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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2007/10/12/portal/1

    Lastly, we take the cerebral part of The Orange Box out of its packaging and see what it has to offer us. Will we ever escape the Aperture Science Enrichment Centre and will we ever get over this intense bout of nausea? The only way to find out is to read our in-depth review...

    :confused:
     
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  2. will.

    will. A motorbike of jealousy!

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    However short portal may have been, compared to most other source games, the maps will be relatively easy to make using hammer. We shall see lots of community built maps I would think!
     
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  3. acidfire

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    I'm looking forward to the community maps, and for the portal gun to appear in HL2. Joe, I played portal first and still found myself disappointed. I found that it started to drag on at the end and got really boring. I hope whatever's next for portal is longer, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it ties with HL2 beyond what Ep. 2 showed.
     
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  4. [cibyr]

    [cibyr] Sometimes posts here

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    How can you review portal without mentioning the completely awesome final credit sequence? I have that song on my MP3 player now :D

    "Aperture Science.
    We do what we must,
    because we can."

    :D
     
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  5. g3n3tiX

    g3n3tiX Minimodder

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    I've only got one thing to say.

    The cake is a lie.

    Loved portal. Everything is so great about it. The game, the mechanics, the "plot", the humor, the turrets ("I don't blame you")...

    Excellent !
     
    g3n3tiX, 12 Oct 2007
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  6. cyrilthefish

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    Seconded :D

    I'll put down the Portal ending and end credits down as being the funniest i've ever seen in any game
    :clap:

    Also i for some reason have taken a real shine to portal. played an hour or so of EP2, but already on a second run through of portal :lol:
     
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  7. inzane86

    inzane86 engineer with an axe

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    Portal was realy impressive, tough a little short... so fingers crossed and hoping for more bonus maps ^_^
    Personally I played portal first and liked it that way . I saw it as a warmup for EP:Two. But either way is fine.

    Faworite qoute:
    "Speedy thing go in, speedy thing go out."
     
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  8. DeXtmL

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    An amazing fresh air for first-person shooter.
    Great idea!
     
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  9. inzane86

    inzane86 engineer with an axe

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    But isn't this a spoiler?
     
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  10. g3n3tiX

    g3n3tiX Minimodder

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  11. Hugo

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    Spoiler tags people pleeease! Most people won't want to have the ending ruined before they start playing the game.

    We are sorry to inform that this next test. Is impossible. Please make no attempt to complete it.

    Portal is going to get some awesome merch at the valve store!

    Also: anyone else getting really really annoyed with the challenge levels? I'm going mad trying to do level 18 with the least amount of portals!!
     
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  12. [USRF]Obiwan

    [USRF]Obiwan What's a Dremel?

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    I played Portal first, because this was to me to most 'interesting' new thing in the HL universe. Its a amazing game. While playing it i thought about all sorts of addons like frantic mulitplayer stuff where people must help each other through a level. I remember the days when me and my TFC clan mates, would play till the morning laughing our socks off on some amazing co-op puzzle mods for TFC.

    Portal is amazing and i see much potential for the modding community out there, its almost like boxworld in 3D with holes.


    "Help us to help us help all of us"
     
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  13. cyrilthefish

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    Didn't think so myself, can't see how it'd give anything away.

    I'll edit it anyway if you want to do the same to the part you quoted :)

    EDIT: done
     
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  14. D3s3rt_F0x

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    "We hope your detention in the relaxation vault was a relaxing one"
    "Rememeber the Apeture science bring your daughter to work day is the perfect time to have her tested"

    wow i love that voice so much it almost makes the game lol
     
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    does this mean im a genius for finishing it in under 2? :p
    i am up to ~5 hours portal playing time according to steam community thingy now tho, portal is the new crack :(
     
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  16. inzane86

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    Good Poit I edited my comment also.
     
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    Very much looking forward to community maps for this because the concept is too awesome to end so soon!

    Where does one go for fan maps these days? I think the last thing I downloaded was probably They Hunger for HL1...
     
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  18. CardJoe

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    Garrys Mod is hard at work on maps regularly of all types - check Garry.tv
    There's also FPSBanana and Excite Mod to look at too...
     
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  19. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    Hilarious SPOPILER LINK:

    http://www.myspace.com/glados
     
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  20. Da_Rude_Baboon

    Da_Rude_Baboon What the?

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    LMAO the ending was superb! :clap:
     
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