I finished another game last night. This time I finished Portal. I had heard good things about it so I rented The Orange Box for the PS3 from Gamefly.

Portal didn't take me very long to complete (just a few hours) and the story was engaging. The main mechanic of the game was definitely original. It did leave me wanting more of the puzzle challenges, although I'd prefer they be thinking challenges rather than ones that require good timing or other "platformer" like gymnastics. I now understand the hype about Portal 2 at E3 last week.

Now, of course, I'm playing Half Life 2. I haven't played a true FPS game in quite a while. This is interesting because it doesn't really push you along in any particular way -- but there is only one way to go. I'm getting used to that and it's also how Portal went.  I haven't played any Half Life game, so starting with Portal probably means I missed some "in-references" (although a couple were obviously such things).

I don't know if I'll actually spend the time to play through Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two (and I don't quite get the naming scheme yet).  So far, though, the story as I'm interpreting it is interesting enough. We'll see. I am still paying Oblivion, after all.

Posted by Shane on July 21, 2008 12:09 PM | Permalink