PORTAL IS NOW FREE ON STEAM!!!

[thetonestarr]

Barozi said:

thetonestarr said:

Boutros said:
Buy this people. I already have it on PS3 but I think I'll still download it.

It's a hundred times better on PC. EVERY gamer should own it first and foremost on PC, then consider it on the other systems.

nah not even close.

Awesome deal though.

You're right. It's probably closer to 200x.

 

@Boutros - To expand on what Shio said, let me first state that I am first and foremost a console gamer. I play most games on consoles, but I will always believe that first-person shooters are forever best on PC. Besides, the Dualshock series of controllers are horrid for the FPS genre, anyways.

But besides superior control, you're also getting it on the platform it was intended and originally developed for. The PS3 port of the Orange Box was shoddy - not even done in-house - and faces bugs and glitches (though they're relatively minor and aren't even guaranteed to be experienced). The 360 version, which WAS in-house, is nowhere near the quality of the PC version either, because:

(1) both console versions are graphically inferior to the PC edition, which has many settings that can be tweaked much higher than the console editions allow.

(2) PC edition is a ton clearer and crisper, thanks to almost all PC monitors running at a higher resolution than TVs allow. 1080p is a higher res than most PC monitors, but the problem is, the console versions of the game don't support resolutions that high anyways.

(3) Level editing and mods give the PC/Mac versions a plethora of additional options, as Shio stated.

(4) And on top of that, there's a way to tweak your game files (which DOESN'T mess up anything) to play Half-Life 2 with the portal gun. Or play Portal with Half-Life 2 weapons. Forget about even CONSIDERING that on consoles.

 

@TWRoO - I may be mistaken, but I don't think you have to download it to tie it to your Steam account, anyways. Just click the red-button link and it'll automatically tie the game to your account. It starts downloading/installing the game immediately by default, but you can stop that and just let it stay attached to your account, waiting for you to beckon it forth...