Portal Page 3

I really want to start the co-op, but as far as I know the network's still down. I hear it's a lot more challenging.

5/5/2011 7:17:10 AM

If i bought it for xbox, is there any way to play co-op with someone that's on PC? (very unlikely I know)

5/5/2011 10:47:52 AM

I think only PS3 / PC

5/5/2011 10:56:50 AM

You mean it's only PC-PC at the moment, amirite?

5/5/2011 10:57:25 AM

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"Is the story fleshed out more in co-op mode?"

I wouldn't say it adds to the single player story, but it does have its own cinematics and minor independent plot/story with a neat ending. It is canon, and there are a couple tidbits where the two stories connect (but in very small ways).

Quote :

"Do they plan to have any DLC for this? "

Yes, there will be a DLC pack this summer. Free for all platforms (Xbox, PS3, PC.) Not a lot of details about what it will include, but they mentioned single player and multiplayer content, as well as leaderboards (so I assume some kind of challenge mode akin to Portal 1.)

Quote :

"I really want to start the co-op, but as far as I know the network's still down. I hear it's a lot more challenging."

The co-op levels seem to be a little harder than the single player, both in terms of finding the solution and actually performing it.

Quote :

"If i bought it for xbox, is there any way to play co-op with someone that's on PC? (very unlikely I know) "

No.
The only co-op play is only:
Xbox / Xbox
PS3 / PS3
PC / PC
PC / PS3

5/5/2011 11:14:28 AM

Awesome so far. Favorite part is when the lights go out and Wheatley is providing lighting - the shadow effects are gorgeous. The whole game is one of the more immersive experiences in recent memory.

My only

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complaint, and it's

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a minor one, has to

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well you get the idea.

[Edited on May 6, 2011 at 9:03 AM. Reason : ]

5/6/2011 9:03:02 AM

[old] perhaps, but I only experienced portal 1 a day before I played portal 2

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=359B764A0A3B8188&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_925984

5/6/2011 9:43:48 AM

played this over the weekend. enjoyed everything except for all of wheatley's commentary, that dude was seriously annoying.

5/9/2011 10:16:34 AM

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"did you die? because that would be fantastic if you died"

how can you not love wheatley?!!?

5/9/2011 11:40:45 AM

I know. What a grouch.

On another note, just how many decades does it take to test a portal gun?

5/13/2011 10:09:12 PM

People this fucking stupid shouldn't be allowed to adopt in the first place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUQYrdgIJuI&feature=youtu.be

The morons responsible for making this 'story' should also be castrated

5/18/2011 4:08:47 PM

..........you know.........after thinking about it, they did rate this game E.

A ten year old may not be able to pick up on the irony and tongue-in-cheek nature of the dialogue. If they're an adopted orphan...could hurt I guess.

But the reaction of the dad - the adult - was incredibly over the top.

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM. Reason : ]

5/18/2011 4:44:08 PM

picked this up on amazon today for $35

looking forward to the co-op, seems like kind of a unique spin on online multiplayer

5/18/2011 9:48:10 PM

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"how can you not love wheatley?!!?"

because he did not sound computery, to put it bluntly and ineloquently. GlaDOS was believable as a homicidal AI that followed some kind of crazy computer logic to an unfriendly conclusion, but wheatley just sounded like some stupid british guy with a dry sense of humor. he sounded too human, and the humor they tried to get out of him was too forced and it took away more than it added. good game overall, but wheatley can go die in a fire.

5/18/2011 11:00:13 PM

youre probably the only person who thinks that; he was a fantastic addition.


**SPOILER**










you're aware of the GladOS conclusion that he was designed to be a moron right.









**SPOILER**

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 11:06 PM. Reason : *]

5/18/2011 11:05:26 PM

yes i know he was designed to be a moron, but that still doesn't mean that his implementation as a character wasn't terrible

5/18/2011 11:24:04 PM

neither does anything you've said

5/18/2011 11:28:26 PM

Wheatley was a blast.

/fact

5/19/2011 6:34:55 PM

I was thinking that they should've had Karl Pilkington as Wheatly, but then you would've known he was an idiot at the start.

5/19/2011 6:44:51 PM

is it just me, or does the male announcer in the "retro" part of the game sound exactly like this guy?



[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 6:12 PM. Reason : derp. it is him... J.K. Simmons from the farmers commercials, Juno, etc]

[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM. Reason : \/ ಠ_ಠ]

5/24/2011 6:11:57 PM

its just you

5/24/2011 6:12:25 PM

just you

5/24/2011 10:12:21 PM

He may sound like that guy, but he looks like this guy:

(The one on the left. )

[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 12:00 AM. Reason : .]

