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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Now you're thinking with Portals/Dark Void???

One of the main creators of "Portal" is leaving Valve for Airtight Games, the maker of Dark Void and also where many workers from Fasa Studios (MechAssault and Crimson Skies) went after it shut down. She was just a student showing "Portal" when she got picked up by Valve several years ago. I guess whenever "Portal(s)" comes out she won't be on the team.
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3 comments:

  1. AmateriaDecember 8, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    I respect choices like this. I've never been a huge fan of sequels for the sake of sequels. If a storyline has some loose ends that could be ironed out with an additional game or two, so be it, but I feel like some stories don't warrant continuations. It's one of the reasons I'm actually quite doubtful of Bioshock 2. The additions they are making to the gameplay look enticing, but I thought Bioshock was a really well structured narrative, not necessarily begging for an encore.

    Portal in some ways, feels the same to me. I would love some additional levels, but I don't really require much of a context for those. Portal started out as some creative, innovative gameplay, and the story that was placed upon it was succinct and hilarious, making the pick-up-and-play experience of Portal all that more enticing. It was hardly a gripping Narrative though, nothing that made me asking loads of unanswered questions.

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  2. Lead SaladDecember 8, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    I'm with Amateria on BioShock 2. I only played the first one once, and really enjoyed it. I didn't think it warranted a sequel, so when it was announced, my initial reaction was one of indifference and the thought, "Really....why?" After seeing gameplay and all, I'm still indifferent. I may play the game down the road, but it's definitely not a "must have right away" for me.

    I've never played Portal, so...can't comment on sequels there.

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  3. I 3N3MY IDecember 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    I agree with the Bioshock 2 thoughts, but bear in mind that the sequel is 10 years after the first so the world's inhabitants are that much more worse for the wear and the idea of a freed Little Sister returning is a cool one. What are her motivations?

    I think that the narrative feel off the last quarter of the 1st game anyways and as much as I'd love to beat the game on hard with no vita chambers (achievement whore that I am right brjahu?) the TERRIBLE GAME KILLING CAMERA makes me not even want to try anymore. What a tragedy. I've beaten the game twice already. Do I really have to take 30 pics of EVERY DAMNED enemy again to inflict maximum damage?! Definite game breaker for me.

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