A game that is, without a doubt, easily overlooked because of the fact that it is within a 5 pack of games; all of which have had great previous showings. The average person will look at the 5 games and say, "Sick! 3 Half-Life games and a new Team Fortress! Not too sure what this Portal thing is but those other 4 should hold me over pretty well." Well, I PROMISE you that (unless you are an idiot and can't figure out the puzzles) you WILL enjoy this game. The game is quite unique in that it is a first person shooter puzzle game. People who have never seen the game might ask how that is possible. To be blunt, you have to get out of several sticky situations with nothing but your trusty portal gun. Some may find this stupid, but frankly, I think it's quite brilliant!
The game starts you off as a random female test subject in a glass room that has no doors. An automated voice greets you to the Aperture Science Testing Facility and tells you pretty much what to do for the first half of the game.
The voice is coming from a female sounding super computer and "motivates" you through these "tests" with the promise of... cake??? once you have completed them all. The game is actual very funny in how the computer reacts to you completing and attempting to complete certain tasks.
*Slight Spoilers Ahead*
Well, after you finish the tests, the computer says that it is time for cake... then attempts to dump you into a massive pit of fire! Once you manage to escape that sticky little situation you spend the rest of the game making your way through all of the Aperture Science Center in attempt to find this super computer. After defeating the last boss, the funny doesn't stop! There is a song that plays over the end credits that is absolutly HILARIOUS (but you won't get it unless you've played through the game).
Not only is this game brilliant in combining the FPS genre with the puzzle genre, but it is absolutly hilarious. Everything from the Aperture Science Weighted Companion Cube (seen below) (and the possiblility of it talking or stabbing you) to the song that plays over the ending credits provides quite the laugh.
The game your first time through should only take you about 2 hours from start to finish, and only an hour if you've played through before. But don't let that discourage you from the games' true greatness. I give Portal 9 Obese Children out of 10. Why not 10 of 10? Because it is in fact quite short and for the lack of moving enemies to combat with your portal gun. Other than that though, this is a tiny little masterpiece.
9/10
-CA
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