Portal

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Game info:
Developer(s) Valve Corporation
Publisher(s) Valve Corporation
Microsoft Game Studios (XBLA)
Distributor(s) Electronic Arts (retail)
Steam (online)
Writer(s) Erik Wolpaw
Chet Faliszek
Composer(s) Kelly Bailey
Series Half-Life
Engine Source (Build 4295, 11 August 2010)
Version 1.0.0.0 (12 November 2010)[1]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows[2]
Mac OS X[2]
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Release date(s)
October 9, 2007[show]
Genre(s) Puzzle-platform game
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s)
ACB: M[10]
ESRB: T
OFLC: G
PEGI: 12
USK: 12


Synopsis *Taken from Wikipedia*
The game primarily comprises a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using "the handheld portal device", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes. The player-character, Chell, is challenged by an artificial intelligence named GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) to complete each puzzle in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center using the portal gun with the promise of receiving cake when all the puzzles are completed. The game's unique physics allow momentum to be retained through portals, requiring creative use of portals to maneuver through the test chambers. This gameplay element is based on a similar concept from the game Narbacular Drop; many of the team members from the DigiPen Institute of Technology who worked on Narbacular Drop were hired by Valve for the creation of Portal.

Gameplay
Portal is one of the most unique games I have ever played. From the Handheld portal device to GLaDOS, the game never stops being fun. The puzzles aren't too easy, but not too hard (Except level 19). Which makes it fun for everyone. The puzzles didn't get repetitive at all either, which is honestly surprising. The way the game uses physics, is simply awesome, as it wouldn't be the same without them.
Rating: 9.5

Graphics
Well, for a 2006 game, it has darn amazing graphics, could be comparable to some from 2011. The portal graphics are good as well, I think eventually they should make a remastered version, the graphics would be AMAZING. Not much else to say on the graphics.
Rating
8

Characters
Well, we all know the famous GLaDOS and her witty one liners. She makes the game, if GLaDOS weren't in the game, well, it wouldn't be the same. The way she seems harmless one second, then tries to kill you the next is absolutely hilarious.
Rating
10

Final Thoughts
Well, this has got to be the, or one of the most unique games I have EVER okayed, the charcters are amazing, the graphics are well ahead of it's time, and everything else is just awesome. Definitely go to pick tthis game up if you want an amazing game.
Final Rating'
9.5