I lol'd. A little.
No seriously, I downloaded a pirated copy of portal, and I love it so much I'm buying it with my next check. For the first time in my life I feel that 1, a videogame is actually a good deal - 5 games for 50 bucks is sweet. and 2, that game was so impressive... I haven't laughed that hard at a game since... last time I laughed that hard at a game. but it's been a while. I really, really hope we see continued developement.
That game was amazing. Soooo amazing.
Have you listened to the commentaries? Always entertaining, those.
Anyone try the Portal Flash game yet? I didn't really have any problems with it until level 34 or so. The timing-related puzzles are by far the worst, I think.
I didn't like how the portals alternated with the left click instead of using both mouse buttons in that. It made some puzzles way more annoying than they should have been, because I'd click and get rid of the wrong portal.
I don't remember how far I got - somewhere in the 20s probably.. I just got bored of it and quit :P
Q for the Blue portals, E for the Orange one. Once you get the hang of that, the game becomes somewhat simpler.
I gave up around level 15... it was just before you got to those force fields, I know that much (I had to check the video walkthroughs for one of the levels 😞). They certainly got the spirit of Portal right, but the level design was a tad too harsh.
I managed to finish it this morning without too much trouble. The worst of it was the timing, and that was only really bad with the zapping floors/ceilings. Those were annoying.
BTW the cake...
[spoiler]... is not a lie. ^.^
Fucking delicious cake.[/spoiler]
I think I'm going to play it again when I finish HL2E2. Which is also awesome.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/05/bethesda-designer-makes-portal-level/
First downloadable map (that I'm aware of anyways). PC version only obviously.
Well that one was done by Bethseda (sp?) aka the Oblivion people. So there :P
Actually I played it and it was just a bit too rediculous to me. Too much timing and aerobatics involved with some of the puzzles :P Didn't seem worth it... I did like the idea of a flipped room though.
Yeah, but mine included that one (it's at the top) AND dozens more. So THERE. 
What level number is that? If I knew how many levels there were, I might have more drive to go back and finish it.
There are 40 levels in all. That's just the big empty room right after L40. L40 isn't as hard as 33 - 39, I thought. I actually even noclipped through the "Frustration" level. Didn't think it was mentally challenging.
http://www.nofrag.com/2007/nov/08/27246/
Portal speed run video.. he beat it in 20 minutes! It's hilarious how he bypasses the puzzles completely in some levels.
Just wanted to chime in as a user who has this for the 360 and the PC. I haven't even touched the PC versions of any orange box titles. I have however beat Portal on the Xbox and the advanced stages ans not once did I see the joystick as a problem or even think about it.
I need to get down on some HL2 again so I can play both episodes as well. Been a while since I've playing any so I need a refresher.
I suppose by the time you get to the later levels you're used to the controls and they've almost become second nature. Do you play a lot of console FPS's, War Lord?
Well I'm happy with the PC version given that it runs silky smooth on my system (which I was worried about), with the exception of Episode 2 that is somewhat laggy at times (I could turn my settings down but then it'd look like crap :P I really just need more RAM I think). Plus, PC version = new maps and mods 😃
Warlock wrote:Well I'm happy with the PC version given that it runs silky smooth on my system (which I was worried about), with the exception of Episode 2 that is somewhat laggy at times (I could turn my settings down but then it'd look like crap :P I really just need more RAM I think). Plus, PC version = new maps and mods 😃
That bothered the hell out of me. It seem like they're taking the same game and upping the system requirements without much change. To me, episode two doesn't look very different from the original HL2. But when I run it on my laptop with the same settings, HL2 performs well, while episode 2 gets video lag. It's the same with counter strike source and team fortress 2. counter strike source runs fine, while TF2 lags. And it doesn't look much better graphics wise.
