I typically agree with Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the creator of Zero Punctuation, but today, he opined that Portal 2 pales in comparison to the original Portal. I remembered things being the other way around, and now that I've revisited the latter's first dozen test chambers, I'm beginning to suspect that my memory serves me correctly!

I typically agree with Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the creator of Zero Punctuation, but today, he opined that Portal 2 pales in comparison to the original Portal. I remembered things being the other way around, and now that I've revisited the latter's first dozen test chambers, I'm beginning to suspect that my memory serves me correctly!

There is no doubt that Portal 2 is the better game overall. Wheatley , enough said. :)

" There is no doubt that Portal 2 is the better game overall. Wheatley , enough said. :) "

To be fair, Yahtzee is pretty much obligated to hate on games.

I don't think he was entirely wrong.
Portal was a puzzle game wrapped in wonderfully sarcastic humor.
Portal 2 was a more enjoyable experience, but not a better puzzle game.
He did however fail to make note that, and it is really quite rare, Portal 2 took everything from the first game an expanded on it perfectly, added new and complimentary mechanics, co-op game play (which was goddamn brilliant), and I think most importantly opened the door for new players without alienating the older player base.

Portal 2 has more things you could legitimately find fault with, and when your job is to count up the negatives that's going to be the natural conclusion. I did find Portal 2's puzzles a little lacking in single-player but most everything else made up for it. Wouldn't say which was better really, and I did reply the first last week.