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Portal [PC Edition

Publisher: Valve Corporation

This has to be one of your new found past times. It’s probably one of the most accessible, and innovative, puzzle adventure first person shooters out there. It fills all the needs of a medical student, which are:

a) Being short to play.

b) Being able to use your brain without breaking it.

c) Affordable.

You start the story as Chell, the female protagonist, waking up in a stasis chamber – which is part of the Aperture Science Facility – and then being lead from room to room (called chambers) by the female voice of GlaDOS, the AI that is running the facility. What starts off as a set of puzzle chambers eventually comes full circle when you reach the last chamber and things then become more clear and sinister. I won’t spoil the story, but you should be prepared for a very satisfying story as well as game play.

The story and the game mechanics will have you scratching your head hours after you have finished the actual games. The various expansion packs that can be downloaded keep the game fresh and entertaining which adds to its replay value.

Portal Wikipedia Entry

Rating: 5/5

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