Portal 2 Ending *SPOILERS!!!*

[V8 Ninja]

The whole last 30-60 minutes of Portal 2 was one of the best experiences of my gaming life. The only thing that I found odd was that when you look at the moon to shoot the portal, it appears that Wheatley's chamber is at the top of the facility (as in you're already at ground level). The problem comes 5 minutes later when GLaDOS starts taking you up to the surface, which at least consists of 15-25 stories more stories until you reach ground level. The only solution that I can think of is that Wheatley pulled his chamber up to ground level and then GLaDOS pulled it back down.

 

[AlternatePFG]

The ending becomes 10 times more epic once you translate what the Turrets were singing...

WOO SPOILER


Valve seem to be telling us that Caroline was Chell's mother. Which would be epic and creepy at the same time. Sheesh.

Yeah, I know that was a pretty awesome twist, if that's what Valve meant it to be.

 

[ryai458]

Giant king turret, also spaaaace.

 

[Tharwen]

The one thing I don't really understand is why Wheatley woke you up in the first place. How did he know that you were the right person to save out of the thousands of people in Relaxation?

Also why was Wheatly able to talk in space

Why was Chell able to survive on the moon?

 

[Rayken15]

So what's the overall timeline of the Half-Life/Portal story?

I am pretty sure HL1 took place in the 80's.. Portal had kind of an 80's vibe to it. And the test chambers in the salt mines... isn't the last one like 1982 or something? That would probably mean that the Aperture Labs from Portal 1 were built not too long after that.

HL2 takes place maybe 15 years after HL1, the only real measure being Alyx and the fact that she was a baby during the events of HL1...

Portal 2 takes place some 200 years or so after HL2. So as far as we know, Gordon's story is all done and over with by the events of P2...

THEN AGAIN, remember Dr. Kleiner's "slow teleporter", in which Alyx and Gordon showed up an entire week after they entered it? Maybe that will come back into play at some point...

The one thing we know for sure is that the Portal gun itself won't show up in Half-Life.

1.No, Half life 1 took place in 200- aka anywhere from 2000 to 2009.
2.Half life 2 takes place @ 20 something years after HL1, so Alyx is @ 20.
3.I doubt it because City 17 is blown up to hell. Chances are Kleiner's Lab is destroyed too.

What's the evidence that HL took place in the early 2000's?

Straight from the combine overwiki: The Half-Life series begins in 200-, at the Black Mesa Research Facility, deep below the New Mexico desert.

If you played the game, during the tram ride it says something like :"Date: May 200-" .

I've played the game a million times, it never says the date.
Here's proof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x3wQ7Opltg

Combine Overwiki is not a definitive source for information as it's edited by the users. Until it comes from Marc Laidlaw himself, I'm still believing it's set in the late 80's.

From the wiki:

On March 24, 2010, an updated and expanded Aperture Science timeline originally given on ApertureScience.com in 2006 and submitted by Erik Wolpaw was published on Game Informer. Several dates were changed, and the last paragraph was expanded with facts suggesting that the Black Mesa Incident had occurred in 1998, the same date as that of Half-Life's release, instead of the original "200-". However Marc Laidlaw dismissed "1998" as the date for the Black Mesa Incident, as the date "200-" given when the first Half-Life was released is the only correct one. It is unknown why Erick Wolpaw made that mistake, and if it was intended or not. For convenience and consistency, that "1998" will always be replaced by "200-" on the wiki, even with the dates pertaining to Aperture Science.

Here's the timeline:http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/aperture-science_3a00_-a-history.aspx
So yes, Erick Wolpaw himself said Portal is set AFTER 1998 and Marc Laidlaw said it's AFTER 200-. You might not know but Glados' activation was 1 day before the Black Mesa Incident. Erick and Marc are both co-writers of the Portals.

 

[Popido]

The ending becomes 10 times more epic once you translate what the Turrets were singing...

