Look, just as the game before it, Portal 2 holds a place in my heart. Being one of my first games as well, one of the first lets plays of a game I really got into people watching on You tube (besides Minecraft), and one of the first gaming worlds that I really "nerded out" with. I love this game, and I could spend a whole essay on why I love it, all the improvements, changes, depth, story, gameplay, characters, all of it. But I would rather the game speak for itself. I know there is most likely not a lot of people out there who haven't played it, but if you are among those who have yet to experience the brilliance of Portal 2, give it a shot; you have my 100% recommendation, if that means anything.
New & cool mechanics, different approaches to level designs. Overall, it's a fantastic experience!
As time goes on, I feel less and less impressed with Portal 2. It's still a bit jarring when I see that everyone I follow has it at at least a 9/10. I'd never go as far as to say i dislike it - urban exploration is THE shit - though there's not much here that I enjoy over the original game. Yes, the writing, story, and atmosphere all provide a different, cinematic take on Portal 1's premise. Yet I can't help feeling like that bigger scope and budget wasn't a good thing. Portal 1 is a leaner game, but also a meaner game. The last hour or two of puzzling here is an absolute slog, because you can only throw so many clever portaling ideas at me in the sequel to a game about clever portaling ideas before I start to get a little desensitized. The magnificence of Cave Johnson aside, I can only hear so many snarky "cleverly humorous" comments until the writing starts to feel like its running on empty and I get annoyed. Call me an insane contrarian; Portal didn't need a sequel.
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It is at once both Better and Worse than Portal 1. There are some things that just didnt need to be elaborated on, some magic spoiled in making things make too much sense.
The best puzzle game of all time. Anything that can come close is probably The Talos Principle. Best game Valve ever made, great story that at times doesn't have to take itself serious.
Uma melhora do primeiro em todos os aspectos, o desenvolvimento dado à glados foi uma adição certeira. A backstory da aperture também é boa.
most cinematic game ever made? at least from my experience, shit felt like i was legitimately playing as the main character in a movie. it was a ruly incredible experience. thanks caroline <3
Well here we are again. It's always such a pleasure
realmente é um upgrade em basicamente tudo que o primeiro jogo se propõe a fazer. a campanha é ótima e o co-op também é super divertido. te amo GlaDOS'
this game has the sharpest writing out of any game i've ever played
É bem aquelas sequências onde turbinam todas as qualidades do antecessor.
Ainda tenho bastante carinho por Portal 1 - pelo pioneirismo, mas esse não deve em nada.
Ainda tenho bastante carinho por Portal 1 - pelo pioneirismo, mas esse não deve em nada.
• Witty Humor - Aside from bringing back Glados, we also get memorable characters like Cave Johnson and Wheatley
• Improved Puzzles - the game puts us in clever situations and has many plot twists
• Co-Op - Aside from the amazing single player mode, we get a whole separate co-op campaign that is both fun and memorable
• Workshop - User created rooms where anything is possible
• Improved Puzzles - the game puts us in clever situations and has many plot twists
• Co-Op - Aside from the amazing single player mode, we get a whole separate co-op campaign that is both fun and memorable
• Workshop - User created rooms where anything is possible
When this game was about to come out, I was really afraid of my own hype. The first game, while intriguing from the first trailer on, absolutely caught me by surprise by just how much I loved it. The main gimmick was mind-blowing at the time, was used pretty imaginatively and the level design and overall visual vibe was truly special while also working wonders for the kind of clarity that is sorely needed in a game like this. It didn't overstay its welcome with its short, but honestly kind of perfect, length. But the most surprising thing for me was just how much character and humor was being conveyed through such simple means. I also didn't expect to not be bombarded with Half-Life nods, which was perfect for me since I didn't really care much for that franchise.
As the credits rolled, and for minutes after it was done, I just sat there, dumbfounded by just how much this little pack-in side-product blew me away and by how I haven't ever played anything that felt quite like Portal did.
And when the sequel got announced, I couldn't temper my excitement. And that is also why I was bracing for massive amounts of disappointment.
Portal was really short and felt like lightning in a bottle. A short, simple game with the perfect length and mostly the perfect amount of stuff. Sure, they could add more chambers, more puzzles, some more jokes. But that would always just feel like bonus stuff for the most hardcore of fans. Not something fit for a sequel.
