Portal: Prelude, initial thoughts.

[TAKTAK]

The unofficial mod

http://www.portalprelude.com/

Well, needless to say it is portal...

Portal: Prelude, as its name states it, is an unofficial prequel to the game Portal. Its story revolves around the pre-GlaDOS epoch, even before she was plugged in. At this time, test subjects were monitored by real Aperture Science employees whose work was tedious, lengthy and repetitive. This is why they decided to build a great artificial intelligence that could both replace them in these difficult tasks, but also take responsibility for many other tasks within the complex and compete with Black Mesa's superiority. All employees of the Aperture Science complex are now eagerly awaiting GlaDOS. Maybe even a little too eagerly, as the upcoming events will tell...

Example chambers (by me)
May be spoilers

Chamber 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M01G1eYMDCo
Chamber 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w13nt0BYNpg
(available in higher quality)

So far so good, has the same kind of dry humour e.g. at the start of one level, a block falls on your head to the erupting laughter of the Aperture Science employees.

Nice, clean and easy music scores keep it flowing, with a few twists in levels that ensure it takes you a few attempts to get through it right.

So for an initial opinion it seems to tick all of the good boxes, has enough substance to make you want to keep playing, but not too much that it just drowns you in puzzle hell.

The only niggle i have with it at the moment is the (what i find annoying) voices, as they have the tone change thing mid sentence, which makes everything sound over synthesised... Which as it is pre GLaDOS i would have expected fluid voice casting (i.e. pre GLaDOS therefore with real people monitoring the test subject), it's not a big issue, but it's one that i think could hold it back slightly, as i believe with the voice casting, it would add a deeper element and make it a more immersive atmosphere...

Updates as i get further into it.

[qprhoops81]

Portal is a fantastic game

[TAKTAK]

Well.. to adavnce on what i said before...

I'm now up to ~chamber 17 and i have to say, the guys that produced the mod have done a very good job, theres enough puzzle content to keep you thinking, but not too much that you give up, plus the fact that there are so many different ways to complete puzzles

IMHO, if it cost £10 i would pay for it... And i'm a tightass...

Levels are beautifully crafted, and the occasional upset in the levels (i'll not mention as it breaks the storey line too much ) just makes it wonderful, from your standard run of the mill terminal velocity portals to having to avoid getting frazzled.

It just leaves you wanting more, and i havn't even finished yet, theres still the remaining few chambers and the bonus levels

[TAKTAK]

Finished it a while back, but forgot to update this, the later levels do get a bit creative and also hairy...

But using everything to your advantage gets you through everything

[PeterStoba]

Got this ready for when I got my pc running again

[mediaboy]

Any thoughts on where to get it from?

[TAKTAK]

Any thoughts on where to get it from?

http://www.portalprelude.com/

it's a free mod, you just download it and run it, but you need portal to be able to run it i would have thought

[mediaboy]

So where do I get portal then?

And anywhere but Steam please.. I have a 100kbps connection and don't have time to sit making sure it isn't failing every few hours...

[TAKTAK]

So where do I get portal then?

And anywhere but Steam please.. I have a 100kbps connection and don't have time to sit making sure it isn't failing every few hours...

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/5325...l/Product.html
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3383...x/Product.html

[jackvdbuk]

i found portal prelude just too hard! it was on a whole other level from steam portal, requires lot of thought

excellent mod though!