Thinking about picking this up, wondering if I need to have played the first one. I've never played any Valve game and dont know anything about this universe. I tried the portal 1 demo and thought it was cool.

I haven't played it yet, but this is what I did before I played Portal 1: Play Half Life 1, then 2, then Ep. 1, then Ep. 2, then Portal

You really should just play the first.
The thing about playing sequels to great games, before playing the originals, is that you can never go back.  The first game will always seem inferior.  

It won't take you long to beat Portal 1 at all.

Also do not listen to the guy above me.  He is nuts.

I have only played the first couple of hours of portal 2 and although they explain all the gameplay mechanics again the story has a lot of references to the last game, especially the ending of portal 1. It's an awesome game anyway so you should give it a play.

The first Portal is still great and it's only a few hours long, you can finish it in one siting easily.

Just play the first Portal, its a great game, you'll know by the end of it if you want a Portal 2 so you'll either save money if you don't like it or you'll see your $50/$60 as well spent if you do like it.

Just get it done, it's pretty cheap these days and is not that long of a game, trust me you will enjoy it.

Not sure why you'd be interested in the 2nd one yet skip the first one.

" You really should just play the first. The thing about playing sequels to great games, before playing the originals, is that you can never go back.  The first game will always seem inferior.   It won't take you long to beat Portal 1 at all.Also do not listen to the guy above me.  He is nuts. "

Yes.

Portal 1 is like 4 hours long and like 5 bucks. Hell some people have extra copies that they probably give you for free.

You've never played any Valve game?

What are you even doing here? How did you find this website?

Play the first portal is pretty much what everyone is saying. But don't play Half Life, honestly those games are shit. I must be among the few to think that though.

Portal is cheap, short and fucking amazing.  Play it. 

" Thinking about picking this up, wondering if I need to have played the first one. I've never played any Valve game and dont know anything about this universe. I tried the portal 1 demo and thought it was cool. "

Honestly, you really don't need to play it if you don't want to. Sure, it's cheap and short - but there's nothing super important on the first Portal that builds on Portal 2 (though I haven't played 2 yet). If you want the jist of Portal 1's story, it's pretty much Wikiable. Robot tells you to do things in a Science Lab, you do them, turns out she's evil, kill it pretty much.

" @Meowshi said:

" You really should just play the first. The thing about playing sequels to great games, before playing the originals, is that you can never go back.  The first game will always seem inferior.   It won't take you long to beat Portal 1 at all.Also do not listen to the guy above me.  He is nuts. "

Seriously?Cuz i played Fallout 1 and 2 after playing 3...and they are still fucking awesome. "

Dude. Just play Portal.

Definitely. It's amazing, short, and cheap; I'd even bet many people on GB have a free copy to give away.