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Ben 10

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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It’s Hero Time! As Ben Tennyson, it’s up to you to save the world. Take on some of Ben’s most...

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Where's Wally? the Fantastic Journey

Martin Handford

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Book

A special mini edition retailing for GBP1 to celebrate World Book Day 2017. Join Wally on his quest...

AMON

Games and Education

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Follow Amon, the God of Air, on his quest to connect a world of puzzling optical illusions using...

Christmas Mansion 3

Games

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App

Help the Elf to prepare your town for Christmas with beautiful ornaments and decorations! Build...

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

7.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Video Game

In this new platforming adventure hybrid, Yooka and Laylee must combine their abilities to take on a...

Mothergamer (1546 KP) rated the PC version of Portal 2 in Video Games

Apr 3, 2019

Portal 2

Shooter

9.0

(20 Ratings)

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Is Portal 2 worth all the hype? The answer is a resounding yes! Valve really did their homework on making the sequel to Portal fun and interesting. Portal was one of the first person games that I could play because the camera didn't bob around and make me feel nauseous. I was pleased to see that the camera angles are excellent in first person once again and don't have that wobbly bobbing effect that always makes me ill.
There are new items in the game like hard light bridges, aerial faith plates, and propulsion gel. Each item is introduced carefully, allowing the player to become familiar with the items and how to use them. The puzzle rooms are amazingly designed, and while one puzzle may seem obvious to one person, it may not to another. There's no hard and fast learning curve with the difficulty levels of the puzzles and with the voice of GlaDos pouring often hilarious insults at you in a sing song computer voice make it entertaining.
The humor in Portal 2 is perfectly dark with great comedic timing and terrific voice acting especially from Stephen Merchant as Wheatley. You will often find yourself chuckling, but also find yourself having that unsettling feeling throughout the story as it progresses. The main story for Portal 2 is longer than the first one, and perhaps even better which is a great thing for a sequel game.
After you are done with the main story, you can play a co-op multiplayer stand alone story play through of the game featuring two droids Atlas and Peabody who are sent testing for GlaDos and the puzzles rely on them working well together as a team. This mode is a lot of fun with well balanced and greatly constructed puzzles.
Valve has outdone themselves with Portal 2, with great puzzles, game play, and story. If you haven't picked up Portal 2 yet, you definitely should. It promises a great gaming experience for old and new Portal fans alike. This is definitely a game that any gamer worth his or her salt should have in their collection.