Whole new ways to Enjoy the Portal Experience™
If you’ve exhausted the Portal 2 co-op campaign, chances are you’ve been waiting for more exciting test-chambers to endure. But let’s face it – Valve isn’t likely to make an official ‘third game’ in any of their series, and if they do, it may take at least half a decade. That said, being largely stage-orientated, the best we could hope for is DLC.
Well here it is – a shiny new bundle of levels to get you and a friend portalling again! Reviewing ‘Peer Review’, dubbed ‘Art Therapy’ in-game, is somewhat superfluous; it’s free of charge and will come with every Portal 2 copy following its release. So here’s just a quick overview.
Well here it is – a shiny new bundle of levels to get you and a friend portalling again! Reviewing ‘Peer Review’, dubbed ‘Art Therapy’ in-game, is somewhat superfluous; it’s free of charge and will come with every Portal 2 copy following its release. So here’s just a quick overview.
We’re presented with a few more testchambers to expand the series’ story, while taking us through the familiar stuff. Now that GLaDOS is at liberty to test to her hearts content using her new robot accomplices, it’s more about the puzzle solving and the story is just there for giggles. Like last time, don’t expect anything climatic.
The return of Portal 2 greets us with some more challenging levels. Remember, this is just a chapter, not a full experience – so don’t be surprised if you complete it briskly. New inventive challenges are offered and it still holds up like a part of the game. Although it’s intentionally anti-climatic, it would be really nice to see what Valve could do when designing a co-op boss battle. It must be done!
What’s more, the entrance to the testchambers, which let you select which chapter to activate imply there will be more DLC to come. Huzzah! On top of all this, it must be mentioned that Peer Review comes with a nice menu update letting you select individual stages, as well as a challenge mode similar to that of the first Portal, which is also available in co-op.
So it’s definitely worth giving a spin, whether or not you enjoyed the experience of the Portal 2 co-op, as you may still find it a demanding enough to satisfy. Frankly, we can’t wait for rumours of a fully-fledged, easy to use level editor – for consoles, as well – to surface, but that’s for another time altogether!
The return of Portal 2 greets us with some more challenging levels. Remember, this is just a chapter, not a full experience – so don’t be surprised if you complete it briskly. New inventive challenges are offered and it still holds up like a part of the game. Although it’s intentionally anti-climatic, it would be really nice to see what Valve could do when designing a co-op boss battle. It must be done!
What’s more, the entrance to the testchambers, which let you select which chapter to activate imply there will be more DLC to come. Huzzah! On top of all this, it must be mentioned that Peer Review comes with a nice menu update letting you select individual stages, as well as a challenge mode similar to that of the first Portal, which is also available in co-op.
So it’s definitely worth giving a spin, whether or not you enjoyed the experience of the Portal 2 co-op, as you may still find it a demanding enough to satisfy. Frankly, we can’t wait for rumours of a fully-fledged, easy to use level editor – for consoles, as well – to surface, but that’s for another time altogether!
More levels= More fun
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