Portal 2 (PS3)

Portal made an absolutely massive impact upon release in 2007, receiving critical acclaim from reviewers. It started a cult following and features a strong atmosphere and dark humour. Making a sequel to the one of the best games ever would never be an easy task, but developer Valve went through with it anyway. The result is an even better game. In fact, it earned an excellent Metascore of 95/100, making it the most critically acclaimed Valve game since Half-Life 2. Portal 2 is the best puzzle game out there – it’s essential gaming. Before I start, I’ll tell you about the advantage Portal 2 on ... more

My title says it all. J.K Simmons (plays ex-owner Cave Johnson), Ellen McLain (evil robot GLaDOS) and Stephen Merchant (plucky Wheatley) are all excellent. They are the best voice acting I've ever seen in a video game. Bar none. The game starts with the player being saved from a crumbling hotel room, and being forced to participate in the puzzles. However, these vary drastically from your usual puzzles. These puzzles involve the use of a portal gun, a device which allows the player to shoot two portals, one blue, one orange, with they can walk through and up coming out of the other one ... more

After a long wait (four years) it's finally here and in my opinion well worth it. I'm very impressed. The intro is fun, funny and most unexpected. At Aperture science you are a test subject, you know, "for science" that's what the first game was all about, but do you know why you're being tested? Keep playing and you'll find out, it's what drives this game, not the testing but the quest for the next answer to all those questions you had about the first game and some that you didn't even know to ask. Exposition is key. Not every answer mind you, that would burn the chance of a sequel or dare I ... more