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Free Portal (on steam)
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:35 pm
by Pink
Yep, free portal til May 24th on steam. Go check it out if you never played portal.
http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/
Play with max graphics for pretty game.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:38 pm
by LivingWithGames
Correction: The game will be free until May 24th.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:39 pm
by Gary
For both Mac and PC.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:28 pm
by Keychain
Anyone who's anyone should already have Portal.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:39 pm
by LivingWithGames
Me.
Bought 'The Orange Box' in May of 2008
And you,people?Since when you guys did buy The Orange Box pack?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 12:24 am
by Gary
Keychain wrote:Anyone who's anyone should already have Portal.
This.
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:01 am
by Datastream
I bought the Valve complete Pack 2009 in january right after the l4d release.
Btw, I've used mac before and I couldn't right click. How is that going to work out on portal?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:11 am
by destiny
i got the orange box somewhere in 2008 dont remember wen though.
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 2:36 am
by Col.Plate
Still nice of them to release a full game for free.
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 3:42 am
by Gary
By the way, Portal for the Mac is blurrier.
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:27 am
by Datastream
That is because it is using OpenGL and Directx is just better.
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 5:37 pm
by Gary
Datastream wrote:That is because it is using OpenGL and Directx is just better.
Not true what-so-ever. OpenGL can be just as good as any directx game. I assume the blurriness is because of poor port of the engine to a different API.(Basically saying, it's Valve's fault, though it might also be a problem with the Mac)
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 7:59 pm
by Datastream
Directx is certainly better but OpenGL is following right in its footpath. The blurriness was indeed the fault of Valve. It has been fixed.
Here is the difference btw.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3726/quic ... erformance
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:59 am
by Gary
Datastream wrote:Directx is certainly better but OpenGL is following right in its footpath. [...]
What?
Directx is a windows thing, games use it as MS owns and supports it, the more support from MS, the more it will be used and OpenGL won't.
OpenGL has had features before Directx even did, only with the new Dx11 does Directx have all the features OpenGL had.
Also, I know that the game runs worse on Mac, the Mac was never made for gaming. Plus, Valve just now ported it, so it's not going to be as great as the windows version.
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:59 am
by Mr_Fuzzy
right click for mac is command click