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Steam/Source: Games should be rated out of Valve, not out of 10

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  • shelakshelak Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Any word about this website ?

    http://www.aperturescience.com/
    HELP shows some stuff
    LOGIN will ask you for a username, anything works.
    PASSWORD : portal
    HELP again for more cmds

    shelak on
  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Just woke up. Was greeted with 3 new games.

    Such a good morning this is turning out to be

    Zzulu on
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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Ah 11:40am, 3 hour lay in, no lectures today, and Ep2/Portal to play.

    I give wednesday the 10th of October 10 thumbs up.

    Rami on
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  • UrianUrian __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    Have no idea how to even begin on level 19. I'm kind of tired but it shouldn't be puzzling me as much as it is.

    Urian on
  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Haha, Portal was amazing. The ending was terrific - it was really short, but we knew that. I completed it in a little over 2 hours, but there's extra content in there, and presumably custom maps.

    Even though it was short, it was, well, perfect. There was nothing I didn't like about it. It was immensely charming, funny and great.
    The song was hilarious. So completely out of nowhere - you guys should stop mentioning it (and stop putting it in a bleeding thread title), in my opinion, because the surprise factor is part of what makes it funny.

    But enough of that. About the Half-Life connections: well, it was pretty flimsy, wasn't it? The main link is that Aperture is some sort of competitor to Black Mesa, and want to overtake them in business? We didn't get any info on the main character other than she's apparently an android. Maybe there's something in Episode 2, I don't know, we'll see.

    Cherrn on
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  • sonictksonictk Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Fixed my lack of voice audio problem, someone on the Steam forums was having the same problem. Just in case anyone is also having this issue:

    Change your language to something else (you can do this out of the game so it doesn't crash) and change it back to English. Fixed.

    sonictk on
  • ROFISHROFISH AnehiixiiRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    You know what's great about Portal? Custom maps. You know it will happen. :D

    Also cake. It lies.

    ROFISH on
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  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Let me be the five millionth person to say portal was awesome. Gonna give the extra puzzles a try.

    Smasher on
  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Portal was everything I hoped it'd be. <3

    Episode 2 is next, but it's a bit early in the morning to be attacked by headcrabs. Maybe later.

    Fats on
  • CymoroCymoro Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    HERE IS THE END SONG TO PORTAL, "STILL ALIVE"
    DO NOT LISTEN TO IT UNTIL YOU BEAT PORTAL in which case you will have heard it

    I ripped it myself from the end credits. If you want to throw up a mirror, feel free.

    Cymoro on
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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Yeah, Headcrabs and those horrid Zombie Monkeys are pretty unsettling. Not the best way to start the day.

    edit - OK, that song is fucking scary.

    Dublo7 on
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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    This game has me a nervous wreck, and I'm only on 14.

    Adrenaline on
    I will show you fear in a handful of dust
  • UrianUrian __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    Ok about 19 again.
    I got passed the level and past the fire pit, jumped into the above place after she told you to lay down and now im in the office where the black mesa vs aperture screen is in the other room. You can also overlook some of the previous levels in here. Where do I go now? There is no opening and no place to go, and i've searched the rooms in the office.

    Urian on
  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    So do I make a separate thread for Episode 2 or should we stick with this thread?

    Zzulu on
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  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Cymoro wrote: »
    HERE IS THE END SONG, "STILL ALIVE"

    I ripped it myself from the end credits. If you want to throw up a mirror, feel free.

    I hope everyone beats the game before listening to this. emot-colbert.gif

    Fats on
  • SepahSepah Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    The song really is much, much cooler if you've beaten it first. If I heard it without playing the game at all, not really sure what'd I think about it. I will test this, for SCIENCE!

    Sepah on
  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Jesus. Fucking. Christ. Episode 2 cranked up to max is just beautiful. It does fall a bit prey to the recent rash of "MAKE SHIT FUCKING SHINY, THAT'S GOOD GRAPHICS BOB!" that could just be the beginning due to the fact that:
    You're crawling around in gooey antlion tunnels. God I hate antlions.

    JAEF on
  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Portal was an awesome way to kill an hour. The ending theme was all kinds of awesome and I am still humming it.

    dispatch.o on
  • sonictksonictk Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I only played about 15 minutes of Portal before my mom told me to get back to studying for exams, but:
    Speedythinggoesinspeedythingcomesout

    Is like the best quote ever. I think I heard it in a trailer before or something, but hearing it again after so long, it was absolutely hilarious.

    sonictk on
  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Urian wrote: »
    Ok about 19 again.
    I got passed the level and past the fire pit, jumped into the above place after she told you to lay down and now im in the office where the black mesa vs aperture screen is in the other room. You can also overlook some of the previous levels in here. Where do I go now? There is no opening and no place to go, and i've searched the rooms in the office.
    There is somewhere to go, it gets tricky but without spoiling that particular puzzle, you can shoot portals through the wire fencing, fans and piston sections... don't forget you can use them to jump really high if you have a good drop. Look for signs painted on walls. If you need more specific help I can spoil it for you entirely, but it would ruin the fun.

    dispatch.o on
  • ZetxZetx 🐧 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Urian wrote: »
    Ok about 19 again.
    I got passed the level and past the fire pit, jumped into the above place after she told you to lay down and now im in the office where the black mesa vs aperture screen is in the other room. You can also overlook some of the previous levels in here. Where do I go now? There is no opening and no place to go, and i've searched the rooms in the office.
    Go across the same catwalk/platform as the office to the opposite end.

