Icyflamez96
Member
Ah Portal 2.... That is literally the toughest game for me to get through in a long time. Those puzzles just completely stumped me at times.
I'd be so down for another.
I'd be so down for another.
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Whatever happened to the Portal series?
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petethepanda
Member
I'm more interested in whether or not Valve will do anything else with Sony. Having cross-platform PS3/PC multiplayer with Portal 2 was awesome.
Something in the back of my mind always hopes that during Sony E3 conferences the theater will abruptly black out and a voice will go "Mister Freeman..."
Half-Life 2 Episode 3 was part of their plans, they talked about it coming, and it was supposed to come.
It didn't come - so people just expected Valve to wait to complete that in Half-Life 3 instead.
Whilst I bought it on PC, the fact that you also got the Windows and OS X version for free on Steam with the PS3 version was pretty cool too.
man portal 1 has to be one of the best games ive ever played. portal 2 was great as well but ran a little long for my tastes, for what it was. im not sure what more they could do with it, outside of more levels. #2 ended with some finality as well so theyd have to revamp the story too.
Winterfang
Banned
Valve still makes games?
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
I'm not sure if you've read "Portal 2: the Final Hours", but it asked aplenty during development, to the point they had to restart the whole project because they had made a game called Portal 2 that contained no portals at all.
Yep, pretty consistently too. 2014 is the first year since 2002 that they haven't released a game (but are also actively supporting 3 games with updates, including content updates).
Coffee Dog
Banned
Portal 2 was already stretching its believability. Just let it be done, because the ending was great.
"Whatever happened to" like we're talking about some long lost obscure series from 1985.
Not every game needs endless yearly rehashed sequels like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty.
Variety is what makes life interesting. Portal was great for what it was. I have fond memories of it. Now let's move on to something else.
Not every game needs endless yearly rehashed sequels like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty.
Variety is what makes life interesting. Portal was great for what it was. I have fond memories of it. Now let's move on to something else.
SUPERJEM94
Banned
Source Engine 2. I would imagine.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
To be honest, Portal 1+2 is good enough, and i don't think they need another sequel. It's perfect as it is.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Gabe hated the Godfather 3 soooo much, he vowed to avoid make a third anything.
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2013 - Dota 2
2012 - Counter Strike: Global Offensive
2011 - Portal 2
2010 - Alien Swarm
2009 - Left 4 Dead 2
2008 - Left 4 Dead
They've released a game a year since the last Half-Life release (Episode 2, in 2007). 2014 will be the first year since 2002 that Valve haven't released at least one game.
Funkyhamster
Member
I read a post on Michael Abrash's blog about working for Valve, where he talked about the flat hierarchy of the company and how everyone chooses what they want to work on. He mentioned that there are things Gabe really wants to happen that haven't because nobody wants to work on them. I feel like that might be HL3 he's referencing.
Winterfang
Banned
for the record I think Portal can do just fine with only two games.
Criiiiiiiiinge
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
Nothing happened to it, Valve just doesn't treat its series the way most other developers do; There is no assumption of a sequel just because a game does well. Hell, Portal 2 developed out of an internal project called F-Stop which was a vaguely Portal-esque puzzle game that didn't even feature the portal gun.
L4DANathan
Member
I imagine it would only ever back as a multiplayer/co-op series. Valve seemed to legit mean it when they said they were done making sp experiences after Portal 2 and the Portal games seemed to be more single-player experiences to me.
I would love more Portal because they are just great games but it doesn't look like the sort of thing Valve seems to want to make these days.
I would love more Portal because they are just great games but it doesn't look like the sort of thing Valve seems to want to make these days.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Portal 3 isnt needed because Portal 2 was perfect.
Tertullian
Member
Portal 2 is the most consistently funny game ever made. It also has the most consistently great voice acting of any game ever made.
ComputerMKII
Banned
Why do you want a Portal sequel? Did the original game suck somehow?
Naughty_Doge
Member
Portal 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 are the only things I need from Valve. I gave up on Half Life 3.
For the people asking why we need a sequel, that's like asking why we want any sequel to any game that didn't end in a cliffhanger.
For the people saying they can't do much more with Portal 3, I'm pretty sure more than one person thought the same when Portal 2 was announced.
For the people asking why we need a sequel, that's like asking why we want any sequel to any game that didn't end in a cliffhanger.
For the people saying they can't do much more with Portal 3, I'm pretty sure more than one person thought the same when Portal 2 was announced.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
Portal 2 is arguably not really a sequel to Portal though; the first was tightly constrained single room puzzles that combined spatial awareness with reflexes to create relatively open-ended puzzles with multiple possible solutions.
Portal 2 was primarily a comedic narrative game that used puzzles for traversal, and puzzles that were usually constrained into having a single solution (just think of all of the sections where you are in very large open areas and there is only a single portalable surface within view). The entire middle section is entirely about gels (a new mechanic) rather than portals anyway.
I love them both, but they're not the usual raw mechanic -> refined iteration you usually see in videogame sequels.
Icyflamez96
Member
I didn't know that Portal 2 not being a sequel to Portal was a thing.
nephilimdj
Member
Love another portal game in the vain of portal 1, just make it a 3-4 hour game
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
If you read Portal 2 The Final Hours, for most of its development it didn't have Portals or GlaDOS.
apparently the concepts and teams were different for both, and they both came from digipen. so they were literally actually different games that were made into a series, kind of like die hard and die hard with a vengeance.
ashecitism
Member
Not in official capacity. Gabe did talk about it when asked about Ricochet 2 and there have been some leaks that showed HL3 exists in some capacity. Even Kelly Bailey returned (hopefully he's still there)! Question is if they're having problems with and it's stuck in pre-production hell, prototyping phase or people simply don't want to work on it, because it doesn't match the company's direction (L4D3 is in more advanced state) or they just don't want to. Probably all of the above lol
While the concept of Portal is fantastic, even the sequel could feel a tad bit redundant at times when compared to its predecessor. The new puzzle elements Portal 2 brought to the table were pretty fantastic though, and I loved the co-op mode immensely, but the core gameplay didn't really change all that much from the original, so I don't think there's really anything else you can do with the series without it becoming a bit stagnant or losing its identity.
I can't wait to see the Portal gun in Half-Life 3 though!
I can't wait to see the Portal gun in Half-Life 3 though!
I wish 
TheSpaceBetween
Member
I think the better question is what happened to Valve actually developing games?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
who needs to make new games when you have no publisher pressure and you're richer than God
Insert "Valve have made a game every year since 2002. This is the first year where they haven't released one" quote here. Not to mention the continuous new game content and updates for 3 of their games this year
LUFTRAUSER
Banned
Well Portal 2 was the game that introduced me to Valve and all of their other games; previously I had been completely aware of the company. It also showed me how much better some games could look on PC. (I first played it on my PS3.) For these reasons, it will always hold a special significance.
The game itself is also quite entertaining; I periodically re-play the story, and some of the custom test chambers the community has made are amazing.
The game itself is also quite entertaining; I periodically re-play the story, and some of the custom test chambers the community has made are amazing.
Green Mamba
Member
Portal is fine as a two game series. There doesn't need to be a Portal 3. Both Portal and Portal 2 were perfect for what they were. No need to stretch the series beyond that.
Aces&Eights
Member
I understand the sentiment of not milking the franchise but for me, I really, really love the series. I would love to have a Portal 3. Hell, make a Portal 2 Episode 2 that has more Wheatly and Cave Johnson and I would be a very happy man.
Robot Pants
Member
Hope not. They should at least leave the story part alone and just release more puzzles if anything.
