View Full Version : Anyone got Portal or Orange box yet?
I didn't realise that The Orange Box is available on Steam already, I'm not bothered about the rest of the games but will be buying Portal tonight. I think.
Admiral Huddy
10-10-2007, 11:45
Downloaded and ready to play.. but i'll most likely play TF and EP2 first tbh...
Well its coming down now. There are reports of it only taking an hr to complete. I'll be playing ep2 after lunch
Matblack
10-10-2007, 12:12
I really must get myself some sort of graphics card :D
MB
Got the Orange Box downloaded and Portal's gonna be the first thing I try, in about 5 minutes. I'll let you know how it goes :)
Admiral Huddy
10-10-2007, 12:25
Well its coming down now. There are reports of it only taking an hr to complete. I'll be playing ep2 after lunch
Noo You can't!!! I've got to wait to tomorrow. Wednesday night is family night.. No PC :(
Noo You can't!!! I've got to wait to tomorrow. Wednesday night is family night.. No PC :(
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1940/simpsonsnelsonhaha2xd1.jpg
Matt, what about an x1950 for about £70? Granted its getting on a bit, either that or see if you can nab an x1900xt/x
Admiral Huddy
10-10-2007, 12:53
Where does the line come into your house? #huddy has wire cutters# :D
finished it this morning :) very good if a bit short.
system needs formatted though, it's a pure mess. so doing that then will get TF2 and Ep2.
Admiral Huddy
10-10-2007, 14:46
Finished.!!!?!. how long (the game that is) ?
Finished the portal in about 2hours 30mins. That's probably a reasonable time for a first run though, since none of the puzzles gave me much trouble. There're also some bonus "advanced maps" and what looked like time trials that I've not looked at yet.
The main game is a touch short imo, but is actually a much better game than I'd expected, especially toward the end.
I've got it downloading (I gave in and bought the whole damn thing just for completeness), but even with a decent speed, it's taking forever to download.
Stan_Lite
10-10-2007, 20:56
see if you can nab an x1900xt/x
I have a spare X1900XT (actually, I have two). I could bring one down on Friday if someone can pass it on on Saturday.
Saturday? He'll be in France then. :p
I expect something could be worked out though (not me guv, I'm not local enough). :)
Dymetrie
10-10-2007, 21:41
I have a spare X1900XT (actually, I have two). I could bring one down on Friday if someone can pass it on on Saturday.
you have spare x1900XTs?
why am I running an x1650 then?
:confuzzled:
Just playing ep2, 75-80fps 1920*1200, everything full on (opteron 145 @ 2.8ghz and heavily clocked 1900xtx). I mean it doesn't look that bad either! Very impressed so far. Really this engine could be limped on for a while yet. So what that there is not the most uber gfx, get crysis for that :)
This has put back ideas of an upgrade for a while! The demo of UT3 is coming so that will be the test. Very happy considering this machine dates back to Jan 2005 and is still running games at full at native res
It's still downloading, I paused everything but Portal and I'm getting 200k/sec download but it's only on 71%. It started on 38% when it kicked off so it must be huge.
IT STILL HASN'T FINISHED DOWNLOADING
RAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
({)
im off to download e2 and start on that this morning.
my poor WoW is being neglected for this(other than the daily beerfest quests)
Stan_Lite
11-10-2007, 09:38
IT STILL HASN'T FINISHED DOWNLOADING
RAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
Set mine downloading before going to bed and it was there this morning when I got up :p
Had a bit of a play with it but only for 5 minutes. Will have a proper play later.
leowyatt
11-10-2007, 10:39
I've decided to start this thread so we could try and keep things together in 1 thread. I've just been reading this (http://www.custompc.co.uk/features/601396/the-complete-guide-to-team-fortress-2.html) TF2 guide and have to say the game looks really really good. It's currently on my rental list so will have a blast when it arrives.
Is is better to keep the Portal thread separate or merge with this?
