The cake is a lie! → [ Portal fanclub. ]

[institutions]

By obstacles I almost thought you meant game mechanics *facepalm*

For some reason I really like the rooms with huge sections of floor missing, leading to either a huge hole or that toxic water sludge stuff.
Probably because my two favorite game mechanics (momentum and aerial faith plates) are almost always used in them :P

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

omg i love portal :D so joining.

My favourite obstacle would be the turret, there so human. it almost makes me feel bad when i kill them in various ways x]

 

[Palkia]

Eh, I'll join for the purpose of reminding me to finish the first one.

Why do I love the Portal series? I like it's clever gameplay that fuses a FPS and a Action RPG.

 

[Alternative]

I added everyone. :3

I think my favourite obstable would be the Repulsion Gel (Orange). It's just so weird and cool and orange, and makes you run really fast, like a bullet. Turrets are cool as well, and also Aerial Faith Plates. :)

@Para-Dox I think you might be the key to beating GLaDOS in the first one, if you ask me. :P

 

[Zeffy]

Oh yeah, I also like that blue gel. I forgot what's it called (well I don't even know what's it called so I just call it blue gel). I'm a fan of jumping really high and that blue gel does just that. :D

 

[Aquacorde]

Repulsion gel, I think it is.

I quite like having to use the white gel to make places for portals. Not sure why, but I enjoy it.

 

[Tyranee]

I've played through Portal 1 and 2 and I must say Portal 1 is good but 2 blows it out of the water! I love the characters and I loved the ending. Hoping Valve will make a Portal 3 but there's no telling yet.

 

[Alternative]

I always thought the White gel was really cool. Being able to spill it and make portals wherever is always cool. :3

 

[RASENCERO]

*Joins for science*
...
What, no cake?

I recently played portal 1 & 2 in a row and I was sold.
Everything about it is funny, yet dangerous. My favorite obstacle would be...
GLaDOS's insults! Why is that an obstacle you ask? Even though you can't speak, you dangerous mute lunatic. Demotivation can be funny as hell powerful.
Btw, have you guys read the lab rat comic?

It ain't over until the fat turret sings!

 

[institutions]

I've played through Portal 1 and 2 and I must say Portal 1 is good but 2 blows it out of the water! I love the characters and I loved the ending. Hoping Valve will make a Portal 3 but there's no telling yet.

I'd also love more Portal, I just don't see how they can do another one. Imo, Portal 2 ended perfectly. I've read on another forum a pretty cool idea for a prequel of sorts, I just don't know how good it would be after the masterpiece that is Portal 2.

Can't wait for this summers free DLC though :P It should be a blast.

 

[RASENCERO]

A prequel? Interesting. Could be possible. Even with Chell.
With a storyline something like this:
Poster:
Aperature science is recruiting new test subjects! Also, tomorrow is bring your daughter to work day. Don't forget to show her our testing range, we have no age requirements.
Voluntary participation is mandatory for all Aperature employees. Those who make it through the initial testing get a prize and will be stored in stasis until called for testing!

So people, Chell, "volunteers" and gets tested by GLaDOS (who is ordered to not speak of these preliminary tests, since rejected people might file complaints). As a result of the testing the chart shown the comic is made for the test subjects. This before the lab gets flooded with the neurotoxine. Maybe even during the flooding.

Could work, no?

 

[Alternative]

If there was a prequel to Portal or something, I think it would be based around the times of the man who talks about the combustible lemons and Caroline. Before the time GLaDOS was built, and before all that stuff.

 

[Åzurε]

-Joins Club-
I may be a fat orphan, but at least I can join this club.

I don't know if they could do a prequel and still call it Portal. That's a major problem with the games- if it wasn't called "Portal" I wouldn't feel the need for the basic gameplay to stay the same, and that would open up more opportunities.

I'm looking forward to how Chell plays into the Half-Life universe from this point forward. That's what I'm counting on~

 

[Alternative]

I've known thet Portal has some sort of connection to the Half-Life series (maybe by portals?), but I've never really gotten into the Half-Life series, but it might be worthwhile to check it out. :)

I think a prequel could work, but not for at least a year or two. A prequel which told us how Chell got into the Portal game would be fantastic, and maybe the beginning of GLaDOS, with all the glitches these robots come with when first built.

Aaanyway~ who's going to be getting the Portal 2 DLC when it comes out soon?

 

[institutions]

I've tried the Half Life games, but i can't get into them.
I'm 1-2 hours into HL2 and I dread picking it back up.
It just doesn't interest me at all.

Of course i'll be getting the DLC when it comes out; it's free :P
Who wouldn't?
I'm sure it'll be awesome.

