"Portal 2" Review: Diving into Aperture Science
Portal 2 , released by Valve in 2011, is a complex puzzle game built around a simple concept. This game sees players navigating through the abandoned halls of Aperture Laboratories using the portal gun, a tool that allows the player to create portals to teleport from one point to another. Throughout the game, a variety of disembodied voices encourage the player to continue, whether those voices belong to the crazed AI GLaDOS, the idiotic AI Wheatley, or the prerecorded messages left behind by the late CEO of Aperture Science, Cave Johnson. These characters are the key motivating factors behind the game’s story progression and, at times, teach the player more about the history of the mysterious facility. Portal 2 combines eerie yet fun music, thoughtful and varied level design, and an expansive backstory involving interesting characters to create a unique atmosphere that has become characteristic of the series. Portal and Narbacular Drop The original Portal , released in 2007...