The official Portal 2 thread!

qubit · Apr 21, 2011

AphexDreamer said:
Add me on steam if we aren't already friends.

name is seskotosavlaka

My game will be downloaded in 26 min (give or take).

Added!

erocker · Apr 21, 2011

Love is in the air!

Haha, kidding. I need some people to play co-op with me. My steam id is erocker212.. or my Steam name is David Bowie.

Friend me.

qubit · Apr 21, 2011

erocker said:
Love is in the air!

Haha, kidding. I need some people to play co-op with me. My steam id is erocker212.. or my Steam name is David Bowie.

Friend me.

You're about to get a Steam friend request. You have been warned!

Funtoss · Apr 21, 2011

I just bought this game!! i cant wait to play it

i love portal and half life 2!! i want to play portal 2!!

Hms1193 · Apr 21, 2011

Missed the 10% Off Deal.. :"( Have to wait for the next deal to buy the game.

whitrzac · Apr 21, 2011

AphexDreamer said:
Add me on steam if we aren't already friends.

name is seskotosavlaka

My game will be downloaded in 26 min (give or take).

added...

I'm under zjwhitrock/whitrzac...

zaqwsx · Apr 21, 2011

Just finished the story. Now time to play co-op add me on steam zach90z is my name!

MLG The Canadian · Apr 21, 2011

terayon1960 on steam, hit me up for some CO-OP action.

no I'm not 51 years old.

1Kurgan1 · Apr 21, 2011

Beat Portal 1 and all the Bonus maps yesterday and started P2 today, barely played any SP though, me and Ufgy20 hit up Co-op for a few hours, completed all the parts of Levels 1 through 3. To be honest, 1 and 2 are a bit boring, 3 finally starts to be very enjoyable, but I had more fun moving portals and bridges and letting him die, or get very close to dieing

Mussels · Apr 21, 2011

1Kurgan1 said:
Beat Portal 1 and all the Bonus maps yesterday and started P2 today, barely played any SP though, me and Ufgy20 hit up Co-op for a few hours, completed all the parts of Levels 1 through 3. To be honest, 1 and 2 are a bit boring, 3 finally starts to be very enjoyable, but I had more fun moving portals and bridges and letting him die, or get very close to dieing

thats the fun to it, when you either screw up, or just screw each other.

1Kurgan1 · Apr 21, 2011

Yeah, the bridges can be a lot of fun, he was so close to safety then I just moved the bridge.

MLG The Canadian · Apr 21, 2011

I thought the textures and lighting were great, however I do agree that the source engine needs some serious updating.

digibucc · Apr 21, 2011

kurgan what's your steam id? i haven't played co-op yet but i will be soon

PVTCaboose1337 · Apr 21, 2011

I'm pretty sure I have completed all the content in the game... in less than 10 hours. I beat SP, I even took my time, listening to Cave Johnston, running around, etc. Co-op is easy provided you don't play with 12 year olds. Usually 1 of the 2 minds playing can see the puzzle in a good amount of time. Sections 4 and 5 are pretty fun, not too challenging, but enough so that I was stuck in each course for a few minutes, confused out of my mind. Pretty much, if you just apply basic logic, like, "where can all the portals go?" and "why did they give me the blue goo?" then you figure it out.

erocker · Apr 21, 2011

If you're running a couple high end ATi cards, turn on Super Sampling AA for this game... all Source engine games really, it looks great.

MLG The Canadian · Apr 21, 2011

So once you beat the co-op levels, is there any reason to keep playing?

TheLaughingMan · Apr 21, 2011

MLG The Canadian said:
So once you beat the co-op levels, is there any reason to keep playing?

future custom maps made by players once the SDK is updated and released for it. I am sure there are challenges as well and the achievements.

digibucc · Apr 21, 2011

yeah i'm looking forward to maps and map-making

PVTCaboose1337 · Apr 21, 2011

MLG The Canadian said:
So once you beat the co-op levels, is there any reason to keep playing?

Yes. Find a different way to do levels. I found a few methods that involved shooting Portals while in mid air to gain momentum in order to bounce off a partner in midair when he jumped to his death which would then make my portals remain in the light bridge area that I had shot in midair so he could get across. So yeah. Just be creative.

Single Player is relatively linear, but there are some offshoots you can visit. The Aperture asbestos domes are really neat to mess around in, once you get to that part of the map.

yogurt_21 · Apr 21, 2011

MLG The Canadian said:
I thought the textures and lighting were great, however I do agree that the source engine needs some serious updating.

in the works, but portal is far more about unique gameplay than graphics.

PVTCaboose1337 · Apr 21, 2011

AltecV1 said:
i think you misunderstood me,i didnt mean ALL the textures just some of the low res ones!

http://img.techpowerup.org/110420/portal2 2011-04-21 02-52-29-74.jpg

How are you doing, because I'm a potato.

yogurt_21 · Apr 21, 2011

PVTCaboose1337 said:
Yes. Find a different way to do levels. I found a few methods that involved shooting Portals while in mid air to gain momentum in order to bounce off a partner in midair when he jumped to his death which would then make my portals remain in the light bridge area that I had shot in midair so he could get across. So yeah. Just be creative.

Single Player is relatively linear, but there are some offshoots you can visit. The Aperture asbestos domes are really neat to mess around in, once you get to that part of the map.

did they put on new challange maps like the original? Portal itself wasn't that long, but trying to beat all the challange maps on apeture science did consume quite a few hours.

CDdude55 · Apr 21, 2011

Just finished Portal 2. loved it.

Delta6326 · Apr 21, 2011

well im almost done I think i have a hunch on the ending

1Kurgan1 · Apr 22, 2011

digibucc said:
kurgan what's your steam id? i haven't played co-op yet but i will be soon

Same as it is here

erocker said:
If you're running a couple high end ATi cards, turn on Super Sampling AA for this game... all Source engine games really, it looks great.

How do you turn that on, only shows MLAA for me ingame, and I'm running that maxed with just a single card.

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