Iridescence
Emancipated Wind Fish
- Joined
- May 11, 2014
- Location
- United States
Both have their merit.
Portal 2 succeeds as a video game, by far. It has more content, more lore, more jokes, more puzzles and level editor. It took what we loved about Portal and expanded it, in spades.
Portal 1, however, is more of an art. It's minimalist, pure and focused. Opts for environmental storytelling over the "complete a level and get a cutscene" mentality of modern day video game storytelling.
Portal 1 innovated by defying people's expectations. Portal 2 served fans by delivering to their expectations. Overall, I have way more hours logged into Portal 2 because of the level editor, but Portal 1 (beatable in 1-2 hours) is just so easy to replay.
Portal 2 succeeds as a video game, by far. It has more content, more lore, more jokes, more puzzles and level editor. It took what we loved about Portal and expanded it, in spades.
Portal 1, however, is more of an art. It's minimalist, pure and focused. Opts for environmental storytelling over the "complete a level and get a cutscene" mentality of modern day video game storytelling.
Portal 1 innovated by defying people's expectations. Portal 2 served fans by delivering to their expectations. Overall, I have way more hours logged into Portal 2 because of the level editor, but Portal 1 (beatable in 1-2 hours) is just so easy to replay.