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- Extensive single player - Featuring next generation gameplay and a wildly-engrossing story
- Complete two-person co-op - Multiplayer game featuring its own dedicated story, characters, and gameplay
- Advanced physics - Allows for the creation of a whole new range of interesting challenges, producing a much larger but not harder game
- Massive sequel - The original Portal was named 2007's Game of the Year by over 30 publications worldwide
- The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers
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ASIN | B003O6E3C8 |
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Release date | April 19, 2011 |
Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #12,359 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #73 in PlayStation 3 Games |
Product Dimensions | 0.6 x 6.8 x 0.31 inches; 3.53 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Language | English |
Rated | Everyone 10+ |
Item model number | 9889 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 3.52 ounces |
Manufacturer | Electronic Arts |
Date First Available | May 27, 2010 |
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The highly anticipated sequel to 2007's Game of the Year, Portal 2 is a hilariously mind-bending adventure that challenges you to use wits over weaponry in a funhouse of diabolical science. Using a highly experimental portal device, you’ll once again face off against a lethally inventive, power-mad A.I. named GLaDOS. And this time you won’t be alone. Meet an expanded cast of characters as you think your way through dangerous, never-before-seen areas of Aperture Laboratories. Break the laws of spatial physics in ways you never thought possible, with a wider variety of portal puzzles and an expansive story that spans a single player and co-operative game mode.
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Portal 2 is a unique first-person Action-Puzzle-Platforming game that tests player's ability to think and act creatively as they use the game's ingenious wormhole creating portal gun to produce their own paths through otherwise sealed surfaces and across the open spaces of the game. Sequel to the original Portal game -- the surprise add-on hit included in Valve Corporation's 2007 release The Orange Box -- Portal 2 continues the storyline from the first game, featuring both new and returning characters, and poses a range of new challenges making for a much deeper game. Additional features include a new two player co-op mode and an original soundtrack.
Enjoy an expanded storyline as you return to Aperture Laboratories to match wits with GLaDOS.
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New characters and functionality expand the Portal gameplay experience.
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Welcome Back to Aperture Laboratories
In Portal 2 players awake in the Aperture Science Labs as Chell, the heroine of the original game. A great expanse of time has passed since the conclusion of the first game and the gameworld has fallen into visible disrepair, but placed in suspended animation, Chell has survived intact and is revived. With the help of a robotic entity the concluding events of the past game are revealed and you escape your initial confinement, but in doing so GLaDOS, the the AI computer antagonist from the previous game is also reawakened. Just as fickle as ever, GLaDOS' motives are unknown. Insisting on testing you, it may assist you but may also be planning something more sinister.
Gameplay
Like the original game, Portal 2 is a first-person Platform-Puzzle game. In the single player campaign players assume the role of Chell, a former test subject trying to gain her freedom from the Aperture Science facility and GLaDOS, the AI controller of the facility. Set in the test chambers of the facility your goal is to make your way through the game levels using your portal gun (the Aperture Science Hand-held Portal Device). The portal gun creates temporary passages through solid surfaces, allowing for creative platforming and multiple possible means of clearing a level. The game also requires the player to solve puzzles at times to clear sections of levels. In addition to point-to-point movement through portals, players can also utilize other means of movement of themselves and various objects. These include: using the momentum of portal movement to make jumps to open positions like ledges; tractor beams; and special propulsion/repulsion gels that can be carried or stored.
New Cooperative Mode
Portal 2 contains a multiplayer option in the form of a two-player co-op mode. This is playable both locally and online, with split-screen functionality available in local play and in select places during online play. Players assume the role of one of two robotic characters, Atlas or P-body, both new to the franchise. These two have separated from the control of GLaDOS and so must survive its anger, divvied out in the form puzzles, obstacles and misdirection. Each player has control of their own portal gun, which they use to platform through the game levels, avoiding its dangers and relying on each other.
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- Extensive single player game featuring next generation gameplay and a wildly-engrossing story
- Complete two-person cooperative multiplayer game featuring its own dedicated story, characters, and gameplay
- Advanced use of physics allow for the creation of a whole new range of interesting challenges, producing a much larger but not harder game
- Original soundtrack
- A massive sequel to the title named 2007's Game of the Year by over 30 publications worldwide.
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Valve, once again, proves that they are the kings of linear game design. A choice in level design that is usually shunned in other games and genres shines so ever brightly here. Where could linearity be more appropriate than in a puzzle game? In fact, it is almost a necessity. But, Portal 2 is so much more than a puzzle game it is also a modern adventure game. Every puzzle element is tied together by a strong narrative that keeps you moving forward towards a single goal, your freedom. Portal 2's scope if much larger than that of its predecessor as this sequel introduces far more environmental variety in the confines of the Aperture Science Testing Facility. Throughout your journey you encounter lovable, memorable characters; whom one may very well mistake as originating from a Pixar movie. Each voiced by excellent talent and animate with the outmost charm. It's very easy to get lost in the world of Aperture Science and become unable to put down the controller. It is hard to talk about this game without giving it its much deserved praise through the use of exclamatory adjectives.
