Portal 2 – Some plot details revealed! UPDATE – More spoilers!
If you don’t want to read some potential spoilers for Portal 2, then please leave now…
Still here? Well, then. Details regarding Portal 2 have emerged and they aren’t ‘leaked’ or ‘rumoured’, they come straight from Valve themselves.
The info came from a job advertisement for a voice over role in Portal 2 that has been posted on subscriber-only website for actors, Breakdown Express. The role is to play Cave Johnson, founder of Aperture Science (creators of the Portal Gun). Thing is, according to both the plot of the first game and the Aperture Science website, Mr Johnson is deceased…
This coupled with the fact that the casting call mentions he will play a pretty significant role in the second game, “going from sidekick to principle antagonist”, suggests that Portal 2 will be a prequel.
The ad also confirms that the next game will maintain that dark comedy humour of the original title as Cave “starts to lose his grip on humanity as the story progresses”.
You can view the full character description below. The site also details that the voice over work would be expected to start at the end of July. Will we see Portal 2 by the end of the year? Knowing Valve, probably not. But knowing Valve it’ll be worth the wait.
“[Cave Johnson (Eccentric Dead Billionaire)] Cave Johnson is a character for a new game in the Portal series from Valve Software. Portal is dark comedy; the role will require comic timing, with occasional dramatic moments. Age: early 60s. He is the founder and CEO of a successful applied science company , a self-made billionaire who’s learned to trust his gut and doesn’t sweat the details, He is a big picture thinker. He might not know how science works, but he knows how people work. Used to getting what he wants. Extroverted, enthusiastic and opinionated. High energy: life is an adventure he’s happy to be on. A born salesman, a leader, an evangelist. People trust him, even when his plans are clearly dangerous. Speaks with a slight Southern/Western accent (natural, not too broad). He uses a warm, homespun delivery to put people at their ease. He doesn’t accept the responsibility that comes with his power. Either he doesn’t see or chooses not to see the ramifications of his actions. Goes from sidekick to principal antagonist. Starts to lose his grip on humanity as the story progresses. As he isolates himself from the people around him, he loses touch with reality… VOICE OVER ONLY.”
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UPDATE – An anonymous source has apparently passed on to Kotaku some more details regarding Portal 2 ‘bad guy’ Cave Johnson. More spoilers below…
“The script samples we saw for the Cave Johnson role indicate that the Aperture CEO and “eccentric dead billionaire” is, well, already dead, living on in simulated computer form. He tells an unnamed rookie test subject via loudspeaker that “As of this mornin’ yer old buddy Cave has been resurrected inside of a computer. And I never felt better!” acting as this entry’s GlaDOS—possibly that prototypical GlaDOS, as theorized earlier—encouraging the player to continue the testing while waxing philosophical about the afterlife.
“I been thinkin,” the script reads, “Heck, suspended as I am in this inky purgatorium, I got nothin’ to do but think. What if them engineers didn’t do me no favors pourin’ me into a computer? What if they denied me my final reward?”
No telling if this internal conflict is the catalyst for Johnson “[losing] his grip on humanity as the story progresses” but if things go wonderfully wrong as they did in the first, it would certainly make for a compelling narrative.”
Image thanks goes to dj-corny
85 comments ↓
Seth
June 10th, 2008
I am so excited about this game. Valve are quickly becoming my favourite developers of all time. As soon as I got Orange Box I played through Portal to completion and I must say although it was short it was some of highest quality few hours of gaming I have ever played.
steve
June 10th, 2008
Is it just me or were the enviroments all so pale and stale white and there wasn’t much combat at all.
Not to mention the game was very repeative, do puzzle, go through lift… ringse and repeat.
Seth
June 10th, 2008
Lloytron… are you serious?
Matt
June 10th, 2008
Unfortunately, I think he might be…
Portal was the best game of 2007 hands down, hopefully bite-size gaming will one day become the future.
This does sound amazing though, I’m guessing we’ll be seeing the conception of GLaDoS, or at least the cause of the machine’s madness…
steve
June 10th, 2008
Yes, this game along with Call of Duty 4 had to be the most overrated games of 2007.
With all respect to the industry what happened? all of a sudden perfect 10’s dropped from the sky.
