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Oct. 13th, 2008 03:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
savioursephOnly up to level 14 on Portal: Prelude so far. D:
Granted I've been playing less than 2 hours according to Xfire, but still... I completed Portal itself in around 3 hours on my first playthrough - assuming level 19 goes on as long as the original did I'm severely behind schedule here.
So far I'm feeling pretty mixed about it. It's nice that someone's put so much effort into it, making a full unofficial prequel rather than just a plain level pack, and some of the levels so far have been really fun; nice, simple concepts with non-obvious but doable solutions. Others, on the other hand, are just plain cheap, forgoing actual puzzles in lieu of twitchy reflex nonsense based more on luck than thinking things out. Hopefully this won't apply much more - it's a lot more fun when you don't have to worry about niggles like getting a jump completely perfect, or shooting the floor 5 damn times to fling yourself far enough. In short; liking it, but preferring some of the standalone fan maps so far (This one in particular).
Also, the damn orange dye won't bleach out; hair is currently (as predicted) a streaky mix of blond and pastel pink. I can make it look better with the red gel until it's safe to bleach again though, I suppose. ^^;
Granted I've been playing less than 2 hours according to Xfire, but still... I completed Portal itself in around 3 hours on my first playthrough - assuming level 19 goes on as long as the original did I'm severely behind schedule here.
So far I'm feeling pretty mixed about it. It's nice that someone's put so much effort into it, making a full unofficial prequel rather than just a plain level pack, and some of the levels so far have been really fun; nice, simple concepts with non-obvious but doable solutions. Others, on the other hand, are just plain cheap, forgoing actual puzzles in lieu of twitchy reflex nonsense based more on luck than thinking things out. Hopefully this won't apply much more - it's a lot more fun when you don't have to worry about niggles like getting a jump completely perfect, or shooting the floor 5 damn times to fling yourself far enough. In short; liking it, but preferring some of the standalone fan maps so far (This one in particular).
Also, the damn orange dye won't bleach out; hair is currently (as predicted) a streaky mix of blond and pastel pink. I can make it look better with the red gel until it's safe to bleach again though, I suppose. ^^;
