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bond1
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Posted: 24th Jul 2010 17:19 Edited at: 24th Jul 2010 17:24
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Man, I can't wait for this. Valve games are pretty much the only games I really get excited for now, and that don't seem to be focus-group tailored for hormonal teenage boys.

Wheatley reminds me of the Geico gecko!

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Agreed, all of that time the entire gaming community ridiculed the outdated-ness of the source engine and the new one just looks fabulous. Lets just hope TGC can pull off the same trick (with FPSC)

Wheatley's great, I love how they used the handles as animated eyebrows

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PORTAL 2!

WOO!

Quote: "and that don't seem to be focus-group tailored for hormonal teenage boys."


I think COD would fall under that category.

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Yep, Valve does their own "thang", and eschews faddish trends, like ridiculous amounts of bloom on EVERYTHING.

The gameplay and graphics look INCREDIBLE.

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I just dislike that sphere dudes voice, seems very amateur.

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You get REALLY worked up about that don't you?

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Ive been following the gameplay snippets theve been posting. I did enjoy the new modifiers like speed goo or something. This is a game to truly look forward to.


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Yeah, when I heard of this, damn was I excited! The 1st portal was AMAZING and it wasn't even a "real" project. Damn, how great will this be?

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I was watching E3 live when they showed the portal 2 trailer, I nearly died when gabe came on the ps3 stage...


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Portal 2 will be awesome but what about our HL2Ep3


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Quote: "I just dislike that sphere dudes voice, seems very amateur."


It's a placeholder.

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Sounds a lot like the first portal voice, what's the problem?

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"I can't do it while you're looking!"
Lol

I'm really looking forward to this when it comes out...if I can snag it

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Posted: 24th Jul 2010 22:31
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Quote: "It's a placeholder."


Thank goodness. But I also think the dialogue is too silly.


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Yeah i understand totally that its a placeholder, but some of the dialogue needs a revise too like Jeku said, but they probably are just whipping that stuff up quick for now to see where they stand.

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Metal Devil123
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I don't see what's so wrong with the dialogue? It seems fine to me... But it's your opinion!

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I enjoyed the dialogue... What's wrong with it?

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I love Gieco!

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the problem with portal was that it created a huge annoying subculture based on cake is a lie and other goofy stuff. I remember when prtal 1 came out we had girls from anime club running down the hall screaming the cake is a lie and every time you mention something about a cake or companion cube to them theyd just go crazy

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The diaogue is too comical. It's over-the-top buddy movie type, and the accent is cliche. I don't want a character in Portal to continuously talk to me and crack jokes, because the replay factor would shoot down to 0 for me.


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Well.. maby. But I loved it in first Portal. And it was supposed to be funny. Props for anime girls for good taste! (that last part was to PAGAN)

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I do agree they went a bit over the top in the "Meet Wheatley" trailer, but I don't believe his chatter will be that constant, nor will he be with you the entire game. Valve's not that stupid.

But GladOS can deadpan all she wants - her lines are instant classics. "We both said a lot of things you're going to regret." Haha!

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I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster.

nuff said XD


edit: anyone else noticed this:
Gameplay:
Single-player, Co-op

now that will be interesting


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Quote: "But GladOS can deadpan all she wants - her lines are instant classics."


Agreed, I finished Portal for the 3rd time today and it's still funny. And I'm not one who likes reusing jokes.

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Quote: "Co-op"


Only reason I'm getting it for PS3.

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Quote: "Only reason I'm getting it for PS3."

One of the million reasons I'm getting it for PC!

And GlaDOS is still awesome. Loved her puns in hte first one, and will propably like again! The game will propably be one great masterpiece once again. What else comes from Valve?

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Quote: " What else comes from Valve?"


They currently havea list here: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2546/

That probably doesn't include some of the newer releases though, and if you meant releases coming soon, all I know is Portal 2 and, eventually, Half Life 2: Episode 3.

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Quote: "and, eventually, Half Life 2: Episode 3."

which isnt 100% that it will come. either that or Half life 3, or nothing at all.


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Isn't the Aperture Science voice female, not male?

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Quote: "Isn't the Aperture Science voice female, not male?"


isnt it an IT since it is a robot.. i think, never played through the first portal


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Quote: "Quote: " What else comes from Valve?"

They currently havea list here"

I men, they only release masterpieces. What else? You know?

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Quote: "never played through the first portal"


WHA?!?!?

