Blow Up - Michel Portal

I Think With Portals!

Advantages: Original game design, masterful storyline, truly immersive, new ideas
Disadvantages: Short

Valve Corporation's Portal has been called one of the greatest games of all time. This is quite a lot to live up to. After all, the list of 'greatest games of all time' includes Super Mario Bros, Chrono Trigger, Monopoly and Naked Simon Says. Even if it doesn't make that list for you, it's undeniably a modern classic. But what is it all about? All I heard for months from my friends was "Portal is this, Portal is that", so eventually my curiosity was piqued and I picked up a copy in the hope of understanding what the heck they were all on about. You see the game through the eyes of Chell, a young female silent protagonist who wakes up in the abandoned Aperture Science Enrichment Centre. Clean and futuristic-looking, the centre would be a nice place if it wasn't for the eerie silence and... that voice. A deadpan, female voice which ...

RayWhitney 08.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Portal (PC)

It's Still Alive- Portal

Advantages: Unique gameplay and creepy robots
Disadvantages: Outdated graphics and fairly short

incredibly accurate, for example you can fire a portal on the ceiling and another directly below you and you can end up in a infinite falling loop, using this amazing technology you have to pay attention to its key rules to be able to win and it's always a great feeling when a level you've been stuck on for ages suddenly becomes so simple as you find yourself being fired across the room using the ingenious portal gun. After completing the levels you finally discover the real motive behind Glados' experiment and find yourself in a desperate struggle for survival and escape. I really recommend this to any gamer as it is just incredible to play, plus the 360 version of the game is shipped with team fortress 2 and half-life 2 (episodes 1 and 2) for the price of a normal game. The PC versions on the other hand does have more to offer as it has ...

sim721 10.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Portal (PC)

blow

Advantages: Johnny Depp, Acting
Disadvantages: Glamorises a filthy trade

the screen and we see George Jungs face, sorrow etched within his face, we realise that he made all his own choices and that his dealings with the Medellin Cartel brought misery to millions, and he ultimately got his comeuppance, he may well be sorry for what he did, (its never mentioned if he apologised) but I think that the families of those that bought the product he brought into the country were sorry he was not locked up sooner.. As an after thought, I found it quite ironic that less than a year after the release of Blow, the Director Ted Demme died of a Cocaine induced heart attack. >>>Overall:<<< I thought that Blow was a really good film, It covers a good few decades of Jungs life and shows him dealing with the highs and lows of the trade he chose, all the actors are superb and that benefits the film no end. I didn't like ...

sjp1966 29.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Blow (DVD)