Valve's Portal Part of the Half-Life World 25
1up had the chance to sit down with Valve to talk about Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. They've come away with some great information, with probably the most exciting information focused around Portal. In a writeup of the visit, Matt Leone reveals that Portal is actually a part of the Half-Life 2 world. The protagonist is a new character, and eventually the fascinating puzzle/fps title will hook back into the Half-Life story at large. From the article: "'The origins of this character will be clear... eventually,' says Swift. Given that Portal has now been in development for just over a year, we wouldn't be surprised to see a few retroactive references pop up in Episode 1 as well, but for specifics we'll have to wait to hear more from the creepy narrator that taunts you while you play (yep, the same one from the first trailer)." For video and all the details, check out yesterday's episode of the 1up show.
Mod him up! (Score:2)
Old-ish (Score:2, Informative)
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If you want to play Portal right now, you could try it's predecessor, Narbacular Drop [nuclearmon...ftware.com].
This won the student showcase prize at the Independant Games Festival, and the designers used it to demonstrate the concept of the 'Portal mod' to Valve.
TF2? No thanks. (Score:1)
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Original as in HL2, not HL1.
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Ew. Major ick.
Use STEAM. Buy everything via Steam. I've never had any problems with any content purchased and downloaded via Steam -- aside from, yes, the first month or two of Steam in which EVERYTHING was broken.
Seriously, Steam's looking to be one of the greatest innovations in entertainment delivery in the past decade. Or two. Who knows. Bored? Open steam, click on a new game you want, you get charged 5/10/20 bucks, and bam a lil while later there's the whole game. Gotta re
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Before you go implying someone is a dipshit for purchasing the CD, you have to look at some of the reasons why they might do it.
There are of course a tonne of possible reasons but here's one which sticks in my mind and pisses me the hell off.
A HEAP of damned software stores dropped it to 10$ and some even 5$ within the first month.
ONE QUARTER of what we saps paid for from steam.
What happened to "digital distribution cuts out the middle man and saves you $$$"
What an absoloute joke.
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But when I got HL2, I got the silver package.. which included DOD:S.. and it was 60 bucks. Less IIRC than it was in a store, and the very day it was released I could play it.. since I had pre-ordered, and pre-downloaded, the program in its entirety.
Really, though, for an extra 5 bucks I'll stick with purchasing via Steam. It saves me about that much gas anyway, but by using Steam you get to indirectly support 3rd-party modders. Some of thos
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Sheppard (Score:1)
HL Portal = Acme magic hole (Score:2)
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What is your point?
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Clearly the game is not for you, so don't buy it.