Portal

Hi,

Oh man. Portal. Part of the Orange Box collection by Valve (with Half-Life 2, some expansions, Team Fortress 2, and Portal all bundled together).

Here's what I don't like about it:

1.) I haven't finished it, but I'm getting close -- it's way too short.
2.) For too much of that precious game time you either don't have the portal gun or you can only shoot one portal (connecting to a fixed portal somewhere else).

Here's what I do like about it:

Pretty much everything else. Once you can make entry/exit portals at will the game really opens up and becomes a lot of fun. I totally want to see this concept expanded out and incorporated into first-person shooters or (better yet) first person sneakers. Being able to sneak past guards via carefully placed portals would be spiffy.

Just fun all around
Tom

Portal

Hi,

Oh man. Portal. Part of the Orange Box collection by Valve (with Half-Life 2, some expansions, Team Fortress 2, and Portal all bundled together).

Here's what I don't like about it:

1.) I haven't finished it, but I'm getting close -- it's way too short.
2.) For too much of that precious game time you either don't have the portal gun or you can only shoot one portal (connecting to a fixed portal somewhere else).

Here's what I do like about it:

Pretty much everything else. Once you can make entry/exit portals at will the game really opens up and becomes a lot of fun. I totally want to see this concept expanded out and incorporated into first-person shooters or (better yet) first person sneakers. Being able to sneak past guards via carefully placed portals would be spiffy.

Just fun all around
Tom