5/24/2011 11:59:30 PM

^^^^ it is that guy

5/25/2011 9:59:52 AM

anyone playing custom maps?

5/25/2011 10:15:05 AM

ending is awesome


_{i'm in space}

5/25/2011 8:57:49 PM

http://myaperturelabs.com/viewfiles.php

Some really good custom maps out there

7/3/2011 10:56:18 AM

I beat the co-op last night. I must say that couch co-op is a lot less frustrating than online co-op. Then again, I don't have a blue tooth ear piece or a keyboard.

I'm curious as to how the DLC packs will fit-in continuity-wise.

7/7/2011 10:20:06 AM

Slowly working my way through the single player -- I discovered the dry dock of the Borealis ship that was referenced in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. I'm hoping that in Episode Three there is some kind of Portal/Half-Life crossover.

7/8/2011 9:08:01 AM

Finished single player. Any of you folks on Xbox Live wanna do some co-op play?

7/9/2011 6:18:02 PM

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/technology/2011/07/14

hahaha genius.

7/15/2011 10:42:06 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk&feature=share

8/23/2011 8:28:38 PM

^Very cool.

8/23/2011 8:45:35 PM

lol @ link portal gun

8/23/2011 9:54:54 PM

That trachtenberg short is ok.

Her discovery of the gun makes no sense
the usage was pretty mundane, could have had cooler interactions with the guards besides running away.
There should have been a GladOS tease

portal effects were well done

8/25/2011 3:52:12 PM

Such high expectations?

8/25/2011 4:48:55 PM

I didnt know it existed until I saw it. The director just kind of gets on my nerves. I think he thinks a bit much of himself.

8/25/2011 6:40:52 PM

I got my sister into the Portal series a while ago, and we spent this weekend doing the co-op stuff. I never knew co-op could be so much fun.

8/25/2011 7:59:00 PM

"Romance is still alive: Portal 2 proposal wows Web"
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/romance-still-alive-portal-2-proposal-wows-001416958.html

8/27/2011 11:26:03 AM

Oh cool, is that what romance is?

8/27/2011 11:53:20 AM

Anyone know where I can download Portal 1 or Portal 2 for Mac?

9/4/2011 9:07:38 AM

^ Steam

9/4/2011 9:31:07 AM

DLC should be out today.

Quote :

"While the DLC pack won't expand Chell's single-player adventure, it will add "Peer Review," a whole new cooperative campaign for robot pals P-Body and Atlas. Details are scarce about the new mission, except that players will "once again match wits with GLaDOS," the nefarious, off-kilter AI. The DLC will also introduce a "Challenge Mode" for both single-player and co-op play. Players will be able to compete for the best scores and then compare their rankings on Leaderboards."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113417-Portal-2-DLC-Emerges-in-October

10/4/2011 7:21:28 AM

^ just finished the co-op DLC. amazing stuff. love this game and hope there's a fucking third.

also, FREE DLC?!??! when the fuck does that ever happen, especially when the DLC is absurdly fun.

10/6/2011 4:04:23 AM

^that's valve's new MO. They have done it with TF2, CS:Source, and the Left4dead titles. Probably others too, but those are the ones I own.

10/6/2011 9:53:35 AM

Old topic, but I just picked this up in the latest steam sale, so if anyone wants to play some co-op, let me know! Loving the game so far!

11/29/2011 2:41:07 PM

Just finished it, friend got it for me on the steam sale for christmas.

It was amazing.

Do they ever explain how she got caught again after escaping in the first game?

12/28/2011 1:16:05 PM

^If you beat the first one shortly after it came out then it is never explained. A few months after the first one came out though, they had a patch that slightly changed the ending. After the final explosion that launches you into the Aperture parking lot, you hear what sounds like a robot (You never see the robot but I'd assume Atlas or P-Body) power up and you are seen being dragged back into the complex.


Fun thing though, considering that above the complex in the first Portal was a parking lot/buildings/industrial area, and in Portal 2 you exit into what looks like fields of wheat or whatever, it may indicate that you've been in hibernation for hundreds of years.

12/28/2011 2:59:08 PM

Quote :

"If you beat the first one shortly after it came out then it is never explained. A few months after the first one came out though, they had a patch that slightly changed the ending. After the final explosion that launches you into the Aperture parking lot, you hear what sounds like a robot (You never see the robot but I'd assume Atlas or P-Body) power up and you are seen being dragged back into the complex. "

Wow I never had any idea about this.

12/28/2011 3:04:04 PM

^Neither did I. I looked it up after I finished Portal 2. Here is a video of it. Skip to about 6:30 for the ending cutscene.

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

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 3:16 PM. Reason : ]

12/28/2011 3:16:47 PM