Portal 2

[Maniacal]

Spoiler :

1. This takes place hundreds of years after the end of Portal 1;

2. Chell is probably the daughter of Caroline and Cave, or the clone of Caroline;

3. This takes place after the end of the Half Life storyline since the first Portal occurred during the same time, and this takes place hundreds or thousands of years after that, so presumably the Earth still exists although it is unclear if humans are still there, if the Combine has eliminated all of us, etc. etc., since we come out into a wheat field (what's the significance of the King Turret we see at the end?);

4. The ending of Portal 1 was changed by a patch, and now you get dragged back underground at the end by a party robot??? That was what really confused me--the entire time I was playing Portal 2 I was assuming I was just a clone of the character I played in the first Portal, since I remember escaping at the end of Portal and I played it before they did a ninja edit to the end!

Am I missing anything??

Spoiler :

1. This is the most ridiculous assumption I've seen regarding Portal 2 as there is no way in hell this game takes place more than a hundred years after Portal. Unless Valve utterly failed in aging the place properly, it would be a LOT more worn, overgrown and broken after hundreds of years. The potato experiments from bring your daughter to work day would not have survived that long nor is a lot of the plant growth particularly big even in the areas just under the surface where the roof collapsed.

2. Chell cannot be the daughter of both of them because they are both caucasian and Chell is clearly mixed caucasian and asian. However, I do think its likely one of them is her birth parent, probably Caroline. Most likely she was adopted by one of the employees and his wife (her potato project says "special ingrediants from Daddy's work") and may not have known she was adopted.

3. Portal probably occurred between Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2 (iirc HL1 takes place sometime between 2000 and 2010, and Gordon is brought back for Half-Life 2 in the 2020s). Portal 2 probably takes place during or after HL2 but probably not mroe than a few decades after Portal 1 due to as mentioned above the condition of the center, especially since there is still lots of wood despite the rather moist enviroment).

4. Yes, the ending of Portal 1 had you being dragged back inside (though you black out before you get very far) and is brought up again in the pre-release of Portal 2 "Lab Rat" comic. A robot drags you back inside and puts you in stasis, Rattman (last surviving scientist) sacrifices his life so Chell is saved (he is also responsible for you being tested in Portal 1 because he thought Chell could defeat GlaDOS).

 

[KMRblue1027]

Spoiler :

1. This is the most ridiculous assumption I've seen regarding Portal 2 as there is no way in hell this game takes place more than a hundred years after Portal. Unless Valve utterly failed in aging the place properly, it would be a LOT more worn, overgrown and broken after hundreds of years. The potato experiments from bring your daughter to work day would not have survived that long nor is a lot of the plant growth particularly big even in the areas just under the surface where the roof collapsed.

2. Chell cannot be the daughter of both of them because they are both caucasian and Chell is clearly mixed caucasian and asian. However, I do think its likely one of them is her birth parent, probably Caroline. Most likely she was adopted by one of the employees and his wife (her potato project says "special ingrediants from Daddy's work") and may not have known she was adopted.

3. Portal probably occurred between Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2 (iirc HL1 takes place sometime between 2000 and 2010, and Gordon is brought back for Half-Life 2 in the 2020s). Portal 2 probably takes place during or after HL2 but probably not mroe than a few decades after Portal 1 due to as mentioned above the condition of the center, especially since there is still lots of wood despite the rather moist enviroment).

Spoiler :

1 and 3: Portal 1 takes place about a month or two after the black mesa incident (May 200_) so June or July of 2003 or 2008 (These years are assumed because of a calender in Half-Life 1 showing December in a format that appeared only in 2007 and 2003.)
Portal 2 likely takes place sometime doring Half-Life 2 due to it being 2-4 decades at most from physical evidence. And in interveiw with Gabe from 2010 where he stated the Chell would have relations with other characters of the HL universe.

A good guide to the timeline can be found on the HL wiki

2: IMO Chell is the daughter of Caroline but not Johnson due to her mixed facial features. My main reason for believing that Chell is Caroline's daughter is the turret opera at the end when translated has some very convincing lyrics and is sung by the same actress that did both GLaDOS's and Caroline's voice.

