I was wondering after playing through the Portal 2 Singleplayer what the hell happened to some of the cool gameplay mechanics they featured in their early demos of Portal 2 for instance...
[u]Pneumatic Diversity Vent:[/u]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7odI26GpJY[/media]
[u]Crusher's and Some Levels (0:52):[/u]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRo_NWWtB6E[/media]
Anyone else annoyed at this? :(
Eh, the Diversity Vent was pretty useless when you think about it. Everything it was shown doing could have been easily accomplished by reaching through a portal and grabbing whatever you were attempting to pneumatically diversify. It was essentially a fancy arm.
The crushers, however, did make it in the game. If you didn't see them you are either not at the point in the game were they show up or are completely and totally blind.
The crushers are still there, they're just not puzzle elements.
[sp]For example when Wheatley tries to crush you with them. Twice.[/sp]
I noticed lack of pneumatic diversity vent, was a little disappointed.
Also felt there was a lack of timing and quicker response elements, but still a great game
[QUOTE=saddasta;29323970]The crushers are still there, they're just not puzzle elements.[/QUOTE]
They do show up as puzzle elements in co-op, just not single player.
[QUOTE=pogothemunty;29323990]I noticed lack of pneumatic diversity vent, was a little disappointed.
Also felt there was a lack of timing and quicker response elements, but still a great game[/QUOTE]
I think I remember reading that Valve did this intentionally, because timing puzzles were what they found frustrated players most in Portal 1.
[QUOTE=The Calzone;29323965]Eh, the Diversity Vent was pretty useless when you think about it. Everything it was shown doing could have been easily accomplished by reaching through a portal and grabbing whatever you were attempting to pneumatically diversify. It was essentially a fancy arm.
The crushers, however, did make it in the game. If you didn't see them you are either not at the point in the game were they show up or are completely and totally blind.[/QUOTE]
I saw the crushers used in scripted sequences such as when Wheatly is trying to mame you before "Chapter 9: This is the part where he kills you" and shortly after on the pedastal.
However I did not see any used in the test chambers such as the propulsion gel E3 demo video.
The level with the propulsion gel in that video was probably replaced with [sp]The ye olde aperture levels[/sp]
[QUOTE=KarmaPolice;29324003]They do show up as puzzle elements in co-op, just not single player.[/QUOTE]
Ah. I haven't played coop yet because I'm waiting for a friend to get it.
The vents were totally obsoleted
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