I say merge, it's all part of the same thing after all.
Others may argue.
leowyatt
11-10-2007, 13:09
I'm thinking the medic class could be a good laugh, I'd just team up with a good shooter and we'd rock ;)
i've got 1 quest to handin in WoW then im battering into E2
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5315/gnomeyql8.th.jpg (http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gnomeyql8.jpg)
awwww he's so cute.
I say merge, it's all part of the same thing after all.
Others may argue.
It made sense to merge them to me :)
I'm tempted with the Orange Box downloads. At $50 or whatever it is, it seems daft not to!
It made sense to merge them to me :)
Change the title on the thread to reflect that it's The Orange Box then, not just Portal, there's a good chap :)
Anything else?! God you're demanding. You better give me a good Feek hug tonight!
Tonight? I'm not there laddy, it's YMFs birthday today so I'll be doing the family thang.
Oh of course. Bugger. :(:
killerkebab
12-10-2007, 11:17
Speaking of this, any way for me to buy it over Steam without a VISA/MC? I have a Maestro Switch card and a huge distaste for PayPal :P
Anyone at university able to confirm whether Steam works over uni networks?
I don't think so. I was really pleased when I saw that Steam takes Paypal.
No idea about the Uni thing.
Hmm.. well EP2 was allright. Irritating as hell in places strider + magnussons battle in particular but generally.. I'm not thinking it was worth the cash. Maybe once our net connection is a little less laggy I'll find TF2 to be worth it. Portal is interesting, a good idea for a game but thats probably as far as I'm prepared to go.
If you've not played HL2 or Ep1 before, then the Orange box is fantastic value for money. If you have, and you're only really getting Ep2 and Portal, then it's definitely less so. That's not to say that there's anything wrong with the games - they're both excellent in my opinion, it's simply a matter of whether there's enough there to warrant the money.
There's also TF2, which is failing to impress me so far but I haven't really given it a proper look yet.
leowyatt
18-10-2007, 11:55
This could be a spoiler so only read once you've finished EP2
oh gnomes!! (http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-gnome-quest) actually this is rather ace :D
leowyatt
18-10-2007, 12:06
Portal Flash Game (http://www.armorgames.com/games/portaltheflashversion_game.html)
oh gnomes!! (http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-gnome-quest) actually this is rather ace :D
woah..
Can't wait for this, should be arriving today or tomorrow.
Shouldn't have read the gnome thing though before playing the episode. Doh!
This could be a spoiler so only read once you've finished EP2
oh gnomes!! (http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-gnome-quest) actually this is rather ace :D
i'm going for this now. got another few achievements to pick up as well while i'm there
Finished Portal last night in about three hours. Shame it wasn't longer but I really enjoyed the twist towards the end. Something else I wasn't expecting was that it was really funny thanks to the robot woman voice thing. It also had quite a sinister edge to it as well.
I think there's still advanced levels to do though according to the achievements, didn't check.
Something else I wasn't expecting was that it was really funny thanks to the robot woman voice thing. It also had quite a sinister edge to it as well.
Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing goes out.
Dymetrie
19-10-2007, 09:17
To: Dymetrie, Your order for Half-Life 2: The Orange Box has been posted
woot :)
PC version? If so, why not just Steam it?
Is there a list of achievements for the 360 version?
Dymetrie
19-10-2007, 09:36
PC version? If so, why not just Steam it?
I likes having the boxes and haven't bought a game since...
Erm...
*thinks*
Prolly Half Life 2 :D
Same price and I'm not in a huge hurry.
leowyatt
19-10-2007, 09:36
Is there a list of achievements for the 360 version?
ask and ye shall receive (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=308)
The speed it took me to download TOB, I may as well have bought it and had it posted to me.
Thanks Leo :)
leowyatt
19-10-2007, 09:40
Thanks Leo :)
no worries fella :)
acheivements i'm missing.
