Pnosker.com: Portal 2 Review
Who would’ve thought that a game that involved shooting a blue portal and an orange portal, a cake, an adorable cube with a heart in the middle, quirky little sentry turrets, and an annoying computer voice would take off to such great heights. Valve certainly didn’t. The original Portal, originally a concept by students at DigiPen has become part of the Valve family franchises that includes Left 4 Dead, Half-Life and Team Fortress 2. It was a bit of a risk—an FPS where your only “weapon” is a Portal gun and you solve logic puzzles. But, it was that kind of unique style of gameplay that set Portal apart and made it the must-play title in the Orange Box compilation that came out in 2007.
