Play of the Week – The Orange Box (Portal)
This weekend I finally got some time to dig into The Orange Box and you can tell from this article that there’s at least one gem inside. Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 are both very good but the game that stands out amongst them all is Portal. I talked about it a bit during Episode #51 because it’s just that much fun.
I’ll be checking out more of Team Fortress 2 this week so stay tuned for a possible Unscripted Nights with it! In the meantime, check out the Play of the Week, Portal, if you have a copy of The Orange Box. The aperture gun, creating portals and solving puzzles is incredibly addictive.
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October 15th, 2007 at 9:22 am
an unscripted night with TF2 would be alot of fun…looking forward to it…
October 15th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Portal is the main reason I want the Orange box, I watched the clip on Xbox.Com for that and I’m excited about trying that game. An unscripted night of TF2? You guys are going to make this hard on me. My next game purchase will be CoD4, I might have to wait till Christmas for the Orange Box.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:40 am
well COD4 is a definite for us to get some fun on so you’re good to go
October 15th, 2007 at 9:56 am
I vote a TF2 unscripted night! I have yet to try TF2 though. I played through Portal and am now playing through HL2 (which I never played before).
October 15th, 2007 at 10:19 am
the gravity gun is when the fun begins in HL2 aqua
October 15th, 2007 at 10:19 am
I look forward to it
October 15th, 2007 at 10:25 am
so do I aqua…I never played any of the HL’s either….btw where is FTW monday’s? lol…
October 15th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Deacon, try the flash version of portal too.
For non-orange-box-people like me, its a pretty neat sollution for a few hours.
http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/
October 15th, 2007 at 11:02 am
yeah portal is tight im in for some TF2 action with the u360 scene
October 15th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Portal = greatest single player game since Super Mario Bros. I have been addicted to this game, i just want more, if lots of user content starts coming out for the PC on this one i will be forced to repurchase this for the PC. There is alot of replay value with what is there so dont let my comments deter you from purchasing this for the 360. The medals are very hard to get, though they sound rather easy at first they just wont give me my cake =(.
Caltus
THE CAKE IS A LIE!
also interesting easter egg (www.aperaturescience.com) the information you need for this is in the game, the webpage i found in the manual…enjoy
October 15th, 2007 at 11:25 am
I heard portal was just a gimmick.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:56 am
If by gimmick you mean fun, then yes.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:59 am
I’m on Test Chamber 14, but then I stopped to begin playing through Half-Life 2 for the first time since nearly three years ago, and then of course finally see the continuation of the story is Episodes 1 and 2! I haven’t even touched my PGR4 that is sitting here.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Portal is so rockawesome!! Addictevely fun and hillarious, you have to love the song during the ending credits.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Portal was awesome indeed. I Finished the advance maps last night which weren’t too tough, but challenging non the less. I played a bit of TF2 for a small duration one night and discovered that it would be ALOT of fun with a group of friends
Im most certainly down this Friday to play.
October 15th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Portal is definitely a fun game. I’m on chamber 18 and it’s giving me some trouble.
October 15th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Did someone say Unscripted Night? Count me in! I’m looking forward to playing TF2 online with the Unscripted crew.
October 15th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Yeah Portal is real nice, makes you think lol
October 17th, 2007 at 6:18 am
Portal is such a nice gameplay idea that I think that they should have published it as extra stand-alone game for the Xbox with much more levels, and gameplay mods. Even a map editor, with which you could share your creations just like in Halo, would have been possible looking at the simple structure of Portal.
I’m really looking forward to the release of Portal 2, once Valve has realized that player DO want to player puzzle-shooters that give you some time to think about what you do without shooting everyone down 24/7.