Portal

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  1. Omega-Alpha

    Omega-Alpha Well-Known Member

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    <div align="center">Portal
    my portal video
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    <div align="center">Developer(s) Valve Corporation
    Publisher(s) Valve Corporation
    Distributor(s) Electronic Arts, Valve Corporation
    Engine Source engine
    Platform(s) Windows via Steam, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
    Release date Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360:
    (The Orange Box retail)

    NA October 9, 2007
    EU October 18, 2007
    AUS October 18, 2007
    Microsoft Windows:
    Steam October 9, 2007
    PlayStation 3:
    NA December 11, 2007
    EU December 14, 2007
    Microsoft Windows:
    (retail stand-alone):
    NA April 9, 2008
    April 11, 2008
    Genre(s) Puzzle, first-person, science fiction
    Mode(s) Single-player
    Rating(s) ESRB: T
    Media Blu-ray Disc, download, DVD
    System requirements Minimum:
    1.7 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, DirectX 8 compatible video card, Windows 2000/XP/Vista</div>

    <div align="center">Recommended:
    Pentium 4 processor (3.0 GHz or better), 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9 compatible video card, Windows 2000/XP/Vista</div>


    <div align="center">Portal is a game strictly meant for the PC and has a great and innovative introduction to the 'Portal Gun.'
    This game in my opinion, is one of the funnest PC fps games there is.

    Description:
    Portal is a single-player first-person action/puzzle video game developed by the Valve Corporation. The game was released in the bundle package The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on October 9, 2007, and for the PlayStation 3 on December 11, 2007. The Windows version of the game is also available for download separately through Valve's content delivery system, Steam and will be released as a standalone retail product on April 9, 2008.

    The game consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and other simple objects using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device ("Portal Gun" for short), a unit that can create an --------spatial portal between flat planes. The player character is challenged by an AI named "GLaDOS" to complete each puzzle in the "Aperture Science Enrichment Center" using the Portal Gun with the promise of receiving cake when all the puzzles are completed. The unusual physics allowed by the portal gun are the emphasis of this game, and is an extension of a similar portal concept in Narbacular Drop; many of the team from the DigiPen Institute of Technology that worked on Narbacular Drop were hired by Valve for the creation of Portal.

    Portal has been acclaimed as one of the most original games in 2007 despite being a comparatively short game. The game has received praise for its unique gameplay and darkly humorous story (created with the assistance of Erik Wolpaw and Chet Faliszek of "Old Man Murray" fame), the "character" of GLaDOS (voiced by Ellen McLain), and the final credits song, "Still Alive" (written by Jonathan Coulton for the game). The game's popularity has led to official merchandise from Valve as well as fan creations using elements of the game.
    ^^Wikipedia

    Gameplay:
    This is a game you can play for hours, and might aswell try to BEAT for hours. In all the game took me about 5 hours to beat, but that is because I have absolutely no life and I'm bored to death.
    The gameplay is stricly meant for fun and strategy, having the portal gun in your hands, opens up your mind how to solve puzzles. So basically what you need the gun for, "Getting to one place, to another."

    Overall Ratings:
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Missions: 10/10
    Fun Factor: 10/10

    this game gets the "Omega Five"</div>
     
  2. Sanity Penguin

    Sanity Penguin My sex is on fire

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    It's is an incredibly fun game :D
    Took me an average of 7 hourse to beat it I think. Very inovative game play. Not to mention the fact that you can edit the portal gun into the half life games if you tweak the coding a wee bit ^^ (loooooooooooads of fun :P )
     

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