And even when you do face off against this evil robot, you use your portal gun to alter the battlefield to cause harm to them. There is an overarching enemy, but you don’t ever really fight anything. You can run freely down the dark corridors and not worry about something jumping out of you.

I mean that in terms of things you have to look out for. There’s GLaDOS, the evil machine who is setting up these puzzles and tests, and then Wheatley, a little British-accented robot who helps you navigate the challenges.Īnother refreshing thing that makes this game unique (especially for consoles) is that there aren’t any villains basically. There are only two other characters and both of them are robots. The first is that there aren’t any other humans in the game (at least, that you get to interact with). There are a thousand factors that make this game unique. This is basically a game of puzzles, held together by a unique storyline and strangely compelling characters. So you complete these puzzles, armed with what’s called a “Portal Gun,” which creates two holes which you can travel through, to get around obstacles. In the first Portal, our heroine took down the evil head robot but she didn’t finish the job.

Here’s the basics: You’re a human, who’s held captive in this facility where robots put you through tedious puzzles and tests, just to see if you’re capable of solving them. And after playing it for the past few days, I wholeheartedly agree that this game is a masterpiece. I had no idea what Portal even was, until Portal 2 won a few coveted “Game of the Year” titles for 2011. Its multiplayer brings you and your friends together in the same head scratching manner as the single player that can only lead to hours more fun.Portal 2. It seems like I’m a little late to the party. The humor and amazing story - oh and don’t forget cracking graphics - make Portal 2 by all lengths a perfect breath of fresh air in the over crowded game world of let’s shoot everything that moves. It’s been a long time since I enjoyed a game with puzzles this much. Suffice it to say I’m trying to tell you the sound is fantastic. Then I could move on to describe the deeply atmospheric music added, and then I could say how brilliant all the extra sound effect are. Let’s start with the class a voice acting shall we, Ellen McLain as GLaDOS and Stephen Merchant as Wheatley will you make you laugh out loud throughout the game. A brilliant solid and polished gameplay mechanic that works very well. Portal 2 shares the same unique 3D FPS style puzzling as the first Portal game, except with the addition of many more puzzle elements, that include light beam platforms and aerial faith plates that allow a huge range of possibilities to open up when taking on puzzles. Portal 2 has shrugged off its old school look and comes back looking fresh and clean the outdoor environments render out brilliantly, although not much in the way of cinematics, all cuts scenes that are there are great to watch. So let’s give you all a breakdown of how it scores. Advanced use of physics allow for the creation of a whole new range of interesting challenges, producing a much larger but not harder game.Complete two-person cooperative multiplayer game featuring its own dedicated story, characters, and gameplay.Extensive single player game featuring next generation gameplay and a wildly-engrossing story.

Portal 2 review