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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #140 on: April 25, 2011, 01:23:44 PM »
Musically I think it's better than Still Alive but, like you said, we knew it was coming which sort of lessens the impact / woah factor.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #141 on: April 25, 2011, 02:06:10 PM »
Nothing beats Still Alive.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #142 on: April 25, 2011, 02:51:12 PM »
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 01:23:44 PM
Musically I think it's better than Still Alive but, like you said, we knew it was coming which sort of lessens the impact / woah factor.

Yeah but weren't you one of the few other people on here who actually listens to JoCo?

As a JoCo fan I definitely like Want You Gone better. Kinda reminds of Space Doggity.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #143 on: April 25, 2011, 02:52:06 PM »
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 01:23:44 PM
Musically I think it's better than Still Alive but, like you said, we knew it was coming which sort of lessens the impact / woah factor.

I agree with this completely.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #144 on: April 25, 2011, 02:59:23 PM »
Quote from: Genowyn on April 25, 2011, 02:51:12 PM
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 01:23:44 PM
Musically I think it's better than Still Alive but, like you said, we knew it was coming which sort of lessens the impact / woah factor.

Yeah but weren't you one of the few other people on here who actually listens to JoCo?

As a JoCo fan I definitely like Want You Gone better. Kinda reminds of Space Doggity.

His work with Portal is all I've heard of his, unless I've heard other things and didn't realize.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #145 on: April 25, 2011, 04:37:14 PM »
It felt less like a cute, unique thing, and more of a fully-fledged piece of awesome.

Which incidentally, is exactly Portal vs Portal 2.

It nicely kept in style with Still Alive without emulating it to the point of lameness, which was a damn hard thing to do.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #146 on: April 25, 2011, 11:42:28 PM »
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 02:59:23 PM
Quote from: Genowyn on April 25, 2011, 02:51:12 PM
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 01:23:44 PM
Musically I think it's better than Still Alive but, like you said, we knew it was coming which sort of lessens the impact / woah factor.

Yeah but weren't you one of the few other people on here who actually listens to JoCo?

As a JoCo fan I definitely like Want You Gone better. Kinda reminds of Space Doggity.

His work with Portal is all I've heard of his, unless I've heard other things and didn't realize.

Then who was that other guy? There was like me and LHK (I think?) and someone else. Goddamn it I'm so lost now.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #147 on: May 04, 2011, 07:47:35 PM »
Just finished the single player and OMGOMGOMGOMG THIS GAME IS SO AWESOME!!

Also, the companion cube being thrown out with Chell was a nice touch!

Now, if the PSN ever gets back up, I could play with some of you PC nubs. :jamaritard:
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #148 on: May 04, 2011, 07:53:16 PM »
SO. FUCKING. GOOD.

In Chapter 7 right now.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #149 on: May 04, 2011, 07:53:24 PM »
My only question is how can they do Portal 3 now?
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #150 on: May 04, 2011, 07:57:11 PM »
Quote from: Super Dude on May 04, 2011, 07:53:24 PM
My only question is how can they do Portal 3 now?
You will know when you finish the co-op mode. I beat it over at a friend's house before I bought my copy.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #151 on: May 04, 2011, 08:00:46 PM »
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #152 on: May 05, 2011, 10:12:25 AM »
Quote from: ehra on May 04, 2011, 08:00:46 PM
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3153-Portal-2
I think he is absolutely right about the play testing thing. I just finished a play through on commentary mode, and so many times I was disappointed to hear them discuss areas that would have been harder, BUT NO THE PLAYTESTERS WERE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME STARING BLANKLY INTO WALLS IN THIS ROOM SO WE DID THIS.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #153 on: May 05, 2011, 10:29:09 AM »
My only gripe with the game was that it could have been harder. Apart from that it's near perfect.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #154 on: May 05, 2011, 01:14:24 PM »
I love the parallels to Greek mythology.



Also, what do you guys thinks about this theory?
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #155 on: May 05, 2011, 02:55:27 PM »
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« Reply #156 on: May 05, 2011, 03:02:20 PM »
Quote from: Genowyn on April 25, 2011, 11:42:28 PM
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 02:59:23 PM
Quote from: Genowyn on April 25, 2011, 02:51:12 PM
Quote from: ehra on April 25, 2011, 01:23:44 PM
Musically I think it's better than Still Alive but, like you said, we knew it was coming which sort of lessens the impact / woah factor.

Yeah but weren't you one of the few other people on here who actually listens to JoCo?

As a JoCo fan I definitely like Want You Gone better. Kinda reminds of Space Doggity.

His work with Portal is all I've heard of his, unless I've heard other things and didn't realize.

Then who was that other guy? There was like me and LHK (I think?) and someone else. Goddamn it I'm so lost now.

