How humor destroyed Portal 2 for me - [ESSAY]

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Published on March 24, 2020 10:00:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ3AFHw0Keg

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Portal 2 (2011)

Duration: 18:29

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I’ve played Portal 1 when it was released, and was really impressed with it, but it seemed to me (and maybe straight up WAS in fact) more a proof of concept and an extended tutorial than a full game. If I payed full triple-a price for it, I probably would’ve been annoyed (but wasn’t, since it came in the Orange Box with Episode 2 and Team Fortress 2, both great games).

I’ve HAD Portal 2 for years, but somehow never played it. Until very recently.

(If you're interested in how I did, you can find my playlist for Portal 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp4TpsJ7HUWUyw0UK01eqH38g_FVQ5CnT )

And… well… while I liked it A LOT and was AGAIN very impressed with it on a technical level, and I consider it a brilliant expansion upon the base ideas of Portal 1 (and wouldn’t mind paying full price for 2, as opposed to 1 – it was a fully fleshed out, polished game experience)…

But… I have kinda… mixed feelings about it and it didn’t fulfill my expectations FULLY. Or so I feel, at least.

This is an essay about the thing that bothered me the most. It only contains small visual components to be honest, and should be entirely understandable as an audio piece only, although the visuals do help emphasize some of the points, perhaps.

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