11/27/2023 0 Comments Portal turret hello![]() ![]() It is a purely experiential reward, kind of the ultimate ‘oh the player had to be there’ victory. The reward isn’t the sole feeling of accomplishment once the player has finished the game either. There are achievements, but that is only a small part of the victory. The game doesn’t have any measure of how well the player did or how well the player did in comparison to his/her friends. It is fascinating to see an ending these days that is rewarding purely on an experiential level. These events make for an immensely rewarding game experience created by the designers. Chell arrives at the top, which turns out to be a wheat field and is quickly given the companion cube. Chell is sent up in an elevator to the surface, but not before being serenaded too by all the turrets in the facility. ![]() She deletes any feelings of companionship she learned from Chell, and through the power of Occam’s razor, decides that she would be better off without Chell, since killing Chell is so damn hard. Chell defeats Wheatley with the help of GLaDOS, treated to a quick trip to the moon, and then wake up, with GLaDOS restored to her rightful place. Let’s start with a quick summary of how the game resolves itself. You will ruin the ending of Portal 2 if you read any further. And if that hasn’t scared you off already, you should know that this post will be intensively spoiler ridden. Specifically I want to talk about the ending, because I think it is an important hallmark of video game creation. Now I could discuss this game to an endless degree, in terms of game design, dialogue and atmosphere, but I want to eschew that for one particular thing. Portal 2 was released last week to much fanfare by the game press and fans, and is by Valve’s founder’s view, the best game they’ve ever published. This week, I am analyzing a game that neither needs added compliment nor attention, but I will give it that anyway. These could be video games, anime, books, comics, animation, live action, TV or movies that I think are significant in some way and will attempt to inspire readers to look at these works in a new light or look at them in general. Hello the five people who read this blog, I am going to be doing a weekly blog post called ‘Serious Analysis’ on series or parts of series that I enjoyed. ![]()
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