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Portal 2 User Review Backlash

[Apr 20, 2011, 11:34 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The reviews of the PC edition of Portal 2 on Metacritic reflect the unhappiness of some users with Valve's just-released puzzle sequel. While the game boasts a 95 score based on critics' scores, the user score has dropped to 7.3, as there are 101 negative reviews as of this writing, many of them giving the game a zero. GamesIndustry.biz (registration required) summarizes the situation:

The complaints appear to come primarily from PC users, upset that the game is a console port - and even includes references to turning off the 'console' when saving. Most anger, though, seems to be directed at the online store - which is already filled with downloadable content.

The volume of day one downloadable content seems to have come as a surprise to many PC users, unused to the console-style arrangement. They have also expressed disappointment at the game's short running time and the controversial ARG promotional campaign - which tempted players into buying unrelated indie titles.

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Re: Portal 2 User Review Backlash

Apr 20, 2011, 19:07

Dades

Tumbler wrote on Apr 20, 2011, 17:25: We know they did this on purpose. That is why people are mad. Trying to remind everyone how great a time they had standing in line somehow doesn't cut it. You're mad because you're an unreasonable little fool and the internet gives your stupidity a megaphone, let's not mince words here. Someone get this kid a tissue, his life is so tough because Valve didn't release the game when he said they should have! You do realize that most ARGs have no reward whatsoever and are for the purposes of self-promotion, right? If you were one of the idiots who sat around playing Toki for 20 hours because you thought you might get Portal 2 on Saturday morning well sorry son. In other news there is no santa and your parents put the money under your pillow. I wish Valve had released the game on Wednesday at 12:01am just so people like you could blubber their way offline and the rest of us could get some peace and quiet.

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