Usually you go a year or 2 without a perfect critically aclaimed game, Halo 3 was one of the few games that warrented one but only just. Bioshock had promise but didn’t delilver, Mario Galaxy was decent enough (8/10 at best)
But I don’t get the obsession people had with these 2, Portal it was intresting for 5 minutes, didn’t last much longer anyway.
And COD4, well it was a nice game but was it really game of the year? I don’t think so!
steve
June 10th, 2008
come on Portal was amazing, tho I agree on Cod4 nothing amazingly special from a ‘pushing the bar’ perspective.
Halo3 was horrible, totally shoddy production with a passable multiplayer.
2007 tho was one of the best years for games ever, thats why there was so many high reviews (ignoring Halo3)
Seth
June 10th, 2008
I’m sorry Lloytron but I have to sincerely disagree with you.
(I’ll assume that anyone reading the comments section of a news story about spoilers for Portal 2 has completed Portal 1)
The game design of Portal was exemplary. The visuals were perfect for the narrative and showed a fantastic contrast with the more gritty asthetic design later in the game.
The game mechanics were superb both technically and mechanically. The way they built upon a relatively simple premise and yet provided much variation was excellent.
The plot and sound design was equally fantastic and perfectly paced. The way that it slowly becomes apparent that GLaDoS is not quite right, and that there is something sinister going on is wonderful. And as always with Valve they refuse to spoon-feed you a plot.
To be frank, Portal was a breath of fresh air after years of stale FPS design. (I’m aware it isn’t an FPS).
Please take your specs off (or put them on) Lloydy and play Portal again just to appreciate Valve’s masterful development style.
Matt
June 10th, 2008
Exactly. Portal is amazing, I can’t even be bothered taking the time out to go into why as I’d be here all day…
You’ve not a leg to stand on Lloytron, you’re clearly tasteless!
steve
June 10th, 2008
Valve games always get so much undeserved praise, I think its because they keep people waiting absolutely ages. I don’t think making portal is as hard as people think it is. They ripped off a couple of ideas from other games like Zelda then cut the ones that wern’t so good. They were left with about 3 hours of game, what does that tell you!
Valve games only have good pacing because they remove the bad ideas, most games don’t they arn’t geniuses their just smart.
Evenso Portal isn’t my kinda game, im more a classy kind of gamer. I want good graphics not crappy whiteness. And some action like Sants Row, the new one looks to be good too.
Seth
June 11th, 2008
Saints Row more ‘classy’ than Portal?
Portal has bad graphics?
You’re living in a dreamworld, pal.
Valve gets lots of praise because they know exactly what game development is about. They are innovators and they are perfectionists. And they will not release a game until it provides an ideal experience for the user.
I salute them.
We’ll see if Saint’s Row 2 wins more awards from professionals within the games industry and expert critics shall we?
steve
June 11th, 2008
What is your insistance on judging game quality on reviews alone? It doesn’t make sense to me?
Please form your own opinion, your coming across as a little more than one of those hardcore gamers that follows the pack.
But this is what I have come to expect from pricks like you.
Seth
June 11th, 2008
Hi steve. Welcome to DarkZero! We welcome all opinions here. Even those from mentally-deficient inbreds like yourself!
I happen to think I’m a pretty good judge of game quality, and if the experts happen to agree with me, then good for them!
Matt
June 11th, 2008
“Valve games always get so much undeserved praise, I think its because they keep people waiting absolutely ages. I don’t think making portal is as hard as people think it is. They ripped off a couple of ideas from other games like Zelda then cut the ones that wern’t so good. They were left with about 3 hours of game, what does that tell you!”
Steve, you are the biggest fucking idiot i’ve ever fucking seen in my whole fucking life. Pardon my french.
Lloytron
June 11th, 2008
So… not sure why someone else is posting as me, but the earlier comments (which are now deleted by the looks of it) were not posted by yours truly!
Lloytron
June 11th, 2008
BTW, considering I’ve no idea what the spammer posting as me actually said – Portal is one of my favourite games of recent years. So good I bought it twice (PC and 360). Saints Row was shite.
I found the gameplay mechanics and design of Portal to be outstanding – although I have some issue with the replay challenge mechanic.
Having said that, the solo game itself was astounding, and the satire was gloriously sharp – and the song was outstanding. It could have been longer but a short exciting ride is better than a long laborious one.
