Fan-made Portal 2 mod introduces forty new puzzles and eight hours of gameplay

Portal lovers, rejoice! A small group of developers who name themselves Second Face Software have published a new mod for Portal 2 that provides more than 8 hours of unique content material to the bottom sport.

Portal: Revolution is a free-to-play mod that chronologically takes region earlier than the occasions in Portal 2, in an surroundings the group describes because the dead and decaying Aperture facility.

The mod's description says it consists of over 40 original puzzles that make use of recent factors, and leverages present mechanics in a manner not visible in Portal 2. Highlights consist of a brand new laser cube variant, a gel cleaning area, the go back of the "pneumatic range vent" detail, and 15 puzzles that use best the blue Portal-Gun.

As for trouble, the crew stated the mod "begins wherein Portal 2 stops" but assures gamers they'll be educated about new mechanics and hints before being thrown into the fire. Everything has been rigorously play tested to make sure the puzzles aren't too difficult; none require superior complex motion, and only a few name for portals to be fired mid-air.

Depending for your talent with Portal 2 mechanics, the mod could be precise for everywhere between 5 to eight hours of playtime.

Portal: Revolution turned into firstly predicted to drop on January 5, however the crew hit a minor velocity bump alongside the way. The game became submitted to Valve on December 20 for evaluation (all video games on Steam have to go through evaluate earlier than they can be launched). The devs have been instructed that a small team of reviewers could be available during the holidays, and to expect a few delays.

Fortunately, the vacations most effective held matters up by way of at some point, and the mod has seeing that been given the inexperienced mild.

Portal 2 is the 2011 successor to Valve's first series access from 2007, itself a non secular successor to a recreation called Narbacular Drop that became a senior venture from a collection of students on the DigiPen Institute of Technology.

If you do not already have it, Portal 2 is presently available for $nine.Ninety nine over on Steam.