Catterjune Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Yeah... Portal 2. Coming out the 19th. Jerks on youtube ruined the ending for me. Won't do that to the nice folks on YCM though. ... Ending song is really, really nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterulez Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makο Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Waiting oh-so anxiously. And it's coming out on MY spring break, since homeschooler's get theirs later. Just need to pay off the last $10 to Gamestop, and I'm set. I love the Cave Johnson videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomboi Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I can't pay $50 for a few GB's of game! I'm gonna have to pirate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 One of the reasons games are so expensive now is because so many people pirate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnSlaUghT Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 [quote name='TheTurtleOnceCalledGod' timestamp='1302950620' post='5142407'] One of the reasons games are so expensive now is because so many people pirate them. [/quote] tell that to Valve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeDeFiA Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I don't find myself playing it, but I'mma probably watch some playthrough/commentaries of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFauKorean Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 did i ever mention glados turns me on? cant wait for the game a whole new set of big "o" are coming in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Is the ending song another JoCo or something by that new indie band I heard valve got working on this one? Kinda sucks that the ending got spoiled for you, I hate spoilers. :/ Also, this is the first full-price title I've bought in ages, not to mention I got a new computer [partially] to be able to play this game. I am sooooo hyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 [quote name='Kizzi' timestamp='1302999100' post='5144179'] Is the ending song another JoCo or something by that new indie band I heard valve got working on this one? [/quote] If I recall correctly, the co-op and the single player each have different ending themes. [quote name='Kizzi' timestamp='1302999100' post='5144179'] Kinda sucks that the ending got spoiled for you, I hate spoilers. :/ [/quote] Indeed. I don't mind/care so much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow. Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 I'm really anxious to get this game..... I never played the first one but I've seen some game plays of it and I'm determined to get this game any way I can. Oh and how much is it going to cost in US money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowferret Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 It's about 60 USD. So, I loved the original Portal, and as soon as I heard this was coming out I pre-ordered it. I think it was five or six months ago.... I can't wait for it to come out already! Every day I check my phone and think, "only x more days!" I'm afraid to look up any videos for it, though, because I really don't wanna see any spoilers before going through it myself. I'm gonna love playing through the co-op mode with my girlfriend. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Wheatley is the new face of trolling. Seriously, this game is epic. So many surprises, random jokes, puns, and other such. Btw, where do they get all these spare parts? How could humanity as a whole even afford to build such a complex? Why did the scientists even put a neurotoxin generator in the facility anyways? Where can I apply for a job at Aperture Science? P.S. It is much longer than the first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legokun Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Very much anticipating, one problem though: I lack the disk space and the money, so until I get my hands on a computer from the heavens, I'll have to hold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 [quote name='ZombiePigman' timestamp='1303061204' post='5145786'] Very much anticipating, one problem though: I lack the disk space and the money, so until I get my hands on a computer from the heavens, I'll have to hold out. [/quote] Sell your vital organs, buy a computer and then Portal 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 [quote name='shadowferret' timestamp='1303035064' post='5144966'] I can't wait for it to come out already! Every day I check my phone and think, "only x more days!"[/quote] [url=http://aperturescience.com/glados@home/]http://aperturescience.com/glados@home/[/url] [quote name='TheTurtleOnceCalledGod' timestamp='1303053613' post='5145407'] Why did the scientists even put a neurotoxin generator in the facility anyways?[/quote] If I recall correctly, GLaDOS told them she was gonna perform the Schrödinger's cat experiment and they believed her. ALSO! Here's an (old-ish?) Portal 2 comic. http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Was that comic made by Valve, or is it canon? Also, I do not see the practicality of using the neurotoxin they had in the game, if it were for practical military uses, it would need to be far more potent (i.e. not take 6 minutes to become lethal, etc.) Also, I did a little research into the game, and found out some interesting back-story. Everything makes sense if you listen to [i]all[/i] of the announcements in game. [color="#FFFFFF"]Caroline Potato shall be the new Cake Oh, and the ending of Co-Op seems to go along with the comic, so my guess is that it is canon, or it was fan-made and Valve decided to make it canon[/color] Also, any predictions for how big Aperture Science Labs are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 [quote]Was that comic made by Valve, or is it canon?[/quote] Yes and yes. Thinkwithportals(dot)com is one of their official sites. So is aperturesceince(dot)com and probably countless others. [quote]Also, I do not see the practicality of using the neurotoxin they had in the game, if it were for practical military uses, it would need to be far more potent (i.e. not take 6 minutes to become lethal, etc.)[/quote] It wasn't for practical military uses. It was to test Schrödinger's cat and see if reality existed or not. [quote]Also, I did a little research into the game, and found out some interesting back-story. Everything makes sense if you listen to all of the announcements in game.