Saturday evening saw the completion at TSA Towers of Valve’s Portal 2. In comparison to the first game, which was bundled as part of the Orange Box alongside Half Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, the second game is considerably longer, running at somewhere (for us, at least) between ten and eleven hours.
The first game took about three and a half hours to get through, which puts Valve’s claims of the sequel being around two to three times longer at almost pinpoint accuracy.
So, if you were wondering about the length of this game, wonder no longer: it’s plenty big enough and absolutely packed with everything that made the first Portal so damned brilliant. It’s rare I play through a game from start to finish without taking the disk out of the drive, but Portal 2 was one such game, and everyone I’ve spoken to agrees.
And then, of course, there’s the expansive co-op multiplayer mode, which features entirely new puzzles and a different structure from the single player game.
Our review goes live tomorrow morning at 9am.
Ed the Penguin
Good news. Portal was excellent, but a little on the short side.. I’m getting this for sure!
KittDJW
Really can’t wait for this. :)
djdustb
Pre-ordered, I can’t wait to spend all Easter weekend away from the sunlight and people as I play this.
R4U Eldave0
Way too long for a puzzle game imo. Personally I think games like this are more suited as downloadable titles.
Smallville2106
I have not heard a single bad thing about this. Just traded in a couple of games with Amazon so when that credits my account I’ll pick this up.
Kaminari
Portal on PC gave me the meanest headaches of my life. Every single time I tried to play more than 10 minutes, it ended up with me needing to puke and feeling dizzy for a few days.
As much as I enjoyed Portal’s atmosphere, I wasn’t too keen on the puzzles and general gameplay. Many people complained that Mirror’s Edge gave them spatial disorientation, which I never experienced, but this is nothing compared to the ill effects of Portal. Last time I felt so sick was playing Descent in 1995.
Despite the great deal we PS3 users get out of Portal 2, I’m afraid I’ll have to pass up on this one.
R4U Eldave0
Prey on the 360 had that effect on me. Just thinking about the upcoming sequel makes me feel a bit rough lol