Poll: Never heard of PORTAL?

[gibboss28]

Huh...You know I think I've realised something

If I was to base my enjoyment and opinion of a game on the fans and if this topic is any indication, Portal 2 would be the biggest pile of shit to ever grace my hard drive.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I must say, very fucking impressed with Portal 2.

And I don't even care about Mortal Wombat.

 

[jpoon]

Easy question here, Portal 2. No way MK could rank above the cleverness jammed into portal.

 

[RowdyRodimus]

Huh...You know I think I've realised something

If I was to base my enjoyment and opinion of a game on the fans and if this topic is any indication, Portal 2 would be the biggest pile of shit to ever grace my hard drive.

This is the greatest thing Portal related I've ever heard in my life.

OT: I'm not getting either of them but if I was it would be Mortal Kombat simply because I hated Portal and well, everything Valve has ever produced. I doubt Portal 2 would be any different than any other time I tried a Valve game.

 

[gibboss28]

Huh...You know I think I've realised something

If I was to base my enjoyment and opinion of a game on the fans and if this topic is any indication, Portal 2 would be the biggest pile of shit to ever grace my hard drive.

This is the greatest thing Portal related I've ever heard in my life.

OT: I'm not getting either of them but if I was it would be Mortal Kombat simply because I hated Portal and well, everything Valve has ever produced. I doubt Portal 2 would be any different than any other time I tried a Valve game.

I do my best.

Personally I liked it, its not without its flaws but what isn't? and that's good enough for me.

 

[putowtin]

I have nothing against either game (never played portal and I got over mortal combat when I was about 15) I just don't want to play them!

 

[Shepard's Shadow]

Portal 2.

Even though it's release has been tainted.

Tainted?

On topic: Portal. Mortal Kombat is meh.

 

[mireko]

Portal 2. Pre-ordered, tried (and failed) to understand the ARG, helped the GlaDOS@Home effort.

All worth it. Already the best game of this year. This is an odd world, in which an FPS developer has better writing than every other dev in the Western market.

 

[Plurralbles]

mortal kombat wins. I wasn't too impressed with the original portal.

 

[Katana314]

While there's nothing wrong with MK, it's certainly not the "thinking person's game" Portal is, so I was a little disappointed. This was compounded when I struck up a conversation with a guy in line.

Pretentious-Man....AWAY!! Congratulations. You are claiming your popular game is more mature than another. What does it feel like to be the new Halo / CoD fan?

Anyway, I don't care about either, but I'd be kind of surprised if after all that ARG stuff and advertising everywhere, Portal 2 falls behind MK. I mean, MK has definitely existed longer, but I didn't think there was still so big of a fanbase for it.

Portal two has sold over 4 million without steam (which outnumbers XBL and PSN). Mortal Kombat hasn't released much news so it must not have sold very much.

Mortal Kombat is still a big series though. I think it's safe to call them both Popular. You certainly can't call either "niche".

 

[Katana314]

While there's nothing wrong with MK, it's certainly not the "thinking person's game" Portal is, so I was a little disappointed. This was compounded when I struck up a conversation with a guy in line.

Pretentious-Man....AWAY!! Congratulations. You are claiming your popular game is more mature than another. What does it feel like to be the new Halo / CoD fan?

Anyway, I don't care about either, but I'd be kind of surprised if after all that ARG stuff and advertising everywhere, Portal 2 falls behind MK. I mean, MK has definitely existed longer, but I didn't think there was still so big of a fanbase for it.

Portal two has sold over 4 million without steam (which outnumbers XBL and PSN). Mortal Kombat hasn't released much news so it must not have sold very much.

Mortal Kombat is still a big series though. I think it's safe to call them both Popular. You certainly can't call either "niche".

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/85666/americas-preorders-chart-16-april-2011-mortal-kombat-portal-2/

Portal 2 was pretty close to MK in terms of pre orders on consoles. It doesn't count the PC. If you bring steam into the mix, portal 2 had more of a following than Mk.

You misunderstand. I'm not saying either is more popular than the other. I'm just saying the adjective "popular" fits both of them. Saying Portal 2 sold more doesn't really say or mean anything.

 

[Nimzar]

As others have said outside of the gaming community Portal is pretty much unknown.

The guy you were speaking with was probably not a gamer, but rather just someone who plays video games. Sort of the difference between someone who plays golf on occasion and a golfer.

If I played golf, but only as an occasional diversion, I would not really think of calling myself a golfer. It's about investment into the activity. Once the activity hits the level of being a hobby[footnote]Thinking of activity investment as linear scale with points in a certain order[footnote]Occasional Amusement --- Hobby --- Profession[footnote]Not all possible points shown and positions on line are not to scale, line only demonstrates relative positions[/footnote][/footnote][/footnote] then the label [insert-activity-name-here]-er becomes applicable.

 

[BanthaFodder]

Me: "What are you here to get?"
Guy: "Mortal Kombat, same as everybody else.
Me: "Oh. I'm actually here to get Portal 2."
Guy: "What's that?"
Me: "Here." (showing him the box from a display) "The original was pretty awesome."
Guy: "Never heard of it."
Me: "It won several game of the year awards."
Guy: (regarding box) "Oh. Looks weird. And the graphics look old."

Now, it's entirely possible that he could've been messing with me, but I don't think he was. Here was a guy, involved enough in gaming to show up at a midnight release on a Monday night, who had never heard of the game Portal. Is it just me, or is this bizarre?

And, additionally, which game were you most excited about? Am I a starry-eyed idealist for thinking that Portal 2 is the more widely-anticipated game?

wha.... the graphics... and the... never heard of... and the.... IS HE FROM THE FUCKING TWILIGHT ZONE? SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK IS HE?

 

[Snake Plissken]

What the hell is Portal?

 

[WorldCritic]

That is kind of weird, but honestly I'm not really interested in either game. I may get Portal 2 eventually, but I'm not in a hurry for it.

 

[Stammer]

I honestly couldn't care less about the Mortal Kombat franchise. I'm excited to play Portal 2, but I haven't purchased it yet. Near future, for sure.