Portal

[bluegargantua]

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

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

[clicky, clicky] Oh, excellent, it's available for the PC, and it ssystem requirements are manageable . . .

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

It's inevitable that there will be mods for it, and people will create more and more cool shit with it...

[bluepapercup]

Ben played through the entire game last night, and it probably took him about four or so hours. That seemed kinda short to me, too.

However, it means that the game is all mine for the weekend, hoorah!