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1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:36:52 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

   portal 2 is alright so far i guess. i never actually played more than a little bit of the multiplayer so this is technically my first time playing it. and i've never seen footage of it or had it spoiled or anything.

   1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:39:57 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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      i've owned it for years, can't even remember when i got it. just had no interest. liked the first game but couldn't stand the second just from all the memes that were going around. by the time it was cheap enough, i picked it up to have ti just in case but was mostly put off

      1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:41:21 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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         now i'm playing it because...nobody's talking about it, and i can finally experience it on my own. and i'm super bored.

         1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:43:59 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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            and again, it's alright. feels like a bunch of challenge mode test chambers with a few small twists. the introduction to each new mechanic is decently paced, if a little drawn out. the voiceover personalities are a little much honestly? i start off meeting a new one, then the game rips it away for like an hour, gives me a short glimpse, then gone again. all the while i get to hear glados making fat jokes.

            gameplay is tight but that narrative certainly sucks

            1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:50:13 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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               i would've honestly preferred this game more without any of the voiceovers. treating it as a pretty-looking collection of challenge maps has really been the only thing keeping me playing. i'm not hugely interested in the story because every time i try to care...it tears me away and makes me wait a long time for the next little snippet, and then it's just the voiceover spewing meme fuel until the next one takes over again later

               constantly piling up boring questions and not answering them

               1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:52:44 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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                  the scene where you find out glados is still alive is the one time where it felt like things were picking up. and instead of really making it into a big thing they just...throw you into monotonous test chambers to continue the tutorial, on top of tearing away the new character before you've really gotten to know anything about them or what they hope to achieve beyond helping you.

                  1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 16:59:10 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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                     maybe i'm just not as easily pleased as i was back when this came out. maybe i would've enjoyed it then. maybe my demands for what a game should be have become increasingly more tedious to cater to. i wouldn't doubt it, considering games in general are seeming a lot less enjoyable than they were back then

                     but portal 2 kinda does lean toward the "meme fuel" game that i feared it to be, even if there are some good moments. not to mention, well, blatant fat jokes.