[/quote] There's a surprisingly large bit of backstory there actually. I mean, it looks minimilistic in every sense of the word, panels and all white test chambers and only two characters and only one character that speaks, but it's surprisingly rich with detail. From the cut phone line in GLaDOS's test chamber to the paranoid ramblings of Doug Rattman (the guy who stars in the comic) to the ridiculous and possibly true things GLaDOS says. It also helps that Aperture Science has their own website which revealed plenty of backstory. IIRC, they were originally a company who were supposed to make shower curtains for the military, except their CEO Cave Johnson went crazy from mercury poisoning and started investing into ridiculous BS like stealing kids wishes from the Make-A-Wish Foundation and preventing people from helping others who are choking (The Heimlich Counter Maneuver). Heck, even GLaDOS started as just a fuel system ice inhibitor. Just a part of an engine that was supposed to keep ice from forming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 [quote name='PikaPerson01' timestamp='1303085320' post='5146888'] There's a surprisingly large bit of backstory there actually. I mean, it looks minimilistic in every sense of the word, panels and all white test chambers and only two characters and only one character that speaks, but it's surprisingly rich with detail. From the cut phone line in GLaDOS's test chamber to the paranoid ramblings of Doug Rattman (the guy who stars in the comic) to the ridiculous and possibly true things GLaDOS says.It also helps that Aperture Science has their own website which revealed plenty of backstory. IIRC, they were originally a company who were supposed to make shower curtains for the military, except their CEO Cave Johnson went crazy from mercury poisoning and started investing into ridiculous BS like stealing kids wishes from the Make-A-Wish Foundation and preventing people from helping others who are choking (The Heimlich Counter Maneuver) [/quote] His madness gave rise to a brilliant enterprise that ended up killing off almost every member of his staff, left him in beyond financial ruin, and pushed forward science hundreds of years ahead of its time. Also, he cheated when they created their first true AI. [color="#FFFFFF"]My guess is that she went insane due to the procedure and having those modules attached to her, forcing her to hear voices in her head, similar to how Ratman was schizophrenic.[/color] P.S. do not highlight or quote me unless you want spoilers. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 [quote name='TheTurtleOnceCalledGod' timestamp='1303085936' post='5146928'] His madness gave rise to a brilliant enterprise that ended up killing off almost every member of his staff, left him in beyond financial ruin, and pushed forward science hundreds of years ahead of its time.[/quote] SPOILER! [spoiler=Half-Life 2 Spoilers][color=white]The Portal universe and the Half-Life universe are one and the same. Shortly after GLaDOS neurotoxin-ed everyone, the world as we knew it came to an end when Gordon Freeman started the resonance cascade and summoned the evil Combine onto our world. That's why when you're about to murder GLaDOS she says "Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge and even I'm not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them." The majority of the world is already dead and being ruled over by evil aliens.[/color][/spoiler] Also, Cave Johnson died long before the events of Portal 1. And even after the Heimlich Counter Maneuver and Take-A-Wish thing, they got plenty of government funding. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/aperture-science_3a00_-a-history.aspx The stuff in that link is also canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 [quote name='PikaPerson01' timestamp='1303087455' post='5147014'] SPOILER![spoiler=Half-Life 2 Spoilers][color=white]The Portal universe and the Half-Life universe are one and the same. Shortly after GLaDOS neurotoxin-ed everyone, the world as we knew it came to an end when Gordon Freeman started the resonance cascade and summoned the evil Combine onto our world. That's why when you're about to murder GLaDOS she says "Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge and even I'm not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them."The majority of the world is already dead and being ruled over by evil aliens.[/color][/spoiler]Also, Cave Johnson died long before the events of Portal 1. And even after the Heimlich Counter Maneuver and Take-A-Wish thing, they got plenty of government funding.http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/aperture-science_3a00_-a-history.aspxThe stuff in that link is also canon. [/quote] [spoiler=Cave Johnson and other spoilers, read at your own risk][color="#FFFFFF"]I thought, according to the annoucers, Cave Johnson got poisoning from crushed moon rocks, which were used as an ingredient in making the portal gun. After Wheatley takes control and sends you down a bottomless trap hole, you and potato GLaDOS end up in the old Aperture floors, deep underground in an archaic facility. Throughout most of this section, you hear announcements from Cave Johnson, who talks with his assistant and I think wife, Caroline. Judging from the story, Caroline is the one they used to make GLaDOS's AI, "Genetic Lifeform" and Disk Operating System. Those announcements were some of the best in game, from talking about "control" groups which used blue paint instead of repulsion gel, praying mantismen, and other random stuff. Also, Wheatley was programmed to be a moron. Brilliant story, there. I guessed that the portal and half-life stories were in the same world, but I couldn't be sure. Thanks for the info. I think the website and the final product's histories do not match up because of the difference in time.[/color][/spoiler] Black Mesa discovered how to make Interdimensional Portals (by accident practically, mostly stealing alien tech, though), not how to make Intradimensional Portals, in theoretical science terms its like comparing apples to oranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 [quote name='TheTurtleOnceCalledGod' timestamp='1303089144' post='5147101'] Black Mesa discovered how to make Interdimensional Portals (by accident practically, mostly stealing alien tech, though), not how to make Intradimensional Portals, in theoretical science terms its like comparing apples to oranges. [/quote] I... wasn't so much aware of the majority of that, just the ending where you... I guess... get the Lunacy Achievement? *not sure if that's when you get it, but you probably know what I am implying if you played it* I'm having kind of a terrible science moment where I don't know the different between an interdimensional portal and a intradimensional portal. I'll assume the first means portals within our universe and the second one means portals within our universe to another. In any case if I recall correctly, they used the fact that they had a portal into another dimension (Xen) to be able to teleport themselves within their own dimension on planet Earth. They first jumped to Xen, exploited the differences in how physics worked, and then jumped back to our universe which somehow worked enough to allow teleportation. Apparently it also cost a ****load of energy to do and was incredibly unstable, if you remember Dr. Kleiner's lab and Nova Prospekt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Game is out now. Go out and play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Lol, you should see the Steam Forums goers' reaction to "Portal 2 has hats and an in-game store where you could buy cosmetics that don't affect gameplay." It's DELICIOUS. *not an advertisement to another forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Just beat the game (single player). It was a bit short (they could've added more actual test chambers between all the story development) but awesome overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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