Portal 2 - Missing something? "SPOILERS"

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It's like they were afraid to kill you.

Agreed, I felt the same way. I died tons of times in Portal 1, it never bothered me.

The ONLY time I died in Portal 2 was at the (incoming spoiler) bridge that Wheatley smashes with a crush panel (kills a frankin-cube too), and that was only because you had to jump down and towards to the wall and if you miss the portal you placed (which I did 6 times in a row), you die. Thats a tough jump, was really the only time I felt like I did something difficult....and I was just crossing a bridge!

I died a little later where (Spoiler) Wheatley smashes another cat-walk but repulsion gel sprays up onto the end so you have to leap over the gap. For some reason I would always miss it ever so slightly; I missed it 3-4 times before I finally landed it.