Infinitely useful Excursion Funnels (levitation beams) and Light Bridges are more than just here-to-there movers-they can be applied to block or push away turrets, halt a catapulting jump before it throws you into oblivion, or help you climb a sheer wall. Lasers emitting from walls combine with moveable Refractor Cubes to create the closest thing Portal 2 has to an offensive weapon-an aimable laser-but more often your job is to focus the beam on trigger switches through portals. Without changing the nature of the established and celebrated gameplay, Portal 2's gentle learning curve begins by reintroducing us to its basic concepts, then keeps on introducing new inventions to use with portals until around three quarters of the way through, and chambers become complex jungles of hazardous obstacles. And the finale? Not challenging in the least, but a spectacular and extremely clever finish to the story, with extra points for those who've paid close attention to Mr. It does all this and more while recycling very few of Portal's greatest comedy hits-there's nary a nod to dishonest cake, and the beloved Weighted Companion Cube makes only a cameo appearance. Through death, resurrection, revenge, and reversal of fortune, their charm makes what would otherwise be an empty and lifeless world feel boisterous and alive-and more than makes up for the player character being a faceless mute. Sure, I saw the plot twists coming, but still looked forward to witnessing exactly how the characters would react. Also in the mix is actor JK Simmons, who lends his fittingly cantankerous voice to the founder of Aperture, Cave Johnson, whose comically sociopathic approach to science is second only to GLaDOS'. Fantastically voiced by British actor Stephen Merchant (basically playing the same mind-bogglingly stupid character from the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras), Wheatley's a doofus AI who makes you turn around while he hacks doors (he can't do it while you're watching).
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