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Games/Portal 2007/Reviews
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Portal
A first-person puzzle game developed by Valve and graduates of DigiPen, Portal forces a human test subject to run a gauntlet of grueling spatial experiments administered by a malfunctioning, psychotic artificial intelligence named GLaDOS.
In which Valve finally knew how to end a game
I paid for Portal 4 times across 3 platforms. The first 2 were on Xbox 360: Orange Box disc and the digital release subtitled Still Alive, the first game I got all the Xbox achievements for. Then I go… Read more
A Mind-Bending Masterpiece of Puzzle Gaming
Portal, developed by Valve Corporation, is an innovative and mind-bending puzzle game that captivates players with its unique gameplay mechanics and cleverly crafted challenges. From its engaging stor… Read more
Replaying Portal Makes You Better Appreciate Portal 2
At the time of Portal 's release, it had everything possible going in its favour. There were no expectations set for it, there were no real assumptions it needed to concern itself with. It was part of… Read more
Just about everything regarding this game has been said.
The Short Pros - Clever hybrid of FPS mechanics in a well-designed physics puzzler - Excellent puzzles throughout, with several genuinely brainteasing ones - Some of the best writing in video games -… Read more
One of the most unique games I've played.
It's a puzzle game with a funny storyline. It may look really hard at first, but they start you off easy and you work your way through harder levels and beyond. And maybe a little beyond that. When yo… Read more
Thinking outside the box...and with portals
Portal 2 surpassed my fondest expectations. I was surprisingly amused with the 1st installment and utterly enthralled with the sequel. This an absolute gem of a game. Lost of surprises and challenges… Read more
This Game Is A Phenomonal Puzzle on "good graphics" steroids!
Let's first just mention that this game is very short. I beat it in about 4 hours of intense mindbending playing. Basically, this game is a puzzle-like sex child straight from the laboratories of Valv… Read more
Portal Review: Enrichment
Portal is a game released by Valve and it has an interesting concept at its core: solve puzzles by using portals. Portal certainly achieves this, with 19 puzzle chambers in its main game and 6 advance… Read more
So much more than I expected
Portal is easily the best action puzzle game I’ve ever played . . . until Portal 2 came out. I was just as excited about getting this with The Orange Box as I was about getting Half-Life 2 Episode 2 ,… Read more
They say the cake is a lie; I argue otherwise
I'm gonna go ahead and make a harebrained statement: The cake referenced in the popular Internet meme, and line from Portal, "the cake is a lie," isn't actually a lie; rather, that cake is Portal itse… Read more
A sublime delight from start to finish
Well, given that Portal 2 is a week away, I figured it'd be a fine time to go back and revisit the charming predecessor. The first Portal was a delightful pack-in for The Orange Box, Valve's compilati… Read more
Unique puzzles, with quirky and fun story
Portal deals out a great adventure of puzzles to go along with a fun story that is told by a quirky computer. The game looks and feels like Half-Life naturally, but that is about the only similarity b… Read more
Very Creative
To me, Valve create some really good games. Portal is very unique in PC gaming. It offers a challenge to the player as it forces you to think outside your usual school work to complete each test chamb… Read more
So short, but so awesome.
A few years ago, if I had heard of a game that would somehow combine a puzzle and a shooter, I would have had plenty of doubts as to how that would work. The two just don't seem like they would get al… Read more
The Puzzle Game of Wit and Genius
In 2005 the minds at the DigiPen Institute of Technology created a unique and innovative indie game called Narbacular Drop. Upon seeing their success the folks at the Valve Corporation snapped up the… Read more
It was a Triumph
Yes, I know I'm late to the Portal party. Although I played through the story shortly after the game came out on my brother's Steam account, I left my Portal experience at that and didn't think much a… Read more
Liquid looks at Portal...
Liquid looks at Portal… Even though this is definitely not a new release it still remains in my collection of steam games that doesn’t get deleted to save hard drive space. When it came out, with the… Read more
Not bad, not great, just kind of average
Lets start with the bad things. The game is short, really short. I already knew that it was gonna be short and its to be expected to be smaller then a full game, but I didn't expected it to be this sh… Read more
Short and sweet
Thanks to the Valve throwing this out for free (thanks to the Mac on steam thing!) I've finally gotten a chance to play Portal. Wow, am I pleased. The games way of making the portals work is really so… Read more
Mind-bendingly clever, superb fun, and hilariously funny.
Tucked away within The Orange Box, Portal at first doesn't appear to be anything particularly special. Considering that Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Team Fortress Two got most of the press coverage be… Read more
The review is a lie.
There comes a time in everyone's life when they buy something because of sheer curiosity. Portal is one of mine. I bought Orange Box for PC, however, I would have bought Portal if it were separate fro… Read more
Perfectly-timed, perfectly-wonderful and just plain perfect.
I am never in a hurry. It's that characteristic that produces my ease of lifestyle, calm demeanor and ungodly laziness. I watch television almost exclusively through DVR recordings, I shower at the en… Read more
2001 A Space Odys..I mean...Portal
I was very skeptical when my friend recommended this game to me. "Greg, this game is like, one of the best games I've ever played", he said. Now I'm not the type of person who just straight up likes g… Read more
A solid & innovative gaming experience...
