Portal: Revolution is a free to play mod for Portal 2. This fully featured original campaign plays before Portal 2 in the dead and decaying Enrichment Center...
  • Swarfega@lemm.eeEnglish
    2015·
    10 months ago

    A fan made mod.

    Not to take anything away from them but other than not being on an official YouTube channel I did think this was a brand new game given it says ‘official’. A bit deceiving.

      • Shadowedcross@lemmy.worldEnglish
        114·
        10 months ago

        It having official in the title has nothing to do with whether it’s a Valve game or a mod, though. It just means that it’s a trailer released by the developer themselves and not some random person, that’s all that official means.

          • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            The meaning is contextual.

            Exactly: and it says “official trailer” — separated from the rest by a fancy hyphen just like what I have used. The context is quite clear that it’s the trailer that’s official, and thus the meaning is quite clear as well.

            • all-knight-party@kbin.run
              1·
              10 months ago

              They probably could’ve just made a more honest title like “Portal: Revolution - Official Trailer for the fan mod”. The title is longer and more unwieldy, but at least it’d be very clear

              • deur@feddit.nlEnglish
                01·
                10 months ago

                Your point is worthless. Not everyone needs context hand fed at all moments, and your misunderstanding of the title is anecdotal and unique to very few people.

                Edit: changed wording because it wasnt one single person making the argument

                • all-knight-party@kbin.run
                  01·
                  10 months ago

                  I wouldn’t say worthless, that’s hyperbolic, but it is far beyond necessary, just saying that it could’ve been clearer, definitively.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
        74·
        10 months ago

        It makes me not want to play the mod for their manipulative use of the word in their advertising.

        You think they’re trying to trick you into

        check notes

        playing a free mod?

      • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        The fact that this thread has more up votes on the “remove the official from official trailer” posts baffles me. The first line of the description says it’s a mod.

      • M137@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        10 months ago

        This is all you failing to understand something very simple.

        It’s the official trailer for the mod, that’s all it means.

    • William@lemmy.worldEnglish
      142·
      10 months ago

      It also uses the name “Portal” in a way that feels official, too. If it said “Revolution: A Portal mod” it’d be fine.

      • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        How does it “feel official”? It’s just what a lot of mods do:

        • Portal: Prelude
        • Portal: The Flash Version (though this one is a standalone game)
        • Half-Life: Echoes
        • Half-Life: Caged

        These are just a few I can think of, you can find more on Steam and ModDB.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
      102·
      10 months ago

      I was surprised to see another Portal game being announced, but finding out it’s a fan-made mod actually has me more interested.

      Fan-mods are where you can see some neat shit because they’re not trying to maximize profits, they’re just trying to make something cool.

  • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
    301·
    10 months ago

    This is not made by (or in association with) valve.

    It’s effectively a mod built on portal2

  • roawre@feddit.chEnglish
    212·
    10 months ago

    I’m always amazed of what passionate people can achieve. It happens that i also love this game. Nice !

    • mindlight@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I really miss the times when mods actually were encouraged by the gamedevs. Yes there are games that still encourage modding but it’s still not as widespread as it was so a couple of years after Half-life was released.

    • Che Banana@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Actually just started another playthrough of Portal still alive! I just hope the cake is real this time.

      mmmmmmmmm cake

      • proper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        from the video description;

        “Portal: Revolution is a free to play mod for Portal 2. This fully featured original campaign plays before Portal 2 in the dead and decaying Enrichment Center.”