Is Portal 1 or Portal 2 better?
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- čas přidán 3. 11. 2022
- Both Portals are good. But here's the completely unnecessary and pointless argument on which one is better.
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Portal was a game released in 2007, and it quickly became really popular. From the success, Valve released Portal 2 that expanded on the concept even further but made a lot of changes. So this video looks at the differences between the two games. All opinions are subjective, so whether you like one over the other is on you.
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Out of all of Valve’s franchises, Portal is the only one that I would argue doesn’t need another entry. The story is complete, and the main puzzle idea seems to have run its course over the two games.
But where does Chell go from there? What happens to her?
@@FR4M3Sharma Ohio.
@@FR4M3Sharma She's free, we don't need to know about anything more that happens to her
We need a Half-Life and Portal cross-over. That would be the coolest thing ever.
Exaclty this. In reality, the thing we want is another game capable to make us feel the same things Portal made us feel through the games
I'd say Portal 2 is definitely more polished and has a soul to it. But man, I'm just so over-attached to the Portal 1's isolating atmosphere. The lonely feel of Source-engine was never creepy to me, but very soothing and relaxing. Works best for Gmod when I'm building something, and especially for Portal 1 when solving puzzles. Mostly community-made ones, which can take very... Very long time, just to solve one chamber. But I also might be biased in nostalgia for Portal 1's aesthetic.
I like portals 2 aesthetic i love mossy and destroyed buildings idk why
@@Bumbaclaat360 oh i highly recommend INFRA for you, its a source engine puzzle game all about the urban decay feel (although its quite a difficult one)
Not biased. You're right. Portal 2 is awesome with no doubt. But portal 1 is great feeling of isolation, cold loneliness, keeps you wandering, what is going on, where is everyone, what is that robotic voice..
Im also a big fan of portal 1's atmosphere. Its such a soothing and relaxing place to me not sure y
@@LukasK3000 Nah definitely biased Portal 1 makes me want to get done with it as soon as possible cause it creeps me the fuck out Portal 2 on the other hand has a nice warm feeling with a little glimpse of the outside world in all the early test chambers the parts I don't like is when it has the creepy feeling of the first game when the steril void of life test chambers come back and even then it's still nowhere near as bad cause you at least have Wheatley as comic relief to keep you happier.
One of the reasons I love portal is simply that I feel like it’s one of the very few puzzle games to actually have replay value.
I agree. And it's quite interesting to see a game push replay value so much considering its puzzle based. However the Workshop luckily changes that and gives you even more enormous replay value just not too much on the main story.
I've finished it 5 times
Portal 1 seems to be more in tone with Half-Life 2 and the overall creepiness of the Source Engine. But Portal 2 added a lot more color and charm to the characters and the puzzles, the amount of new lore kind of gave Portal its own name other than just being related to Half-Life.
but portal 2 chapter 6 😶
@@lakitroll portal 2 chapter 3???????????????/ oh god valve counts to three for da first time !!!1!!!!111!!!!!!11
Honestly I feel like the two games are a whole lot more similar than people think. Portal 1 wasn't just dark and lonely the whole time, it had plenty of comedy as well, albiet maybe a bit more toned down. Portal 2 may be more character and comedy driven, but it still has lots of atmospheric, dramatic, or even dark moments, even outside of old Aperture.
Portal 1 was already very much its own thing from half life lol
I've always found that portal 1 as a bit more freedom. In portal 2, a large portion of the walls are black, and as such it limits you to only one solution to each chamber. While in portal 1, the walls are majority white, and I have a lot more fun playing through it and finding creative solutions to each chamber.
believe me, there are WAY to many solutions to puzzles in portal 2, even if there are less
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Normally less is more but Portal 2 is one of the few rare exceptions. It added co-op, more humor, setpieces and charm. Portal 1 had a great atmosphere but I prefer everything else about portal 2.
I don’t really like puzzle games but portal 1&2 are some of the greatest games I’ve ever played
i have to agree with you on Portal 2, it had such a great plot twist that really made Portal as a series become what it is today.
"BuT WhAt aBoUt pOrTaL 1??!?!¿??¿??"
The twist was good but ngl I could kinda see it coming
Petition to have portal 4
How about portal 4.3?
only valve could make a puzzle game be one of the greatest games ever made
valve is shit
it's the same as with Left 4 Dead compared to Back 4 Blood.
sure the main concept is good, but what makes it truly awesome is the valve touch.
