Recent reviews by Portalnerd

Absolutely Amazing.

This mod is Portal 2 quality. The developers clearly spent a lot of time on the design and story and for the designers to release this for free is very generous of them.

-The actual tests are unique and creative, some of which are quite challenging.
-The ammount of detail in the aestetics for the old aperture, behind the scenes, and overgrown chambers is really amazing and the I have only seen better from VALVe.
-The voice and music recording is farily good
-The story and dialogue is well made
-The length of time to complete the mod is similar to Portal 2

There is absolutely no reason not to download this mod

I don't want to start. I paid $1.99 for this game. Portal Stories Mel just was released for free and it is 100 times as good as this.

Audio:
-Music: eh sometimes apropriate for the test but can sometimes be really annoying.
-Voice acting: Not the best quality
-Dialogue: Jokes aren't that good

Mapping:
-does not use nodraw when they should
-uses nodraw when they should not
-does not mix old aperture and new aperture elements well
-does not know how to fire the silentdissolve output
-I guess in the last few chambers they found a nice unique style
-elevator rooms seemed overlooked and need improvement

General Level Design:
-chambers are unnecessarily large
-chamber solutions are not very creative
-chambers still require the use of portals
-recycled tests........ No, if the tests are recycled they should be remade to match the quality of the other tests
-story?

Good Stuff:
-custom models were great
-custom textures were great

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