Gaming: Ask the Internets

[beetiger]

So, if I have not actually played Portal, but am already familiar with the basic concept and the overall plot and spoilers...will I have trouble going straight to actually playing Portal 2 now? Or do I really need to go back and play through the original first?

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[hermitgeecko.livejournal.com]

One of the first things I said when I stepped into Portal 2 was "Whoa, I'm so glad I played the first one."

The first Portal is very very clean and it's easy to find your way around because there's nothing to look at or interact with save exactly what you should look at or interact with. Portal 2 is not very very clean and it can be quite disorienting as you're both sorting out the environment and how your equipment works.

My recommendation: play the first one at least partway through before trying the second one.