#Portal bridge constructor level 17 full#

The full title boasts 60 levels over six chapters. In the UK Steam store, this game sits at £7.19 ($9.15), which is a great price for this amount of game. This does add a nice feeling of nostalgia to the experience and makes me want more traditional Portal. If you’ve played the previous Portal games, you will recognise most of what’s happening sound-wise. Turrets as I previously mentioned are back and are adorable as ever. Portal usage still makes a delicious sci-fi wobble sound, explosions are crisp and loud and are like aural punishment for messing up.

While Portal Bridge Constructor does recycle most of its sound assets from the previous Portal games, they are as satisfying as ever. One of the key aspects to an immersive gaming experience is good sound design. Either way is a fine way to pass each stage and it’s oddly satisfying to create something unintended by the developers that still works. You can go through each level, making strong bridges at perfect angles, or you can make something that almost works and then falls apart just after you reach the goal. Going into Portal Bridge Constructor there are a lot more options. In Portal and the following Portal 2 the way through a level was generally predetermined, with little flexibility. One thing that has changed since the original two games is the amount of ways you can complete puzzles. These new elements add yet another layer of diversity to an already elaborate library of items, and make up for the lacking z-axis. New to this game are different kinds of platforms with which to make bridges out of, with rope/wire to support them and suspend things in the air. “Faith plates” which are just mechanical trampolines and companion cubes. On top of that we also see more blue energy barriers allowing some things through but not others. However, the array of different elements and features used to make the puzzles interesting, yet suitably challenging are no different if not more diverse than before.īlue ‘jump’ slime and orange ‘speed’ slime make a comeback as well as the obvious portals and turrets. This game tackles puzzles and problem solving in a completely different way due to the change to 2D. The puzzles are the other chief success of Portal Bridge Constructor. This adds an element of story missing in most construction puzzle games and respects Portal’s legacy. GLaDOS often pops up before each level start to demean you and remind you of your purpose. All in all the voice acting, direction and script for this game are well put together and stay within the context of the Portal universe. When you are spotted by one of the machine-gun-wielding robots they will perk up and talk to you, as well as making a sad sigh when knocked over and killed. GLaDOS is as manipulative and sarcastic as ever, and her lines allow that to shine through brilliantly.Īlthough Wheatley’s comic relief is missing from this installment, the ever-adorable turrets make up for his absence.

Bridge Constructor Portal’s script is great, and most importantly doesn’t skimp on the devilishly dark humour that graced the first Portal games. I am happy to report this has not changed one bit since the original games. One of the best traits for the first two Portal games was the amazing comedic writing for Wheatley and GLaDOS. So how does this new “ Portal” hold up? Does it stay true to its roots or does it up-heave them to try something new? It was even made by a different developer, ClockStone Studio. This new game, Bridge Constructor Portal, was an entirely different genre and concept to the previous two games. Then, in late 2017 a new game sporting the infamous Portal brand was released, but not as we knew it. Whether it’s the expertly delivered dialogue from Stephen Merchant as Wheatley and the wonderfully evil GLaDOS voiced by Ellen McLain, or the fantastic application of the ‘portal gun’ to make every puzzle unique and interesting. Anyone talking about the many accomplishments of game developer Valve will eventually mention Portal.

Portal bridge constructor level 17