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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, 15:58

DrEvil

Rockn-Roll wrote on Apr 20, 2011, 15:54: It very very much is a console port You keep using that word, but I do not think it means what you think it means. Here's an accepted definition of console port for reference: "Console Port" is a term specifically used to describe a game that was originally made for a console (such as PS3 or Xbox 360) before an identical version is created which can be played on a personal computer. This term has been widely used by the gaming community, primarily in a negative way due to the higher levels of performance that computers had during that generation of gaming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting Portal 2 was first developed, written, and designed on a PC. If it was "ported" to anything, it was ported to a console. Now you might be able to successfully argue that its user interface and gameplay style was designed to work for multiple platforms, but that does NOT make it a console port.

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Comment [quote="DrEvil"Apr 20, 2011, 15:58][quote="Rockn-Roll"Apr 20, 2011, 15:54]It very very much is a console port[/quote] You keep using that word, but I do not think it means what you think it means. Here's an accepted definition of console port for reference: i["Console Port" is a term specifically used to describe a game that was originally made for a console (such as PS3 or Xbox 360) before an identical version is created which can be played on a personal computer. This term has been widely used by the gaming community, primarily in a negative way due to the higher levels of performance that computers had during that generation of gaming.]i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting Portal 2 was first developed, written, and designed on a PC. If it was "ported" to anything, it was ported to a console. Now you might be able to successfully argue that its user interface and gameplay style was designed to work for multiple platforms, but that *does NOT* make it a console port. [/quote]

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