Like that other notorious cortex-molester Braid, the solution in Portal 2 is always staring you in the face. Which one was it for you? Most of those who've made it through to the end of Valve's brilliant sequel will have encountered at least one test chamber whose solution remained so unfathomably elusive as to induce genuine despair.įew puzzle games more skilfully manage and manipulate the player's emotional experience, capable of transforming us from humbled dolt to crowing genius in the space of a couple of trigger pulls.
