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IGN: So how does Portal fit into Half-Life?
Gabe Newell: Right now Portal is a separate game but over time we're looking to incorporate it into Half-Life. What actually scared us about Portal is that some people get it very quickly - they get the idea that this gun connects any two points in space. But other people are very puzzled by the idea and cannot work out how to use it. I'm not sure we can get the majority of game players to understand those aspects in a game straight off so we built Portal to take people by hand and walk them through the idea.
"It looks like it's going to be very successful experiment, which means we'll be able to move it into our single-player game much sooner. It's like the gravity gun - prior to Half-Life 2 we did a bunch of experiments to find out how to make physics more important in a game. Up until that point we felt they had only been used for presentation, to bounce objects around in the world that didn't matter. We wanted it to make people stop and say, 'That's not just a saw-blade lying on the ground, it's a tool I can use to cut zombies in half!'
If we were working episodically around the time of Half-Life 2 we could have released a small game based around the gravity gun and learned from feedback before including it in the game. Instead we had to wait for the whole game to ship. There's no doubt Half-Life 2 would've been a better game if we'd been able to get the feedback along the way. With Portal we're able to get that feedback much sooner and we can then incorporate that into the next episode.
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from:http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/727/727995p1.html
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Aug 2006 17:08 Post subject: |
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o great a game about history of a gun {/sarcasm}
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| Posted: Tue, 6th Mar 2007 02:29 Post subject: |
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| Parallax_ wrote: | | I bet that it will be delayed until Q1 2007. December just seems to short to finish it up. |
Still betting on Q1?? haha Ign says Q2.
anywho is wtf is up with the lack of updating on this game. |
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Karmeck
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| Posted: Tue, 6th Mar 2007 07:15 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | Parallax_ wrote: | | I bet that it will be delayed until Q1 2007. December just seems to short to finish it up. |
Still betting on Q1?? haha Ign says Q2.
anywho is wtf is up with the lack of updating on this game. |
they are saying fall 2007 right now, and I think ports for ps3 and 360 take some time but also TF2.
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Tue, 6th Mar 2007 10:05 Post subject: |
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Simple steps to figure out the real release date from fatass Gabe:
1. Get the announced release date.
2. Add +1 year.
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Mar 2007 15:01 Post subject: |
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poullou
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Mar 2007 16:29 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 25th May 2007 22:40 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 07:04 Post subject: |
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| alex7600 wrote: | | Portal is available for preload via steam Started from 75% for me. |
I just....wet myself due to you....  When is the release date for it? |
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 07:17 Post subject: |
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October 10th the same day as the rest of the orange box stuff.
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 07:21 Post subject: |
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Same as the other Orange Box titles, October 10th for steam, October 12th for US retail and October 18th for EU retail if I remember correctly.
(Unsure about EU date but most stores here list it as the 16th or the 18th)
EDIT: Seems I posted this a little late.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 07:25 Post subject: |
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| sueil wrote: | | October 10th the same day as the rest of the orange box stuff. |
Is portal available by itself or do you have to have the orange box |
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poullou
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 07:35 Post subject: |
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There should be an individual offer for every new game included in the orange box. Nothing yet though.
Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς - Μολὼν λαβέ
Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 07:59 Post subject: |
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Portal: $20
Team Fortress 2: $30
Half Life 2: Episode Two: $30
Total cost is $80 if purchased individually.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 08:02 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 08:03 Post subject: |
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The Peggle Extreme is nothing more than a 10 level demo that's been reskinned.
Really not worth the effort of even installing if you've played the original for more than 5 minutes.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 08:31 Post subject: |
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Ah well I hadn't played Ep 1 yet so that was bonus for me.
I did play peggle for 5 minutes and it seemed fun. Don't think I will ever play it again though. Why couldn't they have included switchball instead? Not sure they even sell that on steam, but it's besides the point.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 11:05 Post subject: |
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| sueil wrote: | Ah well I hadn't played Ep 1 yet so that was bonus for me.
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same here its pretty sweet, plus with the dollar this low its a nice deal : -)
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2007 18:05 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Oct 2007 05:53 Post subject: |
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My squirrel is a nudest! how dare he!
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 10:09 Post subject: |
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decrypting 22% man this is the usual slow shit upon steam releases.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 10:13 Post subject: |
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Portal is quite a fun game but a little on the short side, already at station 14 out of 19.
Preloading portal didn't take that long but the preload of Episode two took quite a while before it jumped from 65% to 90% probably because of the already unlocked TF2 beta files.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 10:21 Post subject: |
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| JBeckman wrote: | | Portal is quite a fun game but a little on the short side, already at station 14 out of 19. |
yeah I heard that it's really short. That's a pity.
But I suppose if it's possible, then we'll soon see a huge bunch of user created levels for Portal... hopefully.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Oct 2007 12:46 Post subject: |
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Hm, kay, I'm done with it + all advanced levels. It was pretty fun though.
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