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Posted on 04-21-11 03:31:40 AM


	Just beat the game and no, it's not 2 to 3 hours long. I want to go back and play with the commentary on. ____________________

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Posted on 04-21-11 04:21:40 AM

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I'm going through another run with subtitles on. And I'm making sure to listen to everything. Aaaalso achievements and little extras.

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Posted on 04-24-11 08:31:25 PM

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Just bested the co-op campaing. Find a partner and play it, now. ____________________

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Posted on 04-24-11 10:12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Anya
Just beat the game and no, it's not 2 to 3 hours long.

I want to go back and play with the commentary on.

For one playthrough it could be 3 hours if you rush through it.

But given the nature of the game to hold many easter eggs and such, it makes it a lot longer than that. I can replay chapter 9 over and over and over again.

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Posted on 04-25-11 12:30:59 AM

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Posted on 04-27-11 02:41:16 AM

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I just looked up the commentary nodes on YouTube. It's really not worth it to play through the game again just for them, since you can't save progress, and unlike the original, "chapters" are much longer (so you cannot just skip to the areas that have them).

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Posted on 04-27-11 06:52:56 PM

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It isn't THAT bad.

I just play through a whole chapter and when I reach a new one I take a break.

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Posted on 04-29-11 11:08:48 PM (last edited by NSNick at 04-29-11 08:09 PM)

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The Part Where He Kills You, where he does talk a lot and then when GLaDOS talks about portaling out and he decides to just kill you immediately (which he does).
I love this part of the game because GLaDOS goes "This is the part where he kills us." followed by Wheatley going "This is the part where I kill you!" and then the game reads "CHAPTER 9: THE PART WHERE HE KILLS YOU"

Don't forget that you also

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Posted on 05-03-11 02:24:09 AM (last edited by The Doctor at 05-02-11 11:25 PM)

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Originally posted by NSNick
Don't forget that you also
get an achievement called "The Part Where He Kills You" with the descriptive text of "This is that part". Also, if you go back, he gets flustered and tries to talk you into jumping into the pit.

Anyways, finished playthrough 2, now I'm going through splitscreen coop with my brother right now, grabbing a ton more achievements, and I'll probably start a commentary run through the game eventually.

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Posted on 05-25-11 06:26:22 PM

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valve is releasing
the soundtrack for free

you can get volume one from here

I highly recommend it

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Posted on 05-27-11 07:56:05 PM

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My brother bought it the other day, and I really want to play it... unfortunately, I can't run it on my laptop because it requires OSX 10.6 and I only have 10.5.

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Posted on 05-27-11 08:24:10 PM

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So, we have a Lemon Meme growing.

Weee.

The cake is a lemon.

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Posted on 09-30-11 07:25:51 PM (last edited by krutomisi at 09-30-11 05:03 PM)

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songs to test by volume 3 is out

also the free DLC 'Peer Review' is projected for next Wednesday

In “Peer Review”, you and a friend will continue the story of loyal bots P-Body and Atlas as you puzzle your way through a mysterious new co-op test track and once again match wits with GLaDOS. The DLC also features a single player and co-op Challenge Mode, and leaderboards to compare Challenge Mode scores with friends and the Portal community.

e: aaand a short new comic

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Posted on 07-06-12 09:02:40 PM

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No love for the perpetual testing initiative (puzzle editor)?
I am disappoint(ed).

I made a few test chambers myself.

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Posted on 07-06-12 10:22:26 PM

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I have had a lot of issues using the editor. It's kind of unintuitive.

I much prefer Sauerbraten's style, and after using that so much I find it hard to edit anything... That and a lot of stuff just ends up crashing. :/ I had a map that was nearly unrecoverable that way.

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Posted on 07-06-12 11:23:33 PM (last edited by Sponty at 07-06-12 11:24:39 PM)

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I only spend a few minutes with it, and it seems like Level Creation for Dummies™, but it also seems like there's no way for power users to make anything extraordinary (besides REFLEX TWITCH PORTALING GO). Plus yeah, buggy.

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Posted on 07-06-12 11:45:50 PM

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I kinda figure the power users will
just keep on making their maps in hammer

also I like the editor for randomly clicking a map
into existence and then trying to beat it

but I don't really jive with it for serious work

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Posted on 07-07-12 08:51:05 AM

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I found it a neat diversion.

Unlike Hammer, the Puzzlemaker has a very short learning curve, meaning people can dive into puzzle-making right away and immediately. You don't need to invest particular effort in using the tools. Instead, you can concentrate on what you want to accomplish. Well, most of the time, when the editor's limitations are not getting in the way.

Sure, it's limited in what you can do, but artists are not defined by their tools. Good artists make good stuff even with bad tools. Surely everyone has seen amazing drawings that have been made in mspaint, for example.

And no, I don't think that "reflex twitch portaling go", i.e. puzzles that require impossibly accurate/rapid maneuvers, makes for good puzzles, either.

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Posted on 07-07-12 03:57:41 PM

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Isn't it possible to make a map layout in the editor, then edit it some more in Hammer?

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