Comments on: Portal: The Future of Gaming http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:18:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anonymous http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-9675 Anonymous Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:36:11 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-9675 The new Portal on XBLA isn't worth it if you already played the original tho. The new Portal on XBLA isn’t worth it if you already played the original tho.

]]> By: ebb http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-4252 ebb Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:43:57 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-4252 Portal Rules! Portal Rules!

]]> By: Midday Morning http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Midday Morning Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:48:35 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-1538 Portal is just a fantastic game and proves without doubt what we have said all along. Simple games are the best. Lets face it with all the gadgets that are out there now what does the biggist selling game involve steal cars, kill people. Lets face portal is sheer joy in computer game form. Bliss Portal is just a fantastic game and proves without doubt what we have said all along. Simple games are the best. Lets face it with all the gadgets that are out there now what does the biggist selling game involve steal cars, kill people. Lets face portal is sheer joy in computer game form. Bliss

]]> By: j.k. rightley http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-475 j.k. rightley Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:40:56 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-475 wouldn't it be tight wouldn’t it be tight

]]> By: Colin http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Colin Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:46:25 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-465 How is everything a clone? You're basically saying that every game in a genre is nothing more than a clone of whatever game achieved popularity there first -- as if none of them advanced or added to things. The truth is there's plenty of innovation in gaming. You say "in between there are unique gems". You're right. So? Is EVERY GAME supposed to be this grandly unique thing? There's a reason why so many people bought Halo 3 the day it came out -- they really liked the previous game and they wanted more of basically the same thing. As an industry, video games aren't doing too poorly. It's just that the masses keep buying the next platformer, FPS, whatever -- so there's not much need for SOME companies to create something completely new every time. But at the same time, there are plenty of games that either redefine their genre or take an existing one a step further. Guitar Hero certainly made a splash. Every Final Fantasy game challenges its own series with new changes (sometimes to a fault). The Nintendo Wii has plenty of innovation in hardware design. MMOFPS games are just starting to pop up. If every other game is a clone then Portal is just an update to the puzzle genre. Puzzle games with some unifying story aren't new. Sure, they added something that resembles a gun and an FPS view, but it's not horribly original. They just did it in a way that's beautifully eccentric. If Portal is the future, though, and other games mimic its style or gameplay, we might get bored of it. How is everything a clone? You’re basically saying that every game in a genre is nothing more than a clone of whatever game achieved popularity there first — as if none of them advanced or added to things.

The truth is there’s plenty of innovation in gaming. You say “in between there are unique gems”. You’re right. So? Is EVERY GAME supposed to be this grandly unique thing? There’s a reason why so many people bought Halo 3 the day it came out — they really liked the previous game and they wanted more of basically the same thing.

As an industry, video games aren’t doing too poorly. It’s just that the masses keep buying the next platformer, FPS, whatever — so there’s not much need for SOME companies to create something completely new every time.

But at the same time, there are plenty of games that either redefine their genre or take an existing one a step further. Guitar Hero certainly made a splash. Every Final Fantasy game challenges its own series with new changes (sometimes to a fault). The Nintendo Wii has plenty of innovation in hardware design. MMOFPS games are just starting to pop up.

If every other game is a clone then Portal is just an update to the puzzle genre. Puzzle games with some unifying story aren’t new. Sure, they added something that resembles a gun and an FPS view, but it’s not horribly original. They just did it in a way that’s beautifully eccentric. If Portal is the future, though, and other games mimic its style or gameplay, we might get bored of it.

]]> By: crusader extreme http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-421 crusader extreme Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:02:17 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-421 Good thread, i like these tips, its looks that i knew just small part. Good thread, i like these tips, its looks that i knew just small part.

]]> By: Kyle http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Kyle Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:39:29 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-109 I disagree with the basis of your article here. What has portal done that is in any way "the future"? All you've said here is that portal did something cool with one singular game mechanic and you hope that other games will also do cool things. Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but they do. In recent memory I can think of games such as Super Mario Galaxy, which turned the platform genre upside down (literally!), Black & White which brought the decision of good vs. evil to mainstream gaming, and one in the very near future, Spore. I think what you mean to say is that you hope for more gimmicky games. I don't want Portal to be the future of gaming, as that would mean that every game is an exact clone to their predecessors but they all rely on one "unique" factor to make them cool. Sorry, I am hoping for more evolution in gaming than that. I disagree with the basis of your article here. What has portal done that is in any way “the future”? All you’ve said here is that portal did something cool with one singular game mechanic and you hope that other games will also do cool things. Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but they do. In recent memory I can think of games such as Super Mario Galaxy, which turned the platform genre upside down (literally!), Black & White which brought the decision of good vs. evil to mainstream gaming, and one in the very near future, Spore.

I think what you mean to say is that you hope for more gimmicky games. I don’t want Portal to be the future of gaming, as that would mean that every game is an exact clone to their predecessors but they all rely on one “unique” factor to make them cool. Sorry, I am hoping for more evolution in gaming than that.

]]> By: Steve http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Steve Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:34:42 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-97 Valve did so develop Portal. Valve did so develop Portal.

]]> By: Kevin http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Kevin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:12:53 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-89 Valve didnt make portal!!! do your research they just published it. Valve didnt make portal!!! do your research they just published it.

]]> By: Erik http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Erik Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:24:02 +0000 http://towardsmecca.com/2008/02/10/portal-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-81 Deadl0ck: You're wrong. Look up the game "Prey", it was the first to utilize portals in this sense. The game first started development in 1998, long before Portal or Narbacular Drop. If you're going to criticize people for their lack of accurate information, at least make sure your own information is accurate. Deadl0ck: You’re wrong. Look up the game “Prey”, it was the first to utilize portals in this sense. The game first started development in 1998, long before Portal or Narbacular Drop. If you’re going to criticize people for their lack of accurate information, at least make sure your own information is accurate.

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