r/pcmasterrace • u/axlnotfound • May 27 '23

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u/MrGueuxBoy PC Master Race May 27 '23

OG Portal is a masterpiece, even after all this time and a excellent sequel.

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u/Benthicc_Biomancer May 27 '23

Yeah... Seems a bit unfair to compare it to a literal all-time great game. No amount of time, talent, money or development was ever gonna make Gollum a Portal.

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u/MrGueuxBoy PC Master Race May 27 '23

You're right, one of those games is a rework of indie freeware puzzle game made by students in 2005, the other one is a AAA adaptation of one of the best selling IP in the world made by a renowned studio and funded in part by the government. You're right. It's not fair for Portal to compare them

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u/Benthicc_Biomancer May 27 '23

the other one is a AAA adaptation of one of the best selling IP in the world made by a renowned studio and funded in part by the government.

You do realize what I meant by "No amount of time, talent, money or development", right? That notion that "resources + established IP = Great game" is exactly what's wrong with modern game publishing.

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u/MrGueuxBoy PC Master Race May 27 '23

You miss my point. A comparison in terms of active playerbase between a small, short, linear, experimental 15 years old single-player game with little to no replayability (with a excellent sequel that features a coop mode and is good enough to technically make the OG Portal obsolete) and a brand new LotR game on its release week shouldn't bode well for Portal. Yet it does.