Portal 2 Coming in April

[Monk]

Personally i'm afraid that portal 2 will get stale.

Portal 1 was $20, 20 levels long (half of them very easy tutorials) around 3-4 hours and very entertaining. It had just enough content, provided just enough challenge to make you feel rewarded and then it ended. It didn't overstay its welcome - it is to this day, a shining example of knowing when to stop in a video game.

Portal 2 is $50 and looks like it might be twice as long. Portal 1 was fun, but do I really want to go through 40 levels? Co-op isnt that big of a deal for me, though I know it is for some. I fear the game doesnt have enough charm to capture my attention for as long as it needs it to tell the story. We'll see, but i'm not optimistic.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

In contrast to Monk, I'm afraid Portal 2 will be so good I will die while playing it - before finishing it.

[Crazed Rabbit]

I am more optimistic as well. I like Valve, and I think they can expand the game while keeping it entertaining.

With just the old mechanics and all the new ones (ex: gel) they are a lot of gameplay possibilities still to be explored.

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[TinCow]

I am positively gibbering and drooling in anticipation. The idea of a longer Portal with co-op gameplay is incredible appealing.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Another funny video:



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[Alexander the Pretty Good]

From now on Valve are the only people allowed to make movies. Of any kind.

[Subotan]

I'm looking forward to it. I personally did not think Portal was as good as the rest of the internet thought it was, and that Still Alive was merely cute as opposed to being the pinnacle achievement of human civilisation, but I still really enjoyed both of my play-throughs. I'll wait for the price to come down a bit though.

[Krusader]

New video.
Ordered the PS3 version myself, since it includes a free Steam Play version.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Another video!

An older video;


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[Crazed Rabbit]

Portal - will it be released this Friday?

The official release date for Portal 2 is April 19, but if you have preordered the game you can begin to preload the title right now. There was also a bundle of 13 independent games called the Potato Sack released via Steam, and in the past few days Portal 2-themed content has begun to pop up in those games, along with a series of cryptic messages and images. The point of all this is to get us talking about Portal 2, but it's beginning to seem like the game will be released early. If you're a big fan of Portal, you may want to call in sick this Friday.

What would such a thing do to valve time? Would it herald the coming rapture?

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[drone]

The release date is a lie.