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Old December 28th, 2007, 03:03 AM   #1
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So forgive me if I'm late on this one, but I just got the Orange Box for Christmas...Holy Crap, Portal is the greatest thing to come to video games since the warp zone. Just based on Portal alone, the Orange Box gets GOTY....er...$60 gaming experience of the year....

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Old December 28th, 2007, 03:06 AM   #2
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So forgive me if I'm late on this one, but I just got the Orange Box for Christmas...Holy Crap, Portal is the greatest thing to come to video games since the warp zone. Just based on Portal alone, the Orange Box gets GOTY....er...$60 gaming experience of the year....
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Old December 28th, 2007, 03:07 AM   #3
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BioShock>Portal.
Super Mario Galaxy>Portal.
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune>Portal
CoD4>Portal
Halo 3>Portal
Mass Effect>Portal
IMO, I could go on.
Portal, to me, is too short to be GOTY.
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Old December 28th, 2007, 03:09 AM   #4
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BioShock>Portal.
Super Mario Galaxy>Portal.
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune>Portal
CoD4>Portal
Halo 3>Portal
Mass Effect>Portal

I could go on.
That was unnecessary?

not to mention false. At least for 4 of them.
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Old December 28th, 2007, 03:10 AM   #5
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Yes, Portal is pretty much the single greatest development this year. While I want more, I can't help but feel it's the perfect length as it is.



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At any rate, joking replies aside, Portal was awesome, but I can't justify calling a three hour game from what was an otherwise average package of games (Half-Life 2 is three years old, people, of course it's cheap) an automatic lock for GotY honors. Especially not in a year that saw Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Assassin's Creed.
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Your face was unnecessary.

At any rate, joking replies aside, Portal was awesome, but I can't justify calling a three hour game from what was an otherwise average package of games (Half-Life 2 is three years old, people, of course it's cheap) an automatic lock for GotY honors. Especially not in a year that saw Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Assassin's Creed.
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Old December 28th, 2007, 03:24 AM   #9
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Portal's length is perfect as is. If it had been any longer, by itself, many would have realized the gimmick that it really is. Portal is awesome, don't get me wrong.
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You heard me.
YOu said portal was a "lock" for GOTY, yet you named a bunch of good games... I'm confused as to what you were trying to say.
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