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#54. Portal (PC, 2007)
The game that launched a million memes. I knew even back then that that was annoying (especially because I was definitely familiar with that before I even had knowledge of the game), but of course I eventually played it and discovered one of the most elegant, yet snarky and funny games I've ever played. The puzzles in this game are fantastic and cleverly designed and felt really damn innovative for 2007. Especially when you consider just how much influence this game has now on puzzle games and its use of teleportation obviously, and also its physics. You also have the incredible origins of how it was just a Valve test playground or whatever for Half-Life 2, so it's pretty incredible that it became such a smash hit.

Going chamber to chamber as GLaDOS lobs insults at you, and feeling nice and satisfied as you solve the puzzles is its own great experience. The whole Companion Cube thing (which I feel like didn't really take off as its own Meme until a bit after the cake) was marvelous story-telling, legitimately making you feel sad for a cube with a heart on it by having it be the focal point of that puzzle section, using it for each segment there, until of course, it meets its ultimate demise. You monster.

And then you have the final section, where you break out of bounds after GLaDOS attempts to murder you, go through all the background of the facility, really feeling like you aren't where you should be, and finally have your climatic final fight vs GLaDOS, who is excellently voice-acted, by the way.

Game still holds up, and is the perfect length for what it is. Also wanted to say I remember playing the Flash version of it and that's what really drove me to play the real game.



Hint: This game supplied some fresh air to its series.

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