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Portal 2
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Portal 2 is a puzzle-platform video game released in 2011 that players experience from a first-person perspective. It combines exploration and problem-solving using the game's signature portal-based mechanics.
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Game data
Metacritic 95- Released
- 2011-04-18
- User rating
- 4.58 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Puzzle
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
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Game details · IGDB
Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing the Portal Gun's mechanics and taking revenge on Chell for the events of Portal. As a result of several interactions and revelations, Chell once again pushes to escape Aperture Science Labs.
- Released
- 2011
- Genres
- Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Engine
- Source
- Franchise
- Portal
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve, Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developer
- Valve
- Publishers
- Valve Electronic Arts (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Director
- Joshua Weier
- Producer
- Gabe Newell
- Artists
- Jeremy Bennett Randy Lundeen
- Writers
- Erik Wolpaw Jay Pinkerton Chet Faliszek
- Composer
- Mike Morasky
- Series
- Portal
- Engine
- Source
- Platforms
- Windows macOS Linux PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Nintendo Switch
- Release
- April 18, 2011 Windows, Mac OS X (digital) WW : April 18, 2011 Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (retail) NA : April 20, 2011 PAL : April 22, 2011 Linux (beta) WW : February 26, 2014 Nintendo Switch WW : June 28, 2022
- Genre
- Puzzle-platform
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Encyclopedic overview
Portal 2 is a 2011 puzzle-platform game developed by Valve for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The retail versions and PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were distributed by Electronic Arts. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released as part of the Portal: Companion Collection in June 2022.
Like the original Portal (2007), players solve puzzles by placing portals and teleporting between them. Portal 2 adds features including excursion funnels (called tractor beams in files), lasers, light bridges, and paint-like gels that alter player movement or allow portals to be placed on any surface. In the single-player campaign, players control Chell, who navigates the dilapidated Aperture Science Enrichment Center during its reconstruction by the supercomputer GLaDOS (Ellen McLain); new characters include robot Wheatley (Stephen Merchant) and Aperture founder Cave Johnson (J. K. Simmons). In the new cooperative mode, players solve puzzles together as robots Atlas and P-Body (both voiced by Dee Bradley Baker). Jonathan Coulton and the National produced songs for the game.
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