    Zetx on
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  • AgentflitAgentflit Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Portal was absolutely perfect. Perfect voice acting, perfect visual style, perfect portaling.

    Combine this with the multiplayer game of the century and another episode of Half Life...

    Valve, I forgive you of all your misdoings. I love you.

    Agentflit on
  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    So ever since 2 days ago, all my source games are prone to crashing and repeating the last second of audio over and over again until my computer restarts itself.

    Nothing has changed on my Pc so it must be Steam/Source causing the problem, anyone had similar issues or heard anything about this?

    Rami on
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  • Viper007BondViper007Bond Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    sonictk wrote: »
    Fixed my lack of voice audio problem, someone on the Steam forums was having the same problem. Just in case anyone is also having this issue:

    Change your language to something else (you can do this out of the game so it doesn't crash) and change it back to English. Fixed.
    Thanks. Was driving me nuts.

    Viper007Bond on
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  • ZetxZetx 🐧 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Fats wrote: »
    Cymoro wrote: »
    HERE IS THE END SONG, "STILL ALIVE"

    I ripped it myself from the end credits. If you want to throw up a mirror, feel free.

    I hope everyone beats the game before listening to this. emot-colbert.gif



    Mirror'd Portal song. Still Alive

    Zetx on
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  • AgentflitAgentflit Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I'm a huge nerd and just realized TF2 beta was launched the same day Smash Brawl online was announced, and the Orange box was released at the exact same time Sonic was officially announced in Brawl.


    ...


    Gordan Freeman confirmed for Brawl!

    nuuuuuurd

    Agentflit on
  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    My god.

    Portal is fucking fantastic.

    Fuck.

    Best ending ever.

    Bacon-BuTTy on
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  • SepahSepah Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Agentflit wrote: »
    I'm a huge nerd and just realized TF2 beta was launched the same day Smash Brawl online was announced, and the Orange box was released at the exact same time Sonic was officially announced in Brawl.


    ...


    Gordan Freeman confirmed for Brawl!

    nuuuuuurd

    Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa... Sonic's in Brawl?

    FUCK YEAH!

    Sepah on
  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Does Portal get any harder? 12 missions down in about 20 minutes...

    So far it feels like they made a tutorial but didn't get around to the actual game.

    Rami on
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  • SepahSepah Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    What are you doing in here instead of beating Portal?

    GO! *points*

    Sepah on
  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    All my source games keep crashing.

    I'm downloading drivers and hoping that will fix it.

    Rami on
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  • Giga GopherGiga Gopher Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Okay... This is not good.

    I was happily playing Episode 2 (God damn, it is so awesome), when suddenly the physics in the game broke, leaving me in an unhappy and shocked state. I took some video of it which is viewable here:

    Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Physics Glitch

    Has this happened to anyone else?

    It's making the game rather hard and not fun to play.

    Giga Gopher on
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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    My god.

    Portal is fucking fantastic.

    Fuck.

    Best ending ever.


    I can't lime any harder, I don't have the power!

    Axen on
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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Android hell is a real place.

    Adrenaline on
    I will show you fear in a handful of dust
  • FaustumFaustum __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    Remember, Take Your Daughter to Work Day is an excellent time to get her tested. It's true.

    Faustum on
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  • ZetxZetx 🐧 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Okay... This is not good.

    I was happily playing Episode 2 (God damn, it is so awesome), when suddenly the physics in the game broke, leaving me in an unhappy and shocked state. I took some video of it which is viewable here:

    Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Physics Glitch

    Has this happened to anyone else?

    It's making the game rather hard and not fun to play.

    I'm shocked that such an important feature of the engine can actually break like that. You must've done something crazy.
    lol bouncing rock

    Zetx on
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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Apparently you made the gravity gun cause inanimate objects to dance.

    Adrenaline on
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  • Giga GopherGiga Gopher Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    A part of me doesn't want to get this problem fixed.

    I'll see if re-downloading/installing will fix it.

    Giga Gopher on
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  • AgentflitAgentflit Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Something like that happened to me once in HL2: DM. Did you try reloading from an earlier state to see if it persisted?


    Also, finally I can run and use flashlight at the same time.

    Agentflit on
  • Giga GopherGiga Gopher Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Agentflit wrote: »
    Something like that happened to me once in HL2: DM. Did you try reloading from an earlier state to see if it persisted?

    Yes, as soon as it happened I hit F9 and it was still happening. I then typed "restart" into the console and it still wasn't fixed.

    Re-downloading now... it's taking ages :(

    Giga Gopher on
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