They don’t come much more hotly anticipated than this, and as such Portal 2 has a lot to live up to. The original had the benefit of being unique and surprising but with those commodities compromised by the sheer existence of a sequel, can Portal 2 possible live up to its predecessor?
Well it valiantly tries and in many ways succeeds, although the spark of brilliant is less bright. Portal 2 is absolutely a good game but true greatness is slightly too much to ask.
Once again you are the soul human play-thing to GlaDOS, the psychotic A.I from the original game, reanimated and now scarily unpredictable. With your prior deeds fresh in GlaDOS’ data core, she taunts and jabs at you in her trademark passive-aggressive way but with a much more dangerous undertone. You’re just not sure how she’s going to punish you, and that thought along with GlaDOS’ constant reminders of you killing her, keeps you on edge. She’s downright funny too, continually insulting you as you solve puzzles and perform more tests with the portal gun.