Gordon Propelled Rocket
how do you open that rocket laucher cache? i found it and i played about in the room for a bit but couldn't find a way to get up to the second level to hit the switch.
and
Terminal Velocity(in portal)
but i presume i can just make a portal in the ceiling and floor and just fall this this one unlocks?
Terminal Velocity(in portal)
but i presume i can just make a portal in the ceiling and floor and just fall this this one unlocks?
Yeah pretty much I think. I tried it last night but the room was only about 10ft high, which means falling through it 3000 times! I went and brushed my teeth in the meantime but I think it might take a bit longer than that!
Portal is for lesbians (http://www.heroine-sheik.com/2007/10/17/portal-is-for-lesbians/)
But in a world of women, this gun doesn't shoot bullets. It shoots orifices. Openings. Fine, vaginas. Vaginas you, a female character, have to enter/exit to solve puzzles.
Man makes a good point.
Stuck on the second advanced level. Thinking 4th dimensionally is not one of my stronger points. I am Marty McFly.
Yeah pretty much I think. I tried it last night but the room was only about 10ft high, which means falling through it 3000 times! I went and brushed my teeth in the meantime but I think it might take a bit longer than that!
went and made myself a drink and thats all done and dusted.
i am however stuck on one of the later levels that i've already done and can't work out how i did. playing through from the start AGAIN though to get "camera shy"
That's the only Portal achievement I have left apart from the medals. Got the bronze for finishing the first advanced level in under 40 seconds, but the silver is under 30. 33 is my best so far. Christ knows what the time for gold is!
i'm actually really impressed at how putting in arbitrary acheievements suddenly makes me want to play the game again and again.....
Veteran Tyke
20-10-2007, 10:40
Sold out everywhere local to me :o
Dymetrie
20-10-2007, 10:42
Sold out everywhere local to me :o
Free Delivery :D (http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3383507/Half-Life-2-The-Orange-Box/Product.html)
Aye, that was my thought, Will.
Dymetrie
20-10-2007, 13:36
Considering the crappiness of my so-called 20Meg connection, it's quicker for me to get it by postal-strike-affected post :p
Dymetrie
20-10-2007, 14:07
It was only posted yesterday :p
fingers crossed for a monday delivery though
I was treated to the Orange Box today :) Only played Portal so far but I absolutely adore it. Great humour on great game play, I'm a big puzzle nut anyway and this is something really different. I heart it.
Davey_Pitch
21-10-2007, 00:48
I tried to get it today from Blockbuster but they only had 6 copies delivered and they all sold yesterday. I'll try to pick it up next weekend when I pick up Pro Evo :)
When I play Portal etc through Steam, there is an 'Achievements' option from the front end of each game but none of them are unlocked even though I've done them.
How does this work, is it linked to the Live profile somehow, in which case where do I tell it what my Live ID is? And why are none of them showing unlocked?
Signed
Confused of Milton Keynes.
Not sure about unlocking them but you wont be able to Link it to your Live ID. Steam and GFW Live are in competition so it doesn't make sense to.
[edit]Apparently you can't unlock the achievements unless you're connected to Steam and not in offline mode.
360 folks - would like to give TF2 a bash before we move at the weekend if people are up for it? :)
I'm really tempted to buy it but i'm afraid I won't have it before the weekend at the earliest :(
Gutted. You're in for a treat when you do though, lots of gaming goodness :)
Aye, the more I've thought about it, the more tempted I am :D So I'll trade in some older stuff and buy it hopefully for a decent price.
I had a quick blat at the PC version earlier today and died horribly. Looks fun with the Pixar style characters though :)
i think im gna go try it just now.
Just finished Episode 2. Good ending, but some bloody hard achievements in there. Managed to get the silo achievement after about an hour of reckless driving! The gnome one is going to be tough. Have to say I'm getting pretty tired of how sycophantic it's becoming though. Half the conversations pretty much add up to:
"This elevator isn't working, I bet the fantastic Gordon Freeman can solve this insurmountable obstacle!"