WOO SPOILER


Valve seem to be telling us that Caroline was Chell's mother. Which would be epic and creepy at the same time. Sheesh.

Gaahh! I hate that theory!

She acts motherly towards an orphan little girl, therefore shes her mother? D: How could Caroline even have a child in the first place? Shes single according to Cave Johnson and I dont think she could be Johnsons daugther either. Belive me, he wouldnt stop talking about it if he had a kid.

I still think Chell was just some orphan child that they put to run thru the tests after they ran out of the homeless people.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I'm in space! So much space!

And I loved the slightly charred companion cube from the first game coming out with you. And the singing turrets (with turret king)

And then the whole 'white goo is crushed up moon rock' thing, so the moon is a portal surface? Awesome!

 

[Impluse_101]

Portal 2 had the perfect ending, A sentient AI having MILLIONS of voices in her head, but managing to listen to only one. I think the only way that GLaDOS didn't kill you, was because Caroline was in there, she was a small voice, but it helped you in a great way.

The Ending song was perfect for Portal 2, not like Portal 1 where you could just sing it everywhere. That song was crafted just for Portal 2, not anything else.


Even after GLaDOS deleted Caroline...she still cared for you.


As for Wheatly, sure he did try to kill you, but that was because of all the power. He didn't know how to control it.

He might have been crafted to be the dumbest moron that ever lived, but that doesn't mean he was crafted to be heartless.

 

[Lekonua]

I had completely dismissed the "portal gel made from moon rocks" thing as Cave Johnson just being...Cave Johnson. Even right at the end when the moon shows up through the hole in the ceiling, I just sort of shot at it as a reaction, not expecting anything to actually happen.

SUDDENLY SLOW MOTION, "WAIT- WHAT? NO! THEY WOULDN'T! NO WAY! WOOOOOOOAAAAAH! HOLY SHIT THAT'S FUCKING EPIC!"


And I fully expected a Combine gunship to zoom past over the field at the end. Ah well. Can't have everything you want, even though Portal 2 pretty much did.



Also, space is the new cake.

 

[Popido]

The ending becomes 10 times more epic once you translate what the Turrets were singing...

WOO SPOILER


Valve seem to be telling us that Caroline was Chell's mother. Which would be epic and creepy at the same time. Sheesh.

Gaahh! I hate that theory!

She acts motherly towards an orphan little girl, therefore shes her mother? D: How could Caroline even have a child in the first place? Shes single according to Cave Johnson and I dont think she could be Johnsons daugther either. Belive me, he wouldnt stop talking about it if he had a kid.

I still think Chell was just some orphan child that they put to run thru the tests after they ran out of the homeless people.

Well, heres something interesting. You remember when Wheatley was showing us the "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" science projects? Well, the last one was that HUGE root structure of Potatoes and in the corner you can see the name of the kid who made it. It said "By Chell." Just something to roll around in your head.

Just proves that she was there as a little kid or as demented adult during that time and took a part on that event. GlaDoS keeps mocking Chell how she doesnt have or know her parents, so I find it unlikely that shes some workers child. Maybe the whole event was just used as a make up when social workers showed up to take a look at the adopted children. Or maybe just to mock her how she doesnt have parents, you know, to motive her to work harder.

Overall. I find the daughter theory as horrible as the Gman is Gordan/'s father/child.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Portal 2's ending was so impossibly awesome I wish I could forget it and do it over again.
Only in a Valve game would you solve a puzzle by opening a portal ON THE MOON.
Also, it was great to have closure, just to know Chell's efforts were not in vain, and she got what she fought for.

To the whole "what cutscene is better" I suggest this:
Having a cutscene where you can move and do to stuff yourself, but make a new form of walking just for it
Like... Umm.... I think it was called "Aftermath" in CoD 4.

The ending becomes 10 times more epic once you translate what the Turrets were singing...

