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I still don't buy the whole every character in Portal is part of some big dysfunctional family theory
I haven't either but have a mic and can play all the way through or for however long you're able to.
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...why am I spoiling something purely technical about the engine? Well, whatever:
I do wonder if Chell and Gordon are related?
Yeah, I can't believe I forgot about that. Still, it's something we don't see often, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of that kind of thing in future Valve games.
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Is being mute hereditary?
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They mention there's one impossible space left in the game. Does anyone know which one they're referring to? I would assume from memory it's that
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can't wait to see how people break all of the levels
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I don't know, but you've got all this stuff in the comic and beginning of the game about Chell's family, as well as the last name being blanked out.
I mean, it would kind of make sense. One super stubborn mute sent to Aperture, the other to Black Mesa.
Anyway, just an unsubstantiated theory, hence, no spoiler tags.
there is definitely commentary for single player
when you click on commentary mode, it will give you chapter select (maybe only for the capters you have gotten to in normal single player? idk)
the first three or so are coop ones, but all the ones past those are single player ones
Was Barney mute? I can't remember, I am pretty sure Adrian was.
edit: actually he talks during the entire game
I mean in Blue Shift, I am just saying that it is sort of a Valve thing to have the main character be a mute.
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The quality of that remix is..... amazing.
Think about this, the game came out on Tuesday Morning, and in 4 days, he and friends recorded in fantastic audio and visual quality, +synthed it.
I'm checking out his other videos, and they are pretty good too. I think he gets a little obnoxious with pandering for likes/thumbs up/subscribing and the like, but other than that the dude has some talent.
Thanks for this.
The Turret Choir was great. I haven't followed any of this extra lore like the RatMan so it came out of nowhere. Makes me wish there was an expanded full song.
Can someone explain the Glados/Caroline link? Caroline was Glados' conscience or something that was only activated when she heard Cave right?
Admittedly it's a bloody shame that the Opera was so short. She has an absurdly good voice, and would love to hear a full length Portal Opera from that woman. (The woman who voices GLaDOS began her career as an Opera singer, and did the Opera herself.) Coulton has quite a bit of talent if he can write techno-ballads and Italian Operas for the same game.
I'm still hard-pressed for deciding a "best moment"
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Or Whealey speaking in Portugese.
So far it's Wheatley speaking in Portugese. Love that moment.
There's a point early on (or maybe it was in Portal 1?) where they foreshadow the the conscience, just like they foreshadow the moon.
Also, this game has the most appropriately named achievements ever.
Would've been great if it was longer. She's REALLY good.
as far as I can tell:
Additionally, Chell is not related to either of them. If the Opera Translations above are to be believed then Ratman is chells father, who took her to work for daughters at work day.
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There's a certain achievement that may shed light on this that I want to find.
I think somebody mentioned in a previous thread how Valve have a full time psychologist or something, evidently they are taking advantage of that person.
Look at other games where the story is kept all or mostly in first person where the protagonist is silent, it makes for a more engaging and immersive experience. I think it's still perfectly possible to tell a good story and have a good engaging story line etc like say Uncharted. But then you look at all the games where the character you're playing is chatty etc it rarely works.
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I think we all know this as it's par for the course when it comes to games.
The interesting thing here is that they're treating it as a gameplay element.
As part of the story, Chell's silence plays a role.
Most indeededly.
Its just info about the ARG
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Source? I'm curious why they'd put stuff about the ARG in the commentary that would naturally only be exposed after the game was released, and the ARG was over.
Check the ARG wiki, and it was about the Portal 2 announcement ARG, not the Potato one. The way its hidden in the game with the sound, is just going hand in hand with the whole ARG thing.
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It mostly par for the course for Valve's single player fps games. They have their own set of rules for immersing the player in these games: the character never speaks, because it would not be your voice. The camera never zooms away to some cut scene, because your character isn't all-seeing. You progress through the story in real time as the mute protagonist would experience it.
I wish more people would use these methods. Not all of them, I still want my mass effect 3, but honestly some studios could afford to take pages out of the Valve Story Book.
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There are many other games utilizing these methods, and playing with the separation between the player and the actor. These are widely known things.
great, now I feel stupid. Just remembered at least quake 4 doing it, now trying to remember more.