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    Portal 2

    Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Apr 19, 2011

    Portal 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed first-person puzzle game, carrying forward its love of mind-bending problems and its reckless disregard for the space-time continuum.

    Still Alive vs. Want You Gone (potential spoilers)

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    #1  Edited By CptKnots94

    Want You Gone:
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRvXdfDU44E

    Still Alive:
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

    I prefer Want You Gone but that's just me. 

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    #2  Edited By ReyGitano

    I prefer Still Alive, but it may just be me needing to give Want You Gone more time to sink in.

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    #3  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    At first I still thought Still Alive was a better song, but after my second time through Portal 2, that song is starting to get to me.

    Still Alive certainly had a bigger impact though.

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    #4  Edited By Enigma777

    Still Alive > Want You Gone

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    #5  Edited By Demyx

    Hard to say. I like both. Maybe Want You gone to be honest.

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    I'm with you, I like "Want You Gone" more, though they're both great songs.

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    #7  Edited By UncleDisco

    Im having a hard time deciding... I think the version of Still Alive where Jonathan Coulton is singing it, is the best... But when GLaDOS is singing the song, I perfer Want You Gone... So I guess I really want to hear a version of Want You Gone, Where Jonathan Coulton is singing it...

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    #8  Edited By BeachThunder

    Still Alive is better, but I just realised I have Want You Gone stuck in my head :o

    Also, there's a spoiler right in the title (right next to where you wrote potential spoilers). I know that before I finished the game I wouldn't have wanted to know the name of the ending song.

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    #9  Edited By Legend
    @wolf_blitzer85 said:
    " At first I still thought Still Alive was a better song, but after my second time through Portal 2, that song is starting to get to me. "
    Yeah, same here. The more I hear it, the more I like it!
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    #10  Edited By CptKnots94
    @FlemmingM:  I feel like Want You Gone seems more like Coulton's style.
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    Want You Gone is a much more Jonathan Coultony song, it's more distinctively his style and not nearly as iconic for being so.


    Still Alive was a once in a life time stroke of genius with all the pieces coming together.

    I guess the same could be said of the original Portal too though.
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    #12  Edited By Jeust
    @Enigma777 said:

    " Still Alive > Want You Gone "

    still Want You Gone is a great song!
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    #13  Edited By BabyChooChoo

    I actually prefer 'Want You Gone.' Maybe it's because Still Alive got played out for me. I still really like both songs though.

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    #14  Edited By BulletproofMonk

    Want You Gone is the better song.

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    #15  Edited By yoshimitz707

    Want you gone is so much better. I didn't even like Still Alive that much.

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    #16  Edited By landon

    I didn't like Want You Gone at all.

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    #17  Edited By WickedCestus

    I like Want You Gone a lot more. I've listened to it like 50 times now.

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    #18  Edited By buhssuht

    there's something about Want you gone that makes me like it more.

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    #19  Edited By MisterMouse

    I prefer Still Alive, but I actually really like the song the Turrets sing as you are riding the elevator up to the surface, the song with the operatic voice.

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    #20  Edited By Dingofighter
    I think Still Alive will be the most popular with the majority.

    For me, though, I can't decide which one is better than the other...
    Both are great songs. I'll just leave it at that.
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    #21  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @BeachThunder said:
    " Also, there's a spoiler right in the title (right next to where you wrote potential spoilers). I know that before I finished the game I wouldn't have wanted to know the name of the ending song. "
    exactly

    sorry but i flagged this thread. Portal 2 is the one game of the year that shouldn't be even slightly spoiled for anyone..

    having the song's name in the title is a spoiler. stating that there IS an ending song, is a spoiler.
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    #22  Edited By blueduck

    Want you Gone is terrible

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    #23  Edited By jeanluc  Staff

    At first I thought "Want You Gone" was ok but the more I listen to it, the more I like it.

    Not sure which I find better though, both are great.
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    #24  Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator

    Want You Gone is a greater song, both fantastic and clever.

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    #25  Edited By management

    Still Alive is better for what it is, but Want You Gone is the better song.

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    #26  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

    Still Alive has the nostalgia factor. But Want You Gone is just as good.

