Portal 2 - The Final Hours

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Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby Blink on Wed May 18, 2011 12:04 am

Valve have just released Portal 2 - The Final Hours, a behind the scenes look at the creation of the game:

The Final Hour of Portal 2 takes you deep within the top-secret offices of Valve for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind the new video game Portal 2. Journalist Geoff Keighley was granted unprecedented “fly on the wall” access to Valve to create this staggering 15,000 word multimedia experience. From the hush-hush Portal prequel that was shelved to the last minute scramble to complete the game’s story, The Final Hours of Portal 2 is a gripping and dramatic story brought to life by exclusive photos, videos, interviews, interactive experiences, and other surprises.


It's so cheap you wonder why they'd bother to charge for it, however I don't think that will stop me picking it up.

If you're interested, head over to the Steam store.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby Ark11 on Wed May 18, 2011 6:19 am

Wait a few hours and someone will have made scans of it. (or screens, since it's digital)
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby TheMiede on Wed May 18, 2011 6:35 am

for $2, i'd rather pay them to show my appreciation of their transparency.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby stoopdapoop on Wed May 18, 2011 9:43 am

-Destroy Aperture Science by wiping your fingers over the screen.


I'll pay them more than 2 bucks if they can turn my CRT into a touchscreen monitor, shit.

And for anyone who didn't know, this was originally an Ipad exclusive, written by Geoff Knightley (sp?) Of GTTV
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby ad_hominem on Wed May 18, 2011 10:14 am

stoopdapoop wrote:And for anyone who didn't know, this was originally an Ipad exclusive, written by Geoff Knightley (sp?) Of GTTV

I'm not familiar with the rest of his work, but anyone that chooses to have this as their 'author' photograph seems like a huge douche.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby stoopdapoop on Wed May 18, 2011 10:35 am

ad_hominem wrote:I'm not familiar with the rest of his work, but anyone that chooses to have this as their 'author' photograph seems like a huge douche.


I can't stand that guy.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby theCommie on Wed May 18, 2011 1:35 pm

Well, according to this if you have any desire to join Valve, Robin is the last person you want to show your work to. Unimpressed with everything.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby joe_rogers_11155 on Wed May 18, 2011 2:36 pm

who knows how many amazing games robin walker has turned down because of a noticeable lack of hats.

also, this was first released as an ipad app. there must be dozens of pdf's of this thing floating around.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby no00dylan on Wed May 18, 2011 6:17 pm

The author is a good fellow, give him a chance.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby source-maps on Wed May 18, 2011 6:58 pm

not worth the $2
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby no00dylan on Wed May 18, 2011 7:09 pm

Worth the 2 dollars.
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby zombie@computer on Wed May 18, 2011 8:31 pm

no00dylan wrote:Worth the 2 dollars.

source-maps wrote:not worth the $2

TheMiede wrote:for $2, i'd rather pay them to show my appreciation of their transparency.

if only it was just $1... Everybody would be happy
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby Welsh Mullet on Fri May 20, 2011 6:20 am

For £1.50 i think it offers some really good concept art and an insight into the story's development. Some of the pictures, for me at least, once again bring up the question of whether Chell is really out of Aperture or not at the end of Portal 2...
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby Valar on Fri May 20, 2011 8:09 am

Welsh Mullet wrote:Some of the pictures, for me at least, once again bring up the question of whether Chell is really out of Aperture or not at the end of Portal 2...

How so?
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Re: Portal 2 - The Final Hours

Postby Dr. Delta on Fri May 20, 2011 8:11 am

worth the € 1,99
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