Gaming Portal 2

[Sangome]

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E3 2010 Demo
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[color="#9932CC"][font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]Decided to hop on the bandwagon and start at least one topic about a game from E3 I'm quite interested in. Been meaning to do this for the past few days, anyway.

Pretty much the only non-Nintendo thing I was looking forward to this past E3, Portal 2 is something I've been excited about since I played beat the original game sometime last year. The environment and story, minimal as it was, was ripe for questions and speculation, and I'm hoping 2 will expand upon it and prove [or debunk!] some of the theories people have.

Oh, and it's just plain fun, too, and brilliantly written, so yeah.

Anyway, here's what is known about the game so far [POTENTIAL SPOILERS, do not read further if you want to be absolutely surprised when the game comes out]:

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[*]it takes place 100 something years after the original game, with Chell in stasis since the end of Portal 1
[*]GLaDOS will be returning and running you through tests yet again
[*]one of GLaDOS's personality cores, Wheatley, will be a new character and help you out through a portion of the game. He's seen in the demo, with a placeholder voice that has been so well-received that it might be made permanent.
[*]There are various new tools to help you out in Aperture Science, such as a vaccum from a pipe to suck up items and enemies, paint to splash onto the ground to help you increase speed to fling yourself across large chasms, and much more.
[*]Whereas Portal 1 was a short Gaiden Game to the Half Life series, topping in just a couple of hours gameplay time, the sequel will have no connections to Half Life [whether or not this is a good thing depends on the player], and will be a complete, full price game.
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Also of note, a couple years ago, [url="http://kotaku.com/5014851/rumor-casting-call-reveals-portal-2-details"]Kotaku reported on a leaked casting call for Portal 2[/url], revealing some early details long before the game was officially announced. This introduced the possibility of Aperture Science's founder, Cave Johnson, as being another AI, similar to GLaDOS. Although, since it's been so long, and they've not made any mention of this, I wonder if this will still be in the game. Although it's entirely [and likely] possible they're just saving it for when the game actually comes out, though.

Finally, and probably the only disappointment that I have so far, is that it's been delayed 'til sometime in 2011. Oh well, whatever they need to perfect it!

So, who else is looking forward to the return trip to Aperture Science?[/font][/color] Edited June 28, 2010 by Vivian

[Lilt]

[b]2011 just gives me enough time to buy a PC that can run it, or a PS3 since both the PC and the PS3 are supposed to be the better versions. Although I wonder if by then, the XBOX 360 will also have some sort of Steam system set up to make it similar to the PS3.

I'm really looking forward to this one too. I thought I had seen everything with the first Portal, but it looks like they did a good job so far with the puzzles or ideas for puzzles that they've shown.

Also, it has co-op! Now no more taking turns playing Portal. That's always good, if they do the co-op right. That's what I am looking forward to the most so far.[/b]

[James]

[font="Palatino Linotype"]I never finished the original Portal (my Xbox died before I could and I haven't replaced it), but I'm [i]very [/i]eager to play Portal 2. I always thought that Portal was one of the most cleverly-designed games I've ever seen.

It looks like there's a lot more variety to Portal 2, which is very welcome. I like the fact that the core ideas are being expanded and the environments have become more varied.

As much as I'm looking forward to Portal 2, though, I'm also really hoping to see Half-Life 3 at some point within the next decade. The episodic content is okay, but I am kind of over this idea of episodic games already.
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[Boo]

I want more funny, more pretty and variety. The last two are already guaranteed by the demos. Cool.

[quote name='James' date='29 June 2010 - 02:05 AM' timestamp='1277769915' post='696119'][font="Palatino Linotype"]I am kind of over this idea of episodic games already.
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^Ditto. Edited June 29, 2010 by Lady Shy