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masterhibb

Portal 2: More is Less

Apr 29, 2011 22:09

I just finished Portal 2, and I'm-a gonna talk about it. Because it is another shining example of how every person who identifies themselves as a gamer loves Valve and everything they do to death, while I just don't think they make games that are all that great. I've probably already ranted about how Half-Life 2 is the most overrated piece of ( Read more... )

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masterhibb April 30 2011, 03:31:08 UTC

One more unrelated thing, because this was bothering me all day at work: there's a sign from one of the 1950s-era test chambers that states the test can not be completed without the use of a portal gun. Really? Aperture Science has been just sitting on portal technology for 60 years? No wonder they went bankrupt!

Seriously, this was bothering me all day. I mean, 60 years.

"Sir, we have massive gridlock in all of America's major cities, smog from trucking and commuting is choking out the west coast, and/or we're melting the polar ice caps with all our emissions. Is there anything your advanced theoretical science labs can do to help?"

"Oh, I don't know...I mean, we do have this one thing that will let you instantly teleport any object--even people--from one place to another, but I really can't think of any practical purpose for that sort of technology."

"Really?! That's amazing! Does it work?"

"Oh, I don't know...I mean, I guess it works well enough that we use it to test our other products, but it's really only been ( ... )

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masterhibb May 1 2011, 22:32:28 UTC

Yeah, HL1 seemed like it could have been good at the time, but I played it a few years later and you can't go back to those games. HL2 was just mediocre. The shooting was on par, and the gravity gun was fun, but all the driving and all the other gimmicks were garbage. Plus the first half of the game was a giant sewer levelMostly, though, I hate it because so many people have so many boners for the cardboard characters and hackneyed plot. And how many passes they give Valve for not finishing their games. When Blizzard takes 6 years to make a game, at least you know where the time went when you get the game. How many hours of game are in starcraft 2? 20? With a world-class multilayer and full-featured editor. What was in episode 2? 4 hours of single player content and a cliffhanger? But somehow they get exactly the same fawning forgiveness for infinite dev cycles and slipped releases from the fans and, more importantly, the press ( ... )