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Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by mambodog »

sp332 wrote: post #11

What made Portal compelling was the learning. And the pacing was slow, frankly, because it was teaching you to learn a new mechanic and think in a new way. I'm not saying it has no replay value, but playing through a second time is so much easier that the jokes are most of the interest - the gameplay itself is no longer compelling. So the sequel will have to step up the pace and the difficulty, or introduce some new…

Apparently the co-op is much more challenging that the single-player, so maybe that will satisfy.

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by moolave »

Since portal does a lot of mental stretching on spatial aptitude sandbox environment, this game could be a breakthrough test for school exams / exercises.

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by DLWormwood »

I admit I didn’t like parts of the first game as much as I’d hoped, but after playing the commentary and enjoying the “escape sequence,” I’m looking forward to the sequel. I just hope that the developers’ lessons learned designing that last level will carry through to the new game. The last couple of test chambers sucked due to not separating complex puzzles from the timed ones.

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by ComputerGuru »

jerf wrote: post #15
sp332 wrote: post #11

What made Portal compelling was the learning. And the pacing was slow, frankly, because it was teaching you to learn a new mechanic and think in a new way. I'm not saying it has no replay value, but playing through a second time is so much easier that the jokes are most of the interest - the gameplay itself is no longer compelling. So the sequel will have to step up the pace and the difficulty, or introduce some new…

Portal did have challenge maps which I for one found legitimate challenging. In agreement: One of the things I like about sequels, especially for things like Portal, is that they are much more able to just jump into the action. Portal 1 is in some sense the tutorial level. For a movie example, while the first Harry Potter was enjoyable, it spends almost the entire movie just setting up. The later ones I enjoyed much…

Anyone that enjoyed the Harry Potter movies clearly didn't read the books, and has no right to complain.

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by Tichy »

Definitely will play that one. It seems it is hard to capture on video what made the game so great, though.

Also, am I the only one who finds sequels depressing? There rarely is a point in beating the enemy in a game anymore, because they will ALWAYS be back.

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by phoboslab »

sp332 wrote: post #11

What made Portal compelling was the learning. And the pacing was slow, frankly, because it was teaching you to learn a new mechanic and think in a new way. I'm not saying it has no replay value, but playing through a second time is so much easier that the jokes are most of the interest - the gameplay itself is no longer compelling. So the sequel will have to step up the pace and the difficulty, or introduce some new…

In an interview they said that a major goal of Portal 2 is to keep it just as accessible as the first one. I won't be just a "more difficult Portal 1". And judging from the trailer and Gameplay videos, there will be lots of new mechanics (e.g. some kind of fluid dynamics).

They also said that it would be about twice as long as the first game. I'm not sure if I'd want that. I like short games and to me, part of Portals appeal and "replay value" is that you can easily play it in one sitting.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/16/wolpaw-lombardi-t...

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Post by Jach »

aikinai wrote: post #16
sp332 wrote: post #11

What made Portal compelling was the learning. And the pacing was slow, frankly, because it was teaching you to learn a new mechanic and think in a new way. I'm not saying it has no replay value, but playing through a second time is so much easier that the jokes are most of the interest - the gameplay itself is no longer compelling. So the sequel will have to step up the pace and the difficulty, or introduce some new…

Below are some new gameplay videos, which showcase a wide variety of new game mechanics. Particularly the second two show a lot of new tricks they're going to be bringing to the sequel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5THiN8szSKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq2mZoKkqMw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGlyQmmvj0w Also, I'm really looking forward to the coop campaign.

Awesome vids, thanks for the links. And it looks like they're using more DigiPen student ideas again. The gels seemed to be straight out of Tag: https://www.digipen.edu/studentprojects/tag/

(Disclaimer: I'm a CE student there.)

Edit: ah, looks like someone already caught that hours ago!

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by Shorel »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #24
jerf wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Portal did have challenge maps which I for one found legitimate challenging. In agreement: One of the things I like about sequels, especially for things like Portal, is that they are much more able to just jump into the action. Portal 1 is in some sense the tutorial level. For a movie example, while the first Harry Potter was enjoyable, it spends almost the entire movie just setting up. The later ones I enjoyed much…

Anyone that enjoyed the Harry Potter movies clearly didn't read the books, and has no right to complain.

Honestly, my time is much better invested in the Discworld books.

Re: Portal 2 trailer

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Post by kmfrk »

ekanes wrote: post #14

Apropos of Portal, but unrelated to the release of Portal 2, this Youtube clip is one of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L-rrkyvApU

What happened to terminal velocity?
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