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Re: Get Portal for free

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Post by spudlyo »

Tip for OSX: If steam complains that it needs to be on a case insensitive file system, you can go to the disk utility and select 'New Image' from the toolbar and create a files system, make sure it's case insensitive, and mount it in /Volumes/SteamDisk.

Then you have to make some symbolic links to this file system, like:

~/Documents/Steam Content -> /Volumes/SteamDisk/Steam Content

~/Library/Application Support/Steam -> /Volumes/SteamDisk/Steam

Once you've got that set up, you should be able to drag the steam icon over to the /Volumes/SteamDisk and then run it.

Re: Get Portal for free

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Post by icegreentea »

megablast wrote: post #40
michaelbuckbee wrote: post #6

I had some worries that it wouldn't work so hot, but it was decent playing on my MBP.

Do I need steam, or can I just download the game? Do I need to have internet access when I run the game? I really don't like the new model of needing to know all this, a good reason I gave up on games along time ago.

You need steam. You don't need internet access to run the game.

Re: Get Portal for free

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Post by DLWormwood »

I'm officially disappointed in Portal, and glad I got it for free. Everybody in the trade press said it was this extraordinary thing: a short but sweet puzzler. Sadly, the game/dev's roots as a FPS house really shows here. Not all of us (especially us older people) have the reflexes anymore to do some of the real time tricks required to solve the last couple of stages. sigh

Re: Get Portal for free

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Post by jokermatt999 »

To any hackers who haven't played this game, I highly recommend it. Even if you aren't the gaming type, it's a short and highly enjoyable experience. The writing is great, the gameplay is fun, and the puzzles will get you to use your brain (if not in the main game, then in the challenges). It's only a few hours long, and you could potentially beat it in a few hours. Above all, it's free. Try it out; there's no reason not to.

Re: Get Portal for free

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Post by maushu »

DLWormwood wrote: post #65

I'm officially disappointed in Portal, and glad I got it for free. Everybody in the trade press said it was this extraordinary thing: a short but sweet puzzler. Sadly, the game/dev's roots as a FPS house really shows here. Not all of us (especially us older people) have the reflexes anymore to do some of the real time tricks required to solve the last couple of stages. sigh

Funnily enough, the game developers are not from Valve if that is what you are implying by "FPS house" since they are team that attended Digipen and made a similar game called Narbacular Drop (also a fps). You should check it out.
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