 

[illram]

Spoiler :

1. This is the most ridiculous assumption I've seen regarding Portal 2 as there is no way in hell this game takes place more than a hundred years after Portal. Unless Valve utterly failed in aging the place properly, it would be a LOT more worn, overgrown and broken after hundreds of years. The potato experiments from bring your daughter to work day would not have survived that long nor is a lot of the plant growth particularly big even in the areas just under the surface where the roof collapsed.

2. Chell cannot be the daughter of both of them because they are both caucasian and Chell is clearly mixed caucasian and asian. However, I do think its likely one of them is her birth parent, probably Caroline. Most likely she was adopted by one of the employees and his wife (her potato project says "special ingrediants from Daddy's work") and may not have known she was adopted.

3. Portal probably occurred between Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2 (iirc HL1 takes place sometime between 2000 and 2010, and Gordon is brought back for Half-Life 2 in the 2020s). Portal 2 probably takes place during or after HL2 but probably not mroe than a few decades after Portal 1 due to as mentioned above the condition of the center, especially since there is still lots of wood despite the rather moist enviroment).

4. Yes, the ending of Portal 1 had you being dragged back inside (though you black out before you get very far) and is brought up again in the pre-release of Portal 2 "Lab Rat" comic. A robot drags you back inside and puts you in stasis, Rattman (last surviving scientist) sacrifices his life so Chell is saved (he is also responsible for you being tested in Portal 1 because he thought Chell could defeat GlaDOS).

Spoiler :

What about the King Turret weirdness? The video screens in game show a similar King Turret taking over what looks like a parliament/congress thing, then we see a King Turret at the end. Has anyone tried to figure this out or is it just more silliness?

 

[SuperJay]

The vidscreens with the King Turret are an illustration of the Animal King variety of "apocalypse event" or whatever they call it - it appears and half the little stick figures flee and the others fall on their knees and bow down to the "Animal King." I think it's just an example of that particular scenario. And the one in the opera at the end is just singing the basso profondo part, clearly.

 

[Maniacal]

I figured they were some artistic reference and for the lulz. Plus, you know, the general insanity of Aperture Science.

 

[SuperJay]

So a friend and I just finished the last of the co-op courses last night, and holy CRAP was Course 5 totally awesome. The one chamber where you [REDACTED]... okay I guess that was sort of spoilerish for the puzzle itself, so removed. But yeah, Course 5 is the bomb.

I really want to see some co-op DLC for this - hopefully they release more courses for multiplayer.

 

[MobBoss]

Apologize if this has already been answered, but I am about to buy this game so I can play it multi-player with my daughter living in Toronto. Since its a Valve game, is there any difference in the off-the-shelf version and the steam version? Its still 49.99 on steam, but Best Buy has it on sale for only 29.99 right now.

Pretty sure there isnt any difference if it works like the first Portal game did. Just loaded that up off the CD then Steam recognized it for updates and stuff. Just want to confirm thats still the case.

Thanks.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

There isn't any difference. In fact, the off-the-shelf version is basically just the steam version on a disc.

 

[MobBoss]

There isn't any difference. In fact, the off-the-shelf version is basically just the steam version on a disc.

Thanks a bunch. Guess I'll be buying this at Best Buy this weekend then.

 

[MoonFlare]

Portal 2 OST volume 3 is released. For free as always.
http://www.thinkwithportals.com/music.php
Also - The DLC is coming october, 4.

 

[KMRblue1027]

Finally the DLC took way too long.

 

[GenMarshall]

Finally the DLC took way too long.

I hope it's worth the weight.

 

[DaemonDD]

I'm especially looking forward to the multiplayer challenges.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Okay, so I am a bit late to the party here, but . . .

Does anyone still play this in co-op? I bought it (along with Portal, which I no longer had) for less than $20 for sale. I beat the single player, then I went through again and got all the single player achievements except Overclocked (someday . . . ) but I have no friends on Steam to co-op with.

Also, has anyone played Tag: the Power of Paint, the student made game that Portal 2 is partially based on?

 

[salty mud]

The workshop really adds longevity to this game. If you get chance please check out my creation: a rollercoaster.