Portal 2 the final hours is a digital book that takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind portal 2. This is an unofficial novelization of a video game, which valve owns. After glados crushes your dreams, head into the test chamber. In the final hours of portal 2 youll step inside the offices of valve in seattle to experience the development of portal 2 first hand. Directly from geoff keighley twitter channel, couple of hours ago he said. The final hour of portal 2 takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve. Portal 2 final hours is now available on steam macpc platforms.
The final hours of portal 2 takes you deep within the top secret offices of valve for an unvarnished look at the creative. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the final hours of portal 2. I finished reading it last night and thought it was fantastic. Closes the book by describing the thoughts and feelings of valve after portal 2 was finished and released. Portal across to the other side where the button is, and notice how the bridge goes through the portal. No more than three times, though ive played a few chapters repeatedly. Set the light bridge up so both the cubes land safely on the ground and push the button again. April 22nd, 2011 a hardcover version of the guide, with more content and artwork. Wheatley after you climbed up with some portals you have to follow the hallway through the backside of aperture or wheatley science and pass past the gel pipelines until you are at the end of this hallway. Primas official insiders guide is a coffee table book written by david hodgson and published by prima games in november 2004, in a hardback and paperback cover, comprising a collection of images chronicling the development of halflife, team fortress, day of defeat, counterstrike, counterstrike. Gamelengths average play times for portal 2 single player. The final hours of mass effect 3 mass effect 3 giant bomb. I have been blown away by the kind words and comments about the final hours of portal thank you for your interest and support. I actually got interested into this book after reading some of the online stories about what portal 2 went through.
Apr 21, 2011 the final hour of portal 2 takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve, creators of halflife, for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind the new video game portal 2. Many years after portal, chell reawakens at aperture science and tries to stop glados once again with the help of wheatley, who has his own plans for the historical facility. Welcome to your new summer job at freddy fazbears pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food as far as the eye can see. The final hours of portal 2 by geoff keighley goodreads. Portal 2 draws from the awardwinning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. Its just a lot longer im pretty sure my first playthrough lasted over 8 hours in about 23 sessions. Much like the final hours of portal 2, this goes into the development history of bioware, a bit of history on casey hudson dude loves planes, and of course, lots of concept art, statspolls, and. The singleplayer portion of portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers. How much time has passed between the events in portal 1 and 2. We can calculate how long wheatley would spend flying in space before crashing down to the surface of the moon since he was flung out perpendicular to the surface, hed plop back down exactly where the portal was. Here you stuff the talking potato also known as glados into the pod and here we go up, directly into wheatleys. Place the other portal on the wall so the laser goes into the receiver. A book focusing on the solutions and some story content of portal 2 and portal.
Apr 19, 2011 with ellen mclain, stephen merchant, j. Wheatley, formerly an intelligence dampening sphere attached onto glados, is a loose personality construct and was the deuteragonist for the first half of the singleplayer campaign of portal 2. The final hours of portal 2 kindle edition by keighley, geoff. How many times have you played through portal or portal 2. Aug 24, 2010 107 facts you should know about video games s2 e12 107 portal 2 facts you should know the leaderboard duration. The digital pc version is distributed online by valves steam service, while all retail editions were distributed by electronic arts like the original portal 2007, players solve puzzles by placing portals and teleporting. Journalist geoff keighley was granted unprecedented fly on the wall access to valve to create this staggering 15,000 word multimedia experience.
He is one of the many cores seen awakening at the end of portal, although he had previously been awake before glados takeover of the aperture science enrichment center. I dont think i could do it under 3 unless i was really making an effort to. They would have to remake the whole book to get it to work in linux. The final hours of portal 2 combine overwiki, the original. To get to the other side again you need some more portal action and once you replace one portal the exit closes again, but hey, the mirror cube doesnt move, so just jump through the portal that is already pointing towards the mirror cube and then again shoot the other portal to where the laser hits the wall. I dont think thats going to happen but we will probably get all the new books when they are made for other games if they make any more. This multimedia journey takes you through over 3 years of development and shares new insights into the creative process behind the game. The final hours of portal 2 takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve for an unvarnished look at the creative. Stand in the middle of the bridge over the gap, and change the bridge to where the picture shows. Pages in category portal 2 the final hours the following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. The digital pc version is distributed online by valves steam service, while all retail editions were distributed by electronic arts. Its kinda spoilery so if you plan on it dont get it till you finish the game.
To everyone asking, yes, youll be able to experience final hours of portal 2 on other platforms soon. Portal 2 is a firstperson puzzleplatform video game developed by valve corporation. The final hours of portal 2 takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind the new video game portal 2. Portal 2 is a firstperson puzzler game from valve software that draws from the original formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music, which earned the original portal more than 70.
