I'm playing Half-Life 2 on XBOX right now, it's outstanding, but from what I hear, the ending intentionally sets up the two mini-episodes that are only out for the 360!Originally Posted by bullypulpit
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I'm playing Half-Life 2 on XBOX right now, it's outstanding, but from what I hear, the ending intentionally sets up the two mini-episodes that are only out for the 360!
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Oh, but you're forgetting the PC. Both episodes are out for the PC, and you can get them both (along with HL2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2) as part of "The Orange Box," which is worth twice what they charge for it.
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Unreal 2? Are you sure you're not referring to one of the Unreal Tournament games? Unreal 2 was awful.
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Ahh. I never play computer games, so I didn't know it was out for that. I hear Portal's pretty good.
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Portal's awesome, and it's also a technical miracle if you know anything about the complexities of 3D game programming. However, I'll skip the technical stuff. Whenever I talk about it, people get irritated and bored.
In Portal, you are a test subject for Aperture Science being given various tasks to complete using their new portal technology. Unlike portals in games like Quake or Unreal Tournament, you are not simply treated to a buffer time disguised as a flash only to be transported, upright and stationary, to wherever you are going. Instead, the portals are treated much like doors. If you angle the portals correctly, you can see yourself through them (in fact, the first few portals you use are made by the computer to get you used to the idea, and you can see yourself through the very first one, as it helps you grasp the concept). When you step through a portal, it's just like using a door...except you're now a great distance away and probably facing a different direction. The transition is smooth, with no flash or anything. You just walk straight through and emerge on the other side at whatever orientation and velocity you entered the portal at (though if, for example, the exit is on the ceiling, the new direction of gravity will affect you immediately). Eventually, you are given a portal gun which can fire first one, then both colors of portal (no one color is the 'entrance' or 'exit,' but there can only be one portal of each color, blue and orange, at a time, so making a new one of the same color erases the old one).
Now, while this may be cool enough at face value, it gets better. Now, it may be cool enough making yourself a quick way across a chasm or through a tiny space, there are such better uses for it. If you fall into a portal, you come out the other side very quickly, allowing you to launch yourself up great heights or across wide spaces. You can also place portals in the path of dangerous objects to redirect them somewhere safe or useful. The use of all of these mechanics is required throughout the 'story mode' as well as the challenge modes afterward. The game is an absolute blast, and I'd recommend it for anyone (though the latter half of the game may be scary for young children, who might have trouble solving the puzzles, anyway, especially the one where the game flat out says to you 'we regret to inform you that this next test...is impossible').
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I only played it for about 10, 15 minutes, but I was VERY impressed with this. I played it on the 360, is that what you're playing it on?
Also, how's Call of Duty 4? That's the one that's set in modern times, right?
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