I can’t complain about more portal content, and this delivers. The puzzles strike the perfect balance of not being too hard and not being too easy to solve. I also enjoyed that a decent amount of the early puzzles have you only using one portal with the portal gun. I’m not sure how common this is in the modding community since I’m not too familiar with it, but it made these puzzles more unique for me.

The characters are also great. Emilia is easily the highlight. She has so much personality, and a lot of the bits involving her are very amusing. Hearing her cringe at her voice when she was an intern at the facility was great. My only problem is that she wasn’t in the game that much. Instead, Stirling is, and he’s also good, but he overstays his welcome. He feels like Bargain Bin Wheatley and even does a similar betrayal near the end. He has a few good lines but is still the weaker character.

The story is fine… it’s not bad, but nothing groundbreaking. In short, Stirling wants to revive Glados, so he uses you to activate “the spire,” but some unplanned mishaps send you straight to the bottom of the facility. You meet Emilia, and from there, you climb back up and attempt to stop Stirling, who now wants you dead. It sounds very similar to Portal 2’s plot, but that’s not my problem with it. The problem is the ending, or the lack of one. Once you push the button to stop the spire, the game just ends. No wrap-up, just credits and a little epilogue that only tells us that our player character is pretty much screwed. There needed to be something else because the ending as it is now is far too abrupt.

Despite some problems with its story, Portal Revolution is a great mod. Check it out if you’re craving more Portal content.