goole buy portal 2 so i can coop with a real person not some scumbag from the internet
― dougie instructor (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
haha i mean scumbag from xbox live - we are all scumbags from the internet
― dougie instructor (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
I only have the PS3/PC versions or I'd volunteer
― unwarranted display names of ilx (mh), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
might pick this up if it's on sale next weekend
― Blind Diode Jefferson (kingfish), Thursday, 25 August 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
aw, too bad the new portal stuff is co-op only. it's the perfect time for me to play it, but my main portal buddy is in middle-of-the-semester professor mode. :/
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
it's half price today and tomorrow
― koogs, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the heads up. 80% of the reason I bought a new computer is to play this.
― shaane, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
haha i got a text off a mate, who i barely ever hear from, telling me this was then quid this weekend
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
80% of the reason I bought a new computer is to play this.
it was 95% of the reason my husband bought me mine :)
― kinder, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
the new portal stuff is co-op only
nooooooooooo
― guh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
Challenge maps are kinda fun IGuess
― American Horror Sorry (jjjusten), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
what a delightful and thought-provoking game!
― goole, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
isnt it though?
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
This game rules
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Thursday, 9 May 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
now i want to play it all over again
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
still have never played co-op
me either
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
Not good for couples. Xpost
― Jeff, Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
the coop campaign has some REALLY good stuff, better chambers than the main game, IMO. downside - you can't play it with someone who's already done it
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 May 2013 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
co-op is fun for couples imo though we burnt out by the dlc part.
― best new whale (bnw), Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
the sequence through the 'historical' section of the complex (the j/k simmons bit) is just amazing. valve are so good at storytelling.
― goole, Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
have been playing this co-op w bestie (pc-to-mac); have been putting off the single player and thus the story. the levels alone are joy.
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
the light bridge stuff!
i find myself talking out loud about what i have to do. "ok so i need to get that block, but this other thing is... and these turrets can't go... [20 mins pass] OH MY GOD DUHHHH OF COURSE"
― goole, Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Well the other part of my couple isn't very good with any game that requires jumping/timing. I think the coop levels almost cause us to get divorced.
― Jeff, Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
shades of Penny Arcade calling the New Super Mario Bros. Wii co-op Divorce Mode (which at least in that case was very on point, it was almost impossible NOT to kill your partner in that game)
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 May 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, NSMB was insane.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 9 May 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Me and GF have had to improve our communication on co-op games. Most comes to the fore playing Lego:
Me: Go over there!Her: Where?Me: Over there! (waves hand at telly)Her: !?!?!
Portal's co-op has a handy "No, THIS is where I mean!" feature, which I'm sure was added after playtester manslaughter.
― food and boardgames and minimal techno (NotEnough), Friday, 10 May 2013 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
that absolutely was an essential feature
― Nhex, Friday, 10 May 2013 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
played this with my girlfriend at the time and i ended up crying literal tears of frustration and was in a mood for the entirety of the day after.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 10 May 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
the sequence through the 'historical' section of the complex (the j/k simmons bit) is just amazing. valve are so good at storytelling.― goole, Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― goole, Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah that whole section of the game is really special, to the point where the later stuff back in the normal complex is kind of disappointing
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
jk simmons is amazing
― mh, Friday, 10 May 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
narratively and atmopsherically it was great, but in terms of the puzzles it was a little weaker than the other parts for the sheer fact that the number of portal-able surfaces were so limited
― Nhex, Friday, 10 May 2013 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, but the puzzles were interesting in their sheer size, i thought. like, few portal-able surfaces, but they were sometimes hard to find, just a tiny lil white spot across a huge room or something
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
^i totally said "portalable" all the time while playing
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
i came up with the mental neologism of 'whitewall' for what i needed
― goole, Friday, 10 May 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
FUCK NO WHITEWALL THERE WHAT DO I DO FUCK
― goole, Friday, 10 May 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, May 10, 2013 12:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha its a healthy exercise in being patient! you forget how unnatural using 2 sticks to move and turn your view is for people not used to fps games. she ran in circles a lot instead of just turning her view >_<
― best new whale (bnw), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
you forget how unnatural using 2 sticks to move and turn your view is for people not used to fps games. people who play fps games with a mouse and keyboard, as god intended
― mh, Friday, 10 May 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
omg you use a two button LOL
― best new whale (bnw), Friday, 10 May 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
two button mouse* #fail
― best new whale (bnw), Friday, 10 May 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
the frustration was at how bad I was - she is far better at games than me. we were playing it with her housemates watching us and she was berating me for being shit and it all got a bit too much for me tbh.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Saturday, 11 May 2013 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
aw
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 11 May 2013 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
mh otm about control schemes; gamepads for fpses are an abomination before the lord
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 11 May 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
I played some doom in my day but came of age in the realm of shooting people in quake with a sweet Logitech mouseman.
― mh, Saturday, 11 May 2013 04:38 (eleven years ago) link
Lol olds
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 11 May 2013 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
i am a clinger. here's a picture i took five minutes ago (i did have to retrieve the disc from a drawer)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/Inuxx/0a124241-7687-47e6-9f1f-73ba7a09903e_zpsd160bc76.jpg
that stuff on the mouse is noob blood
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 11 May 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
mousepad also obv from like 1995
Doom was the last shooter I was any good at
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Saturday, 11 May 2013 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
doom actually when i replayed it last year i discovered that because there's no Z-axis you can get total precision just using the keyboard: left hand on WASD to move forward/backward and strafe left/right; right hand on the left and right arrow keys to turn. (the left pinky and thumb rest on CTRL and SPACE for shoot and use respectively.) as a kid i was totally unaware of this approach; what i did was play mouse-only, as in i pushed the mouse forward across the pad to walk forward, which now seems INSANE. i kind of want to write a book about FPSes that's why this post is okay.
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 11 May 2013 05:43 (eleven years ago) link