Portal 2 (PC)

Portal 2 is an action-puzzler by Valve. It is published in both retail and digitally through Valves own system, Steam. The game takes place in a first person perspective Aperature Science Gameplay Facility Portal 2 takes place in a science facility, Aperature Science to be precise. You, as Chell, the protagonist of both this and the previous Portal games, you must solve puzzles using Portals. First with Wheatley, a fairly insane robot with a fantastic personality (voiced by Stephen Merchant, from ‘The Office’) and then later with GlaDOS, the computer that administered all of the testing of the ... more

If you missed the original Portal from just a few years back, then you would be in good stead to do some homework. Somehow portal made fusing puzzler, first-person platformer and storytelling seem like the golden blend, forming a huge fanbase as soon as word spread. I for one thoroughly enjoyed it and had never played anything quite like it before or since, and that in itself is remarkable in this day and age where there's not too many revolutionary advances happening in the games world. If you've been out of the loop for a while, the Portal series' hook is it's namesake. Solve physics-based ... more

For those of you wondering why the fantastic 'Half-Life' saga hasn't concluded then look no further than 'Portal'. The surprise hit diverted all attention into a sequel to the near-perfect 2007 hit. 'Portal 2' follows on many years after the original where again the player has to escape the Aperture Science Enrichment Centre with the aid of an affable robot accomplice called Wheatly (voiced by Stephen Merchant) using the portal gun to create opening and exit portals in ever more complicated puzzle rooms. That's all the plot I'm going to give away but I will say that in every respect the scope ... more

If you have played the first game, you're going to love this sequel! A lot I can say about Portal 2: It's got great gameplay, good graphics and, of course, it is famous for it's original soundtrack (the game has won an award for it)! The game basically is a puzzle game from a shooter perspective. Now a little about the plot: you are an unnamed human test subject who's only job is to, well, test! The rules are simple: place a blue portal on spot A and a orange portal on place B and move through! Sounds easy? Well it gets harder by every level as you will have to use this unique ability of yours ... more

I had pretty high expectations of this game after a long wait from the original, but it was everything I was hoping for. The gameplay is slick and simple, while the puzzles are challenging. At the same time the sarcastic humour of the characters in the game prevent frustration and boredom when the puzzles take a bit of time to solve. The only downside for me about this game was the lack of challenges that we saw in the first game, but this was soon addressed with the addition of FREE downloadable content that adds these. For first time players, this is one of the truly original games of the ... more