Topic: Portal 2 Hype Thread

Think of the potatoes as a power-up for increasing the rate of game completions.

I disagree on the basis that Portal is not a FPS. So we're coming from such entirely different directions, the only common point of view we have is that it's a brilliant game.

@WaltzElf I (without actually playing, but owning, Portal) think Portal is either a FPA, or FPP. (First person adventure, and first person puzzler)

It's a puzzle game that just happens to take place in a first person perspective.

But heavy, heavy emphasis on the "puzzle" genre.

I was talking about their other games, obviously.

Maybe I should rephrase my original saying:

Whenever I talk about Valve, I like to say that they make amazing single player experiences, not amazing single player games. While I enjoyed Half-Life & Half-Life 2 (as well as their episodes/expansions), I found the emotional experiences those games gave me to be more powerful than the gameplay experiences. To me, the first Portal is their most successful single-player game to date since it's fun and it gives players many emotional experiences along with it.

EDIT: Around three more hours until Steam users are able to experience Portal 2. In the meantime, I'm going to do a quick playthrough of the original. See you guys in the chatroom near the launch!

Portal is what it is for me solely because of the amazing, enthralling atmosphere.
_{and still alive too}

Yeah, I don't think Portal 2 is a game at all. It's an experience, a work of art, and an example of where interactivity should be going.

It appeals on a whole different level to other, more straightforward games.

Now there's 54 test subjects. Weeeird.
EDIT: 63?

Meat Boy is done, about 1.5 hours left! Killing Floor is very close to be done too.

Back down to 56 lol.

...No clue why they can't just release it already. xD bashes head against desk

56 minutes! And 82 testers now?

I don't see how this is an early release at this point.

Well it's basically earlier than the usual game release time. Technically.

A day early...lol. I think its supposed to come out Wednesday or something...

It is supposed to release in 11 hours. But the site says about 1 hour. I think that would be a fair difference

Ok so that means we can watch the opening cut scene and create a game save before going to bed and play it tomorrow anyway.

What do you think the odds are that the last 2 games will be finished before the time runs out?

Only 30 minutes left! TO THE NL CHATROOM!!!

http://ca.kotaku.com/5793317/did-valve-just-take-everyone-for...

..........Portal 2 won't launch....WTF?! T_T
NVM....lol