Today marks my first Portal 2 release. For this release, I helped out Omnicoder with his new map, Retrospective. It's a fairly long map with tons of new puzzles, some new testing elements, and some... Old things.The map starts out simple. Light bridge puzzle. Then a twist; you fall. Not just a normal fall, you have to solve a puzzle while you fall. After landing from solving the puzzle, you once again find yourself in a test chamber. This one brings back everyone's favorite friend from the first Portal.
The energy ball! Combining the energy ball and the light bridge can lead to some interesting stuff. After completing that fairly simple chamber, you return to a location from the first game. Chamber 16. This time with gel and even more turrets!
After completing that, you go to another energy ball puzzle and walk across a giant pit on a light bridge. Excursion funnel after that. Takes you up and you soon find yourself in yet another familiar place. Sort of.
Chamber 17 Advanced from the first Portal. A pre-recorded GLaDOS message plays over the intercom and you're soon given a Weighted Companion Sphere (that's where I come in). You solve a few tests, some involving a testing element creating by Omnicoder for his Portal one maps- called the physwall- and you find yourself in a small room with a core and your Companion Sphere.
The map will be concluded later in an unannounced project.
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