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    Portal 2 finally on sale

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by joshthor, Oct 4, 2011.

  1. joshthor

    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    sure, we have a steam sales thread, but this is too important for that: (that being said...this will probably get moved....)

    anywho, for all of you morons who are exactly like me, portal 2 is finally on a 50% off sale. you can pick it up like i just did for 14.99 on steam!
     
  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    portal 2 is less than 6 months old.

    "finally" on sale? :rolleyes: just be glad you weren't waiting for an activision game to go on sale. you'd be waiting for over a year at minimum.

    Portal 2 is priced well (now). $50 on release was a tad pricey for what it is, I picked it for $30 literally weeks later on amazon. That seemed fair. $15 is good.
     
  3. aintz

    aintz Notebook Evangelist

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    man for 15dollars, this game is a must if you havnt played it. me and my friend both bought it for 50 and thought it was a pretty decent purchase unlike brink lolol
     
  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    Also should note the Portal + Portal 2 bundle is 17.49. Both games are worth playing. The first game is darker and moodier.
     
  5. Wildcat11

    Wildcat11 Notebook Consultant

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    How is the single player, or can it even be played single player? I ask since I end up gaming offline quite a bit.
     
  6. joshthor

    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    finally - as in its valve, they have thier games on sale very quickly. and yeah, i totally get it about activision - i just picked up cod 4 about a month ago when it was at a reasonable price for a 4 year old game - 10 bucks.
     
  7. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    less than 6 months out is pretty quick. One month out you could find it for $30. How much faster to the $15 mark did you expect?
     
  8. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Single player is fantastic. Not a super long campaign, but very enjoyable. The SDK has been out for a bit, and I think there might already be community mods and levels showing up.
     
  9. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I still haven't done co-op.
     
  10. Wildcat11

    Wildcat11 Notebook Consultant

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    Excellent news!
     
  11. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    What ever happened to the DLC we were promised like almost right after release...

    Its a good game worth $15 for sure... for single player. However co-op is severely lacking it needs more stages and more to do.

    The old Portal 1 challenge mode needs to be added back fast if they want any prolonged replay for the game, as a Avid portal fan who pre-ordered this game I only played it for a bit over a week before it got uninstalled and never touched again.

    BTW I have an extra copy of the game... I think I may have to do some sort of give away :D
     
  12. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Probably still gonna wait for it, till it'll be like 5 Euros :D. I enjoyed the first Portal, but playing the second one isn't that critical for me. Sure I want to play it, but I got other things to do :D. Probably gonna grab it on Christmas/Summer sale though. Along with L2D4 (again *sigh*). Somehow re-watching "Zombieland" got me an urge to kill some ************* zombies :D...
     
  13. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    I bought it at $30, but I still haven't gotten through it. It hasn't grabbed my attention like the original did. Looking forward to playing the co-op, though.
     
  14. Tree_Burner

    Tree_Burner Notebook Deity

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    This stuff your asking for is available with this DLC.

    Portal 2: Peer Review follows the story of the two co-op bots, P-Body and Atlas, through a new test track devised by GLaDOS. The DLC includes single-player and challenge modes too, as well a new community leaderboards incorporating the DLC.
     
  15. aintz

    aintz Notebook Evangelist

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    coop was the best part of portals 2
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    So the DLC is out now?
     
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    Tree_Burner Notebook Deity

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    yes. downloaded yesterday.
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Ahh installing game now then, time to revive portal 2 and do a co-op video series :D

    Now I need to hunt down StarForge he is who did most of the old co-op with me.
     
  19. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    Just got this! Awesome game!
     
  20. aintz

    aintz Notebook Evangelist

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    gonna play the new content this weekend at my friends house. its fun to troll each other, sometimes it isnt even on purpose.
     
  21. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Just beat it, took 1.5 hours to beat it blind.