The console version of Portal 2 has a retail price of $54.99 while the downloadable version costs slightly less at $49.99.
But it did create supreme buzz for the game, and it appears to not have affected enthusiasm surrounding today’s launch. The ARG culminated in a countdown on the Aperture Science website with a promise that gamers could “help release Portal 2 early” if enough people payed the Potato Sack indie games.Īlas, the early release claims were untrue, and the ploy upset a swath of fans. The so-called “Portal ARG” involved hidden clues embedded in the pre- Portal 2 “Potato Sack” game pack, YouTube videos, podcasts and game forums. Prior to the release of the game, Valve pulled off an extremely complex marketing stunt in the form of an “alternate reality game” (ARG). Portal 2 also has a new, friendlier computer character, Wheatley, whose voice is supplied by Stephen Merchan, co-creator of “The Office.” This time around, GlaDOS comes loaded with a dose of sarcasm in place of the anger “she” spewed in the original. Not so, apparently…)Īmong the most unique features of Portal 2 is the game’s genuinely hilarious writing, which carries on from the first game. (GlaDOS was supposedly killed at the end of Portal. Portal 2 sees the reboot of GlaDOS, an omnipresent, inventive and murderous super-computer, with a female voice, who once again puts the player through a series of tests in order to escape. To successfully beat the game, players must solve a series of mostly physics-based puzzles. But anyone familiar with the original Portal, which launched in 2007, knows that the joke-filled game is more like an elaborate, story-themed puzzle than a shoot-em-up.Īs with the original, the basic goal of Portal 2 is to figure out the way through the abandoned Aperture Science testing labs with the use of a portal gun, which allows the player to teleport long distances within the game’s environment. To the uninitiated, Portal 2 looks like a first-person shooter in the same vein as Call of Duty or Halo. Eager fans can purchase the game in-store for all three platforms PC and Mac gamers can also download the full game directly from Steam.
Valve Software’s Portal 2, one of the most-anticipated games of 2011, is now available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
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