Portal 2 Confirmed by Valve

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  All sequels are definitely risks, but I think Valve has proven that they know how to properly expand a un... : David Craddock
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    well ep2 mentioned aperature, portal mentions black mesa - maybe there will be a tie in between ep3 and p... : Klebold
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      I hate that I can't find a link, but I thought it was mentioned a while back (early last year?) that Valv... : SentryKiller
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        Yeah, I saw/read this somewhere too. : Jobos
        • Game Informer review GI: You mentioned in the original presentation that Portal will take place in the... : oatmela
  • > All sequels are definitely risks That depends... if the franchise has sold very well before, then th... : Nagasaki
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  multiplayer portal? Fun potential. : Wilhuf
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    Fuck yes! That would be awesome. Something that would be nice with 2 players is that you control your own... : razlebol
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      That sounds stupid. You should cut yourself. : Jobos
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        ok :( : razlebol
        • heh, sorry j/k : Jobos
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        But seriously, my CPU is no slouch and Portal still gave it a run for its money. Trying to get something... : Jobos
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          What settings were you running on? There was barely anything going on. : Porkasaurus
          • Well in his defense, Portal staring through multiple portals (like when you have the blue one right behin... : Schnapple
        • Adversarial multiplayer Portal: Use the portal gun as a weapon to portal your opponent in to a hazmat-fil... : Wilhuf
• I think gameplay wise they'll be fine, you don't need to add too much. If the sequel added nothing but... : boredguy
• Certainly the risk is biggest with very pure, minimalist games. The tendency with sequels is often to ad... : cplturboturd
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  yup agreed. seems like portal would be about as difficult as they come for trying to do a sequel that ... : Steve Gibson
  • No more surprises really the next time around. : bling1bling
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  Portal 2: The Escape. Now it's a stealth game. : redfive
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    It turns out portals don't just go through space; they can also take players back through time. All th... : sgtsanity
    • YES. Portals + Nazi=WIN : papaskot
• I'm not sure how they can really top the GLaDOS boss battle finale of Portal. The actual battle wasn't th... : freshyk
• If they somehow come up with an equally funny glados and make it longer, it'll still own!! : ghostmac

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• agreed. : .frame
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  this post is a lie. : Toraz Chryx
  • agreed. : Hakana
• Do you even PLAY games? Portal was polished, fun, funny, charming, challenging, looked good, had a neat ... : Jobos
• There is really a obvious explanation to why you feel this way. You're simply a bad, bad person with no s... : snot3353
• ageed, dont get me wrong, I thought it was a fun game and will definately be looking forward to the seque... : klearlyunseen
• Portal was amazing. : Funran
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  Portal is awesome because the gameplay is extremely innovative and cool. The graphics, story, etc were al... : Kazomir
  • Not at all. The gameplay was great, sure, but the reason I love it is all because of GLaDIS. : Arceihn
• Portal is what can happen when smart developers make smart games. They can avoid the standard FPS weapons... : Big Luke
• Considering and ignoring length and overall difficulty of the game (it is, afterall, priced/marketed as a... : ZaldronGG
• I enjoyed the hell out of it. It's a puzzle game in a FPS skin. Really cool concept, lots of fun but not ... : Pettytheft
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  This post is copied verbatim for a few games every year. Yawn. : wwonderboy334
  • This post is copied verbatim for a few games every year. Yawn. : jarek99
• you just don't like cake, which is characteristically bad imo : focusdaily
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  It's because you're dead on the inside, and should probably kill yourself. : aaarrrgh
  • I'm dead inside, and I still loved Portal. : drazz
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    too much cake will make you dead on the inside : Wilhuf
    • lies : [7]kami
• I agree with you. I liked it quite a bit, but shame on us for thinking its not the best game ever! oh noe... : kahuuna
• I agree, I thought it was a good game, and I'm all for originality, but I probably would have gotten bore... : Speedy8
• The game needed to be set during World War 2. : walker270
• I feel the same way, it's hardly the best game I've ever played. However, it was original and fun from st... : flooq

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• Dude, if you can bend space-time and walk through walls, you can pretty much do anything in the story. : molaughlen
• Prequel? : Scoots06
• Well it seems to share a setting with HL2 (could be considered a major plot spoiler) so they could follow... : flooq

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• I hate you. What else is there to say? : Vangoghs Ear
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  Are you fucking kidding right? The Orange Box was the best deal in gaming this century. : dalmiroy2k
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    It was a good deal for people that did not already own Hl2 and episode 1. It was not the deal of the cent... : Hoax
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      Exactly, I would bet an overwhelming majority of purchasers of the Orange Box at least already owned HL2,... : menar003
      • And yet the 3 wholly new games were still a bargin at $50. : ahk-med
      • I didn't even own HL1. So for those of you that had HL2 and Ep 1 I give you the words of the Philosopher- : AhmNee
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      So you don't think that EP2, TF2, and Portal are worth $50? Wow. : OmegaRed59
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        More like i don't think i should be forced to buy a bundle of games and be ripped off if trying to buy th... : Hoax
        • is this a joke? everywhere in life things are bundled for a discount : handofthrawn
        • I just don't see how you can argue with EP2, TF2, and Portal for only $50. TF2 is worth that for me. Al... : OmegaRed59
        • Absolutely. Look at other big budget games like Halo 3 and Gears of War. They have short single player ga... : flooq
• hahaha, your a funny guy : jonin
• Excellent troll my friend! : ColoradoCNC
• So wait, let me get this straight. You beat the main game and mastered every challenge that came with th... : OmegaRed59
• There was more fun and gameplay in portal than the majority of games out these days. I would pay $50 for... : Wombat Woo
• I beat it in 15 minutes. They should pay me to play portal 2. : romulan

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  A Chell/Companion cube sex minigame? : cfalcon
  • We'll need the Hot Coffeecake mod for that. : zipperface
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  I like where this is going. Here is my prediction. A time portal gun - left button creates a portal to... : Porkasaurus
  • Actually, outside of the whole paradox of time travel thing [not being able to travel back in time only f... : steauengeglase
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  I suspect it will be a prequel. You will play the part of the guy who wrote all the messages (such as 'th... : AhmNee
  • Yeah, witnessing the death of the Aperture employees and the initial overtaking of the facility by GLaDOS... : Marrbe

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• aha awesome post : tKillbox
• lol nice : Love-Man
• Hahah, perfect. : d fluke

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• I think Portal and TF2 are indications that there are still innovations left to be had in FPS games, the ... : Schnapple
• Who even said that? : carnivore

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  It's at the end of the interview. : Nick Breckon
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    I was referring to this: ""Well, I believe Doug Lombardi who is our lead marketing director at Valve, ... : Porkasaurus
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      He didn't. It was a slip, it seems. Waiting on a response from Lombardi. : Nick Breckon
      • I thought who was on first... : Porkasaurus
      • She was probably referring to this: "There'll be more Portal, for sure," said Lombardi. "But the detai : Schnapple