Quote :

"So yeah, I guess it is my fault. But they can still kiss my ass for misleading me like that."

It's also entirely possible the Gamestop employees didn't know that either. I'm sure that some of them are actually well informed and knowledgeable, but it's still a terrible minimum wage job so most of your Gamestop employees don't know anything but how to ring you up and annoy you into reserving games.

4/20/2011 1:20:40 PM

What is this $60 crap? I only paid $39.99 for Portal 2.

4/20/2011 3:08:58 PM

^Yeah, seriously, hahah. And it's like 37 on Amazon. Suck it console gamers.

Seriously though, the game is 6-8 hours play-through for Portal-loving game reviewers, so closer to 8 hour play through for most, especially for people who weren't super into the first.

8 hour playthrough is exactly average for the video game community for a single-player campaign.

But there's also co-op, and I'm sure challenge stuff at some point.

So CONSIDERABLY more content and considerably longer.

4/20/2011 3:33:56 PM

*Confession Time* I never played Portal 1 so my friend gave me a free copy of it that he got when he preordered Portal 2. I played about 20 mins last night, enough to get the second portal gun, and I am totally hooked! The computer voice thing is hilarious!

4/20/2011 3:37:11 PM

I liked Portal 2's solo-play, to a degree.

I didn't feel like it was a real "full" sequel. Too linear. Not as much freedom (in puzzles) or difficulty compared to the first, imo. Too much tutorial. The frequent anticlimatic loading pauses.

Maybe my expectations were too high; Gabe Newell: "Oh Portal 2's great. It's the best game we've ever done."

Co-op is fun, though. Makes up for sp's shortcomings.

4/20/2011 3:55:20 PM

Begs the question: Why are PC games consistently $10 cheaper? Is it that Sony gets exactly $10 for every PS3 game sold while Microsoft gets $0 for every PC game sold?

4/20/2011 5:01:30 PM

That is becoming less and less the case. When I bought Dead Space 2 is was $60 for PC.

4/20/2011 5:03:00 PM

^^If that's not sarcasm, then yeah, that's exactly it.

Microsoft and Sony get a $10 cut on every game sold, so publishers hiked console game prices to $60. Then they thought what the hell, PC gamers won't know the difference; so they started doing it on PC games as well.

[Edited on April 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM. Reason : .]

4/20/2011 5:03:28 PM

If theres a AAA title that comes out for $50 or $60 thats not very good everyone either waits until it goes on sale for $20 during a steam deal or they pirate it.

if a game is $60 on pc its a good sign its not worth the price

[Edited on April 20, 2011 at 5:06 PM. Reason : .]

4/20/2011 5:05:58 PM

Yeah, the big name games are starting have an initial price point of $60 on the PC now, but the thing about PC games... they always come down in price much quicker than their console counterparts. How much is Dead Space 2 on the PC now? $30-40?

[Edited on April 20, 2011 at 5:18 PM. Reason : -]

4/20/2011 5:17:50 PM

payed 55 on Amazon for the PS3 version, got $20 Amazon credit. so $35 for a game on PS3 and PC isn't bad.

4/20/2011 7:50:46 PM

I know for the Call of Duty games, they were $10 - $15 MORE for the PC version than for the consoles

4/20/2011 7:52:33 PM

just finished... the ending is pretty great.

can't wait to start co-op

4/20/2011 10:00:15 PM

Just finished the single-player campaign, and I really enjoyed it. I liked the ending a lot. I want to start the co-op, but PSN's still down.

4/21/2011 6:11:57 PM

Finished the co-op in about 3 hours, probably ~ halfway through the SP now. I will say that this game excels at making me feel stupid for over thinking things.

There's one level in the co-op especially that we almost lost our minds over, only to find that the solution was very simple, if not at all obvious.

4/21/2011 6:32:11 PM

how do so many people enjoy this game? it's just one big puzzle... not much else to do...

4/21/2011 7:02:25 PM

I think sometimes that's all you need (e.g. Professor Layton). Plus, the nature of the puzzles, the dialogue/monologue, and the additional elements to the story make it all worthwhile.

4/21/2011 7:14:36 PM

^^ Some people actually enjoy thinking. I know that's probably a foreign concept to you, so don't hurt yourself trying to think about it.

4/21/2011 7:20:22 PM

i got the game for $25 from best buy for pc. source engine played like shit on ps3 for hl2 so i didnt bother paying $35 for the ps3 version. the game was ~5 or 6 hours 1 player for me. very good game but i felt the ending anti-climatic. must of my friends have it on ps3 so i'll have to wait to do some coop :-\

4/21/2011 10:58:38 PM

i liked the parts w/ j jonah jameson. p. fun overall but really too easy.

4/21/2011 11:01:35 PM

Quote :

"how do so many people enjoy this game? it's just one big puzzle... not much else to do..."

For the love of trolls.

4/22/2011 2:32:33 AM

seriously not trying to troll. i know people enjoy different things, but i can't fathom how so many people like this after watching a few videos of game play...it really seems boring to me. i guess i just can't believe i didn't have a grasp on what so much of the gaming community likes - that's more disappointing to me than anything really...you like to think that your opinion is the majority opinion. and then when you find out the majority is far from your opinion, you just can't believe it at first.

edit:

the same thing applies to that show archer and a lot of other shit on TV. stuff i hate is loved by the majority and stuff i love is hated by them. i guess i should just begin to realize i don't think for the majority...people are fucktards. /lesson learned on tdub.

[Edited on April 22, 2011 at 4:23 AM. Reason : .]