I believe it was glaurung who professed his love for me after I revealed that I'd been hooked on JoCo's greatest hits album. Of course, I discovered that by searching my own name on the GMD forum.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #157 on: May 05, 2011, 09:31:43 PM »
Quote from: Arch Benemy on May 05, 2011, 02:55:27 PM
You rage you lose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfnS596Uimo&feature=channel_video_title

Hint - You will lose

I didn't lose. Working in Tech Support must do wonders for my stupidity tolerance.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #158 on: May 05, 2011, 10:52:50 PM »
Quote from: Genowyn on May 05, 2011, 09:31:43 PM
Quote from: Arch Benemy on May 05, 2011, 02:55:27 PM
You rage you lose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfnS596Uimo&feature=channel_video_title

Hint - You will lose

I didn't lose. Working in Tech Support must do wonders for my stupidity tolerance.

I really hope she's just trolling.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #159 on: May 06, 2011, 01:06:50 PM »
Quote from: Arch Benemy on May 05, 2011, 02:55:27 PM
You rage you lose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfnS596Uimo&feature=channel_video_title

Hint - You will lose
I honestly believe it's people like her that caused Portal 2 to be a much simpler game than it could have been.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #160 on: May 06, 2011, 01:20:16 PM »
The official Valve forums are a hellhole. :|
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #161 on: May 06, 2011, 03:17:07 PM »
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #162 on: May 06, 2011, 04:44:31 PM »
Finished the game.

FUCKING HELL THAT WAS EPIC.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #163 on: May 06, 2011, 04:46:22 PM »
<-- Wishes he had something to play Portal 2 on
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #164 on: May 06, 2011, 05:19:30 PM »
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Also, what do you guys thinks about this theory?


Anyone?
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #165 on: May 06, 2011, 06:46:19 PM »
1) Your link doesn't work.

2) I thought those things were made about as implicit as they could be without Glados outright saying "I am Caroline, who is also your mother." The points about the teddy bear being near the stasis chamber and the supposed growth agent being used to take care of the Chell's age plothole was new to me, though.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #166 on: May 06, 2011, 06:51:52 PM »
Oh damn. Fixed.

(And then by fixing that I double-post)  :facepalm:
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #167 on: May 06, 2011, 06:53:24 PM »
Quote from: ehra on May 06, 2011, 06:46:19 PM
2) I thought those things were made about as implicit as they could be without Glados outright saying "I am Caroline, who is also your mother." The points about the teddy bear being near the stasis chamber and the supposed growth agent being used to take care of the Chell's age plothole was new to me, though.

Yeah I couldn't tell whether it was intended by Valve or just a really good crack theory.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #168 on: May 06, 2011, 06:58:32 PM »
I want to buy some more great Xbox 360 games (I've just finished Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood). Is this one any good? Also what other classic games should I get?
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #169 on: May 06, 2011, 07:00:12 PM »
This one is good. Both Mass Effect games are also very good.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #170 on: May 06, 2011, 07:35:25 PM »
Quote from: Implode on May 06, 2011, 06:53:24 PM
Quote from: ehra on May 06, 2011, 06:46:19 PM
2) I thought those things were made about as implicit as they could be without Glados outright saying "I am Caroline, who is also your mother." The points about the teddy bear being near the stasis chamber and the supposed growth agent being used to take care of the Chell's age plothole was new to me, though.

Yeah I couldn't tell whether it was intended by Valve or just a really good crack theory.

I'm not sure if I agree with that bit about the growth acceleration.  I remember hearing Valve say that GLaDOS locks down the facility before the Black Mesa Incident, and they also said that Portal 1 was contemporary with Half-Life 2.  At least I think that's what they said.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #171 on: May 07, 2011, 07:20:08 AM »
Quote from: Super Dude on May 06, 2011, 07:35:25 PM
Quote from: Implode on May 06, 2011, 06:53:24 PM
Quote from: ehra on May 06, 2011, 06:46:19 PM
2) I thought those things were made about as implicit as they could be without Glados outright saying "I am Caroline, who is also your mother." The points about the teddy bear being near the stasis chamber and the supposed growth agent being used to take care of the Chell's age plothole was new to me, though.

Yeah I couldn't tell whether it was intended by Valve or just a really good crack theory.

I'm not sure if I agree with that bit about the growth acceleration.  I remember hearing Valve say that GLaDOS locks down the facility before the Black Mesa Incident, and they also said that Portal 1 was contemporary with Half-Life 2.  At least I think that's what they said.

AFAIK Portal 1 takes place some time in between HL1 and 2.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #172 on: May 07, 2011, 11:02:47 AM »
https://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline

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-This is the period during which Portal is set. It occurrs a short amount of time after the Combine invasion of Earth

So yeah, what Sigz said.
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #173 on: May 07, 2011, 11:21:11 AM »
I never disputed that; Valve said that the neurotoxin incident in the Aperture Science labs supposedly takes place in 1998, so yes, Portal 1 would occur some time after that.  And then that same article you've linked suggests the most specific possible date range is the first decade of the 2000s, and Half-Life 2 supposedly takes place 20 years after the Black Mesa Incident.

Edit: Nvm, the neurotoxin incident takes place a few days before the Black Mesa Incident.  But still, the time range still checks out.

Edit #2: By the way, it's very clear from the Elysian Fields-style ending of Portal 2 that no one on the Valve Portal team has ever been to Michigan. :lol
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Re: Portal 2
« Reply #174 on: May 08, 2011, 02:36:14 AM »
Wait what? I thought Aperture was supposed to be in Idaho.
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