*Flip switch*
"Oh my god, Gordon Freeman is so dreamy. Is there nothing he can't do?!"
Looking forward to replaying the first two parts and getting the random achievements like not touching the sand on the Sandtraps level, getting through Ravenholm with just the grav gun, and finishing Ep 1 with only firing one bullet. Great set of games.
if there is a gnome in that rocket cache then the gnome one won't be too hard... no idea how to get into that cache though (and it's the only radio cache that i've not looted for that achievement)
There is no gnome at the rocket launcher cache, you have to carry him from the start. :(
Trying to do the medals on Portal - gold on the first level for least number of steps is eluding me. Managed it in 12 but can't get 10 yet.
i started doing the gnome and wasn't really thinking about it properly. took him down the lift with me and when i came back up to the other vorts i forgot i left him down there on a different level that i couldn't get to. but i had no reason to take him down there in the first place. so i cursed and turned it off.
Took me a while but finally did level 1 in 10 steps! Almost took me as long as completing the entire game. :/
ordered this today from HMV - cheaper than steam and get quidco bonuses. I just gotta wait for delivery :(
leowyatt
23-10-2007, 13:48
if it was cheaper than steam I'm thinking PC.
PC I'm afraid. I cant be really doing with fps on xbox - though bioshock seems ok, HL2 demands a PC for me :)
I'm afraid?! PCs r0x0rs :p
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cube/
:D
And for the really cool/sad:
http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2007/10/portal-papercraft-weighted-companion.html
:D:D
Sweet!
Managed to get gold on the 'least steps' and 'least portals' for the first advanced level, but for least time I can only get silver. You have to finish in 19s to get gold. :o
Edit: Oops, wrong smilie, was going for shocked.
Dymetrie
26-10-2007, 09:46
So there I was in Prague and I found the set for the 'Water Hazard' section of HL2!
Shocked me a bit :p
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o237/dymetrie/Prague/HalfLife.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o237/dymetrie/Prague/HalfLife2.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o237/dymetrie/Prague/HalfLife3.jpg
;D;D:D
http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2007/10/portal-papercraft-weighted-companion.html
:D:D
i tried and failed. the middle bits on the sides are hellishly small and fiddly.
FakeSnake
26-10-2007, 15:03
I am very late, but I have it delivered today
I got it a few days ago - working through Episode Two and played a bit of TF2 last night. Miss the grenades :(
Dymetrie
28-10-2007, 12:58
Just finished Portal...
Started playing just after 8 this morning and slogged through it in one sitting...
*giggles maniacally at the ending*
;D;D:D
Just started playing HL2 EP1 it's excellent! The gfx are awesome! :cool:
advanced 16 is killing me here.
advanced 16 is killing me here.
Disappearing platforms? Took me a solid half hour of falling, spinning and going back to the start to get that bit.
Or is that 18? Which one is 16?
the guns in the cages.
i've done the other 5 but i just can't do this one.
did 18 (with the disapearing platforms) in a couple of tries.
Ah yes, I blagged that one pretty much! Just crawled everywhere using blocks to stop the gunfire.
The one I got stuck on was the second advanced level right at the start - couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get up to the block. Was obvious in the end! Had to leave it 'til last though.
Davey_Pitch
03-03-2008, 12:58
Despite buying this back in November, I finally got around to playing Portal for the first time this weekend. Absolutely brilliant little game, though a little on the short side as I finished it in just under 3 hours. I loved the sense of humour throughout the game, and I'm looking forward to taking on the advanced maps now. Maybe I'll get around to actually playing the HL2 games at some point as well :D
Still need to complete Portal and Episode 2. Been playing TF2 more than anything recently, had a few rounds recently that were really great fun. Great server, friendly team mates with a great sense of humour and close battles. Recommend it to anyone, it's such a fun game.
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