This review contains spoilers
The first time I played these 2 Valve classics was in this collection released for Nintendo Switch and right away, both became 2 of my favorite games of all time.
The first game contains one of the best atmospheres of all time, never has a game managed to capture the feeling of loneliness so well, when combined with the game's soundtrack, it gets even better.
The gameplay of the game is unique to this day, and in my opinion is one of the most creative ideas for a puzzle game ever thought of.
The character GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System) is introduced here and is certainly one of the best villains in the game world, either due to his sadistic humor, remarkable voice, charisma, design (mainly in the second game) and his relationship with Chell.
The game ends with the defeat of GLaDOS and as a reward the player is presented with the song "Still Alive", this being the best credits screen in the history of games in my opinion.
It's amazing how everything in this game is remarkable, even the little turrets and their phrases that make us feel sorry for them when they die.
The second game improves on pretty much everything the first did, plus it has a much bigger focus on the story this time around, including a Twist Villain, Whealtley, one of GLaDOS' Personality Cores.
It's impossible to talk about Portal 2 without talking about its ending and this game contains one of the best endings of all time, the moment when Chell fires a portal on the moon to defeat Whealtey is genius.
Then the player is rewarded with 2 songs, one of them being an opera sung by the Turrets and another being the credits song "Want you Gone", both of them extremely remarkable.
The game ends with Wheatley alone in space regretting everything he's done, and we even feel sorry for him.
As his speech ends, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in a game starts playing (Space Phase), what a fantastic ending.
After playing these games for the first time I finally understand why they are so well talked about and I think everyone should play them.
The first game contains one of the best atmospheres of all time, never has a game managed to capture the feeling of loneliness so well, when combined with the game's soundtrack, it gets even better.
The gameplay of the game is unique to this day, and in my opinion is one of the most creative ideas for a puzzle game ever thought of.
The character GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System) is introduced here and is certainly one of the best villains in the game world, either due to his sadistic humor, remarkable voice, charisma, design (mainly in the second game) and his relationship with Chell.
The game ends with the defeat of GLaDOS and as a reward the player is presented with the song "Still Alive", this being the best credits screen in the history of games in my opinion.
It's amazing how everything in this game is remarkable, even the little turrets and their phrases that make us feel sorry for them when they die.
The second game improves on pretty much everything the first did, plus it has a much bigger focus on the story this time around, including a Twist Villain, Whealtley, one of GLaDOS' Personality Cores.
It's impossible to talk about Portal 2 without talking about its ending and this game contains one of the best endings of all time, the moment when Chell fires a portal on the moon to defeat Whealtey is genius.
Then the player is rewarded with 2 songs, one of them being an opera sung by the Turrets and another being the credits song "Want you Gone", both of them extremely remarkable.
The game ends with Wheatley alone in space regretting everything he's done, and we even feel sorry for him.
As his speech ends, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in a game starts playing (Space Phase), what a fantastic ending.
After playing these games for the first time I finally understand why they are so well talked about and I think everyone should play them.