I hope this sets things straight
Lloytron
June 11th, 2008
Oh my, having read this guys posts I feel bad that he was posting as me. I’m happy that some of you realised it wasn’t me!
I don’t understand why, when critiquing Portal, anyone would ever compare it to something as mediocre as Saints Row, as if it were the Citizen Kane of gaming.
Saints Row is an uninspred derivative of GTA. Portal is a unique game experience. BTW what the fuck version of Zelda did you play, that had portals?
Portal makes you think in multi-dimensional space. Zelda never did that, it never even suggested such a thing. I’m not surprised that anyone stupid enough to spam as me would not understand that.
Lloytron
June 12th, 2008
“seen as he acted like most noobs on the internet.”
LOL, what the…?
Steve
June 12th, 2008
I just did what anyone would do when they realised how easy it was to exploit the comment system, used a false idenity and had some fun.
Im sure you all know I had no bad intensions, id imagine one or 2 of you even found my alter ego amusing, seen as he acted like most noobs on the internet.
Vivek
June 14th, 2008
Back to the Topic, I dont care for spoilers, bring on Portal 2, its gonna rock. And if they are already doing the voice acting (starting July) then the game cannot really be that far off.
Seth
June 14th, 2008
Unfortunately I did read a statement from someone working for Valve. (Can’t remember who.) But they confirmed that Portal 2 will definately NOT be out in 2008
So we have AT LEAST 6 months to wait..
Sam
June 25th, 2008
Steve you are a twat
Chiz
July 14th, 2008
Portal was beyond amazing. And if that was just testing out the brilliant idea of portals, (according to valve) then they’ve got a lot to live up to. I have a feeling that this game is going to be really really good.
Jack
July 18th, 2008
Steve the the fuck are you on drugs?
“your coming across as a little more than one of those hardcore gamers that follows the pack.”
so your one of these retarded players who have no taste in games and just sit on their own
having friends is better than having no one and insulting a game that is perfectly fine and intentionally being different just so you feel “cool”
and it isnt cool its not even funny
blackmesainbound
July 23rd, 2008
I’m really looking forward to Portal 2 but I wonder if it’s going to be a part of an Orange Box 2? Along with Half-Life 2 Episode 3, and Left 4 Dead per chance.
Dufferz
July 23rd, 2008
excellent! i love portal!
The graphics are amazing, it completely absorbs you from whatever else you are doing [even when you arent playing it!]
10/10
Yew
September 8th, 2008
makes you wonder, could they be testing portals, for use in HL2 episodes
Sam 2
October 25th, 2008
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I am in agreement with Steve, although the ways in which he got across where dick-like in the least.
So many of you just seem to spew gaming ratings while not actually putting forward your own opinions. The game was great, but then got so repetitive it wasn’t funny.
“Halo3 was horrible, totally shoddy production with a passable multiplayer. ” Seriously WTF!
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The only real achievement that valve achieved was getting people to do the exact same thing for 2 hours. How they can continue this again for portal 2, will be interesting.
Sam 2
October 25th, 2008
hmm, random lines ^^
headgehog
November 6th, 2008
I do have dyslexia, but the misspell is intended. Portal was a game that showed me that there were things out there that could creep me out in a game. Fighty-killy games never really did that as there was just you, a gun, and things to kill. The occasional surprise was the only thing that would slightly knock me; but in portal, you were completely alone, with a quirky computer talking to you andtrying to kill you. It was funny how it talked saying “you’re going the wrongway you know” and “oh look someones eaten all the cake”. Also itwasn’t as freaky as bio-shock, which made me jump at the slightest thing because humans injecting themselves made me freak. Mutant fine, mad deranged injecting people just creep me out; don’t really know why…
Portal gooood. Make my mathematical brain twinge with concentrated delight.
Pete
November 7th, 2008
On thinking about this game ive just realised, as fun as im sure this sequel will be, with the new information update, and with how quick this game seems to be spewing through development (although voice acting being done doesnt neccessarily mean its near by, especially when theyre probably employing a nobody on a contract).
But anyway, prequel + new computer nemesis seems abit like portal 2 is going to be portal 1.5. I.e. no new developments, no new tech and with it ending with no surprises where portal 1 starts.
