Monday, July 7, 2014

Portal 2 PC: What I think

Hey guys, today I'll be discussing the sequel to the critically acclaimed game portal, Portal 2! The game is quite challenging and will be very satisfying to complete.

For newcomers to the series, portal 2 is a puzzle game where you use lots of different elements to open the door and finish the puzzle. You have a portal gun, with which you can shoot portals on white walls. For example, if you shoot a blue portal on the wall and an orange portal on the adjacent wall, if you walk through the blue portal, you will end up at the orange portal.

The puzzles on the campaign are extremely varied and diverse, and require a lot of creative thinking to finish. There is a story with the game, which basically involves you trying to escape the Aperature Laboratories with a robot named Wheatley and one named Glados trying to stop you. There are lots of different elements to master, such as lasers, bounce gel, and reflector cubes. The campaign is long enough (8 hours), and shouldn't pass by too quickly.

There is a mode called challenge mode, in which you can play certain parts of the campaign using as few portals as possible and rush through in the least time possible. I haven't played much of this mode, as it lacks the excitement of the regular campaign.

Portal 2 also includes a Co-Op game mode where you can play with your friends or a random player online to experience the full campaign together. This is one of the main reasons my bro is gonna buy the game, to play with me.

Finally, a huge bonus of getting the game on PC is that you can create your own puzzles with a built-in level creator. The toolset provided feels very polished, and putting down what you want is extremely easy. After completion, you can send your puzzles to your friends for them to play. You can also publish them on the steam workshop, where anyone playing portal 2 on steam can try to solve your puzzle and afterwards they can rate your level. And did I mention that you can play your puzzles OR other ones on the steam workshop Co-Op?

I hope this helped you see what an awesome game Portal 2 really is. It goes for $20, but I got portal and portal 2 for $6 during the steam summer sale. Here is the link if you want to buy it:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/

If you don't have steam, go to the link and then click the green "install steam" button in the top right corner.




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