It's a good thing too, because most of you would like to see more Portal. Speaking to Eurogamer, Valve spokesperson Doug Lombardi confirmed that there will be more Portal and, furthermore, it won't simply be "a bunch of new puzzles." When exactly we'll see the next installment of Portal remains a mystery. Also a mystery is exactly what form it will take. At this point, it's unclear if Valve intends to create a full blown sequel or if the company plans to stick to an episodic format in the vein of Half-Life 2. Speaking of Half-Life 2, Lombardi notes that Episode 3 details are still a long way away -- "months not weeks," according to Lombardi. Lombardi also reasserts that Valve wants additional content for its games to be free. That's a good to hear with new Team Fortress 2 content in the pipeline.
Now that we know there will be more Portal, allow us to create a subtitle for the sequel: The Quest for Cake. What would you call it?
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1-31-2008 @ 5:16PM
Big Filth said...
neobergeron said...
I'd call it "Portal 2: Are You Still There?" or "Portal 2: Still Alive"
^^
good! better than the cake references.
enough with the cake references.
but how about....
"Portal 2"
After all they didnt call Half Life 2
"Half Life 2: More Gordon Freeman"
just Half Life 2.
Portal 2.
sounds sweet!
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1-31-2008 @ 5:26PM
Chris McDannold said...
A few brain rattlings:
Portal II: GLaDOS Rising
Portal, Part Deux
Portal: Aperture of Chaos
Required CAKE reference:
Portal 2: Batter Quest
Add-on levels (with CAKE reference):
Portal: Non-Stick Edition
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1-31-2008 @ 6:04PM
Chris McDannold said...
Too slow posting GLaDOS Rising, but I did forget a couple more:
Portal II: Companion Cube Chronicles
- or -
I "heart" Companion Cube [a.k.a. Portal: Episode 2]
1-31-2008 @ 5:34PM
George Arauz said...
Ive never played Portal. how is it?
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1-31-2008 @ 11:13PM
xenocidic said...
highly recommended.
1-31-2008 @ 6:04PM
remer said...
we need new tf2 maps bad although i love all the maps that we have now but dam i cant wait for new maps ....
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1-31-2008 @ 6:08PM
remer said...
oh by the way if anyone on here still plays tf2 i host 16 player matches on the weekends (no lag) whats so ever
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1-31-2008 @ 8:06PM
Halwende said...
Maybe Valve will release another "Box" in '08, one that contains more Portal stuff, HL2: Episode 3 and er... other stuff?
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1-31-2008 @ 9:24PM
Scott Ores said...
I hope it's after the aperature test lab and you wake up and your outside and look around to see no civilization whatsoever then you have to find out what happened to it....
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2-01-2008 @ 12:44AM
RoboJoel said...
Portal was the best game I had played in a long while, it was easily my game of the year.
That being said, I'm disappointed in this announcement. I do not want a sequel. I'm more interested in what other marriage of brilliant story-telling and innovative gameplay the Portal team can cook up. Portal was a perfect package (not a perfect game, mind you), the last thing anyone needs is it to all become unraveled and mediocre.
Portal 2 is to Portal, as Chrono Cross is to Chrono Trigger. Excellent game, yet completely unnecessary - actually disservices the original.
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DO bring on the merger of Aperture Science technology and Half-Life universe, please.
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2-01-2008 @ 10:35AM
Twp3pf2 said...
I wouldn't call it "Portal" anything; Valve wants a reputation for originality and branching out, despite the obvious goal of making money. Don't curse the new game with a title like "Portal II" then.
I liked the way the movies The Fugitive and US Marshalls had different titles, letting you know from the beginning that they were two different movies that just shared characters.
The sequel could be called anything using Aperture Science, GLaDOS, etc. to evoke the first game without jinxing it by flatly calling it a sequel. From a marketing standpoint, it makes more sense, too: it's not like anyone is going to be confused as to what game is being continued.
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2-01-2008 @ 11:38AM
Fafhrdd said...
SWEET! This is a great day to be alive :) MORE PORTAL!!!!!
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