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    Rate this article "Portal-Review"

    (3.98/5) 42 rates
    sawon2403, 9 february 2019 16:15

    Portal-Review

    Portal is a First-Person puzzle-platform game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It was released on October 10, 2007 (as a bundle package known as The Orange Box) for PC, PS4 and XBOX 360. Portal was also released for OS X, Linux, and Android. The series continues with  Portal 2. 


    Portal is one of the best puzzle game that I ever played. It follows a very simple concept, you use a device called "the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" (aka Portal Gun) to create a portal between two flat planes. You can create two different portals marked as blue and orange. You must solve the puzzle given by an artificial intelligence named GLaDOS by using this portal gun so that you can receive the cake when all the puzzles are completed.


    (Blue and Orange portals)

    Gameplay:

    In Portal, you'll play as Chell a silent protagonist and solve the challenges of each test chambers using the Portal Gun. The Portal Gun creates a connection between two different locations. The two different portals marked as two different colors, blue and orange. If the player enters through the blue portal she will exit through the orange portal and it will work the same on the orange portal. Only two portal can be created at once. If the player creates a new portal it will automatically replace the previous portal of the same color. Add game physics to this concept and some bizarre twists in geometry and gravity can occur. For example, in order to fly over a gap or some obstacle the player can jump down to a portal on the floor and emerge through a wall with the falling motion. It helps the player to launch objects or Chell over great distances.

    Chell is equipped with mechanized heel springs so that she can fall from a great height without getting injured. But there are a few things that can be deadly for her. Such as the turret guns, toxic liquid, heavy objects falling at her through portals etc.

    Portal has two additional game modes, The Challenge mode, and the Advanced mode. They can be unlocked by completing the main game.

    Image result for Portal Chell
    (Cell)

    Story:

    The game starts with the main protagonist Chell as she wakes up from a stasis bed. Then she receives instruction and warnings from GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System)an artificial intelligence about the upcoming test chamber experience. The player must complete the test chamber to progress through the story. GLaDOS promises to reward Chell with cake if she completes all the test chambers.

    As Chell was solving all the test chambers she finds out that there is no single trace of any humans. And while she was on her way through the maintenance areas sometimes she found graffiti messages which point in the right direction. She also finds "the cake is a lie." written all over the wall.

    What does this mean?

    Is GLaDOS playing with her??

    What will Happen to Chell if she completes all the test chambers???

    You must play the game to find out.


    (Secret Chamber)

    Characters:

    • Chell (Main protagonist)
    • GLaDOS (Antagonist)
    • Party Escort Bot
    • Doug Rattmann (Wall scribblings only)


    Still Alive:

    "Still Alive" is the closing credit song of Portal. It was written by was written by Jonathan Coulton and sung by GLaDOS (Ellen McLain). It is the best Video game theme song I've ever heard. To be honest, I was introduced to Portal because of this song.

    Though Portal is smaller in length, it has an environment that is worth exploring.

    I'll give it 9/10 and recommend you to play it if you haven't yet.

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    Comments

    it's good game and great article

    7 july 2019 13:44
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    nice article keep the work.

    20 june 2021 19:54
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    Interesting game

    7 april 2019 09:56
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    One of the best game that has been made by VALVE, I clearly regret not playing it before.
    I consider Portal 2 as the best co-op (and also SOLO) game ever for the one and only reason that it is pushing you and your friend to use your brains unlike the newest games requiring no actual skill or intelligence by your side.
    Portal 2 helps you think "out of the box" and shows how important it is also inside of the game and in real life that sometimes, just by changing a small thing, everything might change for good aswell.

    19 february 2019 12:12
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    I like all portal game

    7 march 2019 09:33
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    good ol portal ... nice artical

    1 may 2019 00:12
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    i love this game indeed but its cant download on my pc is there something i need to be installed to run it?

    27 february 2019 12:15
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    Nice original game

    19 april 2019 20:57
    1

    "Although Chell is equipped with mechanized heel springs to prevent damage from falling,[5] she can be killed by various other hazards in the test chambers, such as turret guns, bouncing ***** of energy, and toxic liquid." - quoted from Wiki,

    Find more similar easter eggs in the article .... Here's some more: "....using "the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes..."

    10 february 2019 04:05
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    Some more and then some "The game begins with Chell waking up from a stasis bed and hearing instructions and warnings from GLaDOS," -ALL Wiki

    10 february 2019 04:12
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