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Well iv just completed another game from valvle!Its an epic game but too short=(
I love it and if you havent played it yet then get your credit cards out NOW!
Also it had my favorite food...CAKE!!!
But i will miss companion cube=(

Yeah Portal was way too short

The length is just right.

If you got it as part of The Orange Box you got a damn good deal.

Moving thread to Video Games.

Portal was pretty decent, but the ridiculous amount of meme-spewing it induced is sickening. It's the only Source engine game in a good long while that I thoroughly enjoyed. Hate that engine; feels like you're gliding around on rollerskates.

This was a triumph
I’m making a note here: huge success
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction
Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive

I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive

Go ahead and leave me
I think I’d prefer to stay inside
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you
Maybe Black Mesa
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Anyway this cake is great
It’s so delicious and moist
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive

And believe me I am still alive
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive
And when you’re dead I will be still alive
Still alive
Still alive

It was short and sweet. The cake is a lie.

Portal was as long as it needed to be.

I just want to see how it works into Half-Life 2: Episode 2: Liverpool: 4

You mean Episode 3 and quit quoting Yahtzee you plebs.

The Final boss-fight is one of the best IMO, The fun orb things and their personalities! I love the curiosity module myself

"Whats that?"
"Who are you?"
"Ooh! That thing has numbers on it!"
"Oh, you're the nice lady from the test! Hi!!"
"Do you smell burning?"
"AAAGH!"

Great little game. Hardly an epic achievement. I didn't get up once in the time it took me to finish Portal.

Arctik_Firangi wrote:I didn't get up once in the time it took me to finish Portal.

That's because you wanted to keep playing.

I'd say that in that case the game did it's job.

Best thing about potal:

Speaking of turrets: http://smoothfewfilms.com/2008/01/18/portal-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-turret-2/

Some bad language for those for whom it's an issue.

I beat the free flash version, does that count?

I thought it was a great game that tried something new and pulled it off

was great albeit not amazing. you kind knew at the end you were going to die at the end of the evil experimant. i mean what kind of science company kidnaps people for evil experiments then let them of the marry way

OH GEE THANKS FOR THE SPOILER GARRUT.

garret wrote:was great albeit not amazing. you kind knew at the end you were going to die at the end of the evil experimant. i mean what kind of science company kidnaps people for evil experiments then let them of the marry way

Black Mesa?

dogma wrote:

garret wrote:was great albeit not amazing. you kind knew at the end you were going to die at the end of the evil experimant. i mean what kind of science company kidnaps people for evil experiments then let them of the marry way

Black Mesa?

No, just no.

All I hav to say to that is...LOL

BrookM wrote:OH GEE THANKS FOR THE SPOILER GARRUT.

1. Not a spoiler because...
2. ... that's not exactly what happens.

Short?

Lol, either my epic intelligence is epic fail or you're playing the wrong game, I've been stuck on room 18/19 for yonks *the first companion cube one.*

I'm gonna go with "epic fail" on that one.

To be fair I don't play games that much, I played about 2 missions at a time, but the cube perplexed me somewhat. I was too distracted in the hidey hole laughing at the wall murals and haven't put it back on since.

(Partly due to Devil May Cry and the wonder that is Guitar Hero...I finally got hooked, ten years too late...)

I'll try again soon enough

Dont feel bad. I got hooked on guitar hero late as well. It is a good ass game. AND Im more like that stick figure in the above cartoon. Ill get the cake is a lie thing in about 2 years. Take THAT!

KingCracker wrote:Dont feel bad. I got hooked on guitar hero late as well. It is a good ass-game. AND Im more like that stick figure in the above cartoon. Ill get the cake is a lie thing in about 2 years. Take THAT!

There's at least two XKCD comics that are directly relevant to this thread.

Indeed. One of them is even in this thread.