2011年10月18日 星期二

Mod Spotlight: The Core

If you’re like me, you blazed through Portal 2 in an evening, relishing every morsel of its delectable puzzling goodness. But your thirst for first-person portalling simply can’t be satiated; even the recent DLC has done little to fill the portal-shaped void in your heart.we supply all kinds of polished tiles, If that’s the case, look no further than this awesome Portal 2 mod, The Core, a new single-player campaign from one member of the Dead Before Dawn team.

In six chapters of death-defying falls, mind-bending leaps, and plenty of acidic deaths,By Alex Lippa Close-up of plastic card in Massachusetts.When the stone sits in the oil painting reproduction, The Core brings a unique, well-designed approach to single-player Portal puzzles. If you’ve dabbled at all in Portal 2 mods and maps, you already know that most tend to be simple re-workings of basic puzzle concepts already introduced by Valve in the official games.They take the Aion Kinah to the local co-op market. This is not the case with The Core, which brings tough,which applies to the first TMJ only, absolutely original spins to the staples of Portal play.

The Core‘s basic gimmick is that it tosses you in the midst of tough Portal puzzles that seem to require two people, yet all you’ve got is your wits and your portal gun. Your only partner is a cube or a sphere, which you’ll need to guide through the levels, adding an additional layer of complexity. Imagine playing Portal 2 co-op, except your partner’s completely useless, and you have to guide him by the hand through every turn of the level. That’s the type of challenge you’ll face in The Core.

The level of presentation is excellent: in addition to a great use of Portal 2‘s diverse range of assets, this mod has a good chunk of custom animations, dynamic rooms, and even new music recorded specially for these test chambers. Perhaps best of all, there are all-new GLaDOS lines for your continued degradation and humiliation. The mod just shines with a level of polish and effort that most mods simply don’t even attempt to touch.

If there’s any downside to this mod, it’s the level of difficulty. Perhaps not so much a complaint as just fair warning for potential players, just note that the degree of challenge is much higher than other Portal 2 add-on puzzles. New sorts of puzzle elements and solutions, clever and creative chamber construction, and of course the “fake co-op” approach all contribute to this. It’s still absolutely worth the free download, but just be aware you might not be breezing through this one as quickly as you did the official Portal 2 campaign. Thankfully, the modder included the option to swap among the six chapters from the outset, so getting stuck in one chamber doesn’t mean you have to throw in the towel.

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