@@lookstothetroon 🥶🥶🥶
terrible take, i guess puzzle games dont tend to have as much widespread appeal but writing off the whole genre like that is kinda terrrible
@@witch7410 yup
Fun fact: The original way to get in the vent and brake the fans was to destroy the glass pipe using the rocket turret to get some cubes, then use that same cube you used to get to to the vent to disable the fans.
im pretty sure everyone didnt know that and used the chairs
@@thelolfaceguy I can't tell if that is sarcasm or not
I tried chairs and used cubes after a while which did work.
@@theshapeshifter0330 the chairs are pretty hard to do on xbox
@@BlackMesaS2 because it wasn't the intended route
Portal 2 for mechanics and workshop, Portal 1 for the tone and official puzzles
I love Portal 1 more, because of isolation, loneliness and that RED GLOW that haunts you, revealing the inner gut of the facility. So I prefer Portal 1 for the atmosphere and Portal 2 for the story
Me too but I would just be depressed if I had the first game atmosphere for as long as portal 2 is lol.
I prefer the blue atmosphere of portal 2, it's more somber and depressing. And also the outside looks way more vast which makes you feel much more isolated. There's always giant structures looming over you that could fall at any moment
i like portal 2 more
this
Do you not know how ugly the graphics of Portal 1 were?
Postal is the true portal 3 we all want
I think Portal 2 has a better story and it's obviously more polished and longer since it's a full game compared to Portal 1 which was more of an experiment, but i'd say Portal 1's puzzles were more challenging. In Portal 2 they really go out of their way to help you and don't make use of reaction time based mechanics Portal 1 used (multi-portal flinging, energy balls, etc).
Portal 2 uses multi-portal flinging two times (once at the end of chapter 6 and then near the end of chapter 7), while Portal 1 only uses it once in chamber 18.
@@leftory684 huh really? i remember it using it multiple times in the chambers with the glass walls and the energy ball thingies and the one where you have to use vertical momentum to go up a series of platforms
I felt like portal 2 was much harder for me. It took my a few walkthroughs for some sections
@@MLockGaming I think it depends. Portal 2 is hours longer than Portal 1, and it has so many test chambers that you'll definitely feel burnt out after finishing them, even if they are only moderately difficult
please replay the first portal - it is extremely easy
Portal 1 has a more ominous story, but Portal 2 between Wheatley and GladOS the story and voice acting banter is just so good. Also when you go and take the old tests and go all outside and see how huge the place is, it was just to me amazing when it came out. Portal 2 takes the cake (is a lie) for me
The Day Half-life’s 3rd entry comes out is the day I live in peace
Edit: Honestly tho, Portal VR could be really cool
this game kinda feels like the same vibes as boneworks
they have a portal vr game just no portal gun, only hands (that's not a joke the gimmick is literally that).
There is absolutely no way that Half Life 3 could ever live up to the hype and expectations set up for it. IMO already Half Life 2 has aged a lot more poorly than Half Life 1 has, because it relies so heavily on introducing a bunch of "new" mechanics that are kind of commonplace in today's gaming world. The question is whether Half Life 3 could possibly find enough new ways to considerably innovate in the current gaming world to hold itself up? I personally don't think we'll see many groundbreaking game mechanics in video games anymore.
When I played Portal in 2007 I realized that I was playing something special. Fast-forward 15 years from now and it's still my favourite game of all times.
I remember first entering chamber 10 and "Self Esteem Fund'" started playing. It was one of those moments you experience once in a lifetime...
Real
I didn't. My play through looked like Epic Store Edition.
I buyed the "Snuggable Plush" companion cube on Valve Store after finishing Portal 1.
After having to relocate, it ended up in a moving crate with some other plushs that I kept. I played Portal 2. Finished the game. And the first thing I did, obviously, was sort all of my crates and cardboards to find this plushie.
Now, it's always close to my setup, with the Razer Sneki leaning on it.
10/10, would play both of them again, and again, and again.
Keep going this way, man. Every new video is a favorites one.
This might be a silly deciding factor.
But I gotta give it to two for setting the bar for valve games/and for modern linear-narrative games as a whole
1 is remarkable in it’s original ideas, puzzles, and it’s compact but interesting story. It’s an A+ proof of concept
2 arguably delivered on the full potential of portal as a game. More and better puzzles, more and better story, multiplayer, player creation.
Also for what it’s worth, Portal 2 was basically the “final edition” of the source engine, and I think that P2 exhibited source at it’s absolutely best for gameplay, visual experience, and cinematic/narrative functionality.
This feels a bit idealistic, but when HL2 and the episodes come to Switch, I really hope they get the “source 1.5” treatment
With the exception of the 1920-1950s portion of Portal 2, 1 beats 2. 1 felt more dystopian, puzzle focused and watched (but alone) while 2 always had to have someone talking to you whether it was Wheatley, or GladOS.
