Who didn't love portal? It's campaign may have been short but it lives on in our memories as one of the grestest games ever. how does the sequel stack up? Let's see.
Gameplay: it's portal, pop a blue portal here and a orange one there. Bam! Instant win, right? No. This puzzler challenged my mind for up to 30 minutes for one puzzle some time. It made me frustrated at times but i pushed on to see the next room. Gamepay haasn't changed but it's still golden. 9.
Controls: Left trigger orange portal, right trigger blue portal, A is jump B is crouch with RB as zoom. standard controls. 8.5
Plot: SPOILERS ABOUND! So portal one didn't have much plot, Basically destroy a homicidal robot bent on testing you to death. Portal 2 is a bit more complicated. So you're Chell once again, set an undistinguished amount of time after the first game.....let's say 300 years to be safe. you run through the classic test tracks at first (they're a tad worn out) until you meet up with your spherical companion Wheatley and accidently turn on GLaDOS. she is not very happy to see you and puts you through the old rigamaroll of trying to kill you via testing. Eventually you and Wheatley escape and sabotage GLaDOS' systems and confront her. You replace GLaDOS with Wheatley. He stores her in a potato battery and sends you both plummeting into the old Aperture test chambers from the 50's and 60's. You run the old test with the commentary of Cave Johnson, founder and former CEO of Aperture. you find GLaDOS, save her and make you way back to Wheatley. Eventually (after some of his tests) you confront Wheatley, beat him and give GLaDOS her body back and she releases you. 9.5
Voice Acting and Writing: Now the fun part. If you didn't laugh at Portal 1 then turn around now. Portal 2 made me laugh constantly. Whether if it was GLaDOS' insults, Wheatley's idiocy or Cave Johnson's rants i never stopped laughing. The voice acting is stellar, Steven Merchant plays Wheatley, J.K. Simmons plays Cave Johnson and Ellen McLain plays GLaDOS. They all bring their characters to life in ways nobody else could. 9.5.
Co-op: The co-op expierience is of a unique quality. I loved playing through with my friend. I would highly reccomend playing split screen, because it was difficult to coordinate with someone in the same room i can't imagine doing it across hundreds or thousands of miles. The length is a problem though, it won't take you long to beat but the entertainment value makes up for it. 8.5.
Buy this gameand start thinking with Portals!
Overall review: 9.
Review by Chris.
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