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I don't even know where to begin. This is going to be one amazing game.
EDIT:If you can't read the text just right click and select view image it allows you to zoom in so that it is readable.
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You are awesome.
- Portal was a 'trial'. Size and assets specifically kept minimal. Had no idea it would be this popular.
- Portal was a 'test bed', Portal 2 is a 'game'.
- GlaDOS returns as the antagonist.
- Chell returns, and we play as her.
- Portal 2 takes place a long time after the original. Hundreds of years, in fact. The complex has overgrown.
- Those orbs seen at the end of Portal are personality orbs. They've cornered off sections of the labs as their own, and are concerned about the decaying state of the complex.
- The opening sounds fucking awesome. Im a bit shitty I spoiled it for myself.
- Portal gun remains unchanged.
- Physics will now be part of portal puzzle solving. EG: A vent that sucks air in can be combined with a portal to 'suck' from a different location.
- "Paint" mechanic, various liquid substances that cause some reaction. For example, in the demo shown a orange substance on the floor caused Chell to be propelled upwards. Using portals you can apply these 'paints' to other areas of the level for puzzle solving.
- Reflection cubes will allow Chell to reflect lazers for various puzzles.
- The co-op campaign will have you playing as two bipedal robots. The like to hold hands.
- Splitscreen for people playing on the console, and 'picture in picture' available for those playing remote co-op (eg: PC). This allows you to easily communicate with the other player and combine efforts for puzzle solving.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Cool. Now I have to go off and buy Orange Box so I can play the first...
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| EatChildren wrote: | | - "Paint" mechanic, various liquid substances that cause some reaction. For example, in the demo shown a orange substance on the floor caused Chell to be propelled upwards. Using portals you can apply these 'paints' to other areas of the level for puzzle solving. |
TAG! It's Tag: The Power of Paint!
Man, I didn't even like that game much. But I guess it inspired Valve, so kudos to those guys.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| EatChildren wrote: | - Chell returns, and we play as her.
- Portal 2 takes place a long time after the original. Hundreds of years, in fact. The complex has overgrown. |
Sooo... Chell is cloned or in stasis or something?
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Two things I want from this game; a deeper backstory to Chell, and a longer game in general. Add those, Valve, then I'll start listening.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Azza wrote: | | Two things I want from this game; a deeper backstory to Chell, and a longer game in general. Add those, Valve, then I'll start listening. |
You're not going to get much deeper backstory to Chell. At the most it will be as deep as Gordon, which basically consists of "GOT A DEGREE, MOVED TO BLACK MESA, FFFFFFUUUUUUUU"
And it will be a longer game. Its a full priced retail game. Not a 'test' as they called the other game. If its any consolation, they do seem to indicate this one will have a stronger narrative.
| BurnZ wrote: | | Sooo... Chell is cloned or in stasis or something? |
No idea. Stasis, cloned, android, cake. Who knows?
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You are awesome too.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Loved portal. But, prefer Episode 3.
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| Eyce wrote: | | Did somebody say "BIGGER SCANS SO I CAN READ IT DECENTLY PLOX?" |
I didn't. But I was thinking it.
Thanks.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:25 am Post subject: |
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I loved Portal, actually it's one of my top 5 games and they consider it a test so this is unbelievable. Why do you need to know so much about Chell? She's a blank slate for a reason.
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Portal 2 is coming to the Mac. Woot.
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| JackSlack wrote: | | EatChildren wrote: | | - "Paint" mechanic, various liquid substances that cause some reaction. For example, in the demo shown a orange substance on the floor caused Chell to be propelled upwards. Using portals you can apply these 'paints' to other areas of the level for puzzle solving. |
TAG! It's Tag: The Power of Paint!
Man, I didn't even like that game much. But I guess it inspired Valve, so kudos to those guys. |
Cool fact: Tag Team, creators of Tag, were all hired by Valve.
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| Sambo110 wrote: | Portal 2 is coming to the Mac. Woot.
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the 1st on is on ps3 why not bring it out there too.
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Because the PS3 port of the Orange Box was terrible, and Valve really hate developing for the PS3.
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twasn't terrible quite playable actually even tho playing fps are better on the pc
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| bobkid wrote: | | Sambo110 wrote: | Portal 2 is coming to the Mac. Woot.
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the 1st on is on ps3 why not bring it out there too. |
I dont believe Valve have any in-house PS3 development team, so it always needs to be done by someone else. Orange Box PS3 was handled almost exclusively by an EA.
Assuming EA dont want to do it agian it probably wont see the light of day on PS3.
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I dont think it's whether EA want to but more if Valve want them to and considering what they thought of the ps3 version of Orange Box, it's doubtful
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| Quin wrote: | | Because the PS3 port of the Orange Box was terrible, and Valve really hate developing for the PS3. |
pft. It was totally playable, enjoyable even. Much more so than my PC at the time. So to you I say "pft." PFT I SAY!
EDZ: Yeah I really want Portal 2. I think I'll get it on Mac. 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:31 am Post subject: |
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Especially Portal. I know HL2 + EP1,2 had one or two problems which were in fact very minor, but Portal still played like a dream.
Let's not get into TF2, which IS a PC game through and through no matter how many FPS games are meant to be played on a computer.
Either way, I am very excited to hear more about Portal 2.
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Bandwidth exceeded 
EDIT:
I've mirrored the images
http://cazzaserver.com/portal2/
EDIT EDIT: Oops, didn't see the higher res ones, uploaded them.
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On sale today in the UK:
Portal 2 on the left. Some hope for PS3 owners.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:55 am Post subject: |
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I just stoked the Portal 2 is out on Macs, finally!!!
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