt this game had it great on both fronts.

It was funny, had a well executed story, and a slew of puzzles that, added with the new pieces they put in (gels, light bridge, faith plates, etc), made the game feel like it's own entity rather than an over-glorified expansion pack. (...I'm looking at you L4D2).

I'm not sure what you look for when you think of a good game, but for a puzzle game, it blew me away.

Plus the developer commentary really gives you a look at how much thought went into each piece they put in. I really like how they seamlessly get you used to each and every element you're going to use without blatantly telling you, "This is how this works...", or get you ready for a section by giving you a similar puzzle right before. A lot of thought went into it's design, and it shows.

...if only I knew that getting all 36 potatoes in their pre-release promotion was going to get me a free copy of it...

Short, but sweet version:
Loved it :)

LennardF1989 · April 23, 2011, 02:18:32 AM

SPOILERS!

Loved it, no complaints. I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the singleplayer, as I expected the same length as Portal 1.

Co-op is pretty fun too and some puzzles are really brain-breaking, yet very pleasing when you get the "AH" moment.

I love how you got down in the old Aperture and learned more about GlaDoS and Cave Johnson (awesomely voiced by J.K Simmons). Besides that, Wheatley is just plain awesome, regardless of him going evil (also awesomely voiced by Stephen Merchant, it suits him very well - better than Richard Lord's voice).

Finished the game in one sit.

Farley4Fan · April 23, 2011, 06:42:03 AM

At first I regretted buying it but then I realized that they deserve my money. Sure puzzle games have low replayability, and that is my only gripe with the game, but I'm sure I'll be able to play it a year or two down the road and have it feel new again. I'll hopefully forget the solutions in that amount of time. This is how I played Braid and I don't regret buying it. Also, don't forget the updates/mods/DLC that will come out

But just wow. The game is amazing. I felt like I was playing a PIXAR movie mostly because of the amazingly good voice acting, the world feels so real. Complaints about the graphics? Why? The game looks beautiful. Being slightly non-sober makes the puzzles more challenging and the graphics look ridiculous (try it).

Half way through the coop - very fun so far. Not quite as interesting as the single player because of the lack of a story. Seems less funny too. Some of the humor comes from messing with your teammate though.

Most definitely in my top 10 of all time faves. The game just has it all. Hilarious, fun gameplay, makes you think, satisfying, great story, AMAZING ENDING (one of the best ever, imo), cool secrets to find, immersive, voice acting, etc...

DreadStunLock · April 23, 2011, 10:29:43 AM

I guess I am not a puzzle game type.

Indeed I absolutely loved Wheatley's voice and it actually made me think of Stewey first from Family Guy, and after I did a research on him I actually see him every saturday at where I work on a comedy standup called Rawhide and he is probably the most hilarious dude I have ever seen life.

Puzzles I guess are not my thing, even though I didn't play the first one, I could see the story of the second was good, but for me jumping through a portal A to B, with some added twist, is just not my thing.

Co-op from the trailers looked way fun and the characters you play as ridicilously cute. (Like the long guy get squashed by metal debris and appearing and the chubby one runs to him and hugs him ^_^)

So yeah, I guess it's just a personal taste.

One of you may like Portal 2 and not like WoW

I don't like Portal 2 but I love WoW :)

Tidenburg · April 24, 2011, 01:17:46 AM

Great game. The story was awesome too, I especially liked the whole Caroline part. Touching :D

VenomousNinja · April 24, 2011, 02:24:47 AM

I haven't played Portal 2 yet.

This makes me sad.

:(

Farley4Fan · April 24, 2011, 03:02:02 AM

I'm in SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE

LennardF1989 · April 24, 2011, 12:49:03 PM

Quote from: Farley4Fan on April 24, 2011, 03:02:02 AM
I'm in SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE

I loved that part :P It's the new "The cake is a lie".

LennardF1989 · April 24, 2011, 01:50:12 PM

So I came across this video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdzewWuMks4

Interestingly, I saw gameplay/levels I haven't seen in the game itself, what's up with that? Did I miss something or simply forgot about it?

Times:
0:36
3:04
3:52
4:24
6:00
...
n

DLC? Test-maps? Hidden bonus maps?

Specifically the air-flow tubes (0:36), I haven't seen any of those ingame?

Farley4Fan · April 24, 2011, 09:28:06 PM

yeah I thought of the same thing lennard.

At first I thought they were just chambers made for showcasing the game w/o showcasing the game itself and spoiling solutions to some of the chambers.

But the lack of air-flow tubes completely was kind of weird because they did talk about them at least a couple times. Must be DLC. Probably will be free for PC, probably for PS3 too, and maybe since its' free for both other platforms it will be free for 360 as well.

I think Valve is pressuring Microsoft. Trying to make them feel bad and look out for the consumer. I think that's admirable because Valve truly does not want to charge for it, and they just want their games to get bigger as time goes on.

Spekkio · April 25, 2011, 01:19:51 AM

QuoteI find it odd that this is not the first time a game that has a focus on the story does not please you (that I've heard of). I get that video games are an interactive medium and that fun, exciting gameplay should be of the utmost importance (rather than it's story), but I felt this game had it great on both fronts.

I used to like RPG's for their storytelling (RPG's in the 90's were pretty much the only games that remotely had a tellable story), but as I got older and saw more movies, I had realized that video game storylines are rather underwhelming. They're usually cliche with very obvious themes and metaphors, likened to a child drawing a red heart in crayon to express love.

Unfortunately, story telling has become an integral part of video games in the 21st century since it's hard to do something new with gameplay alone. This wouldn't be a bad thing if they could actually tell a good one for a change.

DreadStunLock · April 25, 2011, 01:55:52 AM

As well as, right now in the Art and Design industry, the young audience really is being spoon fed heavily on what they see, they can't take heavy character or landscape designs if it's not something really close to "Our world" concept.

For example, many people will buy Call of Duty series and play Multiplayer on that because it's straight forward, it does what it says on a box.

Games like Mass Effect, not every young kid will buy that, cause they can't really tell what is going on, and even if they do Mass Effect is still quite diluted and it could have been a lot better if they gave the characters alot more....extraterrestrial feel.

Spekkio · April 25, 2011, 01:59:20 AM

Quote from: DreadStunLock on April 25, 2011, 01:55:52 AM
As well as, right now in the Art and Design industry, the young audience really is being spoon fed heavily on what they see, they can't take heavy character or landscape designs if it's not something really close to "Our world" concept.

For example, many people will buy Call of Duty series and play Multiplayer on that because it's straight forward, it does what it says on a box.

Games like Mass Effect, not every young kid will buy that, cause they can't really tell what is going on, and even if they do Mass Effect is still quite diluted and it could have been a lot better if they gave the characters alot more....extraterrestrial feel.

The storyline in Mass Effect is just as cliche as any other. It might not be as ADD as the storyline in CoD, but that doesn't automatically make it riveting or brilliant. It just means that it's not as terrible as CoD.