Dunno about any of you, but i wanted to crank my portal gun outside in open environments, with hostile enemies. Guess i should have known that kindof game is a long way off being practical, let alone possible.
xxx
Seth
November 7th, 2008
I dont know how well Portal-based gameplay would really work in outdoor environments.. And I kinda liked the fact that it was more a puzzle-game than a twitch-shooter.
To be honest Valve very rarely (i.e. never) create a game that ends up being a letdown. The Portal concept is pretty limited if you think about it, but I have faith that Valve will do the best possible work with the tools they have at hand.
Jak
November 9th, 2008
Ahh, portal, completed it 3 times, done all the advanced test chambers but one, anyway, to me anyone who undervalues Valve games is, well, blind. You say that its making people do the same thing for 2 hours. Maybe. However, it obviously works, look at CS:S, thats the same thing for, God, YEARS now – And are people bitching about repetiveness in that? No matter what you do, games are repetative, almost every FPS follows generic rules, to me it seems silly that your bitching about a game for no other reason that you don’t get a BFG or noob-tube and get to make pretty explosions. Anywhoo, back to portal, t’was just epic beyond preportions, yes, it could have been longer and yes, it could have been more challenging, however it would have set the game back a loooong time, getting a working lag-free portal gun ain’t no walk in the park. What I hope to get from portal 2 and hopefully – Dear God hopefully – Eps 3 ( Gordan Freeman sending headcrabs through a portal off a cliff would be epic ) Is a greater sense of danger. Whilst Portal had mild aspects of danger. They could really never move, as they were generally giant pits off death and turrets, I want moving threats, not to be able to hide behind a wall and line up a perfectly placed portal to break the turret, this will add the aspect of “Fight or Flight” Weither to send 1 enemy to his death through a portal into a spike, pit, cliff etc. , or save yourself for a few minutes, perhaps make a portal into an armory and burst out, all new-guns blazing and open a can of whoop-ass. Portals could add so many new levels of combat and tactics to the Source engine + I have an image stuck in my head of 2 CP’s talking, a portal popping up and a nade flying through it, it’d be just… Win.
matt
November 18th, 2008
“Not to mention the game was very repeative, do puzzle, go through lift… ringse and repeat.”
That comment makes no sense. According to your slightly retarded logic, EVERY game is repetitive.
Super Smash Bros. is repetitive – select character, fight… rinse and repeat.
Grand Theft Auto is repetitive – do missions, kill people… rinse and repeat.
Halo is repetitive – select mission, kill aliens… rinse and repeat.
Bioshock is repetitve – find plasmids, kill people… rinse and repeat.
Splinter Cell is repetitive – creep around, knock people out… rinse and repeat.
Note that I DON’T ACTUALLY THINK ALL THIS, I’m proving a point.
You can make ANY game sound repetitive when you simply state the general objective of the game. The objective of Portal is solve puzzles. It WOULD be repetitive if every puzzle was similar or the same, but that’s far from true.
“They ripped off a couple of ideas from other games like Zelda”
I never realised that Zelda was set in the future, and that Link walks around with the Portal gun with a fairy named GLaDOS.
“Portal isn’t my kinda game, im more a classy kind of gamer. I want good graphics not crappy whiteness. And some action like Sants Row”
Okay, first you call yourself a “classy gamer”, whatever the hell that means. You then say you like Saint’s Row. Saint’s Row is the opposite of classy. Saint’s Row is a copy+paste of GTA: San Andreas, only San Andreas was done a lot better. If you’re considering Saint’s Row a “classy” game, then I think all intelligent discussion has ceased.
suse
November 18th, 2008
“im more a classy kind of gamer. I want good graphics”
You just contradicted yourself… any gamer with a decent taste in games would favour gameplay, with graphics as an added bonus.
“I want good graphics not crappy whiteness”
What the hell does “crappy whiteness” even mean? Besides, the “crappy whiteness” is there because it’s set in a laboratory. And what does the setting even have to DO with graphics? Saying that Portal’s graphics are bad because the tiles are light-coloured is like saying hamburgers taste bad because you don’t like the colour. Graphics and setting have no relation.
killarapp
November 19th, 2008
I know how you read this thread and jumped on the opportunity to prove yourself and look smart to everyone here by trashing Steve’s posts.
What you fail to realise is that (as shown in all the comments you were too intelligent to read) this was all a joke. And the real fools are people like Suse!
Adam
December 22nd, 2008
Portal Owns.
Thats all that needs to be said.
