While Valve seems to have left the idea of a new Portal game in its vault of titles (don’t expect Portal 3 anytime soon), one indie studio named Second Face Software has taken it upon themselves to create a prequel to Portal 2 titled “Portal Revolution.”
There are over 40 new puzzles to tinker over in this fan-made mode, and did we mention it’s available right now? Yep, it is, and so far, it’s been getting a ton of positive reviews on Steam, too!
Would-be players can download it on Steam and we’ve also included the official description of it as well, where it mentions players can expect 5-7 hours of playtime from it.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Portal: Revolution is a fan-made mod for Portal 2 which plays before the events of Portal 2 in the dead and decaying Aperture facility.
Over 40 new puzzles
The campaign contains 40 brand new puzzles making use of new test elements and presents existing mechanics in a new way not seen in Portal 2.
- Resurrected “Pneumatic Diversity Vent” element
- New laser cube variant
- Over 15 puzzles using only the blue Portal-Gun
- Gel Cleansing Field
Difficulty
Portal: Revolutions puzzle difficulty starts where Portal 2 stops, but fear not. All new mechanics and advanced portal tricks are taught to you. We have ensured through rigorous playtesting that every player can solve the puzzles. Although very few chambers require portals to be fired mid-air, no puzzles require advanced tricky movement.
Depending on your experience with Portal 2 mechanics, you can expect about 5 to 7 hours of playtime.
Story
Set inbetween Portal and Portal 2, Portal: Revolution tells a brand new story using new characters. You play as a test subject who is awoken by a personality sphere called Stirling and join his mission to find a powerful device capable of restoring Aperture to its former glory.
ENGINE
Portal: Revolution uses a modified version of Portal 2: Community Edition’s engine, which is a custom version of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Source Engine branch using licensed source code provided by Valve Software.
This allowed us to introduce many mechanics and improvements to the engine to create an experience which would be impossible in Portal 2.
Chances are, this is the closest we’re going to get when it comes to a new Portal game. But who knows, though, perhaps Valve might surprise gamers by announcing Portal 3 this year.
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