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tiedie
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I'd be happy with the SDK
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DaLexy
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 02:10 Post subject: |
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Nice one, ill really hope for more puzzles with "The memo also references Pneumatic Diversity Tubes..." 
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tiedie
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 03:21 Post subject: |
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Snore....
Just some stupid thank you video or something to Valve, server died anyway so who cares...
Back to waiting for the SDK
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 09:18 Post subject: |
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the story in Portal 2 is truly fun. WTF with this potato, I mean developers had a great idea about that, like it much.
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ClaudeFTW
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 10:25 Post subject: |
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She's a great source of lulz. Also, I believe Ellen Mclain's interpretation also has something to do with the fact that GLaDOS is an awesome character and villain. Possibly THE greatest, imo.
 Spoiler: | "Look at you, sailing majestically through the air. Like an eagle piloting a blimp" 
Or...
"You know, those things that are round, pale and filled with bullets, like you in a matter of seconds" |
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 10:47 Post subject: |
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| ClaudeFTW wrote: | She's a great source of lulz. Also, I believe Ellen Mclain's interpretation also has something to do with the fact that GLaDOS is an awesome character and villain. Possibly THE greatest, imo.
| Spoiler: | "Look at you, sailing majestically through the air. Like an eagle piloting a blimp"
Or...
"You know, those things that are round, pale and filled with bullets, like you in a matter of seconds" |
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SHODAN would like a word with you |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 10:50 Post subject: |
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Portal.2.Update.2-SKIDROW
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 11:03 Post subject: |
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| peter980 wrote: | | Portal.2.Update.2-SKIDROW |
http://store.steampowered.com/news/5363/
| Quote: | | Fixed and added additional error-handing code for crashes in the renderer |
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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ClaudeFTW
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 11:03 Post subject: |
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| Hierofan wrote: | | ClaudeFTW wrote: | She's a great source of lulz. Also, I believe Ellen Mclain's interpretation also has something to do with the fact that GLaDOS is an awesome character and villain. Possibly THE greatest, imo.
| Spoiler: | "Look at you, sailing majestically through the air. Like an eagle piloting a blimp"
Or...
"You know, those things that are round, pale and filled with bullets, like you in a matter of seconds" |
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SHODAN would like a word with you |
Sorry, of the last decade(2000-2009).
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Neon
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 12:49 Post subject: |
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| Neon wrote: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lICcfdftF0
For L4D fans Bill never died! |
Haha! Bill is great Excuse me? Hello?" "GO TO HELL" |
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Werelds
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garus
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 13:30 Post subject: |
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snip
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 13:36 Post subject: |
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| stemot wrote: | | Werelds wrote: | The e-book is easy to find btw, gonna have a look at it now 
Edit: obviously not as good as the real thing, but someone went through a lot of trouble to fit it into a PDF |
Any hints? |
Go to nzbclub
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 13:43 Post subject: |
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| stemot wrote: | | consolitis wrote: |
Go to nzbclub |
I don't have Usenet  |
Will pm it to you then 
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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Werelds
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 13:49 Post subject: |
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I've made it available for everyone, just send me a PM. Can't post the link since it technically is piracy, and we don't do that here 
Honestly though, I wish I had the actual app, and I really fucking hope they *at least* make it for Android as well. The text alone is a fantastic read and I think it outlines quite well how odd Valve works compared to a regular business 
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 13:51 Post subject: |
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| Werelds wrote: | I've made it available for everyone, just send me a PM. Can't post the link since it technically is piracy, and we don't do that here
Honestly though, I wish I had the actual app, and I really fucking hope they *at least* make it for Android as well. The text alone is a fantastic read and I think it outlines quite well how odd Valve works compared to a regular business |
The author says he is working on other versions right now.
Since you uploaded it before me, please send it to stemot
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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Werelds
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 13:54 Post subject: |
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Done
Just keep in mind that it is not an ebook, but screencaps of an iPad app so all the interactive stuff isn't there. Still, lots of photos, screenshots and text
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 14:36 Post subject: |
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-portal2-face-off
PS3 version uses MLAA instead of a generic blur filter on the 360 which is why it looks so much better.
About the PC version:
| Quote: | While there have been some complaints about the PC version being a console port, it's worth pointing out that the basic concept of the game itself is universal - this isn't a game that requires a stupendous, state-of-the-art computer.
There are some refinements over the console builds over and above the higher performance level and the ability to switch up to resolutions well in excess of the locked 720p found on PS3 and 360. For example, some textures benefit from higher quality artwork, lighting is quite often more refined and there are some enhanced shader effects here and there. The only thing missing from the PC game that is found in the console releases is the split-screen co-op mode - multiplayer is online-only here.
Quite why a vocal minority of the PC audience has turned on the game is a bit mystifying. It is clearly better than most of the cross-platform releases out there, and it's not as if the audience had to wait three to six months for it to appear either. Mention of not turning off your console in the PC game has raised the ire of some, but this is most likely a simple string table bug that really should have been picked up by QA, but wasn't.
