Portal 2 discussion thread, now with PERPETUAL TESTING INITIATIVE

[Kabanaw]

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ACE

Entire Game

Dear god, Valve left the door open. Chell is now free to find or be found by what's occupying the States in the Combine era. GLaDOS now has an eternity to tinker around with Atlas and P-Body. Valve has already stated (unknown if publically or privately to ThePoliticalGamer) that they are done with altering the game and will release DLC sometime. That alone might give us our next plot platform to hop up to. It could even be another ARG, which Valve has perfected the art of. And we still have the Borealis.

Spoiler

well, Chell really can't interact with the combine. Since she was in the sleep chamber for at least 9999 days, which is about 30 years. Assuming Portal 1 takes place around around 2007, since valve likes to make games that are in the current time frame, Portal 2 takes place around at least 2037. If Half-Life 2 takes place at ~2017, then either the Combine is gone or all the humans are dead. But, considering the next installment in Half-Life will probably involve the borealis, it's possible that Valve has a "we told you that story so we could tell you this one" kind of plot. I would love it if when boarding the Borealis you hear "Cave Johnson here!"

[Jedward]

Spoiler

well, Chell really can't interact with the combine. Since she was in the sleep chamber for at least 9999 days, which is about 30 years. Assuming Portal 1 takes place around around 2007, since valve likes to make games that are in the current time frame, Portal 2 takes place around at least 2037. If Half-Life 2 takes place at ~2017, then either the Combine is gone or all the humans are dead. But, considering the next installment in Half-Life will probably involve the borealis, it's possible that Valve has a "we told you that story so we could tell you this one" kind of plot. I would love it if when boarding the Borealis you hear "Cave Johnson here!"

Spoiler

Portal does not take place in 2007. It takes place in the 90s, IIRC.

Afterthoughts:
Want You Gone is a great song, better in musicality than Still Alive but doesn't have as much of an impact as it. I love it, though.


SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE (that is, for a Portal 3(?))

Just finished with roughly 8 hours played. Much longer than the original.

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Potato thing was amazing. The moon? Did not see that coming. That was awesome. the ending was kind of vague... should we be expecting a Portal 3?

Anyone on Steam wanna coop? :3

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The white portal-conducting gel is made of moon rocks.

I played co-op with Jon yesterday. He was lame. :(


ALSO PLEASE KEEP ALL SPOILERS IN SPOILER TAGS. THANK YOU. (AND EDIT ALL POSTS THAT CONTAIN SPOILERS)

[Jon]

This game is amazing so far, on Part 6 so far.
Why is Co-Op friends only? ._. No one is gonna get it on my friends list.

The Grumpy N00b, if anyone wants.

There's matchmaking as well o-o...

[Hazzy]

There's matchmaking as well o-o...

For Steam. Do the consoles have it too...?

How'd chell survive in the vacum of space and not die...

You can survive in Space for, and I quote Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for about 30 seconds.

[Mute]

For Steam. Do the consoles have it too...?



You can survive in Space for, and I quote Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for about 30 seconds.

Yes, consoles do have it.

[Jon]

For Steam. Do the consoles have it too...?

Yeah. I was playing with someone playing on Steam while I was on my PS3. Not sure if that works for the 360 though. :/

edit: Ninja'd. So the 360 does have matchmaking as well. (Mute has the 360 version)

[Mute]

Indeed. I was playing the co-op with Combo earlier today.. shiz be tough. (part 2, puzzle 6(?)) where you gotta time jumping and catching sh'it.

The campaign? Dude..

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That corrupt core is awesome. Not the space one, the green one.

[Berzerk]

The Xbox has Matchmaking but I'm pretty sure it can't play with PS3 and PC users.

[Fiel]

BTA and I went through all of the co-op levels and finished it this morning at about 5:15 AM with bloodshot eyes. The last puzzle is the hardest, but now that we know what to do it's dead simple. We could probably complete it within five minutes.

For whatever reason, all of the puzzles involving gels are much, much harder than the test chamber puzzles. I think it's because not only do you have to know where to fling the gels, but you also have to know the objective or reasoning why you're flinging the gels.

[Secun]

The campaign? Dude..

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That corrupt core is awesome. Not the space one, the green one.

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Yeah, the green one was great. I'll have to go back and listen to his script later

[Erich]

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[Kojo]

I finished the game. That ending was awesome. I also liked the ending song better than the first one. Now to beat co-op mode with someone. Also, I might replay single player with commentary on.

[Mute]

I finished the game. That ending was awesome. I also liked the ending song better than the first one. Now to beat co-op mode with someone. Also, I might replay single player with commentary on.

Problem with commentary mode?
Cannot save during.

[Erebus]

Problem with commentary mode?
Cannot save during.

I don't think you're suppose to be able to do that.

Also I'm going to be on Live in about 15 minutes so if anyone wants to be in an LP. Add DeusAtrum to your friend list or w/e and sign in.

FYI: I don't really act like I do on this site on Live

[Kabanaw]

Spoiler

Portal does not take place in 2007. It takes place in the 90s, IIRC.

Afterthoughts:
Want You Gone is a great song, better in musicality than Still Alive but doesn't have as much of an impact as it. I love it, though.


SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE (that is, for a Portal 3(?))

Spoiler

The white portal-conducting gel is made of moon rocks.

I played co-op with Jon yesterday. He was lame. :(


ALSO PLEASE KEEP ALL SPOILERS IN SPOILER TAGS. THANK YOU. (AND EDIT ALL POSTS THAT CONTAIN SPOILERS)

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Still, my point stands. Portal 2 takes place after the Half-Life 2 storyline.

[Jon]

The end of co-op WAS FREAKIN' EPIC. @_@

[xBTAx]

BTA and I went through all of the co-op levels and finished it this morning at about 5:15 AM with bloodshot eyes. The last puzzle is the hardest, but now that we know what to do it's dead simple. We could probably complete it within five minutes.

For whatever reason, all of the puzzles involving gels are much, much harder than the test chamber puzzles. I think it's because not only do you have to know where to fling the gels, but you also have to know the objective or reasoning why you're flinging the gels.

Yeah, we really spent way too much time on that last puzzle... :x

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So yeah, just finished single player. Absolutely loved the whole game. Only parts I was annoyed by were mostly in "The Fall", where it was sorta confusing about where to go next. And then the gel puzzles were annoying too for the same reason. After that, everything was wonderful again.

Also: will SPAAAAAAAACE be this one's meme? :p

[ChaosCorpse]

Such a lovely ending...

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Upon reflection of this ending, for some odd reason I felt an extreme case of deja vu. I don't know how, but I feel that I've seen an orchestra of turrets before .

Got to chapter 4 of 5 for co-op yesterday, so I haven't finished it just yet, but it was definitely more of a challenge than the main game.

[Erebus]

The end of co-op WAS FREAKIN' EPIC. @_@

Don't you just get told how you saved science and then Glados Orgasms.

[Jon]

Don't you just get told how you saved science and then Glados Orgasms.

No, not at all.