We decided to check back now that the game has been out for a couple months to see if what we found was still true.
The answer? Yes, mostly. While more players are completing more of the game since we checked the numbers on April 28, there hasn’t been a dramatic change in percentages. Co-op is still being ignored by a lot of people.
For co-op, the situation remains roughly the same as we had last seen; 58.3 per cent had started the co-op campaign (as opposed to 51.1 per cent last time) while only 26.9 per cent actually complete co-op (as opposed to 21.7 per cent).
So on the co-op front, it remains that only half of all Portal 2 players connected to Steam actually try co-op while only one in four actually complete it. More people have finished the single-player campaign than have started co-op.
What about you, readers? Finish Portal 2? Give the co-op campaign a whirl? Feel free to sound off below!
D.C.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 8:31 AMI played through Portal 2 on the PS3 during the outage, so my stats didn’t contribute last time. I’m assuming that’ll be true for a lot of people too. First thing I did when PSN came back online was sync my trophies.
Cameron Wynn
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 9:16 AMJust give me a few more days until my bandwidth resets, I’ll have the co-op done almost immediately afterwards.
Powalen
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 9:20 AMCount me in as that 1 in 4. I’ve finished the story but haven’t gotten very far in co op.
None of my friends play Portal and I really don’t like playing online if I can avoid it. To me, it’s really no fun playing a game like this with someone that you don’t know.
I’m sure I’ll get around to completing it one day, though.
Dire Wolf
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 9:24 AMMy copy of Portal 2 arrived in the mail on Thursday but because the Steam servers were stuffing up I didn’t get the chance to play the game untill last night.
Spent the whole night playing and beat it in one sitting. Took roughly 8 hours. Loved almost every second of it. I couldn’t stop laughing. I can’t imagine how anyone could start a game like Portal 2 and then not end up beating it. How could they not want to know how it all ends?
Haven’t tried co-op yet. I don’t expect I ever will.
♣TadMod♣
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 9:42 AMItt is an excellent single player experience. I adore it. It’ll definitely be one of the games I remember nostalgiacally in 10 years.
Eddy
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 9:28 AMMy four year old son has finished Portal 2, I was going to write to valve to tell them up the challenge for him. Given this they might not be inclined to do so:(.
As far as co-op goes I still have the last level to do as my wife told me i would be in trouble if I did it with out her, unspecified trouble, the worst kind…..
Brewer74
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 10:42 AMI really want to smash Portal 2, but I am hesitant to start it with some random person, I need a mate to committ to it as well. Anyone else just played the co-op with a random person? How did it go?
Lazarus
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 4:46 PMI’ve heard the random match-up means you typically end up with someone who either drags you down or impatiently races ahead of you, hence my reluctance to try it.
Ryan W
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 7:53 PMAgreed, I got quite lucky with it, in that only once or twice did I encounter people who had presumably completed the level I was up to and impatiently ‘ping-tooled’ every conceivable object in the environment in an effort to hurry up my brain-processes. I found that behaviour to be really passive-aggressive and unpleasant, made worse by fact that I was stuck with them. Similar to the presence of GlaDOS, so I guess I should thank them for making my experience authentic!
The other times, the random match-ups were great, either people at the same level, or patient people who sat in the background as I figured the puzzles out for the 1st time.
Given Sturgeon’s law and all, maybe it’s a bit too much to expect such a positive experience being had by many other people.
tom
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 5:49 PMi had a good experience with co-op, played day 1 and me and the random were first timers, made it much easier to enjoy
Powalen
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 6:25 PMPretty much what Lazarus said.
Of the 5 or so times I tried online co op, half of them disconnected immediately after being matched (I assume because they were almost finished while I had only just started) and the rest attempted one or two levels with me before leaving, but the lack of communication (without voice chat) makes it a lot harder than it needs to be.
I’ll just wait until I can find a friend to do splitscreen with me. xD
Wonko
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 11:06 AMWhy do so many people spend money and time on a game, only to not see it through?
Dunnowhathuh
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 11:30 AMI do it for a few reasons. Some games I don’t finish because I get the strange feeling that if I finish it, that’s it for the game and I get kinda sad. Others are usually because something stops me from playing the game for a while and when I come back to it, I’ve got no idea what I’m doing. Others, again if I don’t play it for a while and come back to it, I just don’t have the motivation for finishing it anymore.
Having said all of that, I have finished Portal 2. That’s mainly because I do tend to finish most games I’ve bought for the PC. Not so for the consoles.
Lexa
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 4:39 PMIt took me ages to finish the single player campaign. My husband and I finished Co-Op together almost right away, though. SO much fun (and cause of marital strife!) But I wouldn’t do it with a random jerk.
Anyway, most of the reason it took me so long to finish is that my playtime of Portal is limited up till whenever I start to get motion sickness. :)
Esspytood
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 4:39 PMman, i must of finished SP and coop within the first week of playing, due to the fact that i couldn’t partake in any social interaction of any kind until i did, less something spoils everything.
Lyndon
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 4:41 PMFinished the single player once, and the coop 3 times (with 3 diff friends) within 2 weeks of having it I think. Haven’t played much since though.
gregorian
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 5:24 PMWell I’m almost at the end… I would have finished it, but my kids were so caught up in the story that they’ve asked me go go back and play the last couple of hours so they can see the bits they’ve missed.
And we’ve started top co-op.
It’s fun, but there’s no driving story (so far anyway) that demands that be finish it.
tom
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 5:47 PMi got all the achievements by day 2, so easy… :D
NovaCascade
Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 8:34 AMI’m still waiting for my best friend to buy the game so we can do the coop together, with neither of us knowing the solutions before the other.
Nicholas
Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 10:11 AMI got all of the 360 achievements within (i think ) 2 or 3 weeks. I played single player right away, and played co-op when my friend came over. I beat single player first. The last achievement I had to get was the “Still Alive” one. That was annoying, but easy to do if you had a good team mate to help you with it.
none
Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 7:55 PMNever touched co-op. It’s a stupid idea and I have absolutely no interest.
I finished the single player, but I can’t see myself going through again for any reason.
Enjoy Medway
Monday, July 4, 2011 at 7:49 AMI finished Campaign and am planning to do the Coop with a mate within the coming weeks.
Though we had a funny little error when it first loaded up: We were controlling the same character. It was coop, but we were both controlling Atlas at the same time so we gave it a quick restart.
DENAz
Monday, July 4, 2011 at 11:34 AMThat is a suprise, I powered through the campaign so that I could play co-op asap! Was finished the whole thing in under a week at least
Brimm
Monday, July 4, 2011 at 11:20 PMEh, what?! I never fail to be amazed by people not appreciating a great game to it’s fullest. I finished both the single player and co-op within a week of owning it (xbox version…)
AerintheABOUTAVERAGE
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 2:36 AMI don’t wanna even try co-op with a stranger with this game… So I’m forced to wait until one of my friends is actually up for it. Which hasn’t happened yet :-P