Portal 2

Yeah :(
I assume I could un- and re-install but it takes bloody ages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8SdYz7cq04

still keep meaning to get my hands on this

snagged a cheap copy of orange box - loving portal 1, will have to get this.

Can't believe they bought billboards for this a coupla months back. Feels like its some sorta cultural turning point.

ok that engagement thing was p sweet

http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/08/23/new-video-brings-portal-to-life/

goole buy portal 2 so i can coop with a real person not some scumbag from the internet

haha i mean scumbag from xbox live - we are all scumbags from the internet

I only have the PS3/PC versions or I'd volunteer

might pick this up if it's on sale next weekend

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. :/

it's half price today and tomorrow

thanks for the heads up. 80% of the reason I bought a new computer is to play this.

haha i got a text off a mate, who i barely ever hear from, telling me this was then quid this weekend

80% of the reason I bought a new computer is to play this.

it was 95% of the reason my husband bought me mine :)

the new portal stuff is co-op only

nooooooooooo

Challenge maps are kinda fun I
Guess

what a delightful and thought-provoking game!

isnt it though?

This game rules

now i want to play it all over again

still have never played co-op

me either

Not good for couples. Xpost

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

co-op is fun for couples imo though we burnt out by the dlc part.

the sequence through the 'historical' section of the complex (the j/k simmons bit) is just amazing. valve are so good at storytelling.

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 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"

co-op is fun for couples imo though we burnt out by the dlc part.

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.

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)

Yeah, NSMB was insane.

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.

that absolutely was an essential feature

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 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

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

jk simmons is amazing

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

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

^i totally said "portalable" all the time while playing

i came up with the mental neologism of 'whitewall' for what i needed

FUCK NO WHITEWALL THERE WHAT DO I DO FUCK

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, 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 >_<

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

omg you use a two button LOL

two button mouse* #fail

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.

aw