So I just bought Half Life: The Orange Box off of Amazon for the PS3 for £6.99. I've been waiting to get this game for years and years but I never did, untill now. So it comes with Portal, I've played Portal 2 and I really enjoyed it, so will I be-able to still enjoy Portal? I've never played it or read any story or even seen much footage of it, does Portal 2 makes Portal hard to go back to?
Portal
Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Oct 10, 2007
A first-person puzzle game developed by Valve and graduates of DigiPen, Portal forces a human test subject to run a gauntlet of grueling spatial experiments administered by a malfunctioning, psychotic artificial intelligence named GLaDOS.
Can I go back to Portal?
You absolutely can. Portal isn't hard to go back to at all. One thing about the Source engine is that it ages extremely well.
I think Portal still stands the test of time both gameplay and storywise. It's relatively short, and it's totally worth at least one playthrough.
Sure, Portal is still an awesome game and if you've only played the 2nd one you NEED to go back and meet GLaDOS in her glory days. Though you may find the variations a little lacking as you dont have things like the various Gels the difficulty of some of the more advanced tests will more than make up for it. I found Portal 1 a little more challenging than the sequel. Enjoy.
How would Portal 2 invalidate playing Portal 1? Anyway, the first is the better game, although its narrative development won't be as powerful given that the twist won't be a twist: the cake will be a bit soggy in your case, alas.
I remember portal being harder than portal 2 and there isn't that much in terms of dialog and story compared to portal 2.
Man... That's some funny shit!So I just bought Half Life: The Orange Box off of Amazon for the PS3 for £6.99. I've been waiting to get this game for years and years but I never did, untill now. So it comes with Portal, I've played Portal 2 and I really enjoyed it, so will I be-able to still enjoy Portal? I've never played it or read any story or even seen much footage of it, does Portal 2 makes Portal hard to go back to?
Control wise, nothing has changed between the two. It's bigger narrative and mechanics that differ.
But sure, go play it! It's still great. I revisit it once in a while. Mostly because once you've finished it, it only takes 3 hours or less to beat it.
There are many who think Portal is even better than Portal 2, I am not one of them. Its still a great game though.
It's obviously not the best order to play the games, but really, the game is great and not all that long. You already bought the game so It would seem kind of silly not to play it and I find it hard to believe that you wouldn't enjoy it considering that you liked #2.
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