Nothing beats Chapter 6: The Fall. The visual storytelling paired with amazing visuals is just perfection.
I was waiting for you to post a video to say how much I love your channel, I repeat your videos all the time
I hope you never stop posting and reach 1 million subs soon!
1:10 dude, that got me by surprise... I just couldn´t contain de laugh, what a great moment and opportunity to make that joke, also great video man! I enjoy a lot watching portal videos, I just recently replayed Portal 1&2 and I decided to take a look back to all the story :)
Portal 1 pros: Best atmosphere, more mistery, entertaining and dificulty test chambers.
Portal 2 pros: Extended lore, best test chambers, comedy, more content and characters
I always preferred the dilapidated, run-down look of most of the areas in Portal 2, especially in the underground section. But the cold and lonely atmosphere of Portal 1 is also very good.
Amazing video and man when you mentioned Portal 2 ending it made me feel nostalgic... Oh well I might play Portal now :).
LamWarp, This is great! I liked it and subscribed!
i really enjoyed this video. it was very well edited !!! :)
The one main issue I have with portal 1 is the complete lack of challenge in the puzzles. It feels like each puzzle is simply going through the motions rather than something you have to really sit down and consider, before having a eureka moment. It does keep the pace of the game flowing but it also hurts to see that portal 1 missed the potential to have some more rewarding puzzles, without all of the extra mechanics in portal 2.
no theres one thats a little bit hard, that one with the plasma ball and the emancipation grills and you have to catch it and make it go in the specific spot while you strategically walk through the emancipation grill and quickly replace your portals. That one took me forever to figure out my first time
Ok Megamind
@@grooselegacy That’s a great example of one of the better puzzles in Portal, because it actually requires some logical thought and pre planning to complete! If you compare that to chamber 18, which is basically just killing 4/5 turrets in the same way and then putting a cube on a button, the difference is clear. One of them actually has a clear problem that you need to use some lateral thinking to solve, while the other feels like a simple task, made to take longer with unnecessary steps and a large room.
idk i suck at puzzle games so i like that its easier
There’s 1 puzzle in portal 1 that stumped me for any amount of time. a few in portal 2, but 2 is also a bit longer. I recently tried portal stories: Mel and there were some really tough puzzles that engage you way more than anything in the base games, you should give it a go if difficulty is what you’re looking for. Voice acting is a bit shit though
I love your editing ^^ underrated
Your voice actually reminds me of how glados sometimes will deliver some lines. Good stuff
The most suprising thing about Portal 2 is how well it held up. I still play the game regularly to this day and it still looks really good. It does not look 13 years old.
Probably helps aswell that the setting of the game itself is far into the future making everything seem futuristic even for 2023 but again at the same time the game looks absolutely stunning.
7:52 so he picks up your house and smashes it into a wall a few times.
perfect
6:22 There's Chell and Shell. Noticing that makes me smile :)
3:26 "It's field tested."
Definitely got me there
Portal 1 is my preferred game. It's concise and cuts out the fat. I don't like how the second game pauses for cinematics during the story. I like the feeling of constantly elevating in Portal 1, making progress makes me so eager to see what lies beyond. Portal 1 was a fresh concept and Portal 2 was a little more of the same. No that that is terrible, I just feel like the appeal wears out a bit by then.
Just play both.
I loved this video a lot. The editing, the comedy, etc. Though I would've loved if you mentioned some amazing looking portal 1 mods being announced early and then all devs just get lazy and die and they never release the damn game. Just like destroyed aperture
I am satisfied with the video, with its very funny touch of humor, you have my subscription and my like :D
I love both of them. I wish we had a Portal 3 game :')
don't you get fired if valve makes Portal 3
*portal 2 epic edition
Portal 2 Episode One
After playing both games again recently because I had the itch to. Portal 1 kind of feels like an Uber polished tech demo that guided the development of 2 more than anything. It’s just so short with so few puzzle mechanics and less difficulty overall.
Yeah, the thing that stuck the most playing the two back to back is how much it feels like a short tutorial to the sequel
All of the computers at my school have Narbacular Drop installed, great video btw
9:43 thats accually the original companion cube from portal 1 as you can see the design differences between the cubes from portal 1 and 2
It is noteworthy that we have already received the Horror Portal. It's called "ERROR"
i personally like portal 2 more because it has more features and puzzle mechanics, and i like the style the game has
Love your videos!
i absolutely love when these portal video documentaries show up every few months or so for me to watch after school while eating
I remember playing Portal 2, "finishing" it (by remembering how long 1 was) and then I realised I was just halfway through. That was a nice moment because I felt they addressed the only thing that I didn't like about Portal 1, that is its length.
