So I finally bought Portal on Xbox Arcade!

[mrbigreddog]

Better late than never I guess... Amazing Game!!!

And after a couple of nights, I beat the game as well!

So now I'm dying for more Portal, I see there is an unofficial prequel mod on the PC,
and Portal 2 is coming out soon. I don't know if my PC can handle this game or not,
but I might have to give it a try.

Who else here has played this game/beat this game?

[snume]

I enjoyed it as well, but trying to master every level or get the achievements drove me batty.

[Obviously]

I love everything about Portal from the clever puzzles to the witty writing. It really leaves you wanting more at the end especially because it's so criminally short.

[Elusive]

I don't know ... it's short, it's punchy, it's funny, and there's nothing really to add to the game other than more puzzles in sterile white laboratory environments. Really, I found it to be just right in length.

[Devil N]

Yeah, Portal was tight, well-designed, felt complete and didn't outstay its welcome. The game is perfect as it is, short though it may be.

Anyway...

The cake is a lie!

[mrbigreddog]

Portal 2 seems pretty interesting... Cooperative multiplayer, and a few new gadgets!

Nice little advert for the preorder of Portal 2 as well..

[kokujin]

I played it a lot back when it came out.They're plenty of map packs for the PC version, I played through a couple of them, but not all of them were good.Can't wait for 2, but I am not to keen on multiplatform play with the PS3.I hope you choose not to play with them.

[TheRollingStoner]

Portal is a puzzling platforming masterpiece masterpiece. I haven't finished it yet, I think I'm on test chamber 17 or 18. I started playing it again last night, and I still love it so.

I checked out the specs for Portal 2, and I don't think my PC is going to be able to handle that business.

[TheFace]

If you haven't yet, I HIGHLY recommend playing it with the developer commentary on. It's a nifty insight into the stuff that went into making the game and why some of the levels appear as they do in the order that they do.

[kokujin]

Portal is a puzzling platforming masterpiece masterpiece. I haven't finished it yet, I think I'm on test chamber 17 or 18. I started playing it again last night, and I still love it so.

I checked out the specs for Portal 2, and I don't think my PC is going to be able to handle that business.

Did you play 1 on the PC?If so you should be able to play 2 on the same PC.

[Vyse of Arcadia]

Obligatory xkcd

[Strok]

I'm not sure about Portal 2. It looks great, granted, but if it more than doubles or even triples the length, which it surely has to as a proper standalone game, it strikes me that it might outstay it's welcome. I didn't think it was a concept that could carry over for a proper full length game.

[Phantar]

Spectacular. You appear to understand how a portal affects forward momentum, or to be more precise, how it does not. Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.

[Elusive]

If you haven't yet, I HIGHLY recommend playing it with the developer commentary on. It's a nifty insight into the stuff that went into making the game and why some of the levels appear as they do in the order that they do.

I was gawping at some of the stuff that sounded utterly trivial, but actually made perfect sense; the only square things you see are things that go on the big red circle things, and then something happens.

It's like the orange-blue film poster comparison, or that abominable FedEX arrow; it's so simple it hides at the back of your brain, or something.

[TheRollingStoner]

Did you play 1 on the PC?If so you should be able to play 2 on the same PC.

Yes, I did. Portal runs adequately, with some slowdown here and there. Keep in mind I do have most of the settings turned down and am using the lowest resolution.

However, for Portal 2, it seems you require a 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher). I have an Intel 2GHz Dual Core. Also, I doubt my crap video card meets the requirements as well. This is a laptop, of course. I'm going to need a new PC if I want to play for reals.