Portal - I must be in the minority here

[WalkinTarget]

So I tried Portal once since I bought the Orange Box, and found it ... puzzling. Wow, cool concept seeing myself run into a room and then trying to find a way out .. but ... I just don't have the mental capacity to find this fun once my brain can't easily deduce a workaround for the exit. Dunno if I have undiagnosed ADD, or whether I just don't want to think once I sit down at my PC, but I am not a puzzle guy at all.

So, Portal lovers ... clue me in as to what I am missing. All this talk about cubes and whatnot keeps drawing me back to Portal, but TF2 is my true love and I dare not cheat on her at this point. I haven't even tried HL:Ep 2 either, as I wanted to finish HL:Ep 1 first, so I have merely scratched the surface of the Orange box.

[BigTwinky]

I love puzzles. I'm actually addicted to Brain Age on my DS. I haven't finished downloading Portal yet. I have this need to shoot people in TF2, and I feel I need to fill that need each time I login, so Portal takes a back seat

[CarbonFire]

So I tried Portal....but I am not a puzzle guy at all.
There you go, problem solved.

With portal being entirely puzzle-based, if you're not into problem solving or if critical thinking doesn't get you all hot and bothered, Portal isn't really for you. There's still some good humor in there, so I'd say play through it if you can just to enjoy the experience :D

In the same way, some people who enjoy slower, more cerebral games can't seem to get into UT3 or other fast-paced games. Different strokes for different folks :2thumbs:

[Thrashdragon]

I don't normally enjoy puzzle games, and puzzle elements in other game genres usually just irritate me to no end, but I really enjoyed Portal (except for the one level I got stuck in and had to look up part of the solution :oops: ). The ending was well worth it.

[random_id]

I am not a puzzle guy at all.

I also dislike puzzles in general (doesn't matter if they're as challenging as the Portal ones or as "cheap" and unchallenging as in the whole EP2) and I also had troubles figuring out some of the puzzles in Portal, but I just used YouTube to figure out certain puzzles and still managed to finish it and actually enjoyed the whole game (much more than, say, EP2, which I really disliked) :D

[WalkinTarget]

Oddly enough, since everyone raved about this game (and yes, I saw YOU playing Portal via my Steam 'Friends' list .. you know who you are !!) I assumed I was just weird and didn't devote any time to it.

I never owned a Rubik's Cube, but I do take credit for peeling the stickers off and solving one in under 10 minutes !!

/me flexes

I will try Portal just to make sure I don't want to exercise my brain, but I really do prefer to veg, and just shoot at random targets of opportunity in any FPS game.

[L_Mo]

I think I enjoyed portal because I liked solving the puzzles in a funny/absurd atmosphere. If you get on your computer to just sit back and relax, I can totally see why the puzzle aspect isn't that interesting to you.

That being said, the game is fun for other reasons... mostly the absurd things the computer says. If you get totally stuck and find it's not fun, there's no shame in looking up a solution. Especially if you're just not a puzzle guy...

[baconoclock]

i hate puzzle games, but the comedy aspect of this was awesome.

[Dead_And_Gone]

I played for all of 10 minutes on it one day, and have never gone back.
Just seemed like room after same room after same room to me.
I heard no feedback, no nothing, just boring as (*)&(^( ..

But that's just me, and I didn't look up the Youtube's on it.

With 2142 about gone, I'm going to be spending much more time
in TF2 and some UT3. Unfortunately TF2 is usually empty when
I'm on in the mornings. :cry:

[Tails_Kitsune]

Portal did start slow, in my opinion, Dead and Gone. Once you get both the blue and red portal options, it's a lot funner. It's funner once the puzzles are actually...well, puzzling. :D I know it's not everyone's type of game, though. The game also has some very rich humor...rivaled only by TF2 (and I think TF2 still loses out.)

(Sadly, the TF2 server is emptying out around 2-3 AM every morning and doesn't start back up until around 5-6 PM at the earliest. :( Hopefully that'll be changing soon.)