But Portal 2 still looked amazing with every bit of footage I saw. Still, I felt like it HAD to be disappointing. Like it would feel off. Like the joke and the gimmick would just kind of be over and would feel like beating a dead horse. A funny, pretty, fascinating dead horse with puffs of sparkly smoke coming out of it with every hit. But a dead horse nonetheless.
Well, luckily, I was completely wrong and the hype I couldn't help but feel, was absolutely justified and somehow the original Portal wasn't only matched in my book, it was actually surpassed.
Sure, something about the sterile, mysterious simplicity was gone. There still is a kind of special vibe that Portal has to this day that isn't quite there in the sequel and that was even more the case when the game first released.
But Portal 2 just added so much more that both added to what I already loved AND could stand on its own two feet.
Glados was fleshed out into a more nuanced character, there was a kind of all-around backstory and setting I didn't think I would care about as much as I did. The new elements like Light Bridges and the Gels were amazing puzzle pieces, the vibes of an abandoned, ancient facility falling apart were just as unique as the sterile levels of the first game and, well, Wheatley still remains one of the greatest characters in all of gaming for me.
And above all else, the humor was still all there. It was funny, it was quirky, it even had some kind of dark and heartfelt parts. And the level design, while way more elaborate than ever before, still made tons of smart little decisions that would help you along towards the solution of every puzzle without feeling like it ever held your hand.
And we still get a great ending song that slaps.
AND there's a really fun co-op mode entirely separate from the singleplayer campaign.
AND they added post-launch map making tools for free.
AND there was cross-play with Playstation at a time when that wasn't at all the norm.
Truly mind-blowing.
As the credits rolled, and for minutes after it was done, I just sat there, dumbfounded by just how much this little pack-in side-product blew me away and by how I haven't ever played anything that felt quite like Portal did.
And when the sequel got announced, I couldn't temper my excitement. And that is also why I was bracing for massive amounts of disappointment.
Portal was really short and felt like lightning in a bottle. A short, simple game with the perfect length and mostly the perfect amount of stuff. Sure, they could add more chambers, more puzzles, some more jokes. But that would always just feel like bonus stuff for the most hardcore of fans. Not something fit for a sequel.
But Portal 2 still looked amazing with every bit of footage I saw. Still, I felt like it HAD to be disappointing. Like it would feel off. Like the joke and the gimmick would just kind of be over and would feel like beating a dead horse. A funny, pretty, fascinating dead horse with puffs of sparkly smoke coming out of it with every hit. But a dead horse nonetheless.
Well, luckily, I was completely wrong and the hype I couldn't help but feel, was absolutely justified and somehow the original Portal wasn't only matched in my book, it was actually surpassed.
Sure, something about the sterile, mysterious simplicity was gone. There still is a kind of special vibe that Portal has to this day that isn't quite there in the sequel and that was even more the case when the game first released.
But Portal 2 just added so much more that both added to what I already loved AND could stand on its own two feet.
Glados was fleshed out into a more nuanced character, there was a kind of all-around backstory and setting I didn't think I would care about as much as I did. The new elements like Light Bridges and the Gels were amazing puzzle pieces, the vibes of an abandoned, ancient facility falling apart were just as unique as the sterile levels of the first game and, well, Wheatley still remains one of the greatest characters in all of gaming for me.
And above all else, the humor was still all there. It was funny, it was quirky, it even had some kind of dark and heartfelt parts. And the level design, while way more elaborate than ever before, still made tons of smart little decisions that would help you along towards the solution of every puzzle without feeling like it ever held your hand.
And we still get a great ending song that slaps.
AND there's a really fun co-op mode entirely separate from the singleplayer campaign.
AND they added post-launch map making tools for free.
AND there was cross-play with Playstation at a time when that wasn't at all the norm.
Truly mind-blowing.
This one is a must-play, even if you're not a puzzle game person, cause I wasn't either till I played it. And differently of the first game, the replayability is higher cause of the coop. The coop is perfect, It's basically an online portal 3, cause It's kinda of a continuation of the game in itself.