WOO SPOILER


Valve seem to be telling us that Caroline was Chell's mother. Which would be epic and creepy at the same time. Sheesh.

http://images.memegenerator.net/Cereal-Guy-Spit/File/332878/Cereal-Guy-Spit.jpg

*Reactionary pic lolling*
Anyways, I love that conspiracy theory- it gives a new idea as to GLaDOS's release of you...

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Has anyone bothered to look up the words for that the turrets are singing? It adds to the theory that Chell is Caroline's--and thus GLaDOS's--daughter. I liked the ending (for a moment I thought it was going to go dark when the four turrets targeted you). Typical Valve ending. I do wonder what will happen to Chell now. She's been abandoned out in the middle of a field with no signs of life anywhere, but I'm sure she'll be fine.

EDIT: I see that people did look up the turret song. Oh well.

 

[Tharwen]

Another thing: What were the really fat turrets about? I also managed to find a couple hidden around the campaign, and they don't seem to serve any purpose except to show how lighthearted the game is.

 

[Flac00]

The parallel with Promtheus was not unnoticed. The ending was great and the only part I have questions about is the fields of wheat on the surface.

1. At the end of Portal 1, we see a parking lot surrounded by a lush, green landscape, covered in trees. At the end of 2, we're in Ohioan wheat fields. Yes, it's a massive facility, but I didn't get the sense that we traveled very far horizontally, only vertically. Plus we wound up in GLaDoS' chamber again, so the elevator up should have brought us back to the same parking lot.

2. We're pretty much certain that the combine get a full defeat at then end of Episode 3, but this seems to promise us that the earth gets back to normal. Earth is lookin' pretty good now, with blue skies and abundant grain. This could also mean that North America is largely untouched by the Combine, as HL2 is in Europe somewhere.

Just to remind you, the parking lot is probably destroyed. You were sleeping for like 1000 years. It might be the same place, just it had to change over that huge amount of time.

 

[Thrane]

Another thing: What were the really fat turrets about? I also managed to find a couple hidden around the campaign, and they don't seem to serve any purpose except to show how lighthearted the game is.

It isn't over untill the fat lady sings. Most likely just that

The one thing I don't really understand is why Wheatley woke you up in the first place. How did he know that you were the right person to save out of the thousands of people in Relaxation?

Everyone else was already dead. The only reason Chell's cryo-chamber didn't fail is because Ratman put hers in the reserve grid. She's also the first on the testing list cause Ratman put her on there (since she was initially rejected as test subject due to being too stubborn). So Wheatley may have just followed that list too. Either way works really

 

[DEATHROAD]

How are you going to carry the C Cube without the Portal Gun? That thing sounded heavy when it fell out the door.

Whats-his-face from that comic was carrying a companion cude around on his back without much issue, dont think chell would have a problem tbh

OT: My fuck.. My fucking fuck, Better than portal one in EVERY single way.. really cant wait to try co-op

 

[C2Ultima]

I honestly wouldn't read too much into the wheat. It's most likely a sort of pun because you just beat "Wheatley." Just like the cake was the ending scene in Portal 1. I've got another question, though. When you are fighting him at the end, it's clearly the middle of the night, as there's a full moon right there in the sky. When you get to the surface soon after, it's broad daylight. Why is this?

When GLaDOS pulls Chell back in, you fall unconcious. Remember?

 

[Tharwen]

Another thing: What were the really fat turrets about? I also managed to find a couple hidden around the campaign, and they don't seem to serve any purpose except to show how lighthearted the game is.

It isn't over untill the fat lady sings. Most likely just that

The one thing I don't really understand is why Wheatley woke you up in the first place. How did he know that you were the right person to save out of the thousands of people in Relaxation?

Everyone else was already dead. The only reason Chell's cryo-chamber didn't fail is because Ratman put hers in the reserve grid. She's also the first on the testing list cause Ratman put her on there (since she was initially rejected as test subject due to being too stubborn). So Wheatley may have just followed that list too. Either way works really

You know what? That makes sense. I accept that.

Now I must play it again to experience how much it makes sense.