[L_Mo]

I heard no feedback, no nothing, just boring as (*)&(^( ..

If you literally don't hear any computer voice, then you're experiencing a bug (I had it, too). You should be hearing a computer voice talking to you and guiding you through the game from the very beginning.

I thought they fixed it in an update, but I had to go into the sound options and set the language to french, then back to english. Also, turn subtitles on temporarily to make sure you're hearing the voice when you're supposed to hear it. I got all the way to level 10 before I realized there was supposed to be a voice talking to me. It's a totally different (and better) game with the voice.

[BigTwinky]

I decided to give Portal a shot this weekend when Cain's TF2 was full.
Man, its like liquid crack. I'm up to the 18th room (I think its 18). The game is pretty damn fun.

[Dead_And_Gone]

I'll try the voice thing this morning.

The game was Dead quiet for me, no voices, no anything but me running.

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

I decided to give Portal a shot this weekend ...

Looks like a few of us played it this weekend for the first time.

I gave it a try for about an hour this weekend to see what all the hype was about. I enjoyed it, will probalby be playing it some more.

[Cold Catalyst]

Ep1 is really short, could easily tackle it in an afternoon.

I've been busy so haven't had time for TF2 never mind completing Ep2. I might tackle that this weekend, not entirely sure.

[baconoclock]

Ep1 is really short, could easily tackle it in an afternoon.

I've been busy so haven't had time for TF2 never mind completing Ep2. I might tackle that this weekend, not entirely sure.


Ep 2 is awesome. You'll like it.

[Kenshin Himura]

Ep 2 is awesome. You'll like it.
Tails and I started going through it Sunday since our internet connection died on us.

Anyone notice that Gordon Freeman is... the epitome of Murphy's Law? If something can go wrong at any given point in this game, expect it to.

[Cold Catalyst]

Ep1 is really short, could easily tackle it in an afternoon.

I've been busy so haven't had time for TF2 never mind completing Ep2. I might tackle that this weekend, not entirely sure.


Ep 2 is awesome. You'll like it.

I'm estimating I'm 1/4-1/2 complete. I just had to ditch the hot-rod and start my hike to White Forrest.

I've loved it thus far, it's been the most intense and the most challenging HL game I've played to date. I've died a handful of times and those stalkers, oh don't get me started.

I'm also loving the semi-easy puzzles. And I've only gotten truely stuck with the consultant of a guide once. That was in the mine shaft and I couldn't find the hole you had to jump into to continue.

[baconoclock]

a quick tip, youll fight those... hunters (? mini walkers) later. use the grav gun and any large object you can pickup. makes short work of em.

[Sirex]

Ep 2 is awesome. You'll like it.
Tails and I started going through it Sunday since our internet connection died on us.

Anyone notice that Gordon Freeman is... the epitome of Murphy's Law? If something can go wrong at any given point in this game, expect it to.

What annoys me is, you go up to a group of people and they all go

"Your Freman right, I love you!!!!"

I think "... ok now get back to saving the world and stop following me!!!" lmao

[L_Mo]

And I've only gotten truely stuck with the consultant of a guide once. That was in the mine shaft and I couldn't find the hole you had to jump into to continue.

Oh man I got stuck there too big time. I was making it WAY too complicated. I thought you had to do something to knock a wall down or something. I kept looking around for ways to get past it... I had to consult a walkthrough too... it wasn't even really a puzzle, just a hunt, I guess...

[Dead_And_Gone]

I've gone through Ep1 and ep2 at medium.
FUN times. :2thumbs:

Will give it a go at hard next time.

[RobotBanana]

It's a totally different (and better) game with the voice.

I totally agree. I like puzzle games, but I've never had as much fun playing one as I did with Portal. The puzzles were great, but the funny walk-throughs and scribblings on the walls made it that much better.

The end credits are amazing too... :D