I typed up a long review of Portal 2 a few days ago. This was just after I finished the single-player mode. The end result was “the single player suffered from a few flaws that made it hard to REALLY enjoy like I enjoyed Portal 1″. My score at that time was an 8.5.
Then I ran the co-op course. And unlike other cooperative games, where one guy can do the heavy lifting while the rest of the team can be crappy, Portal 2 made it so that you have to cooperate. Since my computer is aged, there were a few points where my frame rate was in the single digits. But it STILL kicked ass.
Given the flaws in the single-player mode, I can’t give it more than a 9, but after doing the co-op missions, I can’t give it less than a 9.
And now I’m going to download all the Half-Life games and play them again, because I need some ACTION. Hopefully I have the hard drive space.
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Phoenix Rising.