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    Portal 2 Preloading NOW!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Wow, a full week in advance. At least they give a week instead of a day so their servers don't get slammed.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 13, 2011
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    good catch, i think they should have pre-load soon as possible like as soon as you can preorder the game. But I guess I know one reason they may choose not to do that...

    edit: omg check out some of this crazy stuff I found out about.

    http://kotaku.com/#!5789131/valve-tied-to-vast-potato+based-conspiracy-may-be-portal-2-related

    http://kotaku.com/#!5484157/valves-portal-puzzle-so-far-the-files-recovered-from-aperture-science

    http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/04/portals-opening-all-over-steams-potato-sack-indie-games/
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 13, 2011
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    OMG. preloading now. I freaking LOVE Valve. Live long and prosper Gabe Newell... no heart attacks now...
     
    Tree_Burner, Apr 13, 2011
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    Pre-loading now, at 40KB/s.

    Why do Steam servers in Australia suck?
     
    Amnesiac, Apr 13, 2011
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    Because they are not thinking with portals.

    A small taste of what is to come:




    <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QjaWiXWP0rs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width='640'>

    and first co-op video I have seen.




    <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N503mycNuyk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width='640'>
     
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    Already Pre-Loaded. Ready to go!
     
    Star Forge, Apr 13, 2011
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    Wow, Portal 2 HAS INDEED amazing graphics! They used deferred rendering very well!
     
    Phistachio, Apr 13, 2011
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    Portal 2 still uses the good ol' source engine.

    That also means for me - Multi Monitor Support
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 13, 2011
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    Yes, but they have updated it very thoroughly. They added new features like Deferred Rendering, better shadows, MUCH HIGHER RESOLUTION textures, MORE High-res than Crysis 2...


    Good job Valve!
     
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    Awesome! That's a lot of involvement from a lot of games to do all this. Pretty wild. Maybe they'll announce Half-Life 3 with Portal 2! lol I can only wish.
     
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    And there is the minor chance it will be released early as well, makes me go back to the first thing you said "preload an entire week early" perhaps its not a week early at all....
     
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    Maybe this weekend.
     
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    I just sent my mic in for rma too :( may not be back in time even @ regular release date for the co-op event.

    I can wing it with a spare mic but I prefer the top quality my good one gives me.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 13, 2011
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    VALVe rarely release their games on weekends. They usually do on Tuesdays or Thursdays. I still have a feeling it'll come out next Tuesday as intended. But still preloading a week early is baffling. Maybe I can have a high hope like you guys :D
     
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    Maybe tomorrow then! Not that it matters to me. A few days here or there, no big deal.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 13, 2011
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    There's always the option of me meowing about as audio in our coop :p
     
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    Love preloading, now we just wait until it's unlocked :p
     
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    Lets hope it doesn't bug like BO did... All of us had it pre loaded, and it couldn't decrypt the files, we needed to DL the whole game again... ._.
     
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    BlOps downloaded fine for me. It downloaded about 70 MB after the preload.


    3 GB's left on portal 2 for me.
     
    Tree_Burner, Apr 13, 2011
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    I'm not talking about DL. I was talking about, after pre-loading, on release date, we couldn't decrypt the files. That's what I'm afraid of.
     
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    It's been a while since I've bought a new game (I think the last one was Alan Wake, actually ha) so I should probably pick this up. God knows my brain could use the workout.
     
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    I hope the game does not blow your mind up with its 'difficult' puzzles.
     
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    When can I pre-load Episode III ?
     
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    My girlfriend and I got the two-pack a couple of weeks ago. Great deal for such a massive game (heard gameplay will be many times longer than the original). Now preloading @ 300kb/s... Looks like ~4 hours.
     
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    Crack any day now...
     
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    Already been done, AFAIA. It's on TPB if you are foolish enough to bother with it.

    You know how I said I was getting 40KB/s on the Australian 3FL server? Well, switched to the Los Angeles content server, and BAM 700KB/s for the rest of the download. :rolleyes:
     
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    any idea how long this game is? Portal 1 was mad short.
     
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    Each campaign (co-op and singleplayer) are supposed to be twice as long as the original Portal.

    So basically 4 hours for singleplayer, and 4 hours for the co-op campaign.
     
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    Ha, get over yourself. Portal is a game that requires one to use spatial reasoning, not lateral. It is, insofar as video games go, one that challenges the player from an intellectual standpoint rather than a kinetic one.

    Of course, I suppose you could've been aiming that sarcastic volley at someone other than me. I can't for the life of me figure out who you're quoting as calling the game "difficult". I'd contemplate the problem further, but I've already exasperated myself so much just by trying to phrase my paragraphs tightly enough that they won't be uncoiled by someone like yourself, a person in possession of a frightening genius.
     
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    IT also appears more difficult, so It might take a bit longer than that. length of content does not equal length it takes to complete. Take Super Meat Boy for instance. it would probably take 15 minutes to run through all the levels, but because it's difficult, you can spend an hour on a single level that takes 12 seconds to finish.
     
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    TBA 'till 2012 and subject to delays if L4D3 or P3 acronyms are found around... :p
     
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    Harder is good IMO, not so hard that you have to flay off the skin on your thumb like SMB but just hard on the brain trying to figure out what to do, that is the great thing portal can do most other games can not is challenge your intellect more so than your reflexes.
     
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    Yeah, I was saying it's a good thing. I love portal because it is actually challenging.
     
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    Sometimes my reasoning is great, but I just can't seem to reshoot a portal fast enough/react at the moment I come out the backend of a portal.

    I wish the portals shot/materialized faster.
     
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    I was mistaken. Right now there are a lot of speculations that the game might be released tomorrow. Something about the potato sack ARG crap.
     
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    Yeah if i was not so broke right now I would like to get the potato sack pack some of the games are good and I would like the skin for my portal 2 game.
     
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    Cant wait to buy the ps3 version and get the pc version free :)
     
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    When we bought the two-pack on steam, we both got portal 1 for free. Pretty good deal for ~40 bucks a person.
     
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    I'll see you with your skin on Tuesday
     
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    We should do co-op too, Baka! :)
     
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    Uhm...

    Nebar

    ._.
     
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    Please? :(


    -hoping Baka to be a Tsundere-
     
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    Aww a lion and tiger playing together, so kawaii~

    [​IMG]
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 14, 2011
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    LOLOLO

    We are felines... PROUD felines... :p

    See Baka? How much more beautiful the lion is? :p
     
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    No

    'nuff sed
     
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    Agreed the length of the game is not long, but it is going to be long because it is hard, or it is "suppose" to be. I am sure that eventually it will fast to beat once you know what you are doing afterwards.
     
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    Hate to have to clean out THAT litter box. Sheesh.
     
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