Random
December 23rd, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed Portal but I do think it’s only for a certain type of gamer, you need decent hand/eye coordination and a feel for 3 dimensions otherwise it’s unrewarding and you’ll never make it out of those dull white rooms that steve was whittering on about. My dad hated it.
The reason why this game scored so high is because everyone who played it for more than a few hours reached the end and almost cried. A short, sweet masterpiece.. I only hope the challenges in Portal 2 are better than the first.
Chimes
January 17th, 2009
Wow! I can’t wait for Portal 2 to come out now. I’m the kind of person who will go crazy with curiousity over the little mysteries. I wonder if we’ll find out how Chell came to be there…?
marklovesportal
January 24th, 2009
MAN I FIRST WANT TO SAY PORTAL IS THE BEST GAME EVVEEEEERRRRR!!! WHO GIVES A FLAMING TURKEY ABOUT THE GRAPHICS
Smokin
January 27th, 2009
Just finished Portal.
Have to say, it was excellant – refreshing to have a 1pp game that’s not a shooter and not some attempt at replicating ‘real’ or ‘future’ life.
I’ve always loved the ‘puzzle’ type game, and this was top rate.
The song at the end had me in stitches too
Lewis
February 6th, 2009
I read that the white walls wern’t to simulate a ‘lab environment’ but to concentrate your mind on the task at hand – like the ‘lab environments’ but not simulating it.
Lewis
February 6th, 2009
Oh, and i am positively excited for Portal 2!
…Im having slight doubts about if Valve can pull off a sequel though. I guess the only thing i can do is be optimistic
Tom
February 17th, 2009
Lewis I agree
It’s either going to be a huge success or a complete faliure.
(just my opinion)
Harry
March 7th, 2009
I played portal and I loved it, and I can’t wait to play portal 2.
I just want to say that if you don’t listen to what GLaDos is saying then you might find it boring, because what GLaDos says is actually quite funny in a dark sort of way, and also gives some hints on the storyline.
And also I don’t know why everyone thinks the cake is a lie, for one in one of the first test GLaDos says that she cannot lie, and she does tell the truth through the whole game, and secondly you see the cake at the end.
Tom M
March 17th, 2009
@Harry – yeah, but she could have been lying about not lying
I kinda felt sorry for the computer at the end, there really was a cake
but I recently played/beat this game, and can’t wait for portal 2 already! (maybe a portal 3 with a revenge of GlaDos too?)
More please!
jakus
April 19th, 2009
way too short
jakus
April 19th, 2009
way too short and korny
will
April 21st, 2009
i wonder if portal will be able to interact with water. like you have a pool of water and you shoot a portal at the bottom through the water and the water comes through the portal maybe to somewhere else to get up to a platform that would be soo cool
Sparky
May 19th, 2009
I loved Portal, and have completed it about 3 times.
For those who thought it was too short, or not hard enough, have any of you downloaded the ‘Portal – The Flash Version add on pack’? It is based on the Flash Version you can find through google easily enough. It is much harder (sometimes stupidly so) and the end ‘boss battle’ is much much more satisfying (and frustrating) than GLADoS. It’s worth the download and completely free.
Heartbreaker
May 24th, 2009
GLaDOS said she was “Still alive. Doing science. Feeling Fantastic.” So will this, perhaps, be the base for a possible Portal Three in the late future, after the well awaited and wanted Portal 2 comes out?
GazTron
June 2nd, 2009
To the guy who considers himself a ”classy” gamer because he likes Saints Row … (Steve).
First of all, have you gone completely mad? I mean honestly, I think you’d better go and lay down for a while. Perhaps get yourself down to the methadone clinic. Quit the smack.
“They ripped off a couple of ideas from other games like Zelda then cut the ones that wern’t so good. They were left with about 3 hours of game, what does that tell you!”
You just made that up. Where the hell did you even get that idea? You just invented the whole notion of Vavle ripping off Zelda and somehow coming up with Portal.
“Usually you go a year or 2 without a perfect critically aclaimed game, Halo 3 was one of the few games that warrented one but only just.”
Halo 3 wasn’t anywhere near as good as even Half Life 1. It was a big sloppy dumb ugly mess like a wad of drool hanging from some retards lip .. or one of your half cocked theories about where Vavle steal ideas from.
