I am not a hardcore gamer.
Now, hold on! Before you raise your hand in the back to make your case against that statement, let me explain. Yes, I do play games, which is obvious from the graveyard of games that litter my floor and boxes upstairs. That would be a tick against me, yes. Except, how many of those games have I finished? A lot? All of them? Would you believe almost none?
Ok, so I then I hear you ask, why do I have so many games if I am not going to complete them? Well, to be quite honest, I am not sure what type of games I am going to be able to finish, and which ones I am just going to give up on, with the hope on returning to later (which almost never happens). With the expection of The Legend of Zelda, and several Mario games, and Uncharted 2, there haven't been a lot of success stories here. Not that I don't enjoy returning to these games again at a later date, but I mostly have to restart from the beginning, and hope to get through them.
Unfortunately, Portal (part of The Orange Box) falls on this list.
Fortunately, Portal 2 doesn't.
I will say that Portal 2 joins the company of Ocarina of Time, Windwaker, Twilight Princess, Red Dead Redemption, and Uncharted 2 as being one of my top and favorite games. It might even hit the top spot, under a bit of soul searching.
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