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Valve's Portal Part of the Half-Life World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-story-nerd-is-jumping-for-joy dept.

1up had the chance to sit down with Valve to talk about Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. They've come away with some great information, with probably the most exciting information focused around Portal. In a writeup of the visit, Matt Leone reveals that Portal is actually a part of the Half-Life 2 world. The protagonist is a new character, and eventually the fascinating puzzle/fps title will hook back into the Half-Life story at large. From the article: "'The origins of this character will be clear... eventually,' says Swift. Given that Portal has now been in development for just over a year, we wouldn't be surprised to see a few retroactive references pop up in Episode 1 as well, but for specifics we'll have to wait to hear more from the creepy narrator that taunts you while you play (yep, the same one from the first trailer)." For video and all the details, check out yesterday's episode of the 1up show.

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  1. Old-ish by the-amazing-blob · · Score: 2, Informative

    The fact it's in the HL universe has been known for a while. The only new info I found was that you don't start out with the two-portal gun.

    1. Re:Old-ish by SCPRedMage · · Score: 2

      Right-o, it was stated when the title was announced, if I remember correctly. Nothing to get excited about here.

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    2. Re:Old-ish by drb_chimaera · · Score: 2, Informative

      Portal is being released as part of Half Life 2 Episode 2 (Due Feb next year I think) - Its a standalone expansion to Half Life 2 and the follow on to Episode 1.

    3. Re:Old-ish by kafka47 · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you want to play Portal right now, you could try it's predecessor, Narbacular Drop.

      This won the student showcase prize at the Independant Games Festival, and the designers used it to demonstrate the concept of the 'Portal mod' to Valve.

      /K

  2. Re:I don't care by Kreigaffe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You bought it on a CD?

    Ew. Major ick.

    Use STEAM. Buy everything via Steam. I've never had any problems with any content purchased and downloaded via Steam -- aside from, yes, the first month or two of Steam in which EVERYTHING was broken.

    Seriously, Steam's looking to be one of the greatest innovations in entertainment delivery in the past decade. Or two. Who knows. Bored? Open steam, click on a new game you want, you get charged 5/10/20 bucks, and bam a lil while later there's the whole game. Gotta reformat? Who cares, just download the client, put in your login info, and bam.. there's everything you ever bought, no need to find CDs. On vacation at a friend's computer, bored while they're at work? Getcho that Steam client, you've still got all your games.

    Seriously man.

    You bought the CD?

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