Comments on: A “Portal” review.

By: My Top 10 Videogames of the Decade – Part 2 | Shenanigans & Tomfoolery

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:42:02 +0000

[...] already praised Portal in my review of the game so I’ll keep this brief. If there’s one game on this list that any person [...]

By: sebastian

sebastian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:24:24 +0000

I think people’s complaints about the game’s length has more to do with the fact that you just don’t want it to end.

It depends on the game really.

Ikaruga is like 30 minutes long beginning to end and I would never complain about its length.

A Fallout 3 run can last for 40+ hours and I wouldn’t want that game to end in 5.

By: mrmarkrobson

mrmarkrobson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:46:37 +0000

i love portal too…. Im not sure if i would call it short, but id say its the right length…

im upset when people are like…’this game is too short’ sometimes this is the case
but others, the experience has been edited down to keep pacing and flow. Sure its always nice to have more game… but as games become more of an interactive story/experience, and less of a toy, the more editing becomes important..

not to mention, short lenght allows for, and encourages replay, especially in a skill based game like portal, refining your path, cutting down on time.

as an analogy i guess…no matter how much i love star wars, im glad those movies arent 5 hours long each….(though nothing has stopped me from watching all 3 back to back as a child)