What an odd little game. (Portal)

Member Name: luggage

Product:	Portal
Date:	09/09/09 (3 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great replayability and challenges. Fairly unique.

Disadvantages: Very short

What an odd little game.
It starts off really simply, easing you into the simple premise of shooting a hole for you to walk through, and you will simply emerge from another hole. Simple. As the levels progress however, it becomes immediately obvious that there are so many ways to do each level, to pass each obstacle, to take out the enemy drones. You become almost hypnotised by the increasingly maniacal voice telling you what to do, and you dont even notice how fast you are progressing through the game. You dread the fast approaching ending, feeling hard done by with the length of the game but you are wrong. Dead wrong. The length is the only disappointing thing about this game, and although it is no marathon, by the end it has been a fun way to pass a few hours, and the challenges that are presented are really challenges. You can re-do key levels trying to get them done faster, or with fewer portals, and it is actually pretty damned hard to get your cake in each challenge. I have no idea how I did each level first time through, but you can bet your life that I wont be playing them the same way through next time. This game oozes replayability, both in terms of the game itself and the challenges. A great game to pass a few hours until the next big release, or whilst you wait for your mates to join you in TF2. If you don't own it, you should.

Story/Plot: 5/10 - No real plot, but what there is serves its purpose well.
Gameplay/Controls: 8/10 - Instantly familiar to CS fans everywhere. If it aint broke...
Sound effects/Sound track: 7/10 -No soundtrackthat I remember, but the voice alone is worth the score.
Graphics: 7/10 - Standard HL2 graphics. Good but not great.
Overall (not an average): 8.5/10 - Worth buying, it is only cheap Hoping for this idea to be developed.

Summary: A great game to pass a few hours until the next big release.