If anything based on what you’ve told us about your taste in games… you’re a very trashy gamer. A sort of mindless stinking ape of a gamer. You’re the sort of person who thought Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider Man 3′ was some sort of geniuosly scripted masterpeice.
“Valve games always get so much undeserved praise, I think its because they keep people waiting absolutely ages. I don’t think making portal is as hard as people think it is.”
I’ve never heard such a pathetic argument. What is it exactly you know about the length of time is takes to make a game that we don’t? All you’ve showed you can do is ‘exploit the comments system.’
You sir, are a bloody fool.
Steve
June 2nd, 2009
I love valve me
GazTron
June 2nd, 2009
Not even half as much as I love ranting.
Alan
June 11th, 2009
Did Valve have an E3 conference, its not like them to get someone else to announce their games for them, oh well I guess we’re gunna have to wait longer for Portal 2.
Americapwnsgermany
June 16th, 2009
Dude portal sucks ass like fucking germans. I fucking hate them both so fuckin much… Ur all a bunch of stupid asslicks play a awesome game like gears of war. It’s way better than anythom to cum out of gabe ns fat ass.
Sean
June 16th, 2009
Absolutely breathtaking.
Dudewheresmycube?
June 17th, 2009
Wow americapwnsgermany u are absolutely the DUMBEST person I’ve ever seen. tell me ONE reason that Portal sucks. ONE reason. And what is your problem with Germany? I’m half german! Germany is simply beutiful. Someone delete his comment. It’s pointless and rascist
Paulski
June 24th, 2009
I just completed this game, and will agree with another comment that Valve has quickly become one of my favorite developers. The Orange box was an awesome find.
I loved Portal, although after playing the first 3 levels didnt play it again for months. Then one day, got really into it. The end credit sequence and getting the cake was really warming after figuring out all of the puzzles.
I havent played one valvue game I didnt like so far.
Tommy Tippee
June 25th, 2009
They had me hooked at “Aperture Science Supercolliding Superbutton”!
Mike
June 25th, 2009
In my personal opinion I found Portal to be very boring. Not hugely into total puzzle games, but I can understand why people would like it. It was still definately a good deal getting it free with Orange Box though.
Harry
July 25th, 2009
I first got Portal ages ago, and still play it now.
I have lost count on the amount of times I’ve replayed it and I cannot wait for the Portal 2 to come out.
Although I was more looking forward to a sequel rather than a prequel, but oh well.
I hope Valve get this finished up soon!
Yan
August 10th, 2009
I have to say that the best sequel I could’ve imagined was Gordon and Chell shaking hands, and beating some combine ASS. Ah well. A prequel will be satisfying enough until that happens.
Thezza
August 21st, 2009
I agree with Dudewheresmycar, Americapwnsgermany is a fukin moron, that was racist and incredibly tasteless, shut up u ignorant yank. nd even tho wat steve was saying nd doing is said to be a joke, (altho the way he explained himself sounded like a rushed attempt at saving any reputation and friendships with any long standing gamer friends posting on this site of his before he was universally disliked,) it was still a load of bollocks nd i wudnt be surprised if he was hiding his head in shame at this very moment as the guilt of his damaging words penetrate whatever shreds of gaming soul he still has left, if any. fuk u steve and fuk u Americapwnsgermany. ur both dildos and u steve, shudnt fuk around with the comment system. u r a noob. suck my balls.
now that thats out of the way, i love portal and cudnt drag myself awaythe first time i played it. i love the concept and development of GLaDOS as a character throughout the game and completely get her/it’s quirky, dark humour. in the words of Adam:
“Portal Owns.
Thats all that needs to be said.”
cant wait for the sequel!!!
Lloytron
August 23rd, 2009
Im a silly face
Phil
August 27th, 2009
Surely Steve is trolling… lmao
Otherwise, what a fucktard…
Thezza
September 8th, 2009
Pay homage to the sultan’s balls!
dstryr_ov_n00bz
October 2nd, 2009
finished l4d an played the fuck out of it on live…..i was intreuged by all the “the cake is a lie” thing an decided order orange box 2nite on ebay after playin the portal demo
portal is like mirrors edge were it takes a fps mechanic an makes a new and fresh game all together.
id like to also add
saints row is a shit GTA rip off
halo is gay i had more fun playin prey and thats sayin somert.