 

[.Aero]

I'm interested in joining. :] My post contains spoilers. :x

Why Do You Love the Portal Series?
I think it's awesome mostly because of the dialogue and the hilarious dark humor that it presents. GLaDOS is possibly my favorite video game character of all time, due to her hilarious banter as you perform tests, and during Portal 2 I acquired an (artificial) attachment toward her while she was a potato. I also really enjoy the "Aha!" moments that the series has when you solve a puzzle after several failed attempts. Puzzle games in general are enjoyable, but this game took it to a whole new level and I appreciate Valve's dedication to the excellent pacing of the game too.

On a different topic, I'd like to share a realization that I had today. Please stop reading if you do not want any major spoilers of the Portal 2 game. (Heck, they might spoil Portal 3 if I'm right.)

Spoiler:

I believe, after thinking about it, and finding some rather definitive evidence, that GLaDOS is Chell's mother. Why do I think this? GLaDOS used to be Caroline, therefore making her human and making it possible for her to be a mother in the first place. Now I matched this up by a few bits of evidence. In "Want You Gone", GLaDOS sings that Chell reminds her of Caroline, which could hint at the hereditary resemblance between them. In the "Turret Opera" song (I call it Cara Mia, as that's what it's actually called), the Italian translation of the opera lyrics become a farewell, which is fitting for the scene. However, some instances, the lyrics directly translate to "My dear baby girl". If this isn't enough to convince you, the picture that unlocks an achievement which can be found in the condemned portion of Aperture Labs (the part with Cave Johnson), depicts both Caroline (with a striking resemblance to Chell) and Johnson together, and in the very back, left spot of the picture, there is a small child bundled up in blanket (this is very hard to see, but it's there). I believe this child is Chell. There were other reasons I had, but I can't quite remember them right now. D: I'll figure out what they were and let you all know later if you're still interested lol.

Oh yes, I remember another. In the spot with the "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" and the potato experiments, there is a project with "By Chell" written on it. It's on the one that's growing out big time and I think GLaDOS comments on how it's growing so much. Well first off, obviously Chell is you. But the whole "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" must mean Chell is the daughter to someone who works at Aperture Labs. Well, both Cave Johnson and Caroline did, so I assume she is their daughter.

Sorry for that wall of text inside there. :x

 

[Zeffy]

Why Do You Love the Portal Series?

Mainly because of GLaDOS, and the adorable little turrets! :3
And portals too, of course.

 

[Åzurε]

Why Do You Love the Portal Series?
The very concept behind it all. "Hey, you know what I want? A gun that shoots portals on the wall." And it becomes an awesome game, with a unique sense of humor, quotability, memorable characters (if you forget one you've left out half the cast), very fitting aesthetics, good plot, ties to another series (Who's a sucker for crossovers? Me.), and the ability to effectively evoke emotions. It makes my inner artist sing. Almost as well as an Italian turret. Or Matt Berninger.

So yeah. If "good points of Portal" ever comes up on a test, there are your notes. I bet there's more.

 

[RASENCERO]

Why Do You Love the Portal Series?
Basically, I agree with the before posted opinions, but adding the following:
I love how everything works perfectly with the physics and stuff, the plot is basic but the plot twists/ building 180 turn in the plot keeps it interesting. And the humor between lvl's keep the edge off.

Spoiler:

I believe, after thinking about it, and finding some rather definitive evidence, that GLaDOS is Chell's mother. Why do I think this? GLaDOS used to be Caroline, therefore making her human and making it possible for her to be a mother in the first place. Now I matched this up by a few bits of evidence. In "Want You Gone", GLaDOS sings that Chell reminds her of Caroline, which could hint at the hereditary resemblance between them. In the "Turret Opera" song (I call it Cara Mia, as that's what it's actually called), the Italian translation of the opera lyrics become a farewell, which is fitting for the scene. However, some instances, the lyrics directly translate to "My dear baby girl". If this isn't enough to convince you, the picture that unlocks an achievement which can be found in the condemned portion of Aperture Labs (the part with Cave Johnson), depicts both Caroline (with a striking resemblance to Chell) and Johnson together, and in the very back, left spot of the picture, there is a small child bundled up in blanket (this is very hard to see, but it's there). I believe this child is Chell. There were other reasons I had, but I can't quite remember them right now. D: I'll figure out what they were and let you all know later if you're still interested lol.

Oh yes, I remember another. In the spot with the "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" and the potato experiments, there is a project with "By Chell" written on it. It's on the one that's growing out big time and I think GLaDOS comments on how it's growing so much. Well first off, obviously Chell is you. But the whole "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" must mean Chell is the daughter to someone who works at Aperture Labs. Well, both Cave Johnson and Caroline did, so I assume she is their daughter.

Agreed, I also figured as much.

 

[Alternative]

Must. Keep. Alive.
What do you guys feel on the emphasis that you can't die in this game? I think it's decent in this sort of game, since you don't want to be wasting time worrying about lives, but I would like to see some sort of reward for completing harder chambers without dying, or doing it quickly.