Portal is the best part of the Orange Box

Murdock[NJLP]

Have you guys tried Portal yet??? It is so good...It really makes you use your brain, and then the computer voice says the funniest things!

Its not overly hard. I finished it in about 2 hours. Now I get to play it again with the commentary.

If you haven't seen the video for Portal yet, here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpdCi5XpCsE

edvallie · Posted: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:36:37 Post Subject:

Just watched my roommate beat it in about 2.5 hours, looks like a lot of fun.

Murdock[NJLP] · Posted: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:47:41 Post Subject:

It is a lot of fun. I have been telling everyone about it, even people who don't play shooters.

After Orange Box was released (and downloaded), Portal was the first thing I tried. I knew what to expect from HL2: Episode 2, and I had already been playing TF2 since preordering it, so the only thing I didn't know what to expect was Portal. Had TF2 not been available prior to the release, it could have been a month before tried Portal. As soon as the game started out, I was hooked. I was able to burn through the first 14 levels in under an hour. The rest of the game was fantastic. I can't wait to see what they do next.

**Hellfire** · Moderator Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 2958

Yea, Portal would be the only part of the Orange box that I'd be interested in. Not into FPS, but Portal looks like a lot of fun. I like those kind of Puzzle type games. Hopefully eventually they sell it separately...

Murdock[NJLP] · Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:53:26 Post Subject:

Actually, they do. Its $20 (Tax, but no shipping - Direct Download)

http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=400&cc=US

njdutchman · Rated PG Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 3

Yea started playing and could not stop, took about two hours but was a lots of fun.

Like Murdock I played through with commentary, very interesting to hear what they talked about how they observed the play-testers. Ironically that's what the computer was doing while you played the game.

Portal is a really great puzzle game, tests your imagination and skill and solving puzzles.

If you like puzzles and FPS type games this would be right up your ally.

zmister · Rated PG Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 14

yea over at a mates house we were playin portal on the xbox 360 it seemed pretty cool just takes a while to get the hang of tonnes of fun tho

javajeff · Rated PG-13 Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 27

I never played it. I only play TF2. I wanted to save it for a rainy day. I still need to do the episodes too.

TomatoSlayer · Rated PG Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 12

Murdock[NJLP] · Posted: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:18:03 Post Subject:

I still need to finish episode 2 also. I started it and then thought it was boring and stopped. I picked it up about a month later and it would seem that I stopped right before it got really good.

Portal really was the best part of Orange box. It was so different from anything I had played before and plus...I played through the first 12 levels in like a half hour. The next (last) 7 levels were much harder. They got progressively harder as it went along.