Also, the writing, while keeping the style of 1, I think its more developed.
Both games are good, but overall I think 2 is a more well rounded experience.
Y'all should play both.
Portal 2 may arguably be the best game Valve put out since Half-Life 1. The development process went kind of smooth (Smoother than HL2, or Alyx, or even Portal 1 in that regard), new mechanics have been added, the lore has been enriched gracefully and it's generally a polished, solid experience. What bugs me more is how in HL:A there are (to my taste) way too many direct borrowings from P2, be it Vortigaunt murals that resemble Ratman's, sArCaStIc Hahn lady or Russell who's basically Wheatley but without the evil part.
Those borrowings may be because the team of writers is the same as portal 2
Didn't Gabe Newell once said portal 2 is his favorite valve game?
Please post daily. I love your videos
Daily is impossible for me.
why doesn't this have more views? this has the kind of humor the internet loves (myself included it's hilarious) and it's well edited. this definitely deserves more views
Has anyone confirmed that the announcer at the start of Portal 2 meant to say 99999, and not just sound like a broken computer repeating it self? That is what I though when I first played through the game.
The first portal game I played is infact Portal 2 and oh boy The first time I played I had so many wrong thoughts
Like when Wheatley speaks, I thought Chell was talking and Wheatley's voice was the announcer's
Chell is a boy, yes. Well, I think you had no idea about Chell
@@AbdullahEkici34 Literally within the first few seconds of gameplay from both games you immediately realize that you're female because it's a side effect of how the game was designed. I'm not sure how OP didn't catch that.
@@beaner1014 Actually yes, we can understand it from GLaDOS's speechs
I love the editing
There are some promising upcoming Portal 2 mods: Portal: Revolution, which is planned to be released this year 2023, and Portal 2: Desolation, which is still a few years away and looks to be the most ambitious mod yet.
I think the most notable thing for portal 2 is that it changed that terrifying chell model into a much more cartoony one.
Except the new mode of chell doesn’t have pupils, so it just blankly stares… (in gmod I mounted portal 2 and portal 1)
Portal 2 has one flaw that i can't forgive. All levels have ONE way to be done, 2 at most(in the beginning) while Portal 1 you could literally pass entire levels with sheer creativity.
I don't know if that's exactly a bad thing. The puzzles are more intricate because of that.
The flaw with this approach on portal 1 is that puzzles where really easy.
Hmm I don't see how that is a problem. Portal 2's puzzle are so much more complex, Portal 1 is much easier in comparison.
Portal 1 Chell is looks more old, why?
Finnaly back 🎉
2:57 You don't see funnels in the first part of the game tho, you see them after you exit old aperture so that they can be used together with the gel mechanic.
Portal 1 is more valve style. Better.
This is a hard question
Harder than a 50 question exam
Nice video Lam warp portal is very a good game and I loved the co op campaign for portal 2
Portal is truly of the world’s greatest puzzle games with an amazing story and concept which remained popular throughout the years since it first was introduced
im gonna need the source of that furry pic
@@1marcelfilms found it from a gif called “this is what you look like saying this shite”
and yes that’s actually what it’s called
as someone who never even play or seen someone playthrough the game, i could say that both game had it's own good things and bad things.
i don't think they got bad things at all
4:20 oh my god, this is so relatable.
In the beginning I actually tried to do it normally, succeeded on 2 or 3 of them, but after like 2 hours I just gave up with the rest.
i bought both of the portal games 1,2 over 5 years ago and i have fully completed portal 1 with every achievement possible (14) but i still play portal 2 to this day because portal 2 has its own workshop where people can share and theres over half a million maps on the workshop and thats what makes me never quit the game, currently i have 2,522 hours on the game
originally loved portal 2, especially for its expansiveness and humour
but more recently I’ve really started to appreciate portal 1 for its sterility and atmosphere of loneliness
I think a big difference can especially be found in the two’s soundtrack
listening to something like ‘self esteem fund’ you’ll notice it sounds completely different to anything from portal 2
anyway, really good and well-made video :)
I think portal one's atmosphere is taking a lot from the Half Life 2 games, It was released alongside them and definitely hits the same feeling of isolation and/or dread that half life nails in so many of it's chapters
actuially a dint play those games but they look great thx for making that video
Amazing video
One mod is Aperture Tag, which is Portal but mostly without portals
4:04
apparently i have a 4D brain
Portal 1 just...feels better to me. The loneliness and dark tone, the claustrophobia of being completely alone with GLaDOS. Portal 2 added many new characters, a bigger back story, and much more humor. I personally preferred less humor, more isolation, more mystery of the back story, and the not knowing what the plot really was until the end....and then you still weren't 100% sure. Was the cake a lie? And GLaDOS being much more evil felt better.
