Portal (2) just got alot harder...


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FPPa are then not for you then. Yes, it was hard but at 10-18 it was pretty much instinct on how to solve each room.

Thank god you didnt try any user mods :p Now THOSE are hard....

Oh, it's for me. Just took me awhile to get the 10-18 finished. I got stuck at the part where there was all water on the right with one platform at a lower level. You had to alternate going back and forth between orange and blue to move up each level "shooting" up, including an angled platform off of the wall. Finally figured that out, and was able to get past the rest without issue.

Did some user mods on the PC at a friends as well. Hard, but obtainable.

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I'm all for them making it harder (the first one was a breeze, for the most part), I just hope they don't make it too hard and displease casual gamers who may have liked the first one... cause I want this to sell millions of copies so Valve can make more of them ;)

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Source??

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/06/15/portal-2-co-op-impressions-four-portals-are-better-than-two/

Ever since the dawn of "Portal," the prospect of that gameplay with a second person is just slightly mind-bending. It seems the reality is just as mind-bending, as I attempted to survive a handful of "Portal 2" co-op test chambers with Valve's Erik Wolpaw.

Co-op features a completely different story and set of challenges from the single-player game. When teaming up, you'll control one of two robots...one made from an old GladOS personality sphere and another made from a broken-down turret. Your character doesn't affect your abilities, though, as both robots act exactly like the hero did in the original game.

Which means both robots can fire two portals each. So you can have a total of four portals running at once, and each robot is free to use the other robot's portals. Hopefully you're beginning to understand just how complicated this can become.

Thankfully Valve is known for its game balancing, and the challenges of "Portal 2" start out slow. But in time, the demands become greater and require constant communication between players. To this end, Valve added a communication system which allows players to mark objects in the world. For example, you can tell your friend to place a portal in a specific spot just by marking it...instead of having to painstakingly describe exactly where you want him to place it.

You'll need that communication when you come up against the myriad of new puzzle elements in "Portal 2." Laser bridges, refracting cubes and spring boards are just a sample of some of the new elements being introduced in the game.

From my brief play-through, it's clear that co-op "Portal" is going to be just as tricky as it sounds. But hey, that's why we play puzzle games, right?

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Just finished watching the videos, and they don't look that challenging -- look like introductions to each new object or feature, basically. Very nice (Y)

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Simple for now, but when they'll mix each new feature together, it's going to be harder.

Well of course :) I just meant the title (for me, at least) made it seem like it was going to be some impossible puzzler. I'm glad they're making it harder, though.

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Why don't you just buy Portal 1 then and play it?

Dude, Portal was free for like 2 weeks (or something) a couple of weeks ago. Should have snapped it up then! I did (Y)

Buy it! :laugh:

I think I will wait for the second one, one thing I do not like is buying old games.

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Portal 1 is from 2007 - hardly old. And it's one of the best games of the last 10 years.

You're missing out by not buying it, trust me.

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I think I will wait for the second one, one thing I do not like is buying old games.

You're missing out on an absolutely amazing game then, dude. :no:

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damn, this looks awesome and i still havn't beat the first one :p

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damn, this looks awesome and i still havn't beat the first one :p

Get back to it! Should only take a few hours to complete the whole game. :)

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Get back to it! Should only take a few hours to complete the whole game. :)

i'm to the first turret level, and can't get passed

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Also, if you do not play the first one, then I bet you will not get any of the inside jokes that portal 2 will touch up with. That alone is worth it. GladOS is hilarious.

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I think I will wait for the second one, one thing I do not like is buying old games.
What kind of lame ass reason is that? Portal is awesome. A true gem of a game, it'll never get old!
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I think I will wait for the second one, one thing I do not like is buying old games.

It's really cheap. Heck, you can even get it on XBLA if you want.

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Seriously, if portal was released now as is, it would still be one of the best games out there. There is nothing outdated at all about Portal. And it's cheap.

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Why do they have to make things like this First Person? I don't get it. the environments would look much better if you could scale in it against a character from the outside, like 3rd person.

damn I hate FPS

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