ps steve im gonna rape u in ur knightmares and mastabate to your tears of pain for i taste like the dreams of mad children.=D
and cod waw is well to overrated
LEFT 4 DEAD is the reason why squaresoft aint my number 1 anymore.
dstryr_ov_n00bz
October 2nd, 2009
americapwnsgerr.,,,shut your mouth u lil fat ass american.you used to jack of to the band hanson before u found out they were dudes lol ()(^_^)()
Thezza
October 5th, 2009
Yeah, i’m nominating u for the biggest douche in the universe award Americapwnsgermany! And u Steve, spend so much time fantacsising about ur mums boobs that uve lost track of reality and become a social retard! y dont u go fuck ur sister u piece of shit!
Zed
October 13th, 2009
I’d like to add that Aperture Science will play a major part in Half Life 2 episode 3, and hence the possibility that this acting job could be for that purpose, or for both.
Eleanor
October 16th, 2009
OMG OMG OMG! I can’t wait for Portal 2!
I never thought I would love a non-Nintendo game so much.
Valve are amazing. <3 <3 <3
da no0va pwner
October 22nd, 2009
steve and americapwnsgermany i would like to sprinkle my opinion of you to all here by saying….YOUR THE MOST SELFISH,DUMB,RACIST(just americapwnsgermany on the racist)BUNCH OF RUDDY FUCKTARDS……first of all portal is a very interesting game and not all games are made just for you with that pigs crap you call “saints row 2″(crappest game ever) not all games have action and death because other people have thier own interests in gmae genres so GTFO AND GO JACK OFF IN FRONT OF A DEAD SKUNK FOR ALL I CAREE YOU SHOULD GET A LIFE. i think that was well said XD
Elfen Lied
December 1st, 2009
portal… where do i begin
well contrary to steves comments at the top of the page why has it took me more than 6 months to hunt the OB down if portal is a poor game??
my only conclusion was that portal had to be awesome wins for it never being in stock at my game stores
Portal 2 … well we are in the tail end of 09 now anyone have any ideas on when it is going to be released? cos personally i cannot wait for the sequel/prequel to this epic, epic game
sooper cool2
December 20th, 2009
i have no clue when it is coming out but all ppl who think portal sucks, well if i expressed it you would be reading this longer than you would be playing the game- and none of it is a complement… portal is the best game ever and yes at the end i almost did cry, and am still spooked about how sad, eerie and wonderful the game was. but it would take only an extremely deep player (by deep i mean someone who throws themselves over every little detail about the past history of the game and truly connects to the game on some weird level as well as being a deep thinker) to recognize the pure story of the game.
i hope that sometime in the future maybe they would release the portal gun in a half life game because if you go through the game with commentary it says it links to half life 2, about the time in the android training fire level where u have to get through the maze of androids and u find the 2 boxes and the ratman den (as the commentators call them) right behind them.
Leo
January 30th, 2010
I don’t really think everyone should be talking about the graphics and levels of Portal.
Bear with me here, Portal is not a first person shooter, because there isn’t any shooting (unless you get the HL2 weps off the CMD), and the graphics aren’t brilliant, and sure it can get a little repetitive, but you have to look deeper. You have to really concentrate on the plot instead of everything else. Valve have made Portal in such a way that when you realise the plot, you become amazed at how the developers could (even unintentionally) think of that.
Everyone thinks of GLaDOS as the evil, sarcastic antagonist, but really she’s just a prisoner in a room. She’s hanging from the ceiling, for Christ’s sake.
I think that GLaDOS really wanted Chell to kill her, and put her out of her misery in that lonely room.
I can say that, hands down, Portal is one of the best, if not the best, games I have ever played, with the one of the deepest plots in gaming history.
And Steve, go rape yourself.
mark
February 7th, 2010
Portal got my GF into fps games,
it has it all
FPS enviroment
Needing to think , try and error
New concept, teleporters thrown with ease.
Humor, lots of funny music statements, situations.
lots of eye candie.
and a simple but yet belivable story line.
Brill
Portal 2 better have the above.
escpecially the humor
AnonRox
March 3rd, 2010
Valve is the best game developer ever. Besides Bioware and Blizzard of course.
Portal and the best game ever, Half Life, are proof of that.
Also steve is a complete moron. Seriously, doesn’t like Portal but thinks shit like Halo 3 is the best thing since sliced bread? Dumbass.
