It's been quite some time since the original Portal, and things have changed drastically. The setting is still the Aperture Science laboratory compound, but the scenery is no longer bland and sterile. One of the first things you'll notice about Portal 2 is the look.

With Portal 2, they were able to bring back everything that was great about the original and expand the franchise into some drastically different territory without forsaking the core elements. ('The cake is a lie.') Valve had some pretty high expectations to meet, yet they somehow managed to pull it off. The first Portal took the world by storm, winning the hearts of millions of gamers and creating one of the most-quoted internet memes in recent memory. Truly, Portal 2 is a highly enjoyable first-person puzzler with a healthy dose of humor and sci-fi to keep you glued to the screen for many hours on end.Creating Portal 2 must have been an incredibly daunting task. Once you finish the single-player game you can tackle a co-op mode with an online friend, which features a new story, characters, and maps. You'll also use special cubes, air currents, and other items to stay alive and unravel more of the story. You'll use these portals to redirect energy tractor beams, test your skills on 'faith plates' that propel you through the air, and experiment with surface gels (such as a repulsion gel that allows Chell to jump from platform to platform). Momentum is maintained therefore, you'll need to assess each situation differently - often with a 'trial and error' approach. As with the first game, players navigate dangerous environments using a portal gun, which shoots two connected time-space portals through which you (and objects) can travel. If you liked Portal - the relatively short experiment bundled with Valve's Half-Life 2: The Orange Box - then you'll love Portal 2. I would recommend this game for ages 9 and up!

there is minor language such as one use of bastard which is muttered and about three or four uses of bloody and a couple of what the hell's also one scene they used flipping for comedy purposes this is what he says 'well if she see's me and about 2,000 flipping dead corpses i'm toast she will fry my circuits so please keep quite about this'īut overall its a great game with a good message about using your brain instead of just killing everything in site but if they are sensitive i would recommend sitting next to them while they play or just play it yourself first.Ģ. there are plenty of things like this if you look hard enough but if your kids can handle this type of stuff i think they will be fine. There are certain parts of the game which can be scary for example there is one easter egg where if you find this secret room you hear creepy cackles and. Don't get me wrong on this it is a amazing game and i enjoyed it so much!ġ.

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