Portal: Companion Collection
Release Date: June 28, 2022
Puzzle, FPP, science fiction, humorous, package, arcade elements, for 2 players, co-op, splitscreen, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
OpenCritic
A set of two installments of the cult puzzle game series Portal, developed by Valve. In Portal: Companion Collection we play as Chell, who explores the Aperture Science labs and solves puzzles under the watchful eye of an AI called GLaDOS.
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[0:44] Portal: Companion Collection launch trailer
[0:54] Portal: Companion Collection trailer #1
OpenCritic Rating
Game is Recomended by 100% of Critics. There are 13 Critic Reviews.
GamingTrend: 95 / 100 by David Flynn
Portal and Portal 2 are like a magic trick you'll never figure out or a joke that doesn't get old. The duology is just as fun and fresh now as they were when they were first released, perhaps even better. They run flawlessly on Switch and control impeccably with the addition of gyro aiming, so the Portal Companion Collection is well worth it whether this is your first time or your thirtieth.
God is a Geek: 10 / 10 by Lyle Carr
Portal: Companion Collection contains two of the greatest games of all time, which run at 60fps and are still incredible in 2022.
Cubed3: 9 / 10 by Albert Lichi
Like The Orange Box before it, Portal: Companion Collection is one of the greatest compilations assembled. It is the complete Portal experience, with all the fixings and extras one would hope for and then some. Both titles are excellent, and still hold up better than one would think. They always felt like they belonged on a Nintendo console. They embody its spirit of innovation and creativity, while being wrapped in a comfy sardonic blanket, which feels right at home on Switch, be it on the big screen or on-the-go.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 46 votes. 5 players anticipated the game.
Portal: Companion Collection Description
Portal: Companion Collection is a two-part set of the bestselling puzzle game series called Portal. It was developed and published by Valve.
Plot
The games that make up the Portal: Companion Collection take us on a journey to a science fiction universe, to be precise, to the Aperture Science Enrichment Center.
In the first game in the series, Chell, the protagonist, takes part in testing a prototype of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, commonly known as the Portal Gun. This is a device capable of creating the portals, which function as passageways between any two points in space. The whole experiment is supervised by an advanced artificial intelligence - GLaDOS - which constantly comments our actions. Although the AI promises that a delicious cake awaits us at the end, it does not seem to have very friendly intentions.
Portal 2, on the other hand, takes place a few hundred years later. Chell is awoken from her cryogenic sleep by Wheatley, one of the artificial personalities created by Chell's previous actions. They are thwarted in their escape from the ruined lab by none other than GLaDOS, who comes back to life and begins another phase of testing while trying to rebuild the facility. Soon, things take such an unexpected turn that GLaDOS and Chell must form an alliance...
Game mechanics
In Portal: Companion Collection we observe the action from a first person perspective (FPP). During the subsequent missions we mainly solve logic puzzles.
In the first part of the series, the puzzles consist mainly of placing portals in such a way that Chell can get to new, seemingly inaccessible places. She also uses the portals to neutralize automatic cannons.
Portal 2 not only introduces much larger locations, but also significantly expands the game mechanics. First and foremost, the game increases the capabilities of the portals themselves, through which beams of energy can be transmitted, creating bridges or streams of air that repel or suck in objects that come within their range. In addition, there are special gels that change the properties of the surfaces covered with them. We can also manipulate lasers reflecting from selected objects.
Game modes
While the first Portal allows only for solo play, the second installment of the series also allows for cooperative play. For this purpose, a separate campaign was designed, in which we play as robots together with another person and, equipped with Portal Guns, solve complex puzzles. The game offers the possibility to play over the Internet or in split-screen mode.
Technical aspects
The games that make up the Portal: Companion Collecion feature good quality graphics. Time has been kind to them, which is due to the style and the fact that the largest part of the game takes place in sterile, laboratory rooms.
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Game Series
Portal Series
Portal is a series of platform puzzle games, the action of which is set in the universe of the Half-Life series. The brand enjoys great popularity and is one of the most important in the publishing portfolio of the Valve corporation.
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Portal: Companion Collection Summary
Platforms:
Switch
Developer: Valve Corporation
Publisher: Valve Corporation
Age restrictions: 12+
Half-Life 2 and Other Secrets in Code of New Portal Collection
Quite a few interesting things were discovered in the data files of Portal: Companion Collection. Thanks to this, for example, it became possible to run Half-Life 2 on Nintendo Switch.
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Adrian Werner
July 2, 2022