Portal 2 out this Friday for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and wee getting properly excited about it. The reviews are in, and the game riding very high on Metacritic with an overall score of 95%. There are only a handful of titles that ever see that kind of response.
There plenty to enjoy, by the looks of it. A devious blend of puzzle game and first-person shooter, Portal 2 drops you back into Aperture Science test labs and hands you your portal-gun again. Your objective is to get through a challenging series of rooms by placing firing bizarre physics-bending doorways into the walls and floor. It ingenious stuff.
Valve, the Half-Life creator, and the game developer, has upped the ante on this one, throwing in new elements like gels that allow you to move quickly or bounce across surfaces, and a bigger emphasis on physics. There also a separate co-op campaign that casts you and a friend as a duo of quirky robots armed with portal guns of their own.
Stephen Merchant, the co-writer of The Office, hands in a stellar performance as your guide, Wheatley, and the script is one of the funniest in gaming.
If you want to see what all the fuss is about, then, you can get down to Gamestation on Friday.
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