Portal 2

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/disclaimer: I never play MP games except for some Valve games from time to time

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Most multiplayer is repetitive and unfun, Dux. If I wanted that experience, I'd play an MMO.

most AI is repetitive and unfun, if you ask me.

And most players follow the same movement routines with little if any variation.

Sounds like a case of to each their own.

I always preferred SP games on top of MP's.

And when I play MP's, I stay with 1on1 or very small teams of TDM's. The only game i actually enjoyed the mayhem was TF2. In any other games, i find it frustrating dieing by acident just because some fucker spawned behind me, if I ever die it should be a punishment for my skills (or lack of) not due to randomness or bad game design and spawn points placement. (Yes, I mean you CoD)

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Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Because the only MP experience I'm willing to play is one I can control fully, with my own friends and only them, on our own rented server. No kids, no screaming, no insults, and I sure don't want to have to pay XBL on top to get in on that. My friends are on Steam, and Steam is the only platform that will allow us to do all this. And we play the games most of us have, which in turn proves to be Valve games.

Gaming to me has always been, in the past until DoD, a SP only thing. I am much more enthusiastic about being immersed in a SP game by myself than raging about whoever's actions online.

Just finished it, what a truly amazing game. I feel like a fool for doubting whether Valve could make a full length Portal game work, but with all the additions they add to spice things up then it just works like a charm. Some crazy good level design that often made me stop up and think things through, but I'd always figure out the solution before it got frustrating, excellently paced through the entire thing. Also pretty impressive how well the Source engine looks in this, found myself staring at plants and at the muddy water once in a while

Now, co-op time!

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i just thought i finished the sp and then

... oh boy, spoilerz!!!

Oh dear sweet lord. Nice crossover joke, Valve.

http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=CP201

Only played for an hour last night, Wheatley had me pissing my pants. I don't know how Valve does it, I already know I'm getting my monies worth. Every game of theirs, they're all home runs.

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Oh dear sweet lord. Nice crossover joke, Valve. http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=CP201

OSSIM!!!

Anyone else notice the Super 8 level in the extras. Pretty cool.

Damn i dont remember when was the last time i completed a game in one sitting, great expierience. The ending was

Now onto the CO-OP!

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Anyone else notice the Super 8 level in the extras. Pretty cool.

Yeah, had no idea what it was until steam overlay popped up about the movie. I was really interested at first because I thought it was going to be a game...

I played 3 hours only, i want to keep all the game for the rest of the week. Really love it

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Anyone else notice the Super 8 level in the extras. Pretty cool.

This was the first thing I played while waiting for my friend to decrypt. Absolutely stunning how good Source looks in that teaser/demo thing.

Just beat it too. Stellar design, perfect crafting, beautiful voice acting, most inspired dialogues ever. This game is just glorious

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i think you're all overselling it (as seem to be the standard around these parts). the new mechanics were frustrating more than fun to play around with

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(especially the funnel, oh how i fucking hate you funnel)

, and i spent way too much time getting pissed off trying to figure out the puzzles

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(especially some of the ones in old aperture between the spheres. put some goddamn visual hints so i don't have to sit half an hour trying to figure out just how to move to the next goddamn puzzle)

. wheatley was annoying in the beginning, but gets funnier over time (near the end, he's pretty goddamn funny, though i will say that the accent has much to do with this).

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the way he listed ingredients in one of the puzzles literally made me lol every time i had to retry it

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writing is still top notch, and apart from the slightly predictive main story, the character development was excellent. visually, the new look gave the game some spice, but didn't really do it for me until

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the salt mine/old aperture science

, which was awesome in both concept and construct.

still a good game, just nowhere near as awesome as the first.

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Anyone else notice the Super 8 level in the extras. Pretty cool.

yeah, i thought that was awesome. i don't know how the movie will be, but the idea of making an interactive trailer like this is nice. probably one of the few movies ill get to watch this year.

Game of the year so far for me. My only complaint is that the puzzles are too easy. Only one gave me pause for thought.

Also, the lighting in this game is the best I've ever seen. And the water.