Portal 2 had the massive advantage of learning from what people liked or disliked from the first game. Sure, it's better looking, more polished and has more features, but that's to be expected in a sequel years later. But it also had a much bigger team, more money, and a lot of knowledge gained. Everyone loved Wheatly, and I did too, but I think his character too often felt like it was there just for comic relief and exposition. Portal 1 seemed very straight forward, but sometimes I think Portal 2 was trying to be too much with the overload of humor, story, new mechanics etc.
Both are great games, nearly perfect games, but it boils down to personal taste. My personality is more Portal 1.
i dont know what they were thinking when they made that white gel
Let’s go the King 👑 returned💯💯
in my opinion portal 2 is better, I liked that sense of humor
Ricochet, of course
2:10 thanks for the jumpscare :)
6:22 alright, the Shell joke was unexpected
I think using the word horror may have been a stretch for what Portal does with its isolation. Its more just 'unnerving'. Horror can be unnerving, obviously but Portal i think has always had more of a tounge in cheek atmosphere alongside it, even as early as the first game. Portal 2 didnt introduce comedy, it was always there. Silly nitpick but, i thought it was worth saying lol
3:18 sell 💀💀
Now I really like them both but I like the puzzles in 2 better bc they're less repetitive and I like that in 1 the cursor lights up when you can place a portal there and I'm pretty sure there's more freedom in 1 with how you place a portal also I like the isolated feel to portal 1 more but I can't decide which one I prefer
Portal 1 is great and one of my favs, but going through old aperture and seeing its decay over time as you played was probably the most interesting part of portal for me out of both games. so i like 2 more
Portal 2 is a great game, but I just love the simplicity and the creepy old Source vibes of the first one. Never been one to care for story or narrative too much so the first one takes the cake for me (pun intended).
The thumbnail pictures are both from portal 2
couldn't point my finger on which of the two games i like more.
tho portal 1 get's a bonus point on how well it aged.
there wasn't that much detail in the worldbuilding but that made the game feel somewhat uncanny and that's totaly fitting the tone of the game.
portal 2 on the other side was way more cinematic but still managed to make the facility "believable" and the feel of the old parts of the facility is truly amazing!
nice review
my preference is with portal 1, not because of anything in the game but more because it's less game (it's shorter). since it's so short, it's a lot more replayable, kills a bit of time easily. i don't have to dedicate as much for a playthrough as with portal 2.
I adore both, I prefer P2, but I really wish Portal 2 included the high-energy pellet launchers and rocket launcher turrets.
If I remember right the devlogs inside the game explain why they didn't include those.
Do you plan on making a video on some Portal mods?
(I just want to see you play the 2 oldest Portal 1 mods ever made: Portal Prelude and Portal: The Flash Version Mappack)
I actually love both Portal 1 & 2, they both have their special place in my heart. They both manage to motivate me to actually explore the maps to find out, of what might actually happend at this place and it lead me to find out more about the story arc outside of the game. The puzzles were great and not to hard to figure out how to solve them. Sometimes it was a bit of a challenge and at the same time a lot of fun, especially to find out if there is a different way to solve them. But to this day it bothers me, on how on earth it is possible to power a fully functional AI mini device with a potato, i mean you need a bazillion (overexaggerated) potatos to play doom... on a calculator, not to think of a fully functional AI, powered by 1 potato...
Nice work, always entertained and informed at the same time, thanks!
I like the atmosphere and vibe the first game has much better than the 2nd game
I like both of them but I guess the first game feels more like it’s in the half life universe which I’m into
I love portal 1 and 2 both ❤️
Another great video from you man .. keep it like that :)
The frickin bonnie jumpscare got me bro
2:04 turret decides do BackShot instead of dying
The only puzzle game that I enjoy
I think Portal 2 has better gameplay but Portal 1 has a better atmosphere. The music in Portal 1 feels desolate and lonely and I love that. For example "Self Esteem Fund" is a great track. The perfect Portal game for me would be the lonely atmosphere of Portal 1 with the amazing gameplay of Portal 2
You never fail to make me ROFL.
Chell actually grunts in Portal 1, I figured that out while playing with the ball in the advanced chambers.
It depends on what you want out of Portal.
Portal 1 was a great showcase for innovative new gameplay, plus a very Valve-style story to discover and beat with an entertaining villain.
Portal 2 took Portal 1 as a seed and put 4x the lore behind it, providing 3 major arcs to play through, side character development, and introduced more mechanics to serve as room puzzles.