POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Portal : Re: Portal Server Time
5 Sep 2024 13:12:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Portal  
From: scott
Date: 2 Sep 2009 03:14:01
Message: <4a9e1b39@news.povray.org>
>> Well you said "the actual game starts after that", so I thought you meant
>> the bit before is not the actual game?  Anyway it doesn't really matter,
>> I'll check it out another time and see if I can skip (or at least finish)
>> the intro levels and start the "actual game" (or "non-intro" if you 
>> prefer)
>> levels if they will be more challenging.
>
>  I was not trying to say that the intro is not part of the game. It is
> part of the game. What I meant is that the game changes significantly in
> nature after the test chambers.
>
>  You don't skip the first third of a movie just because it's the intro
> part of the movie, where the premise is established?

No, but a lot of games have optional training levels at the beginning, eg if 
you're not familiar with the controls or weapons or whatever.  Anyway, 
sounds like I was near the end of the intro levels and on the border of 
getting to the more interesting stuff so will get back to it when I have 
time.


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