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Group for the nine players that were invited to Valve for the Portal 2 launch.
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It's alright. I might've lost a thumb or three, but I assure you that was a matter of personal trial and error and not the direct result of trying to scavenge tool-like objects off the body of a prior test subject caught in a turret grinding device. Not at all.
Anyways, the point is, I'm perfectly well and I saw and did a lot of cool things.
Group for the nine players that were invited to Valve for the Portal 2 launch.
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Normally I write really long reviews. But pretty much everything in this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuvqD6tGLg says what I feel about this game.
Especially level 1-11.
The music is, indeed, dope though. I highly recommend this game, it's as enjoyable as it is difficult. Which is VERY.
About time I wrote this, huh?
I've been a Valve fan for a long, long time, and while I've completely enjoyed every game they've made since the original Half-Life, I've yet to like one to the same level as that. Portal 2 changed this. The game echos a lot of the variety, originality, atmosphere and personality that made Half-Life so great, while building it up on its own. Many elements of the game - from the sound to the gameplay, all seem to borrow something from Valve's varied library and refine it to be greater than the sum of its parts. The game its self is many years of drastically different work all colliding into each other and breaking down into something even better, and it's almost astounding when compared to the original. Nearly every single facet of the original is retained while expanded on, refined, and built up to be much better - the writing, the Portal-y puzzle-y gameplay, the atmosphere, and the depth of it all. I recommend this as much as I can anything!
This is for M2TW: Gold
I'm an older fan of the series, starting back when Medieval 1 came out in 2002, quickly getting Shogun afterwards, buying Viking Invasion on its release, and later Rome. When I came to Medieval 2, I had quite low expectations, and initially only bought it to replay the Medieval Total War setting on a modern PC.
Most happily I was surprised to find out M2TW is quite a deep game, featuring unit tactics more complex than previous Total War games, and an eye for detail that went beyond Rome's very hackeyed job. Fairly, the game does keep its self accessable and has some spotty moments, but in the end you feel you're getting more or less the best of both the old hardcore Total War style and the fun ease of casual mechanic introduction and cinematic flair that drives historians up a wall.
While not up to the admittedly aged peak of Medieval 1, Medieval 2 is an outstanding sequel and an incredibly enjoyable game in its own right. Recommended.