Portal 2 Achievements revealed, prompt more Half-Life 2: Episode 3 speculation
If you're the type who avoids reading Achievement lists in fear of spoilers, then stop reading this article. Why did you even click?
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All fifty Portal 2 Achievements have been revealed by Xbox 360 Achievements. The list is rife with the expected inside jokes and word-play (Still Alive, Pturretdactyl, Bridge Over Troubling Water), but one in particular has a the internet talking with its fingers.
The "Ship Overboard" Achievement bears the description, "Discover the missing experiment." Could it be referring to the Borealis - the Aperture project mentioned in Half-Life 2: Episode Two? Speculate away! The full list is below:
- Pit Boss (30)
Show that pit who's boss - Preservation of Mass (20)
Break the rules in Test Chamber 07 - Pturretdactyl (5)
Use an Aerial Faith Plate to launch a turret - Lunacy (20)
That just happened - Drop Box (20)
Place a cube on a button without touching the cube - Overclocker (30)
Complete Test Chamber 10 in 70 seconds - No Hard Feelings (10)
Save a turret from redemption - Schrodinger's Catch (20)
Catch a blue-painted box before it touches the ground - Ship Overboard (10)
Discover the missing experiment - Final Transmission (20)
Find the hidden signal in one of the Rat Man's dens - Good Listener (5)
Take GLaDOS' escape advice - Scanned Alone (5)
Stand in a defective turret detector - The Part Where He Kills You (20)
This is that part - Bridge Over Troubling Water (10)
Complete the first Hard Light Bridge test - SaBOTour (10)
Make a break for it - Stalemate Associate (15)
Press the button! - Wake Up Call (5)
Survive the manual override - You Monster (5)
Reunite with GLaDOS - Undiscouraged (10)
Complete the first Thermal Discouragement Beam test - White Out (15)
Complete the first Conversion Gel test - Tunnel of Funnel (15)
Master the Excursion Funnel - Dual Pit Experiment (15)
Do the same test twice - Tater Tote (15)
Carry science forward - Vertically Unchallenged (15)
Master the Repulsion Gel - Stranger Than Friction (15)
Master the Propulsion Gel - Professor Portal (75)
After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn%26rsquo;t played before - Air Show (20)
Perform 2 aerial gestures before touching the ground in co-op - Portal Conservation Society (20)
Complete Chamber 3 in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course using only 5 total portal placements - Empty Gesture (25)
Drop your co-op partner in goo while they are gesturing by removing the bridge under them - Party of Three (25)
Find the hidden companion cube in co-op test chamber - Narbacular Drop (25)
Place a portal under your co-op partner while they are gesturing - Asking for Trouble (10)
Taunt GLaDOS in front of a camera in each of the five co-op courses - Rock Portal Scissors (20)
Win 3 co-op games of rock-paper-scissors in a row - Friends List With Benefits (50)
While playing co-op, hug 3 different people on your friends list - Four Ring Circus (25)
Enter 4 different portals without touching the ground in co-op - Triple Crown (15)
Solve 3 co-op chambers in the Mass and Velocity course in under 60 seconds each - Still Alive (15)
Complete Course 4 with neither you nor your co-op partner dying - Can't Touch This (10)
Dance in front of a turret blocked by a hard light bridge in co-op - Smash TV (75)
Break 11 test chamber monitors - High Five (5)
Celebrate your cooperative calibration success - Team Building (10)
Complete all test chambers in the Team Building co-op course - Door Prize (20)
Examine all the vitrified test chamber doors - Portrait of a Lady (10)
Find a hidden portrait - You Made Your Point (10)
Refuse to solve the first test in Chapter 8 - You Saved Science (100)
Complete all test chambers in all courses of co-op - Iron Grip (20)
Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mass and Velocity co-op course - Gesticul-8 (15)
Perform all 8 gestures of your own volition in co-op - Confidence Building (10)
Complete all test chambers in the Mass and Velocity co-op course - Bridge Building (15)
Complete all test chambers in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course - Obstacle Building (15)
Complete all test chambers in the Excursion Funnels co-op course
We'll be getting another look at Portal 2 on March 12th at PAX East - stay tuned for our impresions!
Feb 28, 2011
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