What do you do in the game portal?

Portal consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using "the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", also referred to as the "portal gun", a device that can create intra-spatial portals between two flat planes.
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What is the goal of the portal game?

Portal Game Elements. Exit: The goal of almost every level in Portal is to reach the exit. Most levels have an exit elevator that leads to the next level. Because players know this, they have a clear goal, and they can focus their efforts on finding the exit and knowing that they are done with the level.
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How do portals in games work?

The physics aspect of the portal system is actually extremely simplistic yet effective at doing what it needs to do. On the most basic level, the portals physics function by taking the velocity of the entering object and multiplying it by the surface normal of the exiting side of the portal.
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What is the plot of the portal game?

A test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.
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How do I play Portal?

Blue to Orange, Orange to Blue

This is the basic premise of the portal: go in through the blue portal and you'll come out through the orange portal. Or reverse! Go in through the orange portal and you'll come out through the blue portal. This rule never fails, and the portal gun never gets more complicated than that.
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PlayStation Portal Review: Everything you NEED to know

What do I need to know before playing portal?

Portal: Companion Collection - 8 Beginner Tips
  • 3 When In Doubt, Make Sure You've Found All The White Surfaces.
  • 4 Use In-Game Items Creatively. ...
  • 5 Keep Careful Track Of Which Color Portal You're Using. ...
  • 6 Explore The Nooks And Crannies. ...
  • 7 Don't Push Yourself: Breaks Are Essential. ...
  • 8 Most Puzzles Have Multiple Solutions. ...
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Is portal a horror game?

For me, it does. There's just something really creepy about a monotonic robot voice going crazy.
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Why is Portal 1 so scary?

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A disturbing backstory is slowly revealed by hidden chambers with strange writing in them. By the end of the game the player is emotionally tortured by the villain. This may require the player to destroy a faithful companion (a large metal cube) in order to progress.
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Is Portal kid friendly?

This game has a great story and amazing puzzles to complete. The playtime is relatively short too. However, anyone under the age of 10 wouldn't get too much out of this game.
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What happened to humans in Portal?

This lack of bodies in Portal is explained, in the game, by the fact that everyone who used to work here has either managed to flee the labs when GLaDOS forcefully took control of and locked down the facility, or perished as ill-fated test subjects and employees.
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How does the game portal end?

At the end of the game Chell escapes the facility after blowing GLaDOS up and Ratmann does as well. He sees Chell being dragged back into the facility by a robot and feels guilty so he goes back to save her. That's the end of Portal 1 and what happens after is the set up to Portal 2 and the game itself.
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Are the portal games worth playing?

Portal is a very good tutorial for people new to games to learn to think with portals. If you think you can master it easily, I'd recommend starting with Portal 2. I think they're still on offer in steam at like under 2€ each, so go on. Also, Portal 2 is my all time favorite game.
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How many endings does Portal have?

This game has 2 endings, one being the normal ending, where the announcer takes the player back to the long term human storage vault, where later on they will be "awoken when the time comes to use their special abilities to save this facility from it's impending doom." In the other ending, when the player decides to ...
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How many levels are in Portal?

There are 19 Testchambers in the original Portal and there are 14 new levels in Still Alive. However, the new levels are more challenging than the early Portal levels, so they will likely take you longer to complete.
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How long does it take to finish Portal?

How Long Does It Take To Complete Portal: Revolution? Most of the game involves solving test chambers with interspersed platforming and exploration sequences. If you follow a clear path and solve the puzzles efficiently, you can complete the game in around six hours, according to HowLongToBeat.com.
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Is Portal a violent game?

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The player can get shot by turrets, resulting in blood splatter across surfaces nearby. The main antagonist makes many death threats towards the player.
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Is Portal a feminist game?

Because Portal, the author says, is feminist statement. For starters, the protagonist is female. She's not a Lara Croft-type female character, either. She's less of a fantasy than other video game heroines.
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Does Portal have swearing?

Nothing explicit in either language or nudity...or even in violence, really.
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Does Portal have Jumpscares?

This is a puzzle game not a horror one... it have SOME jumpscares, that are like mini-mini hurt attacks, just 1 or 2, but it isnt a jumpscare game..
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Does Portal 1 have blood?

You couldn't even tell when you had successfully killed an enemy. Everything should have green blood, it's much cooler. I think the blood in Portal 1 was mostly just a leftover from Half-Life 2. Portal 2 didn't really need it.
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Is Portal 1 or 2 better?

Portal 2 is in all aspects a bigger fuller and more comprehensive game with more variety, diversity, characters, laughs, gameplay mechanics, multiplayer and level editor. But nothing will ever beat the simplicity, originality of Portal 1. I'd say Portal 2 is better as a GAME, but Portal 1 is better as a WORK OF ART.
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Is Portal 2 inappropriate?

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The violence has been toned down compared to the first game. Turrets can shoot players but there is no injury detail or blood present, although gory sounds can be heard. Characters make death threats towards the player.
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Does Portal 2 swear?

The "Mild Language" covers things like "Crap" "ass" or general trash talk between characters, but a few instances of "stronger" language would probably bump it past the limit.
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Does Portal 2 have blood?

The sentry turrets shoot at you but there is no blood unlike the first Portal from 2007. There is also a minor threat of harmful gas and bombs which you portal at a robot at the end of the game.
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