"Short And...Alright"
Was recommended to play this one when I first received my Steam Deck, and I have to say that it was just an okay experience. The humor was solid and it was cool to see more added to the Portal universe, but the gameplay was very simplistic and lacking. Additionally, the game is very short, clocking in at around half an hour of my time. Nothing too groundbreaking, but it wasn't offensively long to the point of exhaustion by any means.
The story is simple: you work with another robot at Aperture and deal with the consequences of goofing around on the job. You get to meet Cave Johnson again for a solid cameo, but it amounts to a five-ish minute long scene before the game comes to a close. It's cool that they got J.K. Simmons to come back and reprise his role once again, but this short game just didn't do too much with its runtime.
There's a short turret sequence and some amusing jokes, but this is pretty light for a "platform experience". It's advertised as a tech demo, but it doesn't really go over all of the Deck functions in details the way that "Wii Sports" or "Astro's Playroom" do for their respective consoles. It could've been much worse though, and its at least short enough that I would possibly stop in to play it again if I really wanted some "Portal" flavor, though I don't see why I wouldn't just play the main games instead.
Final Verdict: 6/10 (Above Average)
Was recommended to play this one when I first received my Steam Deck, and I have to say that it was just an okay experience. The humor was solid and it was cool to see more added to the Portal universe, but the gameplay was very simplistic and lacking. Additionally, the game is very short, clocking in at around half an hour of my time. Nothing too groundbreaking, but it wasn't offensively long to the point of exhaustion by any means.
The story is simple: you work with another robot at Aperture and deal with the consequences of goofing around on the job. You get to meet Cave Johnson again for a solid cameo, but it amounts to a five-ish minute long scene before the game comes to a close. It's cool that they got J.K. Simmons to come back and reprise his role once again, but this short game just didn't do too much with its runtime.
There's a short turret sequence and some amusing jokes, but this is pretty light for a "platform experience". It's advertised as a tech demo, but it doesn't really go over all of the Deck functions in details the way that "Wii Sports" or "Astro's Playroom" do for their respective consoles. It could've been much worse though, and its at least short enough that I would possibly stop in to play it again if I really wanted some "Portal" flavor, though I don't see why I wouldn't just play the main games instead.
Final Verdict: 6/10 (Above Average)