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Portal 2 Now Available for Mac

worth 50 bux

An Awesome game, lots of story.
Used 12 hours after lunch to do single player and co-op.
This was done fast and i cant wait to do the co-op again just slower^^
Great game and lots of thing to do, and some hard achievements.
all done on hi-end 15" MBP 2010
 
preordered it at best buy for $35 and got a $10 gift card. BB had the best deal for portal 2.
 
Portal 2

Well, I just started playing it and it won't play smooth on my 2009 27"iMac i5 (8GB ram) at 1920x1080 (8x or 6x AA and AF), so i'm gradually reducing the graphics options to see how low i have to go to get it to run nicely - shame - forget 2560x1440! Wonder if newer iMacs will have better luck with 5 series GPUs. Guess its back to playing it on my PC's GTX580!
 
hedgehogmac said:
Well, I just started playing it and it won't play smooth on my 2009 27"iMac i5 (8GB ram) at 1920x1080 (8x or 6x AA and AF), so i'm gradually reducing the graphics options to see how low i have to go to get it to run nicely - shame - forget 2560x1440! Wonder if newer iMacs will have better luck with 5 series GPUs. Guess its back to playing it on my PC's GTX580!
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It's running great on my 2010 imac (5750) in OSX.
Native resolution, 2xAA, all settings on max with vsync on.
 
just a quick note, if you guys have a PS3, buy that version of the game- the PS3 version has steam support and you'll get the windows and mac versions too for free.
 
hunkaburningluv said:
just a quick note, if you guys have a PS3, buy that version of the game- the PS3 version has steam support and you'll get the windows and mac versions too for free.
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Just got it! Well ordered it... I can't "get it" for another week... stupid slow ass shipping... anyway had 35 bucks in Rewardzone points. so my grand total is 22 bucks and I got a 10 dollar gift card coming my way! :D

Loving that I can play it on my iMac AND my PS3... can I do co-op with my PS3? I have my iMac in my kitchen and my PS3 in my living room... essentially I could have a friend on my PS3 and I can be on the Steam copy... or would we need 2 accounts to do that?
 
blackpond said:
Because you're buying a game. Not a box for one. The argument could be made, "why is the boxed version more expensive than the download version? That's one expensive useless box!"

Unless Valve is in the business of selling boxes it makes perfect sense.
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Not really as the boxed version can be sold on (PS3/360) whereas the Steam version is restricted to the account it was bought on.
 
Well, that was a nice 8 hours wasted....

I loved it. Portal is one of those events in computing life. I never game these days except for Portal, Katamari, and UT99.
 
How big is the download?

And any opinions on running it on a pre-unibody 15" MBP (8600M GT)?
 
I wish I could buy this dang game :( I hate living abroad sometimes :(

Anyone interested in gifting this to me for a payal xfer?
 
Nakor said:
I wish I could buy this dang game :( I hate living abroad sometimes :(

Anyone interested in gifting this to me for a payal xfer?
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I've gifted steam games on sale before through paypal, but is it just not on sale in your region? Does it not show up in your steam store?
 
No - Im just unable to make the purchase since my paypal and credit card are in the US but I live in Germany. My cards are linked to an APO (mil) address, which Valve doesnt seem to support.

edit - offers still up if anyones game on helping me out. PM if youre willing to assist :)
 
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edenwaith said:
How is $50 for a new video game "kind of steep"? The price of video games has not changed too much in the past several decades. I paid $45 for Quest for Glory 2, which came out in 1990, which is not too far off from $50 (inflation not included, either). With the exception of new A-list games on PS3 and Xbox 360 (generally starting closer to $60), the price of many games has gone down, especially for PCs.

It might be interesting to see if games for phones become a profitable revenue stream for game developers since they can skip several of the middle men via downloading games, instead of through traditional retail.

One thing which has surprised me is how many Portal 2 advertisements I've seen on buses or billboards. I've rarely seen video games advertised to such an extent, so that was certainly different.
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There are several factors that go into it. First and foremost, he mentioned the original game was kinda short. Something that could probably be beaten between the 10-15 hour mark by a newbie. If Portal 2 is just as short, it's not worth the full retail price since the average game typically lasts at least three days and usually can go as far up as 72 hours of playtime.

This isn't a major concern for me though. The reason Valve gives in their developers comments for original portal being such a short pack-in was to test the waters for this strange concept. If Portal didn't take off like it did, it'd be no big investment to cry over. Now that they see it's a success, they'll be willing to take more risks to make it a worthy standalone product.

Another factor is that downloadable games don't have printed materials, shipping costs and other middleman costs associated with them. The average price of a downloadable game tends to be $10-20 cheaper than a physical version of the same product. Similarly Aperature costs $200 in brick and morter retail stores but only $80 from Apple's App Store.

In most cases I'd probably rather pay more for the certain rights of ownership physical media entitles me to and this is no exception since I'm getting the PS3 edition, even though I'll probably play more on my computer. However Valve's platform seems much more respectful of the end user than other digital download services, with the relatively low level of restrictiveness (for DRM) with concepts like Steamplay.
 
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gustavoQ said:
Has anyone tested the game on a Macbook Pro 13' Mid 2010?

I want to buy the game, but I don't know if it will work fine.
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Works fine. 13" Macbook Pro April 2010 with 4 GB Ram here. Highest rendering settings except for filtering. Resolution is 1280x800. I tried it, it would work (a little chopppy) with 1900x1200 too but I had to turn on mirroring. It's for a casual gamer like me but not for the hard core gamer. I don't need 60 FPS, I just want to look it good. And the 13" delivers it. And the game too.

EDIT: I pushed all settings up to the max. Works fine. But the resolution is the limiting factor.
 
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chrisfromalbany said:
so if you computer crashes you left with nothing.. again why they should discount this.
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Right-click on the game in your Steam library and select "Backup", then burn your backup on either CDs or DVDs. Problem solved.

If you don't like it, then just buy a retail box.

The only thing that I do not like about Steam (or ANY of those digital content stores) is that you cannot sell the game once you no longer want or need it and transfer it to the account of somebody else. You can only do this when you purchase an item as a gift. This actually deprives me of a legal right that I have as a customer in Germany - we CAN legally transfer even OEM licenses that were bundled with some hardware.
 
Tonepoet said:
Another factor is that downloadable games don't have printed materials, shipping costs and other middleman costs associated with them. The average price of a downloadable game tends to be $10-20 cheaper than a physical version of the same product. Similarly Aperature costs $200 in brick and morter retail stores but only $80 from Apple's App Store.
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Right.. someone that gets it.. It is not that I wont get it I will but will get the phyiscal copy because it is a better deal, but shouldn't have to be.


Winni said:
The only thing that I do not like about Steam (or ANY of those digital content stores) is that you cannot sell the game once you no longer want or need it and transfer it to the account of somebody else. You can only do this when you purchase an item as a gift. This actually deprives me of a legal right that I have as a customer in Germany - we CAN legally transfer even OEM licenses that were bundled with some hardware.
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Also didn't think about the resale value which is true as well.
 
There are "steam" achievements but I know those don't add to your xbox achievement points. I'm sure the experience is all the same, but I had to get it on PC/Mac even though I have an xbox. All my friends have gotten it on PC or PS3, either way we can play together via steamworks. Xbox guys are going to be lonely hehe
 
ive played through it 3 times now.... they did a great job! works great on my 2009 27" i5 imac- have it in a 1080 resolution...

space. Space? Gotta go to space.

Dad are you space? YES SON. now we are a family again.

SPAAAAACCCCCEEEE!!!
 
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