Portal is Free! (Again)

[The Pinray]

I've beaten Portal like three times but I don't have a copy for myself! Now I do! Unless it's temporary, then damn.

 

[SammiYin]

This is the second time I've payed for a game I didn't like that much, just to have it go free a few months later.
I'm starting to think Valve are screwing with me

 

[JackWestJr]

Not free anymore?

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I was never interested enough in it to buy it, but I'm installing it right now. I can't argue with free. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[shoreleave]

Thanks for the heads up! Installing it now.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I'm installing it now, I've only ever got the play the game on the PS3 version of Orange box so this will be my first playing it on the PC.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

They've given it away before, so I imagine they'll do it again, and yeah, as far as I can see, its a full free, no limits game.

What I love about Portal becoming free, is it's the kind of game I may be able to use to convince a few people that video games are not just a mindless waste of time, and can in fact be a mind expanding experience.

 

[thelastmccabe]

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like I'm going to finally break down and get Steam.

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Thanks for the information! Downloading as we speak. Now I will have portal 1 and 2 on my computer, which is nice.

 

[DanteLives]

Always nice to have a free game that's not for a weekend long duration.

 

[Erana]

Well, there are two buttons right under the touchpad just like on a mouse. I'm pretty sure most laptops are like that, it's not an exclusive feature on my Toshiba Satellite...

My Macbook Pro has the touchpad itself as a button and senses whether I'm pressing with one or two fingers for left and right-click, respectively. It's a pretty nice system except for when I need to press both buttons at the same time.

I don't like the uncertainty of trackpad clicking.
If you're going to use the trackpad, make the shift button be the alternate fire.

That being said, Trackpads are very bad for FPSs not because "everything is worse than the mouse and keyboard!!!1!" idea, but because they simply are much too unreliable. You don't really notice their faults with casual use, but when even the slightest motion dictates your visual movement, you'll start to notice that it just doesn't pick up all your finger strokes.
And not being able to turn around to shoot a portal onto a higher up platform in time makes some of the later chambers go from amusing and mildly tricky to just plain frustrating.

Really, go get yourself anything else. A mouse, a gamepad, whatever. Just don't ruin a great game with broken controls.

 

[Aidinthel]

Really, go get yourself anything else. A mouse, a gamepad, whatever. Just don't ruin a great game with broken controls.

I do have a mouse and I use it. I'm just saying that I could potentially get by without it.

 

[Cazza]

I just got Portal for my family steam account. Then replayed all of portal. I should have been in bed. Took me 70min thats 70min less sleep tonight. Worth it.

 

[MCrewdson001]

AWSOME, thanks to whomever made it free

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Well, there are two buttons right under the touchpad just like on a mouse. I'm pretty sure most laptops are like that, it's not an exclusive feature on my Toshiba Satellite...

My Macbook Pro has the touchpad itself as a button and senses whether I'm pressing with one or two fingers for left and right-click, respectively. It's a pretty nice system except for when I need to press both buttons at the same time.

I think mine does that too, but it has buttons as well.

Well, there are two buttons right under the touchpad just like on a mouse. I'm pretty sure most laptops are like that, it's not an exclusive feature on my Toshiba Satellite...

My Macbook Pro has the touchpad itself as a button and senses whether I'm pressing with one or two fingers for left and right-click, respectively. It's a pretty nice system except for when I need to press both buttons at the same time.

I don't like the uncertainty of trackpad clicking.
If you're going to use the trackpad, make the shift button be the alternate fire.

That being said, Trackpads are very bad for FPSs not because "everything is worse than the mouse and keyboard!!!1!" idea, but because they simply are much too unreliable. You don't really notice their faults with casual use, but when even the slightest motion dictates your visual movement, you'll start to notice that it just doesn't pick up all your finger strokes.
And not being able to turn around to shoot a portal onto a higher up platform in time makes some of the later chambers go from amusing and mildly tricky to just plain frustrating.

Really, go get yourself anything else. A mouse, a gamepad, whatever. Just don't ruin a great game with broken controls.

Yeah, I'll probably be playing this with a mouse. I'm currently playing Knights of the Old Republic and the parts in your ships's turret is hell for me...