Ohhhh yyiiisssss.

I wasn't sure if I had this on PC or 360. Just checked and it turns out I've got it on PC.  Anyone fancy a co-op run through at some point? Ive never got round to it before.

Brilliant, now to find the time.  I might have an hour or two this evening if I can get the little one to cooperate.

Been playing Portal stories: Mel for about 10hrs or so.
Fucking hell, it's......amazing. Hard as nails too. Think Portal 2 but slightly harder due to more obscure signposting. There's absolutely no tutorial or hand holding. You get thrown into the deep from the get go and it's sink or swim. It never feels impossible however and if you persevere, you'll find a way out.

For a community mod, production values are stellar. Gfx and level design are top notch as are the sound fx and voice acting. Last time I played a mod this good was Half Life 2's Minerva and the guy who developed that got drafted by Valve. What's really impressive is that they've nailed the Portal atmosphere and gameplay. Obviously a lot of tlc went into the game and it really shows.

If you're a Portal fan this is a no brainer as it's a free download on Steam. Not sure if you need Portal2 but since it is a mod I'm guessing you do. Still, totally worth the admission price as the portal series are some of the best brain teasers bar none.

Go.Download. Now.
It's the best community produced dlc seen in a long time.

I was just thinking about Mel and the difference between it and the originals struck me. The originals were all about solving puzzles. Mel, as far as I got, was all about finding the puzzles.

That's my point. To me, Portal had always been a relaxing, chill out game because the puzzles themselves were balanced just right for me to find them really easy but still requiring enough thought to be satisfying. In Mel, I spent way too long just trying to identify which parts of the level had anything to do with the mechanics and just found that frustrating; when I finished puzzles, it was more relief the searching was over than satisfaction of working them out.

I think getting someone else to play CJ was a mistake, too, and found some random trying to sound like Simmons jarring. I'd have much preferred a new character.

These things are what prevent it from going from something I play for a bit and think "that's a really good piece of work, kudos to those guys" to something I actually want to play all the way through.

I'll probably try it again, at some point; maybe I'll be feeling sharper and get less frustrated separating the mechanics from the set dressing, maybe I won't.

When I bought Portal 2, I bought for the Ps3 because of their link with Valve and Steam that enabled cross platform play. I thought the mod stuff would be on it too, but nothing happened


Because of PSN being hacked I never got to play any co op. As I got the pc version with it, were many levels or mods made for portal 2 ? . I'll reinstall Steam and try out this mod.

I've made my first level if anyone wants a look. The editor is so easy to get to grips with I could get addicted to this.

SG 00

It's very simple - one room, one cube, one button.

Just go to Community Test Chambers in the main menu and then SP chambers.

done

And thanks for trying it.

Portal - Still Alive was only ever released as an Xbox Arcade title on the 360. However, it's now available for PC and free to install here. It'll show up as a separate game in your Steam Library.

Extract to steamApps/sourcemods/

Portal Reloaded is now available for free on the Steam store (you need to own Portal 2, but obviously you do). It adds Time Travel to the game. New levels with a square, green portal!!

acemuzzy wrote:

you need to own Portal 2, but obviously you do

I do!

I know, I own it. Don’t own a PC though.