Odinnor
March 8th, 2010
Hey All.
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I just wondering if Valve will use a `new` graphic engine?-Source 2 ?, in Portal 2. If, then we will maybe see hl2ep3 at the same time P2 is out, just a guess
I havent played Portal yet, i know im in shame
Btw, those who love COD4.. = its nothing new about it, just same old Counterstrike all over again
( I respect CS 
(But use 6-7 yr on a source 2, then use it on hl2ep3?. Then Hl3 will use the same engine, just sounds strange.)
Best Reg Norway
Tom
March 11th, 2010
I hate it when people say things like “Please don’t spew game ratings, voice your own opinion”. What the hell do you THINK they’re doing?! If I hated Portal, I certainly wouldn’t start saying how many awards it won and how high its ratings are. People quote game ratings etc. to prove to random haters of the game that most other people LOVE it – INCLUDING THEMSELVES.
As a side note, I have come to the conclusion that anyone who hated Portal CLEARLY had the speakers on mute and the Portal Depth set to 0. Play through again and turn the sound on and put the portal depth to 6 (I think 6 is the highest). THEN you have a right to comment.
Thezza
March 12th, 2010
Hi guys, I’m back. Just thought I would mention the new patch release by Valve for portal in the last week or so, which includes an alternate ending, (check out youtube: portal alternate ending) and loads of secret graphics. Aswell as a new achievement concerning finding radios in each of the test chambers and placing them at specific points to get a short burst of morse code from them. I am really getting shivers about this, coz some of the morse code has been deciphered, and it sounds like Glados is rebooting and making a comeback. ALSO, some internet sleuths have found a secret link to an imageboard style site which is fronting as an aperture science info base or something, with hidden memos to and from, (founder of Aperture Science and speculated new antagonist of portal 2,) Cave Johnson. These new easter eggs/bonus contents are getting everyone riled up, coz they were released a few days before an official spokesperson announced the release date of Portal 2 to be in the the holiday seasons of 2010, (whenever that is,) and people think that somehow all this new shit is connected. I dont kno whats going on for sure, my steam account has locked for some reason and I dont have this new content, but it’s all over the internet and I am well excited. Check this site out for more info and updates:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62575
and please comment here to let me and the rest of us know anything new or unknown so far about this scarily epic update.
p.s. If you go to this combinewiki page about Glados:
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/GLaDOS#Portal_2
and scroll down to the section on Portal 2, it has a new quote from Glados and added plot details. WHERE THE HELL DID THIS INFORMATION COME FROM?!?!?! I NEED TO KNOOOOW!!!! Also, check out updates 4 and 5 on the first link, they are quite cool maaan!!!! Thanks, Thezza
Elfen Lied
March 15th, 2010
IT’S CONFIRMED.. VALVE HAS CONFIRMED PORTAL 2!!!!!
link for IGN youtube video for evidence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WMy20ukHcs&feature=fvsr
Tom
March 15th, 2010
…. yes. We know…. Hence this entire conversation….. We ALL know it has been confirmed, WAAAAAY before you posted here. I’ll carry on rubbing it in a bit later but I’m hungry right now. Bye!
Elfen Lied
March 16th, 2010
jesus christ chill dude so i forgot half the stuff thats posted here this is the first bit of hard evidence iv’e come across so SORRY for bein that lil bit OTT
Thezza
March 17th, 2010
Yeah Tom, wtf? I’ve read this entire convo and It seems I was the first to mention the new updates and info. Elfen Lied is just excited too and wants to join in. Dont be such a bummer man, just be happy that Valve are, (hopefully,) finally getting their arse into gear. If there be more info, even if u think it is more of the same, post it and dont feel like u hav to already be in the kno bout stuff, it’s people like Tom which exclude people just for the fun of it.
Thezza
March 17th, 2010
Yeah Tom, wtf? I’ve read this entire convo and It seems I was the first to mention the new updates and info. Elfen Lied is just excited too and wants to join in. Dont be such a bummer man, just be happy that Valve are, (hopefully,) finally getting their arse into gear. If there be more info, even if u think it is more of the same, post it and dont feel like u hav to already be in the kno bout stuff, it’s people like Tom which exclude people just for the fun of it. SUCK MY MAN TITTIES BITCH!