**Official Portal 2 thread**

Looks like that Dougley chap shot himself in the foot a bit. He didn't play along with Valve's instructions, and missed out on a trip to Valve HQ plus lots of free stuff. Sucks to be him, I guess :p
 
SpiritOfTheAge said:
Are there not rules about talking about emulators?
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Well emulators aren't illegal so I don't see why it would be a problem, I never mentioned if I was using a PS2 BIOS file or downloading games did I?

The last time I used an emulator I ripped my PS2 copy of Persona 3 to my hard drive so I could play the game at a higher res with faster load time. Hardly breaking the law.

Anyway yeah, bring on Portal 2, not long now. :D:D

FrenchTart said:
For most windows games you're probably better of with an xbox360 pad but for "things that we're not allowed to talk about any more" a PS2 pad will win out most of the time due to it's far superior dpad.
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Depends which 360 pad you have, the newer ones have improved dpads if I remember right. I don't like the PS3 dpad that much, it's painful to use after a while.

Doesn't really matter though I wouldn't use a pad for a fighting game so the dpad thing has never really been an issue for me, for arcade games the 360 pad is fine really.
 
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SpiritOfTheAge said:
Are there not rules about talking about emulators?
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Well, all I'm saying is that I have an emulator. I don't think that's a forbidden topic. I'm not asking where to download one, or get games or download BIOS files am I? How do you know I'm not running games I legally own...

KNiVES said:
You have no idea, to be frank.

Windows since Vista has completely native 360 pad support, you don't even need drivers, and there's a ton of games that even support force feedback mode for the 360 pad. Even the later HL2 games come with support for the 360 controller that you simply will not get with the PS3 controller.

You don't even need an emulator or a hotkey program or such. The PS3 pad isn't even ergonomically superior, it's much worse!

Terrible advice, if you had any sense you would take it back so that others are not fooled into doing the wrong thing and potentially wasting their money and time.
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FrenchTart said:
The person Kylew responded to is already familiar with ps2 pads though, so the ps3 argument holds more weight.

For most windows games you're probably better of with an xbox360 pad but for "things that we're not allowed to talk about any more" a PS2 pad will win out most of the time due to it's far superior dpad.
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As for the X-Box/PS pad question, I currently use the app that makes my PS2 pad appear like a 360 pad.

It works pretty well, but is a wee bit annoying in some games, so I might invest in a 360 pad for most games, whilst keeping my tried and tested PS2 pad for my emulators.

//Back on topic

Think I'll go sleep now, and get up at 6am hoping for an early release around 6-7am.
 
Margaret said:
What are you talking about? The 360 pads natively work in Windows since Vista, without the installation of drivers or need for third party tools. It's easier if anything to use a 360 pad.

A 360 pad is not only a superior pad, but also the more viable and Windows friendly option.

Mine works on every emulator I've tried so far too, most recently PCSX2.
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I didn't say the 360 pad doesn't work natively, I said it's easy to get the PS3 pad working, I've got both the PS3 pad and wireless 360 pad and use them both on my PC, but I prefer the PS3 one. The 360 pad being superior is subjective, but the PS3 one is very windows friendly, and can (as I said) emulate a 360 one so you've got the native support that comes with 360 pads.
 
KNiVES said:
You have no idea, to be frank.
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I have no idea, yet I use both solutions? You can be as frank as you like, it doesn't mean you know what you're talking about.

Windows since Vista has completely native 360 pad support, you don't even need drivers, and there's a ton of games that even support force feedback mode for the 360 pad. Even the later HL2 games come with support for the 360 controller that you simply will not get with the PS3 controller.
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Yes, I know windows has native 360 controller support, I am very aware of that fact since you know, I have and use one? If you would have read what I'd said, you'd have seen that I spoke about the fact that the PS3 pad application for windows lets you emulate a 360 controller, so you do actually get force feedback, and every other "luxury" that you'd get using a 360 pad. So before you reply to this post, please read it properly and remember, every game that works natively with the 360 pad, can and will work with the PS3 pad using the 360 pad emulation option.

You don't even need an emulator or a hotkey program or such. The PS3 pad isn't even ergonomically superior, it's much worse!
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In your opinion it's worse, in my opinion the d-pad on the 360 is absolutely awful and cramp inducing. Considering what he wants to use it for, I would think that a PS3 pad would be more appropriate considering he's already used to a PS2 one.

Terrible advice, if you had any sense you would take it back so that others are not fooled into doing the wrong thing and potentially wasting their money and time.
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Yes, I'm giving terrible advice, while you tell me I don't know what I'm talking about, while showing everyone who has actually used what I'm talking about, that you yourself don't have a clue. :rolleyes:
 
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Was really looking forward to getting up and playing this all day but got a meeeting with an IT manager for a potential job, so looks like ill be playing it tomorrow night now!
 
If you lot like this game might have to purchase it. Really enjoyed the first one, but only paid about $5-10 I think. Very tough justifying this as a $45 game!
Can't play until May 5th though :(
 
37 minutes to go :P

dreading whats going to happen first all the spuds get eaten by glados or the timer runs out

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spud depletion in 126 minutes.
projected launch timer depletes in 37 minutes.
 
Clipsey said:
Really enjoyed the first one, but only paid about $5-10 I think. Very tough justifying this as a $45 game!
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Portal was pretty much a trial project made by students Valve hired after seeing its spiritual predecessor displayed by them at a tech fair.

It obviously proved awesome, so Valve have invested loads more resources in the sequel, and as a result it will clearly be a full, proper game. Besides a SP campaign with much greater length and depth, there's also a separate co-op campaign, and likely more side challenges and stuff too.

Heh, that reads like a sales pitch :o You get the idea, tho; it's well worth it :)
 
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I've just been raging so hard but have found a solution.

My built-in network adapter decided to die, literally an hour ago. Tried everything but it's obvious the hardware has given up now. So I had my PC with no way to get the Internet on it, no wireless dongles or spare adapters anywhere so was going to be Portal 2-less for a few days I feared!

Unless I wanted to play it on my MacBook which I didn't really.

Then I remembered an app for my Android phone lets me share the wifi connection of anything the phone is connected to over USB, so now my phone is hooked up to my PC giving me 12Mb speeds (usually get 20Mb but impressive for the phones network adapter)

I'm all set now :D gonna order a PCI nic later but at least I can play Portal and use the net on my PC again. :p
 
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