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Valve: Portal 2 Single player 'absolutely the best' we've done. Co-op a 'tie' with Left 4 Dead

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"TGL was in London last week play testing Portal 2’s single player and between sessions we managed to grab a hold of Valve’s Chet Faliszek for a quick chat about Portals, fast talking English comics, DLC and why its the best Valve single player experience to date...."

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EYEamNUMBER14775d ago

if this game ends up being an hour long like the 1st one im not gonna buy it

sure its fun but if its super short its not worth the full 60 bucks

Ducky4775d ago (Edited 4775d ago )

The first one was just thrown in as a small extra in the orange box.
A small extra that proved to make a big impact.

Considering that the first game only had about two or three actual puzzle elements (whereas this game has a lot more) it should have some length.
Since Portal is a puzzle game, it's not the length that concerns me, it's the challenge. The first was a bit too easy (... but it had some challenging hair-pulling mods)

That, and the extra challenges can also eat up some time. =)

Edit: I meant things like turrets, cubes/blocks, energy-balls, etc.
Each level is a combination of puzzle elements... but those elements themselves remain the same.

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Kran4775d ago (Edited 4775d ago )

They've already announced the game is more than 10 hours long. The co-op is also the same.

Plus not to mention the price has dropped incredibly since pre-orders began

At first in the UK, it was £40 for the console version and around £30 for the PC version.

Now its as low as £30 for console and as low as £22 for the PC version. That's how much Valve and sometimes retailers love us.

Mr Tretton4775d ago

They said Portal 2 was twice as long as the original, not 10 hours.

Though I'm sure playing the single player, then playing the co-op with give you 10 hours.

qface644775d ago

i fail to see how anyone can disagree with that if the game ended up being 1-2 hours people would still pay the full 60 dollar price tag? pfft what a joke

someone here said it will be 3x longer than the 1st but 1 hour x 3 is only 3 hours

i only payed 10 bucks for the 1st portal but at 10 bucks i ain't complaining

BlackKnight4775d ago (Edited 4775d ago )

I think they are disagreeing that not only was the first game not that short (nor was it a $60 standalone game) but they are also disagreeing due to the fact it has already been confirmed that Portal 2 is a full fledged game with an appropriate length for 60 bucks.

qface644775d ago

how do you classify a full fledged game?

allot of games this generation have been so called full fledged but are only like 4 hours long

as for how long the 1st one was i beat mine in 79 minutes exactly but like i said at a price of 10 bucks i ain't complaining

if i payed 60 for portal 2 and it ended up being really short i would be annoyed myself like when i bought heavenly sword full price and i beat it literally 3 hours and 30 minutes later i was mad

RockmanII74775d ago

It's made by Valve, that's reason enough to know it's gonna be good

SwilloTGL4775d ago

Im sure both campaigns will be a good length. Valve have said that the Portal 2 single player campaign will be 3 times longer that the P1 campaign

theonlylolking4775d ago

PORTAL 2 will be the best game they will make until portal 3

Ducky4775d ago (Edited 4775d ago )

I don't think Valve has ever made anything with the number '3' in it.

If they do break into the triples, it's gotta be with the Half-Life series.

Coffin874775d ago

Yep, lol, either HL3 or HL2-Ep.3.
They can't aviod the 3 much longer! =D

DERKADER4775d ago

The pre-load just went live on Steam, downloading now!

Lamarthedancer4775d ago

Can I play the co-op with an AI bot...

Does anyone know how it works if you want to play by your self. I know the whole point is team work but so was L4D and the other team mates were AI bots.

I'm not the type to play with other people I don't know. I don't mind online play but when you have to work together with puzzles you have to be more "chatty" to one another. I would play it with my friends like I always do but their getting the 360 version

Anyone ?

Ducky4775d ago

I think co-op is a bit more involved than L4D where AI was just extra firepower... and an AI would kinda kill the experience.

Being chatty isn't necessary as there's in-game 'commands' to quickly tell the other person. IGN's video preview has some info on that I believe.

Knightofelemia4775d ago (Edited 4775d ago )

Left 4 Dead was co-op with 3 other AI for campaign and online until somebody else joined the game then you would be down to 2 AI's. Just hope the AI is smarter in Portal 2 than in Left 4 Dead

http://youtu.be/VqyNS7ZdY1A

Pandamobile4775d ago (Edited 4775d ago )

There is no AI in Portal 2, at least not that I know of.

peowpeow4775d ago

It would be difficult to create AI for the co-op mode.

I think it'd either be way too easy or annoying

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Steam's highest-rated game is now less than a dollar in the Spring Sale

Jack writes: "Yet again browsing the latest offers in the Steam Spring Sale has led us to track down the very best. In terms of price to quality, we don’t think that it gets much better than this. Portal 2 is now less than a dollar, and if you haven’t got it already, now is the time to pick it up."

TheEroica50d ago

Portal deserves to be one of steams highest rated games... It's almost tetris levels of perfect game design.

TheEnigma31350d ago

It's a great game, but highly overrated. But for $1, it's an amazon deal.

Friendlygamer50d ago

Valve should bring their games to ps5

Kados50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

Gotta love Steam. Just got Portal 2 for .97 cents CAD. Should have been $1.29, selected the bundle with Portal 1 and 2, which gets a 25% discount, already have Portal 1, so it removes the cost of that, and still applies the full 25% bundle discount to Portal 2. 90% + 25% discount.

Friendlygamer49d ago

That's sweet, I've been thinking about building a modest pc to play some oldies

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All the Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.

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thorstein57d ago

.... from the 2000s (mostly).

shinoff218357d ago

I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.

Cacabunga57d ago

Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1

Inverno57d ago

Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.

Name Last Name57d ago

I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.

Inverno57d ago

But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?

LucasRuinedChildhood57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.

But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.

- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).

Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.

Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.

Inverno57d ago

I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.

AuraAbjure57d ago

Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.

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The story behind Portal: Revolution — A fan-made prequel to Portal 2

Chris Brandrick, writing for overkill, speaks to Stefan Heinz, the lead developer on Portal: Revolution, a new fan-made campaign prequel to Portal 2.

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StalinSupremacy109d ago (Edited 109d ago )

valve suck so much at making games now, opting just to smaug on top of an enormous pile of money,
that fans got so desperate that they have to make their own games.
this industry is fucking over.