Anyone who's an ardent PC gamer knows that the modding community is rife with creative and interesting ways to keep games going past their expected shelf lives. No more is this true than with Valve's Portal 2. Having recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, the humorous first-person puzzle game is still a favorite among PC and console fans and a new, and free, mod aims to potentially change how the game is played.
Released on April 19th, Portal Reloaded is, as the name suggests, a PC mod for the 2011 classic Portal 2. The modification adds new content to the main game, but one thing in particular stands out is the implementation of a third portal. According to the mod's Steam page, players will get to control the Triple Portal Device, with the new green portal opening up two different timelines.
This means players will have to travel between different timelines, one in the present and one set twenty years in the future, in order to solve some of the puzzles, effectively thinking in four dimensions. It's a potentially mind-bending experience and the mod couldn't come at a better time as not only was it launched exactly ten years after the game was officially released, but Valve also announced earlier in the year that it had launched updates and bug fixes for the main game.
With new maps and mods a-plenty, as well the game's iconic GlaDOS antagonist-cum-ally, Portal 2 is arguably a masterpiece of game development, combining challenging puzzles, memorable characters and a humorous yet dark plot. It's hardly surprising that it's still held to high regard even after all these years.
Portal 2 is available now on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Portal Reloaded is available for free on Steam.
Source: Steam