Purkake

I read that as "not Sci-fi" Makes a bit more sense now What you're describing is pretty much Twentry minutes into the future.

You'll never let that go, will you?

I really hope we won't have a pupil scanning minigame...

But.. but that means we're no better than those... animals!

It'll be either "You're a loose cannon, Jensen, but you're a damn good anti-terrorist agent!" or "Always by the book eh, Jensen? You should try to relax one of these days"

Does not compute. Just a thought, but maybe you don't want a sci-fi game? They already made Mount & Blade.

I hear it's pretty good...

Not like NWN3 or KotOR3 wouldn't have had any of that. Going the original concept way at least gives the potential for something new and interesting.

Oh no, save us from what little originality's left!

Tactics was decent, I liked how they expanded the rules system to all the races and made them pretty distinct. I don't know about a remake, though. I'd prefer something original.

Cool

Have you ever played Doom?

But we already have this.

So what's the verdict? Is it worth $/

I hope you at least saw the cute turrets. Plus the story is worth experiencing even if you don't like puzzle games. I like that most of high level Starcraft strategy involves abusing the hell out of everything.

That's what you tell everyone, and then comes the Purkstab. I stab because I love. Hmm, I've heard this one before, somewhere...

Well, excuse me for trying to have an intelligent discussion.

Ok, so they used the rocket turrets inconsistently and could have utilized them more. Anything else?

You could also try to expand on your points... Why did you feel that the game was gimmicky? They did quite a few things with the portals and many puzzles had multiple solutions. It being too short is obviously a personal preference and not an objective criticism, the story was wrapped up and you can't argue about the value since it was $20/free. EDIT: Obviously you're free to dislike it and I'm not trying to change your mind, but if you want to criticise it, back up your arguments.

We have lots of soap boxes and generally very opinionated posters. Also having nicely argued points is generally preferable to proposing to destroy digital media with fire

There's nothing I hate more than sacred cows on untouchable pedestals. I do think that your criticism is unfair, though. Most of the things you said are highly subjective.

One day you might look through your post history and realize you have become the very thing you've been fighting against, Volourn.

Your expectations were too high for you to appreciate Portal for what it was. Don't criticise it for what you think it should have been.

That's what you get for buying into hype. Nothing is ever as good as it's hyped up to be.

Could the problem be that you expected it to be something that it wasn't?