15 Years Later, Portal Is Still A MASTERPIECE
250Valve is rightfully known as one of the very best developers in the medium of video games. While the Washington-based studio has long shifted its focus from game development to Steam, Valve’s legacy of genre-defining hits is still one that many studios aspire to achieve to this day. From the groundbreaking gameplay of Half-Life to the team-based multiplayer madness of Team Fortress to the twisting world of Portal, Valve has more than a few games that are considered among the best games of all time.
While many developers would continue to iterate upon the ideas and formulas of Valve’s games to this day, Portal remains a game that is simply put, an experience that you just cannot get elsewhere. Released all the way back in 2007 as a part of Valve’s Orange Box collection, Portal remains a game that has aged really well. Now that it’s been almost 15 years since the release of this classic, we are taking a look back at this one hell of a puzzler and find out why it hasn’t aged one bit in all these years.