Portal - great game or the greatest game?

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#1 ItalStallion777
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i have to say for the 2 hours it took me to complete the game it was simply amazing and didn't overstay its welcome. every part of the game was fun and was also very funny. i will be spending a lot of time replaying the main game and the bonus maps. best 2 hour video game ever made.

here's to hoping they make a Portal 2!

don't worry cows, you'll get to play it soon enough. ;)

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#2 DmdSATISFACTIO
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First we must ask ourselves.

Cake or No Cake? Is the cake a lie?

Then we may venture into talks of greaness.

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#3 BioShockOwnz
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One of the best games I've had the pleasure of playing, no joke.
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#4 Vandalvideo
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If a robot bakes a cake, but there is no one around to eat it, is the cake real? :o
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#5 Locke562
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If a robot bakes a cake, but there is no one around to eat it, is the cake real? :oVandalvideo

Does a bear @%#$ in the woods?

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#6 onewiththegame
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the song at the end was my fav part of a great game

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#7 ItalStallion777
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If a robot bakes a cake, but there is no one around to eat it, is the cake real? :oVandalvideo

that's a real mind bottler :P

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#8 DmdSATISFACTIO
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If a robot bakes a cake, but there is no one around to eat it, is the cake real? :oVandalvideo

blasphemy

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#9 bigrhyno
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It seriously is the most fun I have had with a single player game. Some of the puzzles at first looked challenging then when you figure it out I felt a sense of accomplishment that I dont feel in most games. Not to mention I was laughing half the time through the majority of the game. Not only was the game just freaking awesome, the ending alone was worth my time.
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#10 Arsuz
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To quote a ceratin reviewer: "Portal is the best thing you're going to play on your PC untill they invent a force feedback cockpiece"
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#11 mutenpika
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If a robot bakes a cake, but there is no one around to eat it, is the cake real? :oVandalvideo

It's a ****ing lie!

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#12 heretrix
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It's a great game with a good sense of humor sprinkled with a dash of originality.

Good times.

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#13 mingo123
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made me sick, played it for 4 minutes......so it cant be a great game

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#14 blahzor
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Great game, but nowhere near greatest game.

I enjoyed its puzzles for the most part, and most were fairly clever.. but i guess i just wasn't that wowed by them. There's not much negative to say besides its ridiculousshort length, but it just doesn't leave the feeling of "greatest experience". The best part of that game was the personality, as far as i'm concerned.. as a result, i've lost all interest in trying to do the harder challenges..i started, but perhaps i'll finish them later after i get through ep 1 and ep 2.

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#15 project343
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Simply fantastic.

I adored it; however, I wouldn't (personally) say it's the greatest game of all time. Funny thing is, with the cake aside, I can't think of any valid criticisms. Most will attack its length, but it suits the story. I'd rather not have excessive filler content simply to match today's standards. In taking replayability, additional content, and challenges into the equation, the value is met. You can stretch about 10 hours out of Portal. Not bad for a $20 game.

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#16 Haee
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made me sick, played it for 4 minutes......so it cant be a great game

mingo123

Halo 3 had too many colors with motion blur, played it for 4 minutes...so it cant be a great game.

Obviously this isnt true but if you think your original post is logical then so is my response.

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#17 sonicmj1
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It isn't the greatest game ever, but it's perfect for what it is, while still being very original.
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#18 REforever101
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One of the best games I've had the pleasure of playing, no joke.BioShockOwnz

same here

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#19 jangojay
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made me sick, played it for 4 minutes......so it cant be a great game

mingo123

Halo made me sick, i played it for 1minute.. so it can't be a geat game. Seriously anyone with master chief in thier potrait I find it very hard to take them seriously. They mostly sound like twelve year olds.

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#20 mingo123
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[QUOTE="mingo123"]

made me sick, played it for 4 minutes......so it cant be a great game

jangojay

Halo made me sick, i played it for 1minute.. so it can't be a geat game.

cool good to know :) i enjoyed Halo

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#21 REforever101
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To quote a ceratin reviewer: "Portal is the best thing you're going to play on your PC untill they invent a force feedback cockpiece"Arsuz

zero punctuation ftw

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#22 donnygorgas
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Greatest game ever? No.

One of the greatest games ever? Maybe.

Great Game? Hell yes!

The only thing I'm not sure about is the games length. I think it was a little too short, but then again if it was much longer it could have gotten old.

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#23 chrisoff_1
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Original game is what i say.......very well executed and presented but certainly not OMFG!! GAME OF THE YEAR good, definately better than 98% of the crap games we normally see but not quite up there with greatest either, its kinda like the shadow of the colossus or ICO of PC gaming only not quite as good as those but it enjoys a similar level of love from gamers i notice
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#24 mistervengeance
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it was awesome, but i really dont see playing it through again

and the bonus maps really had me punching my face

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#25 NerdMan
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Portal was the best few hours of gaming I've had in a really long time. But I have one major gripe about it. I've been really depressed without the love of my Weighted Companion Cube.
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#26 BlueBarad
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Great game. Just goes to show you, we need very little to be entertained.

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It's not too bad but it ain't that great.
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#28 diablo_human
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It's in my top 5 best games ever list :D
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#29 thinicer
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I liked Portal. I thought it was fun, different, crazy! It was definitely a unique gaming experience for me.

But just because it's "different" doesn't make it the greatest. It was a breath of fresh air though and I thought it was great.

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#30 EntwineX
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Not the greatest, but great anyway. The levels were just perfectly designed, challenging enough to make you feel like you've accomplished something and yet easy enough not to be frustrating. And they got a lot more out of the whole portal idea than I would had thought possible, just brilliant. And the humour was the icing on the cake.
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#31 spinecaton
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I liked Portal. I thought it was fun, different, crazy! It was definitely a unique gaming experience for me.

But just because it's "different" doesn't make it the greatest. It was a breath of fresh air though and I thought it was great.

thinicer

This is how I feel, the game is a lot of fun but surely not close to the greatest game ever. The game has many flaws besides the short length that you can look past because of how much fun it is. The puzzles were incredibly easy, including the advanced maps. The gold challanges are a joke for the most part, I have found it near impossible to do any of the gold step challanges. The portal gold challanges are quite easy too. There is pretty much zero story to the game too, which can be overlooked because it makes you feel like all you have to do is solve puzzles, this gives the game little replay value when going through the story.

The gold step challanges make me want to shoot myself in the face, they are horrible!

The game is fun, but I got all the play out of it I can and don't think I'll be going back for another play through anytime soon. Team Fortress 2 however... I'm addicted to that.

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#32 gigaman299
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Just a great game... it's pretty good, with its flaws. :P
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#33 ironcreed
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Just got the Orange Box yesterday and began playing Portal first last night. Very refreshing and a great change of pace from the norm. I dig the part near the end when GLADOS says, "Remember when you thought that we were going to murder you by burning you to death and you were were like NO WAY....That was great.":P
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#34 -Sora
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 RIP companion cube!