So. Steam says 9.6 Hours played and I have officially finished the singleplayer and Co-op campaigns.
Trying to justify $40
Trying to justify $40
You need to buy the additional content. The Atlas Shrug is awesome!
I had to restart a few times to get them all.Stimey wrote:
Oh wait I have double copies of everything BUT P2.
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5 hour singleplayer campaign, a lot of it far too easy
not really what I expected from a full price valve game
not really what I expected from a full price valve game
I've always said a dollar to the hour, but portal 2 - I enjoyed it so ridiculously much, that I would of payed anything up to ~60/70 for it.Stimey wrote:
So. Steam says 9.6 Hours played and I have officially finished the singleplayer and Co-op campaigns.
Trying to justify $40
even after said 9/10 hours.
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I've been thinking about this all day and it's a strange thing really. Nobody complains if a film is short if it was good. Ridiculously bad films can be really long (Transformers 2).
I guess it comes from the relatively huge amount of money we have to spend in order to get the game in the first place. We want it to last. But even then if the game was very enjoyable then if it's shorter it shouldn't be much of an issue. I think the main problem here is there doesn't look like there will be much replay value. Most of the enjoyment from Portal comes from completing puzzles and enjoying the humour, both of which are rendered null on a second playthrough. The rest of the enjoyment (for me anyway) comes from the cool environments, and Portal 2 had plenty to absorb.
I'm disappointed at the lack of challenge maps and Advanced Test Chambers. They were great. They could even bundle them all together in a 'hard mode' and play the entire game with advanced test chambers.
I'm not finished the singleplayer yet. The Co-op has some good challenging maps and if you're looking for harder stuff then that's where it is.
All in all I don't regret buying it at all. They put a lot of work into it and the quality justifies the price in my eyes.
I guess it comes from the relatively huge amount of money we have to spend in order to get the game in the first place. We want it to last. But even then if the game was very enjoyable then if it's shorter it shouldn't be much of an issue. I think the main problem here is there doesn't look like there will be much replay value. Most of the enjoyment from Portal comes from completing puzzles and enjoying the humour, both of which are rendered null on a second playthrough. The rest of the enjoyment (for me anyway) comes from the cool environments, and Portal 2 had plenty to absorb.
I'm disappointed at the lack of challenge maps and Advanced Test Chambers. They were great. They could even bundle them all together in a 'hard mode' and play the entire game with advanced test chambers.
I'm not finished the singleplayer yet. The Co-op has some good challenging maps and if you're looking for harder stuff then that's where it is.
All in all I don't regret buying it at all. They put a lot of work into it and the quality justifies the price in my eyes.
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Watch out for DLC packs!Spidery_Yoda wrote:
I'm disappointed at the lack of challenge maps and Advanced Test Chambers. They were great. They could even bundle them all together in a 'hard mode' and play the entire game with advanced test chambers.
New 2 vs. 2 game modes too maybe?
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A Blu-Ray's MSRP is $40 and you get, at most around 3 hours of movie.Stimey wrote:
So. Steam says 9.6 Hours played and I have officially finished the singleplayer and Co-op campaigns.
Trying to justify $40
Portal 2 was $45 for me and I got 7 hours out of the SP, not to mention it's absolutely replayable. I beat Portal 1 probably 5 times.
games are not movies.
hey let's all go buy War and Peace the page count per $ ratio is insane!
hey let's all go buy War and Peace the page count per $ ratio is insane!
To rate a game good because it is long is pointless. My flatmate played FF13, it was a ridiculously long game, I'm not even sure if he ever finished it but I know every time I saw him play it he was either in a cutscene or fighting some radish monster over and over again. It looked like shit and from reviews that opinion seems to be valid. But it was long right, definitely worth the cost? Fuck no. While it certainly had hours to its credit most of them were a complete waste of time.
Portal 2, (and I haven't played the co-op yet,) is exceptionally well polished, brilliantly written and voiced, exciting, funny and fun. I'm sure it wasn't perfect but I know I had a damn good time playing the single player campaign and I'm sure I'll have fun with the co-op. It was also very well paced - they could have easily added a few more test chambers, it wouldn't have taken much. Choosing not too wasn't laziness or denying you play time, it was a design choice and I think it was the right one.
