Just finished the Co-Op mode in Portal 2. Lots of fun. Still willing to do it with you guys if ya still up for it, trying to get some achievements from the game.
RWDebara wrote:Just finished the Co-Op mode in Portal 2. Lots of fun. Still willing to do it with you guys if ya still up for it, trying to get some achievements from the game.
I really want to replay Half-Life 2 to see the connections between Aperture Science and Black Mesa. Both companies are mention in a few parts in both games.
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Theirs an achievement in Portal 2 for finding a drydock with no ship, but you see a few life preservers with the name of the ship, the "Borealis". I completely forgot that it was in Half Life 2.
So I guess I've had enough time to think about this and multiple attempts at co-op ending in just being bored I'm gonna throw down some thoughts on Portal 2.
Portal was a short game that came in an amazing bundle at a reasonable price. It was released stand-alone as a budget download game. Portal 2 is a longer game at full price.
The problem here is that Portal 2's puzzles were not as good as Portal's and some parts weren't even puzzles, just pointless traversal. I hate to say it but I do wonder if this was a conscious decision by Valve because of the console version wasn't just going to be a quick port job this time. The original had quite a few that required quick reactions while being launched by portals. Also for me by the time I was at the underground lab the game was already outstaying it's welcome. I was bored but was soldiering on for the amazing writing.
Speaking of the amazing writing, it's both Portal's greatest asset but also its worst. There are a lot of good lines in Portal 2, indeed I'd say the writing (and graphics) are the only actual improvement from Portal 1. However just like Portal 1 mouthbreathing morons quickly latched onto one thing and thought it'd be hilarious to run it into the ground.
It took a week for Portal 2's meme to be run into the ground, that has to be some kind of record.