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Today's Controversy: Portal 2 has 1st Day DLC, is Short, Attempted to Shlock $40 of Steam Shlock
Portal was a lot like getting fucked up on drugs, and Portal 2, being released from Valve, is having a similar effect judging from the reviews (I haven't played the game), but that doesn't mean a lot of people don't feel like they've been ripped off. There is some fan backlash, enough that I can manufacture a controversy over it. Our full review is forthcoming.

DLC can add some nice things, but it can also include features that should have been in the damn game to begin with. A decent amount of gamers have an understandable prejudice against the concept. They feel like they're being milked. Portal 2 launched with first day DLC, which consisted of things your virtual avatar can wear during co-op and online play. For some people this is worth bitching about.

From what I understand, Portal 2 has two campaigns, single-player and co-op, and neither is very long. The more eloquent complainers have used mathematics to question ratio of new content to price change from the original, which seems incongruous in the way that fucks the consumer. I have a hard time paying more than thirty dollars for a game, and can understand this frustration.

Portal 2 has been released, but Valve had an offer through their digital distribution format where Portal 2 could be released early through Steam if enough people shelled out the forty bucks for the Potato Sack Bundle. Oh, how that 18-24 year old demographic hates being pitched to.

Also, due to an in-game message that references the player's console, PC fanboys feel ripped off, but what aren't PC fanboys pissed off about?

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im_stardust [mail] Apr 19 2011, 09:34 pm EDT
There are enough stupid people in the world to profit upon, with any dumb thing you can think of.
The sad part is, even if some of them know they get ripped off, they will let it happen. It probably happened to them so many times, they got used to it.

The first Portal game tried something different, had a somewhat ingenious idea (probably from Bugs Bunny cartoons, as far as I remember) and probably deserved the praise it got, despite it wasn't a risky project and rather an idea made into a mod for the source engine.

For Portal 2 to get such a high score, being a sequel and doing maybe not much more the first in terms of new ideas, sounds to me like the definition of overrated.

I only finished Chapter 1 so I might still be pleasantly surprised . The humor seems like it tries to force you to laugh and I haven't notice any concrete improvements.

As of yet, I still think most of this fucking so called reviewers go by ear and they don't have set of rules to go by.

That's why you will see games with different length, quality, levels of ingenuity, all going with the same score.

  Alchi: Have you paid for your copy?
Sujet [mail] Apr 19 2011, 10:01 pm EDT
The game is a lot longer than portal 1, and it has MP. With it also being a Valve game there is a possibility of player made maps, or free maps, like L4D
mmacarthur [mail] Apr 20 2011, 01:02 am EDT
I paid 24 GBP for my copy I'm less than halfway through but have already spent more than three hours playing plus of course there's the co-op stuff so it doesn't seem bad value to me. I don't do DLC with the exception of game changers like BF Vietnam so that doesnt bother me because I'm not stupid enough to buy in. As for all the ARG stuff and buying indie games to expediate the games release that's really down to the individuals choice personally I thought it was all a bit silly but then I'm an old grumpy git.
  Duffey: Oooh 3 hours for 24 GBP wow really good deal there anybody r...
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Tastysanchez [mail] Apr 20 2011, 03:31 am EDT
Brutal.
Terminator [mail] Apr 20 2011, 04:41 am EDT
Fucking bullshit!
  Cheddar: It's avatar skin DLC, Termi. It is goddamn stupid to care ab...
BmmB [mail] Apr 20 2011, 04:53 am EDT
1. Rule: Do not talk bad about Portal 2!
2. Rule: Do NOT talk bad about Portal 2!!!

You've been warned!
araczynski [mail] Apr 20 2011, 07:36 am EDT
to each their as far as gamign tastes go, but for me, the facts are as follows:

1) couldn't stand more than 5 minutes with the first one's demo
2) would never touch this second one
3) people are sheep and will bend over for valve at the word 'go'.
4) portal 2 will be on sale for $5 by end of year.
  Cheddar: You don't actually buy games ever, do you. Or else you'd kn...
Alchi: I see Stardusts influence and baseless hate is spreading. ...
Sigma_100: It always amuses me when people throw out the old "people ar...
Cheddar [mail] Apr 20 2011, 10:46 am EDT
Just to remind people, THE DLC IS SIMPLY COSMETIC AVATAR SHIT.

That is not real content, and this it is absolutely stupid to get truly upset about it being DLC.

It's the equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum because Zaxby's makes you pay 50 cents for extra Zaxby's sauce. CHILDREN, PLEASE, IT IS TRIVIAL.


Anyway, the reviews I've read say Portal 2 has about 12 hours of content for the average gamer, combining the single-player and co-op campaigns.

I guess that's going to annoy the friendless losers out there who have no one to play the co-op with, but for the rest of us, that equates to fair value by today's standards, particularly considering the apparent immense quality of said content.
  Alchi: My friends don't play video games and those that do, will no...
EricHalfBee [mail] Apr 20 2011, 11:06 am EDT
VFM is not really in how long a game lasts anyway is it? People raved about the first Halo but those sections where you wandered through the same identical corridors but with different spawns and then later retraced your steps through the same section.. well it certainly made the game longer!

Quality. That's what I want.
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