Help my eyes are burning

[trinityvixen]

...so...tired...can't....see....

Just had to stay up until 2:30 this morning to watch feiran beat Portal. Urgh. Ruined for the day, I think. Fucking Mondays.

Comments

[cbreakr.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just the most amazing thing ever! I'm so upset that it was so short.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

How much longer could it have been, really? Like with Myst and games of that ilk, there's only so much puzzle-only solving that can sustain a game. There was no gradation to the goal--no sidequests, no story building detours--that would have justified the thing lasting longer than it did.

It's like trying to make a three-hour movie out of the concept for Cube. It's a great concept, but not for that long. And, as the sequels to Cube proved, trying to force narrative onto a more avant garde "setting" movie just doesn't work. I can't imagine explaining why the hell you're stuck in a subterranean lair with a psychotic, cake-obsessed computer would make the game better.

Sequel? Hell yeah, but story? Mmm, not so much.

[cbreakr.livejournal.com]

I remember back in the day when there were expansive, 100+ level puzzle games that I loved to play for hours, like Lode Runner or Daedalian Opus. Portal's a lot better than all of them but wasn't long enough to get me my fix.

If the puzzles increased in complexity as they had been throughout the game, I could have easily played for another 3 hours. The damn thing was just fun!