[Multi] Portal 2 Thread

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    • Portal 2 erhält nächstes Update auf PC & Mac

      May 7, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the arrival of the free Portal 2 update titled "Perpetual Testing Initiative."

      Available now for PC and Mac, The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" allows players to easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles. The Initiative comes with a simplified Puzzle Maker that allows that creation of mind-bending puzzles without ever leaving the game.

      The Puzzle Maker can directly publish maps to the Steam Workshop where users can browse, vote on, and select to play them. Selected puzzles will automatically be downloaded and installed inside Portal 2.


      M.C.



      Der beste Grund auf einen Berg zu steigen ist..... weil er da ist!

      James T. Kirk
    • May 10, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the early findings of the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative.

      Released just days ago, The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has already resulted in the creation and publishing of over 35,000 user-created maps, collectively consumed via more than 1.3 million downloads.

      To celebrate the launch, Steam is holding a Weekend Workshop Sale offering Portal 2 for 66% off, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for 33% off, and many of this year's Team Fortress 2 Workshop Items available for 50% off their regular price.

      The Perpetual Testing Initiative allows players to easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles. The Initiative comes with a simplified Puzzle Maker that allows that creation of mind-bending puzzles without ever leaving the game.

      The Puzzle Maker directly publishes maps to the Steam Workshop where users may browse, vote on, and select to play them. Selected puzzles are automatically downloaded and installed inside Portal 2.


      M.C.



      Der beste Grund auf einen Berg zu steigen ist..... weil er da ist!

      James T. Kirk
    • Portal 2 Puzzle Maker bekommt Koop-Modus

      August 16, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today released a free update to Portal 2's in-game puzzle maker that lets users design and publish co-op test chambers.

      Since its release on the PC and Mac in May, 2012, community map makers have used the Steam Workshop and Portal 2's in-game editor - called the Perpetual Testing Initiative - to create and share more than 170,000 single-player test chambers. With this update, the community will for the first time be able to design puzzles that require two players working cooperatively to solve.

      This update also introduces a "Quick Play" feature, which allows players to quickly access the top-rated maps in various categories.

      To help players find a co-op partner, Valve is giving every current owner of Portal 2 a Steam coupon for 75% off a copy of Portal 2, which can be given away to other Steam users.

      Portal 2 holds a Metacritic score of 95% and has been awarded numerous Game of Year awards. It features expansive single and cooperative multiplayer game modes.

      For more information on Portal 2 and its downloadable content, please visit thinkwithportals.com.



      M.C.



      Der beste Grund auf einen Berg zu steigen ist..... weil er da ist!

      James T. Kirk
    • Studie belegt - Portal 2 spielen regt cognitive Fähigkeiten mehr an als spezielle Trainingsprogramme

      Schön, dass dieser Thread noch einmal durch eine etwas andere Meldung Leben erfährt.

      so haben Wissenschaftler in einem längerem Test nun bewiesen, dass das Spielen von Portal 2 unsere cognitiven Fähigkeiten mehr fördert, als speziell für solche Zwecke entwickelte Software.

      Abstract

      In this study, we tested 77 undergraduates who were randomly assigned to play either a popular video game (Portal 2) or a popular brain training game (Lumosity) for 8 h. Before and after gameplay, participants completed a set of online tests related to problem solving, spatial skill, and persistence. Results revealed that participants who were assigned to play Portal 2 showed a statistically significant advantage over Lumosity on each of the three composite measures—problem solving, spatial skill, and persistence. Portal 2 players also showed significant increases from pretest to posttest on specific small- and large-scale spatial tests while those in the Lumosity condition did not show any pretest to posttest differences on any measure. Results are discussed in terms of the positive impact video games can have on cognitive and noncognitive skills.

      Highlights

      • We tested subjects randomly assigned to play Portal 2 or Lumosity for 8 h.
      • All were pre/post tested on problem solving, spatial skills, and persistence.
      • Portal 2 players scored higher than Lumosity on all three constructs.
      • Portal 2 players also showed significant gains on spatial tests.
      • Lumosity subjects showed no gains on any measure.


      Wenn das nicht mal Grund genug für eine neue Runde am TV ist ;)

      Quelle:
      sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131514001869

      Eurogamer Bericht inkl. Downloadfunktion der Studie:
      eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10…ned-for-that-says-science


      M.C.



      Der beste Grund auf einen Berg zu steigen ist..... weil er da ist!

      James T. Kirk
    • Natürlich gab es zu Portal 2 einen Test. Und den hat Kai geschrieben.

      Portal 2



      Was einst als kleine Dreingabe der Half-Life 2 Orangebox, als bloßes Gameplay-Experiment, begann, bekommt jetzt seinen eigenen Nachfolger - Portal geht in die nächste Runde. Der Puzzle-Shooter rund um Teleportation und ein zynisches Betriebssystem namens GLaDOS begeisterte Millionen. Portal 2 verspricht in jeder Disziplin eins drauf zu satteln - höherer Umfang, mehr Story-Background, eine erweiterte Spielmechanik und ein ausgewachsener Coop-Modus stehen auf der Haben-Seite. Der Spieler mimt erneut Chell, eine menschliche Laborratte, die sich im Vorgänger durch verschiedenste Test-Kammern knobeln und am Ende eine bösartige Computer-KI ausschalten musste. Eine Ewigkeit in Stasis gefangen, wird die Protagonistin eines Tages von einer freundlichen, autonomen Computer-Einheit namens Wheatley geweckt und aus dem zerfallenen Aperture-Forschungszentrum geführt. Die Odyssee nimmt ihren Lauf...

      Zu unserem Test
    • Calibur schrieb:

      ich finde, dass sich das Grafik-Upgrade absolut lohnt.
      Habe die Coop-Kampagne mit nem Kumpel vor dem Update gezockt und da konnte man einige Schilder absolut nicht lesen. Nach dem Upgrade ist das ein mega Unterschied.
      Super, dann werde ich mir die 360 Version mal zulegen.
      "Ja, das ist die Wahrheit. Dieser Mann da hat keinen Schwanz."
      Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters, 1984
    • Das ist ja fast wie bei GTA V, wie lang sich so mancher Titel hält und immer wieder auf dem Radar auftaucht!

      Es ist nun offiziell - Sowohl Portal als auch Portal 2 finden noch dieses Jahr ihren Weg auf Nintendo Switch :beer:

      Portal: Companion Collection, featuring both Portal and Portal 2 from Valve, is heading to Nintendo SwitchT later this year.

      Featuring all the ground-breaking gameplay, dark humor, and exploration that earned the series hundreds of awards, the Switch version will be available worldwide in 2022 via Nintendo eShop for a targeted price of $19.99 (US, or similar in other markets).

      Originally released as part of The Orange Box, Portal was heralded as a ground-breaking puzzle platforming game that changed the way players could approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in a given environment. Throughout Portal, which is played from a first-person perspective, players must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuver objects, and themselves, through space. The game also leverages a darkly humorous narrative as players adventure and puzzle their way through the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories.

      Portal 2 is the hilariously mind-bending adventure that again challenges players to use wits over weaponry in a funhouse of diabolical science. Using the highly experimental Portal device, players once again face off against a lethally inventive, power-mad A.I. named GLaDOS. Players meet an expanded cast of characters as they think their way through dangerous, never-before-seen areas of the laboratories and a wider variety of portal puzzles. Plus Portal 2 also includes a co-operative game mode with local, split-screen and online multiplayer.



      Der beste Grund auf einen Berg zu steigen ist..... weil er da ist!

      James T. Kirk