Portal is FREE!
And take it from me (who bought this game a few years ago), that it's worth the purchase, even if "FREE" is a little too much for your budget.
Portal is a single-player only game that focuses on the player solving puzzles to move from one room to the next. It's a fun game that anyone can play, even if you've never played a PC game before. It's won several awards and the only complaint people have is that "it's too short". It ends before you know it, because it's so fun, and funny, and sad, and … well … just get it, alright?
And yes, that means you James, Ed, Rob, jimmybond, even Michal. Download it. Try it. I know you want to!
This is a limited-time offer until May 24th, and is even available to Mac users for the first time! Because I've already had the game for a while and obviously getting it a second time for free is pointless, I'll be signing my brother up to Steam and downloading it for him as well.
Steam works on a system that means you have to log in to play your games (although there is an offline mode) — and many games developers like this idea because it helps to prevent piracy. Steam also has a huge focus on community, so if you add people to your friends list, they can see what you're playing, and if you've won any "achievements" (awards) during game play. If you're playing a multi-player game, they can just drop in and join you.
How did I find out about this? Source: http://twitter.com/krhainos/status/13874983041
And it seems that this release is part of the announcement for the new Mac version of Steam, which people have been waiting a long time for. Check it out now, at http://store.steampowered.com/
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At first I thought you used SUO to show that, but a quick look at the HTML source code disproves that theory… You're very funny Shane!
Yes, I will download it as soon as I can (I've heard SO MUCH about this game!!!)
Thanks for the tip!
I've heard something about the Mac version not being as good as the PC version or something. Not sure if there's any merit to those claims but if anything I suspect it might just be some compatibility issues. The gameplay/levels would be the same, and compatibility issues will surely be fixed soon as well (Steam on a Mac is new after all, so there are bound to be minor glitches).
Let me know what you think of the game. ;-)
- Shane
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Oh and when you sign up for Steam (assuming you haven't signed up already) let me know what URL your profile page is on so I can add you to my friends list. You will need to download the Steam client, and create an account, before you can download and play Portal.
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I've added you as a friend via inputting your email address :-)
This game is absolutely fantastic!!! I'm loving it!
Wow! Just completed the 19 stages! WOW!!!!
Good game, isn't it? Just a tad bit short because you're left wanting more at the end of it.
THE CAKE IS A LIE :'(
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I just watched the video here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/400
Makes me want to play again :)
Any interesting portal combinations you've made? e.g. Portal in roof and floor, falling infinitely?
Do you think there's room for a Portal 2? Unfortunately I haven't heard any plans for that kind of thing.
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Well, Portal 2 seems to be well documented on Wikipedia…
After watching that video, I was like “Wow, there's so many ways I didn't even think of!”
I'm going to play the game again!!!
Thanks for that link, didn't know there was a Wikipedia article! Exciting news! :)
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Hey James, check this out. A friend of mine just tweeted this 20 minutes ago:
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HAHA! That's funny!
You've got a two-button mouse, don't you? I'm just wondering what the controls are on a Mac.
On PC it's left- and right-click for the two portals (thus the comic showing only one colour).
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Well, I just use my Mac's trackpad (which has right-click inbuilt).
So the joke is funny to longtime Mac users from prior 2005. Post Mac users may not get the joke XD
Ah, fair enough. Thanks for the quick history lesson (interesting) ;-)
I would imagine that using my laptop's in-built mouse pad would be pretty difficult, hard to control the character ("Chel" I think her name is if I remember correctly, though I'm not sure where that's mentioned).
I've seen a Mac's trackpad - it's essentially the same thing but has the awesome pinch/zoom feature that my iPod Touch has! ;-) Still, would be just as difficult to control the character as the mouse pad my notebook has I'd imagine. Do you find yourself swiping across the trackpad a couple of times just to turn around a full 360 degrees?
Started playing the game a second time through last night after my brother had a go. Finally reached a chamber where I don't remember how to complete it… and now I'm stuck trying to figure it out! ;-) At least it shows that it's got some replay value if you leave it a while and forget how to do some of the harder test chambers.
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Love the Mac's trackpad! I've never found it easier to play a First-Person game on the computer before this!
The problem with traditional trackpads is that they can only sense one position, which makes it difficult for complex moves. Another problem is that they are usually half the size of a Mac trackpad.
I'm not trying to convert you! In all honesty, I think Apple should sell their new trackpads as a USB mouse for all computers, it's extremely fantastic, and I prefer it over the conventional mouse.
Comparison of Windows vs. Mac OS X performance with Portal: http://kotaku.com/5541256/just-how-fast-are-steam-games-on-the-mac
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This game is really, really fun. I'm not a big gamer, but this type of game-play is my speed. I'm from the era when video games had a joystick and and a fire button. I suck at using modern controllers and quickly lose my patience with some of the more complicated combinations that modern gaming requires. I haven't gotten deep enough into this yet where I have to do much mouse gymnastics, but so far I'm really liking this game. thanks for posting this info!
-Ed
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You're welcome :)
A tip: Make sure you have your speakers on and listen to the AI speaking to you. There's a lot of great dry humour there :) Can't remember when you are told the AI's name, but it's "GLaDOS" (not much of a spoiler even if you don't know that yet).
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