Portal 2

I accidentally deleted that comment
I'll just say it again
"It's the kinda witty sardonicism you'd see from a Monty Python sketch or Hitchhiker's Guide, I groaned at the 'This Is The Part Where He Kills You' part"

pretty much flawless + glados is hot dont @ me

the gameplay is a massive step up from 1 but everything else was a downgrade. a dense atmosphere with moments of black comedy was replaced with a cinematic design and a comedic style that hasn't aged gracefully. every time the game succeeded in humor and made me laugh, it was worth praise but i lowkey hated myself.

replayed both of them today in one go and my conclusion is that neither of them are as good on replay but this is the pretty clear victor
i get the minority of people who prefer 1 purely on a story/tone basis, there's definitely a restrained, artful elegance to it whereas this is more like a crowd-pleasing big budget sequel. but the gameplay here pretty handily outclasses 1 in every conceivable way imo. im frankly really bewildered by the people who say stuff like "1 is more difficult, the puzzles in 2 solve themselves". the first 14 chambers in 1 are rudimentary to the point where theyre basically just elaborate walks to the exit, i find it hard to believe that anyone would even struggle with them unless its literally their first time playing a video game. i pretty much never use this word because its corny as fuck but i feel that this gameplay here is, objectively, much more challenging than its predecessor, and for me more challenging = more fun. if anything my main hangup with this game is that i wish it were longer, surprisingly. i wanted to spend more time in old aperture, i wanted a deeper exploration of the glados/caroline psychodrama, i wanted more chambers to play with the new mechanics. p1's story breezes by too quickly to even leave much of an impression on me, but p2's story absolutely captivates me and wants me begging for more but not in a good way. like holy shit when wheatley traps you in the last act it just races to the finish line in a way i did not remember and Really Don't Like. oh well
p1 8/10 (and that's generous), p1 9/10
and yeah glados is still fucking hot

Still play this all the time thanks to the Community Test Chambers. Fantastic addition.