Is portal hard?

[Distorted Stu]

It was a little hard for me at the start, the portal switching and grasping the shifts in gravity confused me a little. But once you get the hang of the fundamentals its a breeze (So when the tutorials end, you should be good... how far in are you now?)

Remember, think with portals!

 

[Jessta]

first time usually takes people about 5-10 hours if they like to mess around, my stoner friend took 8 hours my alcoholic friend 4 and I took 6 myself (caffeine guy)
its pretty easy though I have never heard of anyone not being able to finish it, honestly if you can't finish portal chances are its your first game or your a total fucking spazz, for the most part the game seems to be just pay attention to what is around you and after those first few levels where they teach you how to deal with different things individually they just re apply them in different orders and they usually have the same fix.

 

[Sunrider]

I've heard some people say the same thing there. It might just be me who is weird, I guess. I wasn't stuck for more than a minute total in the first Portal game, everything just obvious to me. I got stuck a few times in Portal 2 though, I dunno. Maybe I'm just dumb. =(

Out of curiosity when you were stumped in Portal 2 was it because you didn't know how to solve the puzzle, or because you hadn't seen part of the puzzle? There were several times I didn't notice a particular wall panel instrumental to solving a particular puzzle, and without that my attempts all ended badly.

For example there is a puzzle near the end where Wheatly is moving things around, and you come across a platform with over a dozen turrets. You're supposed to portal over to an adjacent room and direct some bounce goo over to them - but I didn't see the one spot for putting a portal so I could get to that room. Instead I spent ten minutes trying to portal behind the turrets, jump onto their platform, and get behind them without falling to my death or getting shot at. It didn't work.

While Portal did emphasize putting portals in specific places I found it was much more freeform in how to solve the puzzles. Portal 2 had many areas where you had no real choice in portal placement, so as long as I saw those places I didn't have to put much thought into it.

No, I just had a brain fart on certain puzzles. Remember those fields you could jump into, and they made you float and travel in a certain direction? One puzzle had me travelling up to the ceiling with one of those, after which I was supposed to cancel it so I would fall and gain momentum that way. I have no idea why it took me so long to just figure that out, but I felt so ridiculous afterwards.

 

[Wushu Panda]

Okay, so I have a bet going on with a friend that I can't beat portal. Because apprently, Im stupid. So..... Is it hard or decently easy?

I can tell from your fail to use the internal spell/grammar check that you'll be unable to beat the game. Try this game instead...

 

[Chibz]

Incredibly, almost insultingly, easy game. I beat it in one-two hours tops... Yeah.

 

[Elijah Ball]

the first time it can be quite challenging. after it clicks though its ridiculously easy.

 

[Stammer]

I found Portal 1 had like the perfect difficulty curve. Portal 2's difficulty stemmed from trying to find the next spot on the wall to place the portal. I can't tell you how many times I died because I exhausted every resource until I finally discovered one hidden piece of wall.

 

[DarkRyter]

Any difficulty encountered will be responded with

"Wait, how did I miss THAT? I'm a goddamn retard."

 

[IamQ]

The first one? I only found two rooms hard. The rest is cake(No pun intended), more or less.

 

[mrdude2010]

it's not hard at all. there are a couple puzzles that will give you pause, but you should be able to figure them out... portal 2 is annoying because sometimes it's impossible to figure out where the hell you're supposed to be going for the next level, but aside from that no it's not difficult.

 

[omega3711]

Started off quite easy but gradually graduated to fairly challenging but I felt the last level dragged on for a bit too long.

 

[Korolev]

The first 10 or so chambers in Portal are very easy - they are designed to be. The first 2 hours of Portal are supposed to be a drawn out tutorial - once you finish the first 2 hours of Portal, you should be equipped to handle any other challenge the game throws at you. The last "proper" chamber and then the portion after that can be challenging - but if you stare at it and think a bit, you should be able to solve it relatively easily.

The game basically programs you to be able to solve the last few challenges - that's how well designed it is. As long as you are of average intelligence (and most people are), you'll have no problem with it.

If it takes longer than 6 hours to figure out the solution to the chambers... consult a physician.

 

[Titan Buttons]

Portal 2 is kinda like the "Advanced chambers" in Portal, meaning it's a bit harder and a bit more restrictive, but it's still easy. Portal is a breeze.

I found Portal 2 to be easier than the original, and that's without even taking the advanced levels in to consideration. I loved Portal 2, but I did find the puzzle element underdone.

I've heard some people say the same thing there. It might just be me who is weird, I guess. I wasn't stuck for more than a minute total in the first Portal game, everything just obvious to me. I got stuck a few times in Portal 2 though, I dunno. Maybe I'm just dumb. =(

It was probly because of the long walking sections inbetween the puzzle rooms. I brezzed through all of Portal 2 as I found it easier but there where times when I was like "Where am I ment to go?", while I never had that problem in Portal 1

I see. Well, that wasn't really a problem for me at all. I meant I got stuck on a few puzzles. Hell, I even remember why I got stuck, and when I figured it out, I felt so incredibly stupid.

Well actually that happened to me once on really simple 'place 2 portals and your done' puzzle........I went and cover the area in repulsion gel and spent 20mins jumping around the place

 

[V8 Ninja]

As long as you don't get dizzy from first-person perspectives and you understand how the game's portals work, you should be able to beat the game within 3-6 hours. You may have to stall for a few minutes to figure out a specific puzzle, but other than that the game isn't very challenging.

 

[Cazza]

There is always Google. Shouldn't take more then 3 or so hours on first run through.

 

[krazykidd]

It's easy, if you get how it works.
It can be played really fast if you rush through it and know the puzzles.
If you don't know the puzzles or are in no rush, it takes about 9 hours.

Nine hours?! Wait what ? For portal 1 ? Noooooo way . 5 hours at most , but essentially the game is 2 and a half hours long .

OT : well most likely your are doing it wrong , my suggestion is to think ahead before using portal , look at the level and where u want to go , the rest should be cake.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

It's easy, if you get how it works.
It can be played really fast if you rush through it and know the puzzles.
If you don't know the puzzles or are in no rush, it takes about 9 hours.

Nine hours?! Wait what ? For portal 1 ? Noooooo way . 5 hours at most , but essentially the game is 2 and a half hours long .

OT : well most likely your are doing it wrong , my suggestion is to think ahead before using portal , look at the level and where u want to go , the rest should be cake.

Well, I didn't exactly hurry through the game...
Quite the opposite in fact.

 

[Vrud]

THAT FUCKING TIMED SWITCH

Otherwise no.