Quote: "which isnt 100% that it will come. either that or Half life 3, or nothing at all."


I thought it was announced, confirmed, but they kept pushing back the release date.

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I thought it was announced, confirmed, but they kept pushing back the release date.
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i thought it never was announced and confirmed? XD

i didnt play through portal since i aint no pussle freak


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Quote: "i didnt play through portal since i aint no pussle freak"




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Episode 3 will come. But you know Valve. They take their time.
Quote: "i didnt play through portal since i aint no pussle freak"

I had to think about what you said first, and then I realised you ment Puzzle freak. I am a puzzle freak and I think God of War would have been nothing without the creative puzzles! And Portal is all about puzzle solving. And if you didn't play Portal trought... then shame on you.

And if there is someone that haven't played Half-Life 2 trought, tehn you are not a true nerd, even thou what you try to do!

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ok how long has it been since portal 1 and how did the protagonist survive (and for how long ) i am guessing since everything is overgrown in vines its been a long time like a few years and how did glados all of a sudden start functioning and how did the main charecter (if its the same one as portal1 which i am guessing is from p1) survive all these years assumiong its been a few years assuming everything is way overgrown

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glados was thought to be destroyed but in fact just the physical part of her was killed there was a backup on the aperture sciences' borealis that got transferred back to the facility in a data transfer as part of the portal ARG. portal 2 takes place 200 years after the original game, the original game took place around the seven-hour war in half life. portal 2 takes place around the same time frame as half life 2. the character is still alive because at the end of portal a robot drags you away, and supposedly puts you into some kind of stasis (my theory is the gman is involved). when chell and weatley accidentally turn on glados, they are turning on a different robot that has had glados' programming transferred to it (a backup, note how the new glados looks different).




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Quote: "[quote]I just dislike that sphere dudes voice, seems very amateur."


It's a placeholder.[/quote]

I love that voice, I hope they at least replace it with an equally british voiceover, It just ooses character into the portal setting which is so devoid of life

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must say i hate it to, like someone else already said, very "amatureish"


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Quote: " the character is still alive because at the end of portal a robot drags you away, and supposedly puts you into some kind of stasis (my theory is the gman is involved). "


Also, about half way through the original GLADoS actually says "I have your entire brain backed up" (followed by a stupid sounding 'Hello' and "That's you, that's how stupid you sound" )

But yeah, the dragging thing is part of it but I hazard a guess the 'backup' will play a part too

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How is Wheatleys current voice amateurish?
you may not fancy the accent too much but the recording itself is great and every part of the voice is intentional

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Quote: "
you may not fancy the accent too much but the recording itself is great and every part of the voice is intentional"

i personally love that kind of accent, i still dont like it =P


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PAGAN: I don't know why you think we know all about it. I think it's like... hundreds of years in the future or something... I don't know. But that's why you should play the game when it comes out.

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Quote: "i personally love that kind of accent, i still dont like it =P"


I can understand, I just don't think its amateurish in any way

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I don't like the new portal sounds... Especially when you go through one...

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Valve FINALLY implemented proper dynamic shadows to Source. And damn, do they look nice. Imagine those hanging vines if they didn't cast and recieve proper shadows.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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i wonder where apeture science lab is located? also i suspect the original portal might have took place maybe a little after the 7 hour war because everything looks kinda like it was abandoned for some time (like a few months to a year) and all the people already dissapeared. Also there seemes to be no signs of anything panicky happening no signs of violence, it just looks like all the apeture science workers dissapeared into thin air

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Quote: "i wonder where apeture science lab is located? also i suspect the original portal might have took place maybe a little after the 7 hour war because everything looks kinda like it was abandoned for some time (like a few months to a year) and all the people already dissapeared. Also there seemes to be no signs of anything panicky happening no signs of violence, it just looks like all the apeture science workers dissapeared into thin air"

What if glados killed them all...

aperture science is in Cleveland, Ohio. don't ask how I know this, I have no idea.

[EDIT] Oh yes, this blueprint:

Look at the text in the lower right corner, above "Borealis"...


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[href=http://store.steampowered.com/video/5790]The Pneumatic Diversity Vents[/url]

Quote: "Passive monitoring ensures objects in vent are identified, but never judged."


This makes me smile.

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well there is no sign of any struggle between people and glados, no dead bodies, no blood on the walls (exept for the crazy cake person who hid in the walls)no broken equipment, i would think people would be smart enough to react to glados and i would think they would try to put up a fight. at the least people could always shut her down.

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