Portal is a game that has been greatly overshadowed by the second Half Life 2 add-on, but is well capable of standing on its own. Originally included in the 'Orange Box' bundle, which also included Te… Read more
The Cake is a Lie.
Valve really do not do much to innovate any genre of games they make, at least in the gameplay aspect. Sure, they may have created the most innovative gaming service when they released Steam, and crea… Read more
An innovative concept and, while brief, is an amazing experience.
Innovation in gaming is something we all appraise. Sometimes just tiny little details of brand new content make up for a purchase, and in the case of Portal the innovation meter can be taken to a whol… Read more
Portal Revolutionizes First-Person games, and it is a must have!
When Valve announced that they were going to release Portal, everyone was excited. The gameplay altered anything that you would see from any Puzzle game. Portal is very Unique and will have you thinki… Read more
Rarely do we see a game as fun and humorous as Portal.
Before the release I took little interest in Valve’s 2007 puzzling First Person Shooter known as Portal. To me it was just an extra bit of fun in The Orange Box but from the first few minutes of playi… Read more
Brilliant
This game is not only original, but a great reminder of the potential of video games. Portal is a game in which you generate portals (wormholes) in order to solve puzzles and get from one area to anot… Read more
Portal is a rare experience that brightened up my day.
If Portal was released on it's own then I don't think it would have gotten the praise it got. However because it was a great deal packaged in with Four or so other games then you see it as a bonus min… Read more
Portal review
Ok, so last Christmas I got the Orange Box, mainly for Portal and HL2. When I played Portal, I was confronted with some pretty good puzzles and a pretty funny game. Then I completed it. "Ok" I said, "… Read more
Bending Space Has Never Been This Fun
For those of you who haven't been paying attention, Portal is one of the five games included in Valve's Orange Box. At first glance, it looks like a bare-bones puzzler in the vein of IQ (PS), with spl… Read more
Yep, I'm Totally Thinking With Portals.
Portal is a brilliant puzzle type FPS that uses some sweet gameplay mechanics to keep you thinking. Also, GLaDOS, the computer voice that talks you through your tests, kept me laughing most of the gam… Read more
portal review
Potal is a very challenging game full of secrets scary rooms intimidating puzzles and enemys.It's a great way to loss your mind lol the game at time is like wtf i was here and were is the ledge that i… Read more
Just one of the many reasons to own the orange box.
Need a reason to buy the orange box this is one of five(just so you know there are five games in the orange box). Awsome music,puzzles,characters pretty much every aspect of Portal is perfect the cont… Read more
Who says puzzle and first-person shooters don't mix?
Portal was a game announced at E3 06 and had everyone talking. The concept is very simple. You have a gun that shoots two, different-colored portals (orange and blue), and when you walk through one, y… Read more
Portal
Before beginning Portal, I had heard a lot of great things about the game. The introduction in the game was fluent going straight to learning the basic mechanics. Each level contained a specific task… Read more
The hell...what did I just buy?
Portal is an experience, and then blah, blah, blah, please insert here another canned phrase for an awesome game. Really . Now. Those crazy Valve guys take time in what they do, and so should every re… Read more
This game is fun. You sould play it.
Portal is part of a new compilation put out by Valve Software called The Orange Box, which contains a few other games but none are as inventive as Portal. Portal is a first-person puzzle game in which… Read more
Gaming Perfection?
Portal, to me, is the pinnacle of game development. It has everything that a great game needs, excellent gameplay, tight controls, great level design, a reason to want to keep playing, and great sound… Read more
Very short but fun and innovative puzzle game.
THE GOOD: Accurate FPS controls; A groundbreaking and exciting new gameplay mechanic, the portal-gun; Innovative puzzles that use very well the portal-gun and the game's impressive physics engine; Eff… Read more
As perfect as a game can get
Portal, though short at 5 hours, represents the best that gaming can achieve. I do not make this claim lightly, as I believe Portal holds the spot with no more than a half-dozen other games as represe… Read more
Portal
One third of the new content in the Orange Box , Portal is too short to be worth the price by itself, but it's one of the most inventive and enjoyable games in a long time for the few hours it lasts.… Read more
The caek is a lie!! Choose pie...
Portal is an amazing revolutionary game. It's a puzzle game which requires you to make portals to advance. You have to use the law of physics to guide you as you get through a set of 3-D levels. It's… Read more
Short but very sweet.
Portal isn't a very long game. In fact, after you know what you're doing you can probably beat it in 2 hours. I know this because i have played the game to completion more then a few times. This is a… Read more
Worth installing BootCamp for
This was a triumph. I'm making a note here, huge success. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. I'm a Mac user but I installed BootCamp and Windows XP (and Steam) just to try this out, based on word… Read more
Fun gameplay, black humour and portals!
A new take on the puzzle game genre where the player uses portals to try and navigate their way through various levels full of hazards and problem solving moments. Players assume the role of Chell, a… Read more