360° Portal 2

Kuyinto enkulu ukuthi iyingeminye yemidlalo yevidiyo ehamba phambili kunazo zonke, iPortal 2 iyimpumelelo enkulu endabeni yezindlela zokuxhumana nokwakhiwa kwemidlalo. Yakhelwe yiValve Corporation futhi yakhishwa ngo-2011, umdlalo uba isandiso sokuphumelela okungazelelwe kwango-2007 iPortal. Ngenkathi umdlalo wokuqala wawungumqondo ongacacile, ogxile, obandakanywe ku-The Orange Box, i-sequel yandisa lo mqondo waba yinto egcwele, yefilimu eyandise umlando, yethula izindlela ezintsha, futhi yaba nomunye wababhali abahlonishwa kakhulu kanye nabalingisi bezwi emlandweni wayo. Okubalulekile, ukudlala kuhlala kuyindlela ehlakaniphile ye-Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, noma nje i-"portal gun." Le divayisi ivumela umdlali, olawula umlingisi oyindoda ongasemthetho uChell, ukuthi adale izimbobo ezimbili ezihlukene ezisetshenziswa ezindaweni ezisezingeni eliphezulu: eyodwa ebomvu nesinye esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Izinto—nomdlali—ezingena kwenye imbobo ziphuma kwenye ngokushesha ngenkathi zigcina i-momentum. I-Portal 2 yakhela kulesi sisekelo ngokwethula iqoqo lezinto ezintsha eziqhubekisa izinkinga. Lokhu kufaka phakathi i-Hard Light Bridges, i-Tractor Beams, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, izinhlobo ezintathu zamagesi ezihambayo: i-Repulsion Gel eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka evumela ukugxuma okuphezulu, i-Propulsion Gel ebomvu eyandisa isivinini, kanye ne-Conversion Gel emhlophe evumela izimbobo ukuba zibekwe ezindaweni ezinqatshelwe ngaphambili. Lezi zithasiselo ziphoqe abadlali ukuthi bacabange hhayi kuphela ngokwendawo, kodwa futhi ngokulandelana nokwakheka, bedlala izinhlelo ze-physics phezu kwazo ukuze bahambe ngamakamelo ayinselele. Kodwa-ke, okudonsela i-Portal 2 ngaphezu nje kwesethi yezinkinga yindaba yayo kanye nezinhlamvu zayo. Umdlalo wenzeka isikhathi esingacacisiwe ngemuva kokungena kokuqala, ngaphakathi kwezindawo ezibhidlikile nezikhulelwe zezindawo ze-Aperture Science. Indaba iqala ngokwethulwa kukaWheatley, i-personality core ebhalwe ngobuhlakani obuthakathaka nobuhle obuhlekisayo nguStephen Merchant. UWheatley uba ngumhlahlandlela womdlali futhi ekugcineni abe isitha, ehlinzeka ngokuphambene okuqondile nesitha esibuyayo, iGLaDOS. Uhlobo lofuzo kanye nohlelo lokusebenza lwediski, olubuyelelwe nguEllen McLain, luphinde luvuswe ekuqaleni komdlalo. Ubudlelwano phakathi kukaChell ongasemthetho, uWheatley oyisibindi, kanye neGLaDOS ebambekileyo buqhuba indaba phambili, bushintsha ubumbano futhi buhlola izindikimba zamandla, inkohlakalo, kanye nokuzazisa. Isigaba sesibili somdlalo siyaziswa ikakhulukazi ngendaba yendawo. Umdlali uqhubekela emgodini wesikhungo, uhamba ngamakamelo okuhlola ase-"Old Aperture" avalwe kusukela ngama-1950, 60, kanye nama-70. Lapha, ukubukeka okumhlophe okuhlanzekile kwamalabhorethe ashisa kakhulu kuthathelwa izindawo zokukhiqiza ezinkulu, zesimanjemanje kanye nobuchwepheshe obukhaliphile. Lesi sigaba sethula uCave Johnson, umsunguli we-Aperture Science, obhalwe nguJ.K. Simmons. Ngemilayezo yomsindo eqoshwe kusengaphambili, umlingisi kaJohnson uguquka kusuka kumuntu ocebile onemilinganiselo enhle ukuya ekufeni okudabukisayo, okubulalayo ngobuntu bakhe. Ukugijima kwakhe mayelana "ne-lemons evuthayo" kuhlala kungenye yezinkulumo eziningi ezikhulunywa kakhulu kumphakathi wezingame, eqinisekisa ngokuphelele ukuhlanganiswa okuyingqayizivele komdlalo wokuhlekisana okumnyama nokungajwayelekile. Ngokubukeka nobuciko, umdlalo wawuyisimangaliso lapho ukhishwa futhi uhlala ubukeka kahle. Injini yeSource yafikelwa yimikhawulo yayo ukuba ibonise ububanzi besikhungo, ukuhamba kahle kwamagesi, kanye nokugcwaliseka kwabalingiswa bezingxenyana. Ukucekelwa phansi kwesikhungo kwenziwa ngokuningiliziwe okuhle, kwakha isimo esidabukisayo lapho imvelo kancane kancane ibuyisela izindawo ezakhiwe ngokobuchwepheshe. Lokhu kuhlanganiswe nomculo wangempela osabela ezinyathelweni zomdlali; ngokwesibonelo, ukugxuma ku-Repulsion Gel kwengeza i-synthesizer ethakatha umsindo womculo, kuhlanganisa izibonakaliso zomsindo nezindlela zokudlala. Ngaphezu kwenqola yomdlali oyedwa, iPortal 2 yethula imodi eyi-robust yokudlala ebaleni ababili. Ihlanganisa abalingisi ababili abangama-robot, i-Atlas ne-P-Body, le ngqola inikeza indaba ehlukile kanye neqoqo lamakamelo okuhlola aklanyelwe izimbobo ezine. Le modi idinga ukuxhumana okunamandla nokuhlanganyela, iphoqa abadlali ababili ukuthi basebenze ngokuhlangana okuphelele ukuxazulula izinkinga ezazivame ukuba nzima kunezingafundwa endabeni yomdlali oyedwa. Ekugcineni, iPortal 2 iyisibonelo esingavamile se-sequel ephelele. Yathatha umqondo omusha womlandeli wayo wayandisa ngazo zonke izindlela ezingenzeka ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ubukhalidi noma ukuqina komklamo wokuqala. Ilinganisa izinkinga ezihlukumezayo ngokungeziwe ngombhalo ohlekisa ngempela futhi ugcwele imizwa. Ngokwenza umlingisi wayo oyisitha abe ngumuntu, ukubeka indawo yakhe, nokwenza kahle indlela yakhe yokudlala esekelwe ku-physics, iValve yakha ubucwebe obudlula isigaba sayo, ihlala njengesilinganiso sokwakhiwa kwemidlalo nokubhala kunezinhlobo eziyishumi noma ngaphezulu ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo.