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GDC 07 – Portal preview
IGN has a preview up for Valve's new game, Portal which is basically a first person puzzle game running on the HL2 engine.
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Portal, part of Valve's Orange and Black boxes to release this Fall, differentiates itself from the other games including its cousins Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, in that it's not a first-person shooter. It takes place from a first-person perspective, but it's essentially a puzzle game. We got a chance to play through a few introductory stages at GDC in San Francisco, and though we didn't get to see very much, we saw enough to know we wanted more.