Having been playing Team Fortress 2 for nearly a year now, and being an owner of the Orange Box, the release of Portal 2 has inspired me to play Portal (1 the original).  The only thing I knew about Portal was what I have seen in the commercials I have been bombarded with on TV.

I actually had no realy idea what the game would be about, and even after playing it, I cannot say what it is about, but I expected it to be a kind of First Person Shooter, which I usually enjoy, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it was less than that, but yet quite a bit more.  So far, no gun (at least for my character) have appeared, but I didn't realize it was a puzzle game, and a really unique one at that.  So far, none of the puzzles feel contrived, nor are the frustrating, like some jumping puzzles in other games can be.  The game give you freedom of movement that you expect from a first person shooter.  But it also has a decent amount of humor, which makes the game even more enjoyable.

Once I finish this game (and a few others) I will give Portal 2 a try.  I really should have played Portal before the release of Portal 2, but my misconception of the game concept lead me to believe the game was nothing special, but it is something special and I should have given the game a shot based on Valves reputation alone.