This review contains spoilers
Realistically, this game could have been good if it was just more of the first with more mechanics. It opts for that, but then throws away its mask after chapter 5, opting to do even more. A capitalization on more lore and storytelling, along with the additional characters of Wheatley and Cave Johnson being just as funny, if not funnier than GLaDOS. Also shoutout to the defective turrets. Atmospherically I think this is better too. The collapsing lab, and ruins beneath it feel so much more ominous, befitting the utter madness the game turns into. And since there are more puzzle gimmicks, it feels that the game can afford to be more varied in its demands, and not too overloading on reflexes. A child of the internet in the early 2010s, I’d been spoiled to hell and back on Wheatley’s betrayal and jokes, but they still landed within context. The internet didn’t prepare me for J.K. Simmons, though. Absolutely a delight to hear him. I played the original thinking it was a good puzzle game that could be funny. This was that and then some. Very glad to see the adoption insult has been preserved, and refined so the robots fat shame you now. It’s still so funny to hear playground insults from murderous AI.
Damn, i want Portal 3 now...
Peak Valve here, i was really surprised. Singleplayer and Co-op were amazing both, and how much i love the humor in this game.
GABE I WANT PORTAL 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peak Valve here, i was really surprised. Singleplayer and Co-op were amazing both, and how much i love the humor in this game.
GABE I WANT PORTAL 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Play this game
Video game sequels must be an improvement of everything that the first game did, and Portal 2 is one of the biggest examples of it. It took everything good on the first game and did it even better, at the same time, avoided all the mistakes of its predecessor.
The graphics have aged very well, the textures, the water, the art direction, everything is more beautiful than the previous game. the environments are more varied, you go through the classic test chambers and the gaps between them, seeing how the aperture laboratories work. you will also have moments where you will explore the old aperture facilities and learn more about its history.
The puzzles remain extremely creative and fun, becoming more difficult as the game progresses. They added more mechanics to the game, such as a liquid that increases Chell's jump, another liquid that increases your speed and a type of technology that allows she and objects to float.
the soundtrack in Portal 2 is better and more present, with futuristic electronic music tracks that match perfectly with the game's atmosphere. Just like the first game, this one also has a great song in the end credits.
Now the game has three active characters interacting with you, Wheatley, GLaDOS and Cave Johnson. They are all extremely charismatic and funny. Character interactions add a lot to the game's story.
If the first game was short and suffered from a lack of content, Portal 2 definitely doesn't make the same mistake. The game has a longer, more challenging campaign, as well as a fun multiplayer mode with lots of new stages to complete with a friend.
This game is incredible, one of my favorite games of all time. I definitely recommend it to everyone that likes puzzle games.
The graphics have aged very well, the textures, the water, the art direction, everything is more beautiful than the previous game. the environments are more varied, you go through the classic test chambers and the gaps between them, seeing how the aperture laboratories work. you will also have moments where you will explore the old aperture facilities and learn more about its history.
The puzzles remain extremely creative and fun, becoming more difficult as the game progresses. They added more mechanics to the game, such as a liquid that increases Chell's jump, another liquid that increases your speed and a type of technology that allows she and objects to float.
the soundtrack in Portal 2 is better and more present, with futuristic electronic music tracks that match perfectly with the game's atmosphere. Just like the first game, this one also has a great song in the end credits.
Now the game has three active characters interacting with you, Wheatley, GLaDOS and Cave Johnson. They are all extremely charismatic and funny. Character interactions add a lot to the game's story.
If the first game was short and suffered from a lack of content, Portal 2 definitely doesn't make the same mistake. The game has a longer, more challenging campaign, as well as a fun multiplayer mode with lots of new stages to complete with a friend.
This game is incredible, one of my favorite games of all time. I definitely recommend it to everyone that likes puzzle games.
there will never be another game like this
i miss it so much
i miss it so much
Not the sort of game I usually play or enjoy but man if this isn't an absolute banger. Really recommend this even to non puzzle fans. Fantastic
Just as good as the previous one, if not better. 10/10. No flaws. If you haven't played it yet, you're missing out on a surreal, beautiful, explosively delightful experience.
nice story with pretty good puzzles, some of the last ones were pretty confusing. also, co-op is a nice experience
Portal 2 is a great expansion upon the already rock solid mechanics and intriguing gameplay and level design of Portal 1 alongside just pretty much taking what Portal 1 did and cranking it up to 11.
