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Author: espiga
Posted: September 23, 2008 (10:14 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This review was a triumph.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: September 23, 2008 (12:04 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Should I note that it's a HUGE SUCCESS?
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Author: Lewis
Posted: September 23, 2008 (12:54 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Congratulations for completing this review, even in a situation of extreme pessimism.
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Author: dragoon_of_infinity
Posted: September 23, 2008 (01:33 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction after reading this review.
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Author: bluberry
Posted: September 23, 2008 (01:38 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
all your base are belong to us
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Author: Suskie
Posted: September 23, 2008 (02:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
LEEROY JENKINS
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Author: WilltheGreat
Posted: September 23, 2008 (03:52 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I commend you on doing what you must, because you can, for the good of all of us.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: September 23, 2008 (08:05 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Now that we've gotten all of this out of our system, does anyone have anything to say about this review? There are people who are obviously tired of hearing about the Portal, and I tried to play off that in my review though I think the point comes across as a little too obvious. Thoughts on how I could fix this? Or is it okay the way it is? I live and breathe off your advice, my friends!
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Author: Lewis
Posted: September 24, 2008 (01:52 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I really like it. It falls more into the category of what I'd consider a 'retrospective' rather than a review per se, as you acknowledge early on that everyone knows all about Portal now anyway, so it's better to analyse what made it quite so magical when it was released last year. And it was magical. I think it took a while for it to dawn on me just how brilliant it is. I remember playing it for the first time and thinking, yeah, this is a solid, inventive puzzle game with a brilliant, kooky script. Then I tried to think of things that had done it anywhere near as well... and there's nothing. Nothing's come close. Nothing's even tried.
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Author: arkrex
Posted: September 24, 2008 (02:36 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You can't spell ignorant without IGN
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Author: dagoss
Posted: September 24, 2008 (06:06 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think the stance you took is a good one, and one I probably wouldn't have considered. It's hard to review something that has such an overpowering status in Internet culture, but I think this was a good way to approach it. If I was to write a Portal review, it would probably be nothing but GLaDOS quotes haphazardly strung together.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: September 24, 2008 (08:38 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, the tough part about writing a Portal review is that you can't treat it like some "new" game that no one's played, even though the game's only about a year old now. It's so over-covered and over-quoted on so many levels that you have to take a different approach. Glad to hear that this one seems to have worked.
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Author: Halon
Posted: September 24, 2008 (09:05 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Sorry if my response is slow, I haven't been around the site much in the past few days. I prefer your Half Life 2 reviews primarily because of the reason you just said but thought this one was very good as well. There wasn't much to work with that already hasn't been said but this is one of the better reviews for the game that I've read. I would've been a bit harder on the game but this is done way better than my half-written review that is not likely to ever be finished could possibly turn out.
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Author: disco1960
Posted: September 24, 2008 (05:43 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Apparently, I'm one of the few who didn't know anything about Portal; I thought the cake thing was from Bioshock for some reason.
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Author: Lewis
Posted: March 26, 2009 (04:43 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Reading this again now, this is what I wish I'd written about Portal. 8/10? What the hell was I thinking?
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Author: Suskie
Posted: March 26, 2009 (06:17 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Good question. Did you notice I changed my own rating? (This was originally a 9/10 review.)
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: March 26, 2009 (06:21 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Brilliant review, Mike.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: March 26, 2009 (06:26 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Ah, thanks for that. See, I make mistakes that Microsoft Word doesn't catch.
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