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    #27  Edited By BulletproofMonk
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    "  stating that there IS an ending song, is a spoiler "
    Not really. This is the sequel to Portal after all.
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    #28  Edited By oddface

    I like Want You Gone better as a song. It could never become as iconic as Still Alive, but they did great job with it. It's a great song and it felt perfect for the ending of that game.

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    #29  Edited By TheVideoHustler

    IMHO Still Alive is better, I think that the lyrics have a greater impact then Want you gone

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    #30  Edited By time allen

    both good, prefer want you gone.

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    #31  Edited By xpgamer7

    Still alive is more catchy and also more robotic. On the other hand Want you gone is very popish and has a lot more vocal notes.

    hmm... I like Want you gone  as I've overplayed Still alive. 
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    #32  Edited By turboman

    Still Alive means more


    Want You Gone is better.
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    #33  Edited By Yanngc33

    Want you gone is pretty good

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    #34  Edited By ShaggE

    Still Alive is the best, but Want You Gone is very close behind.


    Robots FTW is an unbelievably distant third. 
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    #35  Edited By Liquidus

    It's a hard decision. "Still Alive" was genius and had a bigger impact because you were totally not expecting something like it. "Want You Gone" is hilarious and great credits song, I'd even say it's actually funnier if you played the first game beforehand. GLaDOS is always trying to kill Chell but she finally realizes Chell is too much of a pain in the ass so she allows her to be free just to get her out of the way. I found that pretty funny.

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    #36  Edited By iamjohn

    Still Alive will permanently win on the surprise factor.  There's no way to dethrone it; you never saw it coming if you were able to play it before everyone started talking about it, and even if you heard about it, you probably weren't ready for it.  There's no way Want You Gone could've ever hoped to have won on surprise or humor factor.


    All that said, I think Want You Gone is a way better song and I'd much rather listen to it than Still Alive.
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    #37  Edited By guiseppe

    They are both fantastic songs. I can't really decide which I prefer, so I won't.

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    #38  Edited By metalsnakezero

     Want You Gone is a good  song, but its no Still Alive. 

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    #39  Edited By toowalrus

    Potential spoilers as in: There's another song at the end!? Shitsnacks, I shoulda stayed off the forums, I haven't been able to finish it because I've been banging my head against this homework all week.

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    #40  Edited By Trebz
    @TurboMan said:
    " Still Alive means more

    Want You Gone is better.
    "
    Empty quote'd.
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    #41  Edited By retrovirus

    I think that Still Alive was the perfect end to Portal, so I don't know how my expectations could have been topped.  That said, Want You Gone is a really catchy and fun song.  I think that Still Alive is going to stand the test of time and be remembered more fondly than Want You Gone.

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    #42  Edited By bulletstorm

    I agree. Still Alive will forever be the "Portal song". I think Want You Gone is catchier and, for me at least, provides a lot of closure for the Portal series. Also, the [REDACTED] joke had me laughing so fucking hard. 


    All that being said, does anyone else think that, they like Want You Gone at least a little more than Still Alive because you won't hear as many poor covers of the song? 
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    #43  Edited By BRG9000

     I think Want You Gone is the better song. Thing is, Still Alive started out great because it had that "Holy crap, glados is singing to me?" moment.

    WYG on the other hand, kinda started in the red because it would have been terribly disappointing if there had been no song at all. It had to live up to expectations rather than shattering (nonexistant?) expectations.

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    #44  Edited By sameeeeam
    @TurboMan said:
    " Still Alive means more

    Want You Gone is better.
    "
    Nicely put.
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    #45  Edited By bkbroiler

    I like them both for different reasons. Still Alive is funnier, and was more unexpected. I think I like Want You Gone more as a song. It's also really damn catchy. It made the ending very sweet.


    Right now I like Want You Gone better, but only because I've heard Still Alive about 1000 times.
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    #46  Edited By TheSmashing

     I prefer Still Alive

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    #47  Edited By Meltac

    It's a tough decision, but there is something about Want You Gone I just love. Would like to hear a version where Coulton sings it. 

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    #48  Edited By Bismarck
    after a couple of listens to Want you gone you really start liking it. At first i didn't really like it that much.
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    #49  Edited By ShaneDev

    I think Want You Gone sounds better and after hearing it a few more times I prefer it to Still Alive.

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    #50  Edited By hockeymask27

    Still Alive. By like 1100 times more.

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