Moreover, the game’s sound design is extremely impressive. As the environment evolves around you, so does the music ranging from 50s-appropriate tracks to ones that truly make this mod feel part of the Portal world. In tandem with the visuals, the game’s original soundtrack also helps to create a truly authentic experience. Though the transition between the eras can be quite jarring, both are effectively realised, and should impress on the whole.
It really makes for a great contrast to the believably decrepit incarnation of Aperture Labs in the later parts of the game. Visually, Portal Stories: Mel is a genuine treat. Beginning in the 1950s, the era is wonderfully realised, featuring impressively accurate decor that truly helps solidify the time period. As much as I embrace a good challenge in a video games, I fear the significant difference in difficulty between the official games and this mod, may turn many people off from finishing the game. In particular, the red emancipation grid - an energy wall that prevents you from shooting portals through it, with the addition of being massacred upon contact with it - hinders many of the obvious solutions for the puzzles. While still retaining the same mechanics from Portal 2 (different colored goo, emancipation grids, and such), Portal Stories: Mel crafts its own rather twisted additions. Since the release of the Steam Workshop, I have played my fair share of custom maps in Portal 2, but I’m not exaggerating when I say that this game features the hardest puzzles I have had to solve in a Portal game. Throughout the game’s 22 levels, each puzzle managed to make my brain parts hurt in the best way possible. Portal Stories: Mel’s gameplay is near identical to Portal 2 - if Portal 2 had taken its difficulty from Dark Souls, that is. In the midst of a now worn down Aperture Labs, Mel is quickly greeted by a mysterious voice, with no other choice but to follow its guidance throughout the facility. Portal Stories: Mel primarily takes place between the events of Portal and Portal 2. However, the game begins all the way back in the 1950s, as Mel visits Aperture Science to test an ‘Extended Relaxation Vault’. As with all things Aperture Science, something goes horribly wrong and Mel awakens far in the future. Portal Stories: Mel is a shining example of how four years after a game’s release, some of the best content comes right from the fans.
By stafunoob 1 Review – Portal Stories: MelĪs PC gamers, we rely on the support of modding communities to extend the life span of our beloved games.
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