{"id":3510,"date":"2023-07-21T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2023-05-15T21:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T03:25:27","slug":"video-game-portal-2-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/21\/video-game-portal-2-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Portal 2 (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2011
\nRating: E10+
\nTime Played: 8.5 hours<\/p>\n

While Portal<\/em> felt like an innovative leap in gameplay, its bare-bones test chambers left a little to be desired for the variety of puzzles. Fortunately, four years after the release of Portal<\/em>, Valve released the masterpiece that is Portal 2<\/em>. Everything about the original game was taken into consideration and improved significantly. The environment was chock-full of lore, the gameplay added interesting mechanics with the addition of the gels, and the characters were funnier than ever. Even playing through this game over a decade after my first time still felt fresh and entertaining.<\/p>\n

Exploring the different areas of Aperture Laboratories (in various levels of decay) brought a much-needed ambiance to the series that was merely enhanced by the narrations of Cave Johnson (J.K. Simmons). That the game acts as a sort of prequel and sequel to the original merely emphasizes how well-considered its story is and how much lore can be crammed into a physics-based puzzle platformer. And with more than one character able to talk in this game, the dialogue between them\u2014or their commentary about what was said\u2014is even funnier than the original.<\/p>\n

Playing with the various mechanics in this game is the most fun I’ve ever had in a first-person POV game. The “aha moments” when a puzzle just clicked were frequent enough to keep me playing. That I use this game as a gold standard against which all other physics-based puzzle platformers are compared says something about the quality of this game’s puzzles (unlike the somewhat cheap knockoff, Q.U.B.E. 2<\/em><\/a>). With new mechanics added at regular intervals with settings to match, this game was just the right amount of everything. Even if you haven’t played the original Portal<\/em>, this game is a must-play for everyone.<\/p>\n

A significant improvement on an already well-done gameplay concept, I give Portal 2<\/em> 5.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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