4/22/2011 4:09:22 AM

Well the good news is that unlike (popular) music; in gaming the majority tends to be correct. Unless you're counting console players, because they're all fucktards... especially the Xbox players.

4/22/2011 4:15:08 AM

i'll leave that discussion for another thread i suppose.

enjoy your blue and orange portals. i still want to shoot shit.

later...

4/22/2011 4:24:50 AM

Beat it yesterday. The ending was awesome. Overall this game did very well, bringing over the quirky humor and dialog of the first game while still keeping it fresh with new puzzles and mechanics.

I get that Portal isn't suppose to have a "serious" story, but I find it hard to believe that Aperture Science can have such a shitty budget when they have a facility that extends literally miles below ground.

4/22/2011 7:50:38 AM

Quote :

"how do so many people enjoy this game? it's just one big puzzle... not much else to do..."

You know I could say the same thing about any shooter.

"how do so many people enjoy this game? it's just one big shoot em' up...not much else to do but shoot guns and kill people..."

I think your opinion is what's wrong with gaming today. I enjoy a good shooter as much as every other gamer but thinking that a game has to have guns to be enjoyable and successful is just sad.

4/22/2011 9:10:46 AM

saturnine said,

Quote :

"^^ Some people actually enjoy thinking. I know that's probably a foreign concept to you, so don't hurt yourself trying to think about it."

Quote :

"Well the good news is that unlike (popular) music; in gaming the majority tends to be correct. Unless you're counting console players, because they're all fucktards... especially the Xbox players."

You know it's possible to discuss a difference of opinions without insulting the other person or representative groups, right?

4/22/2011 11:08:53 AM

nm was on pg 1.

[Edited on April 22, 2011 at 11:17 AM. Reason : c]

4/22/2011 11:16:19 AM

I personally can't wait for Portal 3, circa Christmas 2014

my idea: Chell brings the Aperture Science tech to the wider world, and with her first-mover advantage she threatens to conquer it
and then your task is to keep from getting pwned by all the other fucktards with portal guns and defeat Chell
main difference: instead of the closed spaces of Aperture Laboratories, there's just one wide world-spanning level
and the amount of processing power required to shoot portals a couple miles away will make Portal 3 the new Crysis in terms of GPU benchmarking

4/22/2011 11:31:29 AM

Where are the pneumatic diversity vents? I never saw one throughout the entire single player and none of the demo videos looked like they were part of coop.

4/22/2011 5:24:46 PM

^Weird. I had to google them because I didn't remember them being mentioned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOH6BprN9FI

I wonder why they didn't end up in the game?

4/22/2011 6:24:35 PM

Probably dlc

4/22/2011 6:34:39 PM

ah, just beat it, yippee

now for some co-op!

4/22/2011 11:12:15 PM

^^That's my take. Had to purposely leave something out to flesh out the inevitable dlc.

4/23/2011 9:45:13 AM

Beat it yesterday...best 55 bucks I've spent in a long time.

About to try co-op on Live tonight...right now I've only played it with my roommate next to me. Should be an interesting experience with someone who isn't physically there.

4/24/2011 5:39:58 PM

just finished. lol orange circle guy.

4/24/2011 10:48:55 PM

beat single player last night. One of my favorite games ever.

4/26/2011 2:50:22 PM

$55 for the PS3 version from Amazon
+ $1 for launch day delivery
- $20 Amazon gift card
- $24 Gamestop trade-in credit

= $12 for the PC version I unlocked with the PS3 key.

Granted, I'm stuck with money in Amazon and Gamestop gift cards, but considering how much I buy there anyways it might as well be cash to me.

Gamestop cashier as I trade in Portal 2 for PS3 the day after it was released:
Him: "Beat it already?"
Me: "Not yet."

4/26/2011 3:16:07 PM

Does anyone else have a problem with the surround sound being unbalanced? The sound coming out of the back speakers is way too loud, it's all I can hear. PS3 version.

4/27/2011 6:10:42 PM

Just finished Portal 1 for the first time ever last night in ~3 hours. Got Portal 2 for 15 bucks at best buy (29.99 for PC, $15 certificate). 20ish min in, enjoying the vocals already.

5/2/2011 3:32:54 PM

29.99 on amazon right now (PC)

[Edited on May 2, 2011 at 4:45 PM. Reason : pc]

5/2/2011 4:45:19 PM

Not sure if its been discussed in this thread yet, but has anyone tried playing PS3 & PC co-op?

5/2/2011 5:36:53 PM

Impossible until PSN is back up AFAIK

5/2/2011 5:54:51 PM

^You're right, can't do it until PSN comes back.

[Edited on May 2, 2011 at 6:49 PM. Reason : spelling]

5/2/2011 6:49:24 PM

$34.99 for xbox and ps3 on amazon right now.

5/2/2011 7:32:25 PM

ohh snap, im a newb

[Edited on May 2, 2011 at 7:50 PM. Reason : asdfasdfasdfasdfas]

5/2/2011 7:49:21 PM

Got it for $39.99 for Xbox at Gamestop on Saturday

5/2/2011 8:01:19 PM

Completed in 7 hours. Amazing game. Ending was awesome. Is the story fleshed out more in co-op mode?

5/4/2011 5:22:43 PM

^in co-op you play as different characters. so it's got a different story for them.

i recommend you play co-op with someone who hasn't beat it yet (if that's even possible now) otherwise they will solve the puzzles for you and ruin it

5/4/2011 10:45:20 PM

Yep, me and a buddy are working through it, neither of us have done it; its pretty damn awesome.

Do they plan to have any DLC for this?

[Edited on May 5, 2011 at 12:13 AM. Reason : *]

5/5/2011 12:12:45 AM