Portal still alive review
Each trigger will shoot out one of the two portals. I allowed my girlfriend to play with me, and so we were constantly fooling around with the portals.Īlthough the game does require some thought, there isn’t much difficulty in using the controls. It took me probably five hours to get through the whole game, and that is on the longer side of most gamers. The game requires some problem solving ability and some quick trigger fingers at times, but it is in no way only for the elite amongst us. You’ll also take advantage of momentum – if you are to fall downward into a portal your energy continues as you fly out the other side of the portal – allowing you to travel at high distances quickly. Besides from the obvious warping yourself around, you’ll also be triggering switches with boxes, with cubes, and with balls of energy that can travel through your portals. There are numerous ways to solve many of the puzzles, and videos online are sure to echo this fact. There is definitely a certain amount of joy when you figure out a puzzle for the first time – or you figure it out in a way that you think was different than intended. The game is so unique in that it took something so simple and made it rather complex and thought provoking. Using this portal technology will allow you to navigate through difficult puzzle chambers. As you progress through the game you will gain the ability to fire two portals, and then travel through one and out the other. These portals will create the capability to transport you from a part of a room to another part of a room. This gun creates portals, as to the name. You will almost never see yourself throughout the game, but you will be able to see the gun attached to your arm. Instead you are just given random information – such as no one will miss you, that you had no friends, etc – so that you can perceive yourself as some sort of either loner or prison convict. You are a person whose life story never gets fully told. The game of Portal is an interesting one. In Portal: Still Alive I spent substantial time – It was the first xbox live arcade game I bought along with MLB Stickball and TMNT 1989 Arcade – therefore I was adamant in getting their values worth. I would write a review on the other version but I only played through it once, and did not attempt much of the bonus material or go for the achievements. It should be noted that if you are looking for an overall view of the game, this will probably suffice. Although the game has some extreme similarities, there are some subtle differences, specifically in the achievements and the bonus levels at the end. Portal: Still Alive is the arcade version of the game Portal, which came on the Orange Box.