Thinking with Portals
The gameplay, whose mechanics are still as technically impressive to this day as ever, is as tight as ever. Players are now treated to a more helpful HUD that notifies them of their exact portal placement at any given time, which is very helpful as the levels tend to get larger and more complex. Also, the new addition of a zoom feature adds precision to your portal placement and once again helps you navigate the larger, more expansive vistas you encounter. The game does a great job of easing you into the mechanics of using Portals with its great pacing. New and casual players alike should have no problem grasping the mechanics of the Portal Gun, as the game explains everything in great detail either through the level design or the ever helpful narrative. Seasoned veterans of the original game will find a plethora of new tools to assist them in completing the game's many puzzles, including a catapults, hard light bridges and a variety of interesting liquid gels, each with multiple uses. Portal is less about trial and fatal error and more about experimentation. It's difficult to die in the earlier portions of the game unless you literally do something stupid like jumping in a pool of toxic water. This fact encourages experimentation and exploration instead of perfect timing and execution.
Test Chamber Completed
There is much to be said about the level design and pacing of Portal. Not only is there a difficulty ramp but subsequent puzzles vary in difficulty throughout the game, giving players a break and a chance to explore after completing a difficult puzzle. As mentioned earlier, the game features a series of large open vistas, that make the games earlier test chambers seem claustrophobic by comparison. You traverse these large open areas by using Portals of course, which never gets tiring due to the clever use of momentum to propel you to new heights. The level designers and writers have crafted some deviously clever encounters that pray on the player's assumptions. However, in danger of spoiling them, I cannot go into specifics. Portal 2 is one of the few modern games where thinking from a game design perspective doesn't break the illusion. In fact, the game rewards you for approaching it with that mentality. At no point was I ever stuck due to a difficult puzzle or an unclear goal. The level designers did a great job of giving the player hints through the use of lighting and signs throughout the level.
However, I believe that by far the games greatest accomplishment is it's ability to tell a story through the levels themselves, akin to that of BioShock or Fallout 3. One of the later chapters in the game is a devilishly clever travel through time, in which you are exposed to the history of Aperture Science without resorting to the cliche of a time machine. Some of it is even grounded in our reality, which makes it even more intriguing. Take your time and explore the environment, look at every poster, listen carefully to every pre-recording message and conversation, rather than simply rushing through the game. Doing so will craft a much more satisfying experience for yourself in the end. If you paid attention, a certain something will click in your head during the game's final encounter.
Sounds of Science
Among the excellent voice work lies a great soundtrack. The music in Portal 2 is seamlessly integrated within the context of the gameplay. Every time you interact with a given gameplay mechanic (be it the previously mentioned gels or faith plates) or finish a level, you hear an overlay track over the games ambient background music. Your actions change the way you experience the game not only visually but also through the audio. The game's sound design is something that's so seamlessly integrated into the game that you don't notice it unless you think about it specifically but adds so much to the overall experience. To me that is the true mark of great sound design.
A Sight to Behold
Even with Valve's aging Source engine, Portal 2 looks great. The environments have a very polished art style that once again invokes the seeming connection to one of Pixar's masterpieces. The lighting and water reflections add much to the overall atmosphere of the game and the animations bring inanimate objects to life. The environment comes to life as GLaDOS rebuilds the destroyed test chambers around you. This game is proof that the quality of the art assets and animations is just as important, if not more so, than the special effects and texture resolution.
However, there are a few things still stand out as awkward amongst this well-conducted visual orchestra. The player's character, Chell does not have a walking animation and is still just a floating torso, akin to Gordon Freeman. It feels odd to see your character's hands in a later sequence considering their absence from the rest of the game. There is also some tear in the transition between some of the other character's animations but those instances are far and few between. However these are very small complaints in an otherwise great looking game, as you can only see your character whilst looking through portals. However, these are but small complaints in an otherwise flawless world.
Cooperative Testing Initiative
Due to technical difficulties concerning hardware (PS3), I have been unable to play a sufficient enough amount of content to comment on this portion of the game. I will update this review once I have spent enough time playing the co-op portion of the game to accurately critique it.
Final Test
As soon as I was finished with the single-player, I wanted to return to Aperture once more. There is much to see, that which you might have missed on your first playthrough. The world of Aperture is filled with hidden rooms, scrawled in graffiti and even features meta-puzzles like smashing monitors or even smuggling a Companion Cube out of a test chamber.
Portal 2 is a game that will undoubtedly live the in the minds of many gamers for years to come and spur as many, if not more, memes as the first installment. It has earned it's place as a part of gaming culture. Valve has crafted, what is in my opinion, the first must-play game of the year. Portal 2 is a game anyone even remotely interested in gaming should experience.
