Darren New wrote:


>> field of view...
> 
> Just guessing, since my only familiarity with the game is watching the 
> preview, but ... can you get yourself into the middle of the circle?

That would be directly in the middle of the field of view of all three 
sentry guns. :-S

>> I've looked at all of the last three levels. They all contain an 
>> element which is impossible. I can't solve any of them. And that's 
>> just boring.
> 
> Have you watched the preview? It looks like there are some pretty 
> amazingly difficult stunts you have to do.

Yeah - quite a few of the levels involve putting a portal on the floor 
and one on a wall. Fall through the one in the floor, pick up speed on 
the way down from the wall, hit the one on the floor again [this is the 
hard part!] and when you emerge from the wall again you now have extreme 
horizontal velocity! :-D

None of which helps you in a room where you can't place any portals...

> Is it possible to buy portal without buying HL2? I.e., as a stand-alone? 

Yes indeed. You can purchase "The Orange Box", but you can also purchase 
just Portal by itself. (Or just Team Fortress II, if you like.)

Go to the Stream website, download and install the Steam client (tiny), 
create a Steam account and browse the games list. Find Portal, hit "buy" 
and fill in your credit card details. Oh, and then wait a few hours (!!) 
for Portal to actually to download. It's quite... large...

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