Rule quantity one in all Backlog Membership: Work by your pile of unplayed video video games one after the other, and talk about them with different folks. Rule quantity two of Backlog Membership: Do not speak about Backlog Membership.
Simply kidding! Inform everybody. Please.
This text is a part of our new experimental collection, Backlog Membership, the place we (Nintendo Life!) decide a recreation that is prone to be on our listing of “video games we should always get round to enjoying”, after which we (NL + you!) spend the following month enjoying that recreation. August’s decide, as voted for by you lot, is one thing we have been pushing aside for a very long time…
I keep in mind when The Orange Field first got here out. I used to be an avid reader of magazines, however not an avid participant of video games — I had the GameCube and the Wii, however my PC was a shared household one, and solely actually able to working probably the most fundamental video games. Normally instructional ones or the varieties that got here in cereal packing containers. Am I displaying my age?
So I did not play Portal when it got here out in that Orange Field, alongside Half-Life and Crew Fortress, however due to online game magazines raving about it, I knew it was particular. I might go to my native recreation retailer and decide it up, within the hopes that folks would see me telling my brother it was a “seminal work within the novel style of first-person puzzle video games” or one thing equally cribbed from whichever magazine I would memorised that morning, and would suppose to themselves, “now, there is a woman who’s positively performed this recreation.”
However it was all a horrible lie. A farce, designed to make me look extra educated than I used to be. And now — 15 years later — Valve has lastly teamed up with Nintendo to make me an trustworthy lady. No, not like that. I imply actually. I’m going to play Portal.
And so are you! Presumably! In spite of everything, you might be right here, at this assembly of Backlog Membership, the e-book membership on your backlog. Hear, there is no disgrace in going so lengthy with out enjoying the (checks notes) seminal work within the novel style of first-person puzzle video games that’s Portal. It was fifteen years in the past. A few of you have been most likely busy. A few of you may need been infants. Right here at Backlog Membership, ours is to not choose; it’s to make issues proper.
So, due to your votes, we’re all going to be enjoying Portal: Companion Assortment. Ultimately.
How and the place to purchase Portal
Notice: The Steam costs are for Portal + Portal 2 mixed.
| Storefront | Value | Free with subscription? |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Change eShop | $19.99 / € 18,99 / £13.49 | NSO: ❌ |
| Steam | $19.98 / € 16,38 / £14.38 | N/A |
FAQ
Do I’ve to complete the sport?
Normally, we might say no, however Portal is brief. So this time, YES.
Ought to I play Portal 2?
I imply, when you’ve purchased the
Portal Assortment
on Change, you may as effectively. Plus, I am most likely going to be speaking about it in my Backlog Membership catchups later this month!
Can I take part if I’ve already performed it?
Completely! All are welcome in Backlog Membership. Simply do not publish spoilers.
What’s the level of Backlog Membership?
We have all bought a backlog. We wanted a purpose to begin engaged on ours. You may be a part of us, if you would like — and vote for which video games we play, too!
Compensate for earlier months of Backlog Membership proper right here
, and one thing one thing the cake is a lie.
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