Apr 28, 2011 at the end of portal 2, there are two songs. The book is either called the final hours of portal 2 if you believe valves emails, or if you place your trust in steam its called, portal 2. It was released in april 2011 for windows, os x, linux, playstation 3, and xbox 360. It doesnt explicitly say that portal 2 was set in 52,000 ad, but the general point was that the events between the two series are so distant from one another as to. One way to further differentiate portal and halflife was to set the game far in the futureat least 50,000 years. May 18th, 2011 a digital ebook that focuses on the behind the scenes decisions and. Lots of spoilers, so dont read the book if you havent already played portal 2 all the way though. Final hours love in time book 1 kindle edition by dean. The final hours of portal 2 kindle edition by keighley. The final three are in the control room, which cant be missed. Grab the cube, and take the faith plate one last time.
The final hours of portal 2 is the story of the creation of the new video game portal 2 from valve. In the reading of the passion story and the extinguishing of the candles, we participate symbolically in christs descent into death. In the final hours of portal 2 ebook, keighley mentions that. A book about a friendly box and a bunch of talking orbs. Could you really have survived the end of portal 2. Its just a lot longer im pretty sure my first playthrough lasted over 8 hours in about 2 3 sessions. Portal 2s single player campaigns runs for roughly 68 hours, and its coop campaign runs for 68 hours. The two narratives dont run parallel to one another frankly, the less said. The 15,000 word multimedia experienceinteractive documentarydigital book was created by geoff keighley during portal 2s development.
Journalist geoff keighley was granted unprecedented fly on the wall access to valve over the past three years to create this story. The final hours is a digital book about wait, dont tell me no, its gone. The final hour of portal 2 takes you deep within the to. Portal 2 is a firstperson puzzler game from valve software that draws from the original formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music, which earned the original portal more than 70 industry. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Gamelengths average play times for portal 2 single. The final hours of portal 2 without an ipad arqade. From the hushhush portal prequel that was shelved to the last minute scramble to complete the games story, the final hours of portal 2 is a gripping and dramatic story brought to life by exclusive photos, videos, interviews, interactive experiences, and other surprises. She exercised at night when the lights were off and she wasnt checked on for hours, which gave her time to. About the digital book the final hours of portal 2 takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind the new video game portal 2. Apr 19, 2011 portal 2s single player campaigns runs for roughly 68 hours, and its coop campaign runs for 68 hours. It takes 24 hours after you are registered with the student portal to be able to change your initial password in the password managementpsynch system. Gives lots of insight into valves creative process and the people behind it, and the numerous starts, stops, and startovers that went into the game. Follow the path and keep doing this trick to get to the cube.
Dying didnt hurt, but coming back to life sure did. Portal 2 is an accessible, clever, and downright hilarious adventure into the eccentric world of aperture science. Im looking to see if the first song is an original one by valve, or if its an existing song. The final hour by andrew klavan is an adventure fiction novel intended for young adult readers. The core of this app is a 15,000 word story about the making of. Two hours is his first book, and a more than useful debut, but one suspects that he has yet to glimpse the limit of his own performance. Take the laser cubes over to the laser and use them to take out the turret. Im not sure why people assume the parking lot must be above glados chamber, at the end of portal, when glados final module was incinerated, a vortex opened up in the roof and ripped everything out of the room, swallowing chell and glados and spitting them back out over the parking lot, hence why. Written by geoff keighley who also authored the final hours of halflife 2000 and the final hours of halflife 2 2004, it was released on april 21, 2011 on ipad and may 17, 2011 on steam. May 18th, 2011 a digital e book that focuses on the behind the scenes decisions and.
The final hour of portal 2 takes you deep within the topsecret offices of valve, creators of halflife, for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind the new video game portal 2. The book is either called the final hours of portal 2 if. In the final hours of portal 2 youll step inside the offices of valve in seattle to. The final hours of portal 2, also known as portal 2 the final hours, is a windows, mac and ipad interactive book chronicling the development of portal 2.
That would mean between approximately 2020 and 2029, give or take. Given that the main character in the book is a high school boy and the book discusses terrorism and murder, this book is inappropriate for anyone younger than. From the hushhush portal prequel that was shelved to the last minute scramble to complete the games story, the final hours of portal 2 is a gripping and dramatic story. Just after portal 2 was released, valve and geoff keighley also released the final hours of portal 2, an interactive book about the making of 2011s best. The final hours of portal 2, also known as portal 2 the final hours, is a pc, mac and ipad interactive book chronicling the development of portal 2. Journalist geoff keighley chronicles the creation of this new game and reveals neverbeforetold details that will be a mustread for any fan of valve. Portal 2 the final hours is an interactive digital ebook.