Portal is the game of the year

[Solver]

Originally posted by Quillan
However, I have talked to people who claim that they can't play if it doesn't run at least 60-100 frames per second. They've told me they can tell the difference between 45 and 75 FPS. I personally think that's BS, but that's what they've told me.

These people should be tested medically. Maybe there's some rare property of their eyes that allows them to distinguish those, who knows. Just like I used to run my monitor at 60 Hz forever and never knew, I can't tell the difference between that and 80.

[Asher]

Originally posted by ZargonX
You clearly haven't tried Metroid, then.

Not yet, but I don't see it as a game-specific problem. Even the onscreen keyboard and Wii menus are rather irratic in their control -- and RE4 was certainly also.

The Wiimote is essentially gyroscopic control. When you think about it, the paradigm is identical in 2D manipulation as a control stick -- though it is less reliable a control scheme.

[Kuciwalker]

The Orange Box is an amazing deal for someone who's never played HL2

[Kuciwalker]

The cake is a lie

[Quillan]

There was one guy I believed when he told me that. The reason he could tell is he gets motion sickness from playing video games unless the refresh rate is at least 75-80, so he has to set his monitor refresh rate up and keep the framerate up as well to avoid vertigo. I can see that being an indicator.

[Solver]

Strangely enough, I never get motion sickness when playing myself, but can get it when watching others play FPS games. I once started feeling really sick just after a couple minutes of watching a person play Quake 2 for some reason.

[Kassiopeia]

I used to be able to tell the difference between 60 Hz and 85 Hz on my old CRT monitor, in that my eyes got very sore on the lower setting. I couldn't tell it from just glancing at the monitor, but after a few minutes I could.

Anyway, Portal. A brilliant game with a great sense of humour. I've completed it twice now, the second time with the commentary, and I'll have a go at the advanced puzzles soon. I have the credits song on infinite loop in my playlist and

Spoiler:

the cake is not a lie!

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
The Orange Box is an amazing deal for someone who's never played HL2

I have (obviously) but will still no doubt get the complilation for the Xbox.

[Solver]

Reminds me. I have HL2 and Ep1 to gift to someone...

[Kuciwalker]

Portal has the best ending song EVER. EVER EVER.

[Quillan]

[Kassiopeia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RthZgszykLs

Spoiler:

Two plus two equals... ten! IN BASE FOUR I'M FINE!

[Guynemer]

You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.


I LOVED this game. Christ almighty, best game I've played in many a long year, on a fun-per-minute basis.

[Kuciwalker]

Anyone who says this has only 3-4 hours of gameplay LIES. I just started playing with the challenge levels and the time/portal/step trials, in between bouts of Zelda.

[DrSpike]

Maybe you just suck?