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Posted: October 11th, 2007, 21:26
by Mr. Johnson
i just finished it.
let me put it this way: if valve was a woman, i would spoon out my entrails so she could live in my body.
that's how much i love you valve. i hope you're reading this.
Posted: October 11th, 2007, 21:29
by Dr. kitteny berk
Posted: October 11th, 2007, 22:55
by Nickface
Thanks for the MP3 Berk. I can't stop listening to it.
Posted: October 11th, 2007, 22:57
by Dr. kitteny berk
Nickface wrote:Thanks for the MP3 Berk. I can't stop listening to it.

it's like crack.
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 3:54
by deject
weeeeeeeeeeee just finished it all in one go
Is it just me or
zomg minor spoilers, but not really wrote:did I hear the AI voice call you by some kind of Korean girl's name?
Also, I loved the bit about the
zomg more incosequential spoilers wrote:neurotoxin
Portal = 300% of win

Posted: October 12th, 2007, 7:56
by Grimmie
I should Email this thread to Gabe Newell

Posted: October 12th, 2007, 8:13
by Mr. Johnson
Grimmie wrote:I should Email this thread to Gabe Newell

GabeN@valvesoftware.com
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 8:17
by Grimmie
Yeah - Tezz has emailed him before, and got a reply.
I always go through the games a second time with dev commentary on :D
Edit
Mail'd!
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 10:24
by Dr. kitteny berk
poor bugger will think we're a bunch of crazies.
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 10:30
by Grimmie
I'd be disappointed if he didn't!
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 10:40
by fabyak
Should he find his way here, there are more threads like this one here
http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14047

Enjoy!
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 11:10
by Grimmie
Nearly.
You're a bad man.
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 11:11
by spoodie
deject wrote:a question about name
The protagonists name is Chell. There's a bit on Wiki that's a good read if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28 ... me%29#Plot
I did a bit of the developer commentary last night, I've done others before and it always sounds like "email me at G.a.y Ben @ valvesoftware dot com". lol g.a.y

Posted: October 12th, 2007, 14:49
by deject
spoodie wrote:
The protagonists name is Chell.
[citation needed]

Posted: October 12th, 2007, 15:05
by Stoat
deject wrote:[citation needed]
Citation
Pffft, Glidewell.
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 16:00
by MIkkyo
I just finished wrote:I got me some caek, How awesome was that song at the end as well?
Pffft, Glidewell.
Posted: October 12th, 2007, 16:50
by Mr. Johnson
it's just not the same without the leg braces.
chell
Posted: October 13th, 2007, 1:27
by fabyak
good christ that was most epic win, topped off magnificently with the end credits!
Posted: October 13th, 2007, 1:43
by fabyak
Posted: October 13th, 2007, 3:07
by FatherJack
At first (having got to boss fight, but running out of playtime) I thought, s'okay, decent puzzle game, why is everyone so excited?
my initial response wrote:If you love it so much why don't you marry it? (best joke in the game for me)
Finished up the main game - credits FTW, then blasted through the advanced levels in fairly short order, 18 was super-fun - you felt like (as intended) you were totally breaking the game mechanics to do it. Seems I'd been using tactics in the main game that weren't really neccessary, and the freedom in the advanced levels really let me express myself.
Overconfidently tried a few challenge levels, which my sneakiness and attempted shortcutting in the main game had stood me in good stead for, but my head exploded after getting silver on Portals on a couple and having no clue how to gold them.
This is where the utter brilliance is - I shall sleep and dream of the levels and perhaps wake up with the seemingly obvious solutions. It is a very rare talent in a game to induce this reaction.
Ran through faaabulous Ben's commentary (Realm Lovejoy has an
impossibly cute accent), which clued me in well to things I was supposed to have been learning, but hadn't - like the double-thrust thingy and the ninja solutions.