Portal 2, (and I haven't played the co-op yet,) is exceptionally well polished, brilliantly written and voiced, exciting, funny and fun. I'm sure it wasn't perfect but I know I had a damn good time playing the single player campaign and I'm sure I'll have fun with the co-op. It was also very well paced - they could have easily added a few more test chambers, it wouldn't have taken much. Choosing not too wasn't laziness or denying you play time, it was a design choice and I think it was the right one.
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If MW2 was worth $100 then this is worth $40 and then some.
The replay value ain't terrible either, not just for the dialogue.
The replay value ain't terrible either, not just for the dialogue.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
$100 for MW2? What the fuck?
i think he means aussie bucks, they're worth like some leaves and twigs and stuffNooBesT wrote:
$100 for MW2? What the fuck?
i don't particularly have a problem with a short (but good) game costing £40. say thats 5 hours runtime, thats an evening. now assuming we're not all basement dwelling neckbeards living off mummys purse, £40 is actually quite cheap for a nights entertainment.
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Yep.NooBesT wrote:
$100 for MW2? What the fuck?
Bottom line is, I've paid far more for far less fun on far too many occasions in the recent past to be checking out the dental work on this gift horse.
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The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
The principle is still there. You get less enjoyment and less ability to enjoy it over and over again from a Blu-Ray, yet games are only $20 more in most situations (and here, $45 and only $5 more) when they give you at times over 20 hours of gameplay.Lucien wrote:
games are not movies.
hey let's all go buy War and Peace the page count per $ ratio is insane!
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Now I fucking get it.
Major, major spoilers below:
Spoiler (highlight to read):
When you go past the "bring your daughter to work day" potato battery projects, the last project is Chell's. Chell is Cave and Caroline Johnson's daughter. Chell got trapped in the facility because of "bring your daughter to work day", and the reason she wasn't just tossed away like the other test subjects is because GLaDOS had Caroline's personality in her.
Also, the Borealis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwm9Yg0fuY
Major, major spoilers below:
Spoiler (highlight to read):
When you go past the "bring your daughter to work day" potato battery projects, the last project is Chell's. Chell is Cave and Caroline Johnson's daughter. Chell got trapped in the facility because of "bring your daughter to work day", and the reason she wasn't just tossed away like the other test subjects is because GLaDOS had Caroline's personality in her.
Also, the Borealis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwm9Yg0fuY
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Spoiler (highlight to read):Poseidon wrote:
Now I fucking get it.
Major, major spoilers below:
Spoiler (highlight to read):
When you go past the "bring your daughter to work day" potato battery projects, the last project is Chell's. Chell is Cave and Caroline Johnson's daughter. Chell got trapped in the facility because of "bring your daughter to work day", and the reason she wasn't just tossed away like the other test subjects is because GLaDOS had Caroline's personality in her.
Also, the Borealis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwm9Yg0fuY
Adopted daughter, they keep mentioning she's an orphan
Spoiler (highlight to read):Stimey wrote:
Spoiler (highlight to read):Poseidon wrote:
Now I fucking get it.
Major, major spoilers below:
Spoiler (highlight to read):
When you go past the "bring your daughter to work day" potato battery projects, the last project is Chell's. Chell is Cave and Caroline Johnson's daughter. Chell got trapped in the facility because of "bring your daughter to work day", and the reason she wasn't just tossed away like the other test subjects is because GLaDOS had Caroline's personality in her.
Also, the Borealis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwm9Yg0fuY
Adopted daughter, they keep mentioning she's an orphan
When they say "adopted" I kind of thought they meant GLaDOS with Caroline's mind adopted her. They do say both of her parents are dead, and Caroline and Cave are.. well, dead.
Wheatly kills GLaDOS.
Oh wait yeah, spoilers.
Oh wait yeah, spoilers.
Portal dies at the end.
that's what i said you fruitcakeStimey wrote:
Portal dies at the end.
Just did a 5-6 hour run of the coop campaign with a friend of mine...man, the coop is fucking fun.
esp when you are playing together screen by screen.
esp when you are playing together screen by screen.
Yeah.
The trailers in general are filled with stuff that never made it into the game. But they're the most glaring omission.
The trailers in general are filled with stuff that never made it into the game. But they're the most glaring omission.
They dont really seem like they could add much diversity to the puzzles. They could always be added later in DLC or challenge maps (assuming they are coming).
If that is the only thing missing from the promotion material that is some kind of game hype record.
If that is the only thing missing from the promotion material that is some kind of game hype record.