Better levels, a better story, an even better soundtrack, a longer length with new mechanics added like all the different types of paint and generally a more challenging experience with a very fair and natural learning curve.
Also people who say that this game's writing is "Reddit" are lame. This game's writing is clever and funny as hell. Portal 2 did that "reddit" writing way before it became popular and overdone and even nowadays trying to equate Portal 2 to something like Forespoken or shitty Marvel movies is such a force.
Portal is a series that I think almost everyone plays at least once and I think everyone SHOULD beat it at least once, there's really no other games even remotely like it.
Better levels, a better story, an even better soundtrack, a longer length with new mechanics added like all the different types of paint and generally a more challenging experience with a very fair and natural learning curve.
Also people who say that this game's writing is "Reddit" are lame. This game's writing is clever and funny as hell. Portal 2 did that "reddit" writing way before it became popular and overdone and even nowadays trying to equate Portal 2 to something like Forespoken or shitty Marvel movies is such a force.
Portal is a series that I think almost everyone plays at least once and I think everyone SHOULD beat it at least once, there's really no other games even remotely like it.
This game is a masterpiece in its genre, everything is really well made and polished to the utmost. I would recommend this game to ANYONE, whether they have played video games before or not.
Meu irmão e eu salvamos a ciência! A campanha coop do jogo é bem boa e tem uns puzzles divertidos de se resolver em dupla. Assim como a campanha principal, recomendo pra qualquer um!
Agora sim estou pronto pro Portal 3!
Agora sim estou pronto pro Portal 3!
portal 1 better
yeah this game is good it puzzle and portals and i like playing with friends its good 5 stars :) fun :) chapter 6 is really really cool the atmosphere and sheer immensity of old aperture is amazing and hooks me so well, not to mention how good cave johnson and caroline is
portal 2 coop é definitivamente um dos (melhores) coops já feitos, sério, ele é tão divertido quanto a campanha singleplayer, e dependendo com qual pessoa você ta jogando com, ou você vai morrer a cada 2 minutos por que seu amigo tirou a droga da ponte que você tava em cima, ou vai ficar extremamente confuso em todos os chambers e quando alguém descobrir ele fica tipo: ''eu sabo muito'', ou você literalmente joga com o albert ainstein ou um peso morto
e a maioria do chambers faz você realmente pensar, principalmente na droga do ato 6, q é opcional mas é mt difícil aquela desgraça meu deus, e eu acho que o coop é bem mais complicado que a campanha solo, mas enfim, se você quer mais portal, joga o coop
agora pra parte do jogo singleplayer, q eu rezerei, eu só reparei que esse jogo é mais incrivel do que eu lembrava????? tipo como
portal 2 é um jogo que tem uma história incrivel, gameplay incrivel, personagens incriveis, gráficos incriveis, TIPO, A VALVE COZINHA MUITO CARA QUE DESGRAÇA É ESSA, era banger atrás de banger, e tudo isso em 2011 tipo, ela fazia milagre cara namoral, e é assim que sempre se deve fazer sequências.
mas enfim, esse jogo é perfeito
e a maioria do chambers faz você realmente pensar, principalmente na droga do ato 6, q é opcional mas é mt difícil aquela desgraça meu deus, e eu acho que o coop é bem mais complicado que a campanha solo, mas enfim, se você quer mais portal, joga o coop
agora pra parte do jogo singleplayer, q eu rezerei, eu só reparei que esse jogo é mais incrivel do que eu lembrava????? tipo como
portal 2 é um jogo que tem uma história incrivel, gameplay incrivel, personagens incriveis, gráficos incriveis, TIPO, A VALVE COZINHA MUITO CARA QUE DESGRAÇA É ESSA, era banger atrás de banger, e tudo isso em 2011 tipo, ela fazia milagre cara namoral, e é assim que sempre se deve fazer sequências.
mas enfim, esse jogo é perfeito
Definition of a perfect sequel, still lovely to boot up today, and I don't really enjoy puzzle games typically. Great voice acting, clever puzzles and co-op on top of all that? Fantastic.