Game of the Generation Preliminaries: Portal 1 vs. 2

Portal 1 is a very important game. It is more deserving of a "game of the generation" award.

The first Portal was such a great surprise. Portal 2 was too much of a known quantity for me.

1. It just seemed like it had a bigger impact, the puzzles were interesting (especially those extra ones), and what it did with the narrative was just so striking.

2 was good, for sure. But I think too much of that game came down to hunting for the surface where you can shoot a portal. Parts of that game just dragged to me. But it was still super cool.

Nothing beats the Originals.

Bioshock 1, Dead Space 1 and Portal 1.

I think what Portal did was UNDENIABLE and it absolutely deserves advancing. However, Portal 2 in its own right was an amazing example of puzzle solving and storytelling together. I for one think it's a testament to the quality of Portal 2 that it can follow Portal and succeed as a sequel and on its own terms.

I went with Portal 2 simply because I think that game means a lot more to me compared to the original. At the time I really liked Portal but looking back and comparing that to other people's reactions at the time I don't think I loved it nearly as much as other people did. It's funny, I'm somehow on the other side of arguments I'm making concerning which games are more important/what they did. With that said though, I prefer just nailing an engrossing and hilarious story with more robust puzzle-solving than the austere but effective thing that Portal did. What can I say, I thought Portal 2 was more and better of a time than Portal was despite Portal's incredible impact at the time.

1 is more important and a better experience. I voted 1.

2 is a more fun game for sure, but I think portal 1 is a better game to win. Much more impactful.

I thought Portal 1 was everything that game needed to be. 2 was really fun and clever with its puzzles and designs, and was consistently funny, but that didn't help it feeling almost unnecessary for me, if only because the first game achieved everything it needed to achieve in my eyes.

Portal. Portal is an amazing game that blew me away but the first time I ever played Portal is a gaming moment I'll never forget.

Portal 2 outshines Portal 1 with the addition of the great co-op campaign.

I'm surprised that people like Portal 2 more than the original. It's no contest to me. Portal all the way.

I voted Portal 1 but realized later how much fun Portal 2's story and characters were. Love both those games.

I struggled with this for a few minutes and ended up changing my list which can be found in another thread.

I was originally going to vote Portal because of its impact and how they managed to make every second of that game enjoyable, but ultimately I chose Portal 2 because it built upon the original and didn't sacrifice the pacing or the design. Portal had some memorable lines and a great, funny little story, but Portal 2 is possibly the funniest game this generation with some of the most quoteworthy lines this generation, if not ever.

Portal was a quaint concept I played once with friends and kind of enjoyed and it made The Orange Box not a complete waste of space. And it was sorta funny and subversive of expectations, I guess.

Portal 2 was a fully-realized, fleshed out, fun, nuanced game with great and memorable characters and devious puzzle designs and it actually made the Source engine look nice and not be nauseating for once.

Easy choice for me.

As @buneroid said, you freaking shoot a portal at the moon. THE MOON. No stinking "the cake is a lie" jokes can overcome that.

I loved Portal from the second I started playing it. Portal 2 improved upon it in every way. Portal 2 wins.

Portal 2 takes the cake, even if playing the first game out of the blue was a somewhat unique and great experience...but I can't remember anything about it anymore, except for the ending (and even that only distantly.)

Saying Portal 2 is better than Portal 1 is like saying Bioshock 2 is better than Bioshock 1 :P

I much prefer Portal 2. The original Portal felt like a cool proof-of-concept to me, Portal 2 felt like the game Portal/its concept was destined to become. Just an incredible, amazingly designed, exceptionally written, beautiful, perfect game.

I like Portal, and I see why it might be considered a more "important" game, but Portal 2 is just superior in every aspect for me.

Portal 2. I loved schlepping potato GlaDOS around while Cave Johnson is threatening to burn your house down with lemons. Science isn't about why, it's about why not.

Closing this slightly late but Portal 2 takes a comfortable 59% win with 448 votes cast.