Reviews from

in the past


the best puzzle game experience ever
good starting point

Still such a fun little short title to blast through. All killer, no filler. It lowkey feels like a tech demo with some extra steps but it kind of makes the impact of it all the more amazing.

Muito bom, é um jogo que facilmente recomendo, a história do portal é bem legal, os puzzles são interessantes, apesar desse ser inferior nesse quesito em relação ao 2, mas da pra relevar porque isso aqui era muito experimental e foi inovador demais em 2007, o jogo é relativamente curto mas é bem redondinho e é bem divertido.

Valve's best game. Yes even better than Portal 2. I will die on this hill!


Not a huge puzzle game person but the combination of this game's humour, story and speedrunning potential made it thoroughly enjoyable. Quite short, but not every game needs to be 200 hours of filler content.

One of the best puzzle games ever made, to be honest.

Played ages ago but fun to go back. Certainly short but still quite creative. Back half really dig

Generational puzzle game. You never quite forget the first time you play something like Portal. The ideas are insanely cool and you feel like a genius whenever you finally solve a level. I replay this game every year looking for another hit of that puzzle goodness, but nothing will ever replicate the first play. Valve did so much right with this game, and the only thing I wish it was longer. Thankfully there's an equally brilliant sequel that compounds on everything this game attempts to do. Short play and entirely worth your time.

GlaDoS, you murderous fuck, you lied.

I burned the end credits song to a CD, oof my back

I actually never finished Portal. I always thought of it as Portal 2 but boring, which is kinda the case. But during the later part of the game I really enjoyed it. Other than that, it just made me want to replay Portal 2

I can't remember if I ever even finished it
But the puzzles were fun and very unique!
You know, the Portal way

meu resumo;
com certeza um dos jogos já feitos, vou poupar um pouco minhas opiniões pra a "review" mas vamo lá...
Portal com certeza é o jogo de puzzle mais legal que eu já joguei (que me vem a memoria) e com certeza merece os aplausos que já recebeu, ser colocado numa situação de "rato de lab" é interessante, as grandes sessões de silencio e pensamentos que divagam com certeza melhoram a experiência, e mesmo quando interrompidos pela GLADUS só melhoram o sentimento (faz sentido isso?), é um jogo pra relaxar e aproveitar, é massa
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• graficos: normais, mas no bom sentido, acho que pra época era muito boa
• musica: não lembro de nenhuma além da do radinho 🕺
• gameplay: a gameplay é com certeza o ponto alto do jogo, os puzzles são divertidos, não são DIFICEIS mas podem te deixar preso pensando por uns 5 minutos oq é muito bom, é bom pensar
• historia: ̶E̶U̶ ̶A̶M̶O̶ ̶B̶O̶L̶O̶ ̶ é bem boa, a glados falando coisa no ouvido é engraçado, os detalhes no mapa que revelam que o segredo dos "testes" de portal, de gente sendo morta e tals, é massa, e o final que eu fiz é interessante, derrotar a Gladus mas mesmo assim ver que mesmo assim, foi pra nada, interessante

One of the best puzzle games I've ever played. The mechanics are so simple, and the game is relatively short, but that just means that Valve utilized the portal gun to the best of their abilities when making puzzles. I hate that I kept giving up on this title for years, but I'm so glad I never fully abandoned it!

Short and sweet, just like a cake.

Genius level design. Genius characters. Perfect game.

it's just the best, we all know this

During my trip to Connecticut, I stopped in a dive bar for some food. I ended up hanging out there for awhile. I was talking to the bartender about video games and he mentioned that Portal was his favorite game ever. The whole experience was amazing, and I felt like I had to give the game a try finally. I ended up finishing it in like two sessions and enjoyed it. The puzzles hold up well, and there's a nice "Aha!" moment when you finally get it.

Pretty fun, but really just an entry to the series I guess. Portal 2 really fixes all of the problems I have with this.


This was a triumph
I'm making a note here
HUGE SUCCESS
it's hard to overstate my satisfaction

aperture science
we do what we must because we can
for the good of all of us
except the ones who are dead

but there's no sense crying over every mistake
you just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake
and the science gets done
and you make a neat gun
for the people who are still alive

I'm not even angry
I'm being so sincere right now
even though you broke my heart
and killed me

tore me to pieces
and threw every piece into a fire
as they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you

now these points of data make a beautiful line
and we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
so I'm glad I got burned
think of all the things we learned
for the people who are still alive

Go ahead and leave me
I think I prefer to stay inside
maybe you'll find someone else to help you

maybe black mesa
that was a joke haha
fat chance
anyway this cake is great
it's so delicious and moist

look at me still talking when there's science to do
when I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
I've experiments to run
and there's research to be done
on the people who are still alive

and believe me I am
still alive
I'm doing science and I'm
still alive
I feel fantastic and I'm
still alive
while you're dying I'll be
still alive
and when you're dead I'll be
still alive

STILL ALIVE

still alive

yes I typed that out in full, I love this game.

edit: missed a "still alive" at the end.

Short but fun with entertaining puzzles. Got me very emotionally attached to a cube. May it rest in peace.

It's a genius game, with a creative, a little terrifying atmosphere and good humor.