Comments on: When Expectations Are Exceeded: Valve

By: Matt Brett » Inside The Orange Box: Portal

Matt Brett » Inside The Orange Box: Portal — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:35:40 +0000

[...] Team Fortress 2 had me most excited, I simply had to experience Portal. After all, it’s been over a year since it was announced and we haven’t received so much as a demo since. But as with all of Valve’s Half-Life [...]

By: Ryan Barr

Ryan Barr — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:09:13 +0000

Wait wait… releases alongside with PS3? Even bigger news in my mind meaning that PS3 should be released within the fourth quarter as well. That is news to me.

Also, why does it seem like the games are becoming… more cartoonish? Examine and compare the characters from TF2 with Pixar's "The Incredibles"… as well as the Cinematic Effects towards the bottom.

As well, looking at Portal seemingly enough reminds me a little bit of WhosWeStudios.com

None-the-less, still amazing and I also can not wait to get my hands on yet another great Valve release.

By: Pete K

Pete K — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:21:06 +0000

I do believe I shazzled my pantaloons when I heard about this.

By: Chris McElligott

Chris McElligott — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:05:31 +0000

Already on my Chirstmas list!

By: Andy Pearson

Andy Pearson — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:20:38 +0000

I remember just before HL2 was released, I was worried that after all the hype, it might not live up to expectations. Thankfully I was wrong.

Now it seems like Valve just go from strength to strength, everything they are putting out right now is just miles in front of the competition.

I wonder if TF2 will be the first game to have Xbox vs PS3 vs PC, cross platform multi player, that would be awesome.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:50:47 +0000

Indeed, Portal will be one hell of an experience. Especially the first few times around.

I've been playing Prey a lot since last night and I must say, they've done really cool shit with portals and these crazy walkways that let you walk on walls ceilings. Can be disorienting at times, but has definitely added a unique experience to an other wise pretty straight forward shooter.

@viperteq: I'm not sure about the back story of the characters. I'm sure more will be revealed as we approach the release of TF2. When I said the classes were carried through, I meant the type of dudes you can play – IE sniper, medic, engineer, etc.

By: viperteq

viperteq — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:40:13 +0000

Ok, I haven't played games on a console in years. But after seeing the TF2 trailer, I swear, every paycheck from now on will be devoted to getting a 360 so i can PLAY THAT!

Jessh, they need to make that into a freakin' movie!

Hey matt, what's the backstory on the characters in TF2?

By: Stewart

Stewart — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:34:20 +0000

I just wonder if Valve are going to be the first company to allow Mouse + Keyboard usage on the 360 in the game,

Just wish that CSS was added to the collection and that we could interact with the PC versions of the mutliplayer side of things.Would certainly mean lag could be a thing of the past for most

By: skar

skar — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:48:18 +0000

I totally agree. These games are going to rock. Especially the Portals-gameplay is something brand new.

And the look-and-feel of the TF2-trailer totally blew me away.

Nice preview, Matt

By: James

James — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:15:01 +0000

Yes, it's nice to see Valve doing something with the TF name, finally, but to be honest I'm still more excited about Fortress Forever, which will be a direct port of TFC onto the Source engine.

I know what Valve are trying to do here, but I don't think that it will keep the oldskoolers like me interested for very long.

Portal looks fucking amazing though, Valve stepping it up another notch. I'm not too crazy about the cinematic effects stuff, but I'm sure it'll be very pretty.