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pktechgirlbackup) wrote2011-07-08 01:59 pm
pktechgirlbackup) wrote2011-07-08 01:59 pm
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More Portal Thoughts
For a game I criticized for not living up to its own standards of writing, I go back and watch Portal 2 walkthoughs a lot, just to enjoy the dialogue (So. How are you holding up? Because I'm a potato ). I'm considering replaying it to grab the other achievements and re-earn the dialogue for myself. Something doesn't fit here, and I think I've figured out what it is.
Portal 1 was such a creative game, in both mechanics and writing. I think that's why large parts of Portal 2 bothered me tremendously. All the scenes I rewatch are the robots talking. Those are brilliant. But anytime the human was onstage, all the oxygen got sucked out of the room (metaphorically). It doesn't help that his voice overs were on the worst levels, and they got the most cliched voice actor possible.
Portal 1 was such a creative game, in both mechanics and writing. I think that's why large parts of Portal 2 bothered me tremendously. All the scenes I rewatch are the robots talking. Those are brilliant. But anytime the human was onstage, all the oxygen got sucked out of the room (metaphorically). It doesn't help that his voice overs were on the worst levels, and they got the most cliched voice actor possible.