Portal gets an unusual update...

[Numerous]

Game Informer scans:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I can barely read half of those words, no matter how much I zoom in/out.
Try a higher DPI scan next time.
EDIT: Quick question; do iTouches reduce the image quality when downloading images ever? Just an idea, it seems some people have been able to read what appears to be 2-pixels-high massively-pixellated words, in posts I only saw after refreshing the page after I posted.

 

[Leminnes]

I dunno, but I could read them just fine. (Except for some of the smaller text on the diagrams were difficult but not impossible.)

 

[Numerous]

I dunno, but I could read them just fine. (Except for some of the smaller text on the diagrams were difficult but not impossible.)

Ok. Lesson: don't try to read small fine print on large raster images using an iTouch, I suppose.

 

[Trotim]

Very interesting and I agree, it can be read just fine.

 

[DaBeatzProject]

I don't like the tone of "both brains and sets of thumbs will be needed to best GLaDOS" Surely No-one would consider this primarily a Console Game..

Maybe they mean: both brains to think, and sets of thumbs to use the portal-gun?

 

[Leminnes]

Maybe they mean: both brains to think, and sets of thumbs to use the portal-gun?

I use the spacebar with my thumbs.

 

[Penguin]

I still don't get wtf is up with the jungle. Or Why Chell returns. And changed into her deathball uniform.

 

[The Gentlemanne]

I use the spacebar with my thumbs.

Who doesn't?

 

[Leminnes]

Who doesn't?

Someone without thumbs?

 

[DaBeatzProject]

I still don't get wtf is up with the jungle. Or Why Chell returns. And changed into her deathball uniform.

Did you read the article? If not, you should. And if you did, read it again.

 

[Penguin]

I read the last few pages. I'm not reading the entire thing again. Which pages should I look at.

 

[Leminnes]

I read the last few pages. I'm not reading the entire thing again. Which pages should I look at.

Second page.

 

[Bermuda Cake]

welp, read it all. But I refuse to look at any more stuff. Don't wanna ruin it for myself

 

[eyefork]

I don't like the tone of "both brains and sets of thumbs will be needed to best GLaDOS" Surely No-one would consider this primarily a Console Game..

Valve probably had them play a build on a console, that's all.

 

[Tapp]

Valve truly is making a diverse game. I feel tempted to get started ahead of release on some maps/models.

 

[Bermuda Cake]

ooh, it's gonna be on mac! (#2 bottom left)

 

[FaTony]

Who doesn't?

I'm using little finger. And arrow keys.

 

[Tapp]

Valve has a certain reputation for sequels. It started good with hl2, dipped with episode 1, went back up with tf2, dipped with episode 2, plummeted in l4d2, and now they're out to restore their reputation. With 28 people instead of 8, and 3 years instead of 1, I speculate portal 2 will be 11 times as good as portal. It looses 1 point for being a sequel, as per the scoring rules.

 

[Leminnes]

Valve has a certain reputation for sequels. It started good with hl2, dipped with episode 1, went back up with tf2, dipped with episode 2, plummeted in l4d2, and now they're out to restore their reputation. With 28 people instead of 8, and 3 years instead of 1, I speculate portal 2 will be 11 times as good as portal. It looses 1 point for being a sequel, as per the scoring rules.

Eh, I kinda disagree with this. I enjoyed Ep 1 and 2 for what they were. They were still high quality, just exactly the same thing as HL2. Which isn't exactly a negative. And most people I know greatly enjoyed L4D2, but said it was too much like L4D, which again isn't a bad thing, just too bad they made people pay full for it.

But either way, they're reputation is certainly not dead. They are still one of the most well known and successful independent (or otherwise) game developer out there. The only people who hate them is the PS3 fanboy crowd, and who cares about them? (Although Valve has said they're going to develop for the PS3 in the future. Lets see if that happens.)

 

[Retroid]

LFD2 improves on the original in *every* single way. It's a totally new game with new characters, weapons and just more depth. It shifted the game from "find a small room and hold down m1" to something infinitely better. It's a fair bit harder because you have to actually think about how you're going to approach stuff but as long as you're not an idiot who has to play on Hard despite it being way out of your league then you shouldn't have too much of a problem.

They're 2 totally different games with different aims and if LFD1 was patched to be like 2 then a lot of people would feel lost. I totally support the idea of releasing a sequal because the gameplay is so different that it wouldn't have been allowed to shift as much within the same game.

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Anyway, good news about Portal 2 eh? Love the idea of fluids and stuff being able to travel through portals, just hope they don't spread themselves a bit too thin with having so many different puzzle mechanics.