This game made me remember how much I wish that Valve would develop more games. The dialogue and story structure seemed tailor made to be perfect for a video game, while the gameplay itself is nothing short of genius.
It is handy to have a knowledge of Portal 1 to enjoy this game, but by no means essential. A quick online summary of the events in the previous game will bring you up to date, but since the Orange Box (where Portal 1 is found for the playstation 3) is pretty cheap now, I would suggest you buy it first. The game is essentially a series of physics and logistics puzzles where you have to use a portal gun to create different portals (doors in the world placed by you) to ensure you complete a series of 'test chambers' run by a corporation long since run-down. The genius of the game lies in the wit with which the story and the monologues are developed. The puzzles themselves aren't as challenging as, say Myst or parts of The Room, and it can be surprisingly cinematic with sections that link the test chambers which you go through. The less said about the story is probably for the better, as a lot of pleasure comes from the gradual unfolding of the history of the corporation and the artificial intelligence (or lack therof) which tries to keep the place together. I originally played it when it first came out, and have had a great time going back to it in the last week, where it was completed within a few evenings. Extra credit should be given to the sound design, but the star of the game has to be the writing of the characters who speak to you, and which is the chief pleasure when looking back on the game. Steven Merchant has never been better (I am not a fan of any of his other work to be honest), G.K Simmons is a delight as always, and GLADOS has to be one of my favourite science fiction characters of all time.
But special note has to be given to the specific shape of the game. I can't think of another entertainment experience which is quite like the portal games. There aren't any cutscenes, the protagonist is wholly silent (with a a cracking joke as to why early on), and the game has a pretty rigid structure of making the rounds of going through the test chambers with a few lines of a monologue at the beginning and end, and a few narrative sequences creating an adventurous break between the locations, and pushing the story forwards. Yet the writing has a great process of unravelling within this structure - of both the character of the artificial intelligence, and the history of Aperture Science - the corporation for whom you are a test subject. No book or film can have the same form which this game has, and the pleasures of discovering a world like the one of this game, and they way it is handled seems perfectly tailored to the single player video game experience. A lot of the character interaction has really sharp writing to it, I cant think of many films which can match the wit and intelligence of the humour here, and this feels like a game which isn't trying to replicate the cinematic experience (a flaw with naughty Dog games) but manages to create a unique game of a type by itself. If you're in any way interested in story structure, or the possibilities of creative alternative forms of storytelling, Portal 1 and two are a must for the strange achievement they have managed to make which is unlike anything else. Not to say that it's mind-blowing and will change your life, just the the subtle choices in how the world and the personalities of the voices which tell the story are a very interesting indication of just what video games can achieve.
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