The various arguments about the "day one DLC" may seem equally ludicrous bearing in mind that we're talking about co-op costumes that have absolutely zero effect on the gameplay. However, perhaps there is a lesson to be learned here - the kind of marketing campaigns used in the console market perhaps hold little appeal to the PC audience.
In conclusion, Oli scored Portal 2 as a 10/10 PC game in the Eurogamer review, and I doubt he'd mark down the Xbox 360 version since it is unarguably the same core game. That said, it's tangibly the weakest of the three different releases we've looked at here.
With the other two SKUs, what we're seeing are levels of refinement added to what is already a simply stunning game. The PC version has some superior lighting and effects work, and improved textures, but being able to run the game at higher resolutions and frame-rates does add significantly to the experience - with the faster update, the physics in particular stand out as being more realistic, pleasing and believable, and this is a core element of the Portal 2 experience. PC also features 3D Vision support: it's a bit buggy at the moment (NVIDIA tells us an upcoming driver revision will fix these issues), but 3D actually works for this game with depth perception being valuable for precision placement of portals. |
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 16:27 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-portal2-face-off
PS3 version uses MLAA instead of a generic blur filter on the 360 which is why it looks so much better.
About the PC version:
| Quote: | While there have been some complaints about the PC version being a console port, it's worth pointing out that the basic concept of the game itself is universal - this isn't a game that requires a stupendous, state-of-the-art computer.
There are some refinements over the console builds over and above the higher performance level and the ability to switch up to resolutions well in excess of the locked 720p found on PS3 and 360. For example, some textures benefit from higher quality artwork, lighting is quite often more refined and there are some enhanced shader effects here and there. The only thing missing from the PC game that is found in the console releases is the split-screen co-op mode - multiplayer is online-only here.
Quite why a vocal minority of the PC audience has turned on the game is a bit mystifying. It is clearly better than most of the cross-platform releases out there, and it's not as if the audience had to wait three to six months for it to appear either. Mention of not turning off your console in the PC game has raised the ire of some, but this is most likely a simple string table bug that really should have been picked up by QA, but wasn't.
The various arguments about the "day one DLC" may seem equally ludicrous bearing in mind that we're talking about co-op costumes that have absolutely zero effect on the gameplay. However, perhaps there is a lesson to be learned here - the kind of marketing campaigns used in the console market perhaps hold little appeal to the PC audience.
In conclusion, Oli scored Portal 2 as a 10/10 PC game in the Eurogamer review, and I doubt he'd mark down the Xbox 360 version since it is unarguably the same core game. That said, it's tangibly the weakest of the three different releases we've looked at here.
With the other two SKUs, what we're seeing are levels of refinement added to what is already a simply stunning game. The PC version has some superior lighting and effects work, and improved textures, but being able to run the game at higher resolutions and frame-rates does add significantly to the experience - with the faster update, the physics in particular stand out as being more realistic, pleasing and believable, and this is a core element of the Portal 2 experience. PC also features 3D Vision support: it's a bit buggy at the moment (NVIDIA tells us an upcoming driver revision will fix these issues), but 3D actually works for this game with depth perception being valuable for precision placement of portals. |
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Still blurred as fuck, compared to true Supersampling AA...
"Sometimes when you do things right, people are not sure you've done anything at all." -- God (Futurama)
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Apr 2011 17:03 Post subject: |
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| garus wrote: | I'd love to see a competitive multiplayer shooter with portals! That should be easier now that Portal 2 supports online Coop with two players. Maybe it could be extended to more players.
Like, Portal Wars |
http://www.1up.com/news/valve-cut-portal-2-competitive
| Quote: | "Along with co-op, [we had] the idea of sort of a competitive Portal multiplayer," he said. "We went down that path, actually, for a little while and had something up and running -- the best way to describe it is sort of speedball meets Portal. You know, a sports analog. And it quickly became apparent that while it's fun for about two seconds to drop portals under people and things like that, it quickly just devolves into pure chaos. It lost a lot of the stuff that was really entertaining about Portal, which was puzzle-solving. Cooperative puzzle-solving was just a much more rewarding path."
The actual gameplay of the mode involved moving a ball from one end of a space to the other quickly using portals. The competition would try to stop the player by, for example, trapping them with a portal shot onto the ground. Wolpaw says in practice "it was a hot mess." |
http://www.gamerzines.com/ps3/previews/valve-portal-2-interview.html
| Quote: | GZ: We've been told previously that Valve had originally considered competitive multiplayer for Portal 2 but that the team couldn't get it to work. Is competitive multiplayer something you'd like to explore again in future Portal titles or have you concluded that it doesn't really suit the game?
JB: I think that it's possible. We were actually trying competitive modes in Portal 1 and our instinct was to give everybody guns and a portal gun and see what happens. It was fun for about 30 seconds and then it was immediately not fun after that. I think given the right rule sets and goals there probably is something there, but we've tried a lot of different things and none of them have been successful. We don't want to just throw in a random mode that we feel is something people will play for 10 minutes and then never go back to, so if we do ship one it'll have to be something we really like and feel like it has legs. We're always working on it. We haven't struck gold yet but we're still mining! |
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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garus
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