If you like puzzle games, this is about as good as it gets. There is no other puzzle game like this, and believe me when I say you won't be disappointed. The first Portal game was just an extra; this is a full-length game. The first thing you'll notice is the inclusion of co-op which adds an entirely new layer of fun to the game. Think about what you could do with 2 portals, and imagine how you would complicate the puzzles with 4 portals instead. My friend and I were having an absolute blast trying to figure out just how to position our portals in tandem to set up the solution for these increasingly difficult puzzles. It's challenging and fun at the same time.
There were a few times where we almost gave up, and then the solution suddenly presented itself and we were able to continue. This game is not for anyone who is looking for a relaxing stroll through the Aperture Science Facility. This game WILL test your patience and intellect, and it is significantly more complex than the original game. Don't let that scare you away though, this game is absolutely amazing. New gameplay elements such as funnels, light bridges and gels come alongside the return of the Portal gun and not only do they present some intriguing puzzle designs, but they will test your wit in new ways that surpass even the sharpest minds.
UPDATE: My friend and I have finished the co-op portion of the game and the puzzles spike in difficulty near the end. There are roughly 40 co-op levels in the game, and there are a few trophies to make you come back to a few of the more difficult challenges. The length of the co-op will vary depending on the skill of the player, but my friend and I managed to solve all 40 puzzles in about 11 hours. Some people will say that it takes 5-6, but that's probably on a second or third playthrough. If you've never seen the gameplay elements before, you will have to take some trial and error to figure out how they work before you can think about trying to solve the puzzles.
The single player campaign is excellent, though this also spikes in difficulty pretty significantly about 1/3 of the way through the game, and then again 2/3 of the way through. The game starts off with a quick tutorial, but this game assumes that if you are playing Portal, you already have a pretty good idea of how to think with portals. Some of the puzzles in the middle of the game actually had me turning off my system until the next night, at which point I was able to figure it out in a matter of minutes. One thing that I really love about this game is the fact that it never tells you where you are supposed to go, you have to look around and then figure out how to get there by using everything in your environment. This is ever more evident once you reach a certain point in the game. All of the stops are pulled out and the amount of mind-bending thinking that you have to do borders on insanity. It's never too difficult though, as the solution is always right in front of you. The trick is you have to figure out how to make it happen with varying degrees of complexity. Some puzzles will take you 30 seconds, and others will have you trying things over and over for 30 minutes. All while being incredibly fun the entire time! The single player campaign took me about 15 hours to complete, and I will certainly be playing it again soon.
The voice acting in both single player and co-op is superb, and GLaDOS is even more hilarious than the first time around. It's pretty much a guarantee that you will find the dialog humorous, whether it's listening to GLaDOS telling you that you will fail to solve the next test, or that Wheatley thinks you may have died from a horribly long fall and isn't sure what to do.
The PS3 version of this game also comes with Steam integration and this is a breeze to set up. I managed to log into my Steam account on my PS3 and I was able to see all of my friends and send messages, view achievements, etc. Best part is you can access this all within the game too, and it was very easy to set up. Just type in your name and password, and I was immediately connected. I haven't been able to test out the PC / PS3 playing together yet, but I'll be sure to update my review once I am able to try it out.
UPDATE: Since the PSN has been down since April 20, I have been unable to play online yet. I was quite fortunate to have linked my PSN account to Steam, as players are currently unable to do this right now. When the PSN is restored this game will certainly be received better by the community due to the online portion being completely dead on arrival.
It's been a long time since I've been able to have this much fun with a video game, and one with so much content (apparently Valve is planning on releasing DLC and a map editor for the game to allow creating new levels). The only gripe I have with the game is a lack of challenge maps. One of the best parts of Portal was to see if you could solve the puzzles in the fastest time, fewest steps and fewest number of portals. That is sadly missing from this game, and it would be totally awesome in co-op mode. The story and level design make up for this, but there isn't a whole lot to come back to once you've completed the game. Even still, getting 20-25 hours out of a video game is pretty good for a puzzle game considering the competition these days.
If you're even close to being on the fence about this game, I highly recommend that you give it a shot.
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北米版ですが、自動で日本語化されます。
一見地味な感じですが、謎解きがやりごたえあっておもしろく、パズルが解けるとものすごく爽快感を得られます。
実は途中でつまづいてしまって、それ以来放ったらかしにしているのですが、
パズルってしばらく時間おいてからやると意外とすんなり解けたりするので、また近々やってみようかと思っています。
コーププレイもまだやったことがないので、いずれ挑戦してみたいと思っていますが、なかなか持っているフレンドさんがいないのが問題ですね。
ほかのゲームと違って、例えば「PS3とPC」など、プラットフォームが異なってもできるそうなので、すごいと思います。
There are hours of gameplay and I would say that this game is almost addictive. I just hope that there will be a Portal 3 release. If there is then
I will certainly purchase it and have many more hours of fun trying to find solutions to each challenge.
Great game !!