Today’s game is Portal: Alive and Kicking. I saw this existed somewhere the other day and grabbed it. From everything i understand it’s a remake of Portal 1 in the Portal 2 engine. It’s a minute difference I’m sure, but I was bored and wanted to try it.

Honestly this is a bit of a hard thing to right about because… it’s just Portal 1. I’d like to give some introspective about how cool “such and such” is compared to the original. But honestly there’s not much to say because it’s so well put together that I can’t tell any difference.

I did actually manage to lock myself out of the door which got a laugh out of me. All I had to do was take the cube off the button and put it back on. But it was funny to see.

There’s one change I actually just remembered I actually really like. At least I think it’s a change. The energy pellet collector thing(?) will cast a light on the opposite wall, which makes placing a portal far easier. This could totally be a thing in the original though so I could be wrong.

I made it as far as Chamber 10 before stopping. I wanted to go all the way to the end but it was getting late and I had some stuff to do, so I decided it was a good point to stop. I would like to actually go back and finish this. It’s just portal 1, so it’s not like it’s a crazy long thing to finish. I do also have a bunch of stuff already on my plate though I want to finish so maybe not.

the energy pellet receiver casting light on walls is something that existed in the original game as well.

the remake itself is great, as there is more to it than meets the eye. especially the Escape sequence.

oh dang, I forgot everything about this. If it is near 1:1 of the original... what's the point? I'll probably try it out tonight as well, it's been a while since I was thinking with portals.

Anyway, thanks for the reminder!

Its like the difference between Minecraft Java and Bedrock, theres something slightly different and I couldn’t tell you what. When i first saw this i though it was portal 2 before i saw the subtitles.

Portal 1 and 2 are two of the greatest games that will ever be made.

Better graphics so the zoomers can enjoy one of the best games of all times without complaining about the graphics

Recently played Portal for the greatest time, it’s a lovely game.

Fun, simple, clean, nearly perfect as far as games go

It's basically a remake of Portal with Portal 2 graphics.

I have a distinct sensation of muscle-memory nausea just looking at the picture 😵‍💫

I can’t really say what the point is. If I had to guess just QOL stuff and better graphics. I mainly picked it up out of curiosity, so I’m not really sure what the target audience may be

Damn. I really thought I had found something different there. It does make sense though. I remember when I noticed it I thought to myself “well. Maybe the OG does have it. it seems like an obvious detail to include so people know where to aim”

It’s high up there on my list. I replayed 2 so many times on my PS3 that it’s burnt into my head. I wish I had gotten that same chance with 1 growing up

Awesome, almost 800 days.

Shit. You’re right. I’m still reeling from the 2 year mark I hadn’t even noticed. The time is going fast

Same, I replayed them a lot. Even though I know whats coming they still give me goosebumps. They are games I would love to play for the first time again.

now that I have played this (haven't finished it yet, though), only the beginning of the mod was what I'd call as identical to original - apart from the graphics. One or two rooms had slight changes from what I can tell.

The later parts in the "back areas" are wildly different from original. I dunno if the change or design is really good or bad, but at least I'm not just mechanically doing puzzles I already knew by heart and I'm having fun.

Thanks for coming back to this lol. I appreciate the perspective from someone who played through more than me, especially since it sounds like you know portal better than I do (last time I really played was years ago).

By back areas you mean the escape sequence, right? Or is that different?

basically all the peeks to the "backside" (ratman's dens?) from the test-chambers are pretty different, but they were fairly cosmetic anyway.

after the last chamber & the fire/furnace, it's like entirely different game. Different puzzles, different ... everything. Some ideas of original games' rooms there are similar (like the giant room with many turrents), but execution is VERY different. Which, incidentally, is the place where I left off as the darn turrents killed me repeatedly. x)

And tbh, it's been few years since I last played portal (any of them). I think I've played through portal 1 probably 4-5 times? So I'm not THAT much "in the know" with all the rooms/tidbits.