Is Portal Revolution the ULTIMATE Portal Mod?

[@Keenangraz]

What’s your favorite Portal game/mod?

[@theodd2953]

Mel without a doubt

[@Keenangraz]

@@theodd2953 Samezies! Hopefully one of the portal mods in development will surpass it one day

[@theodd2953]

@@Keenangraz i hope so but I love virgil so much. Mel is just the jack of all trades. For example reloaded has a better mechanic and difficulty but lacks in the story(i know it’s a smaller project)revolution in the graphic but the ending is underwhelming and tag has the best action scene but it lacks in a lot of other places. Mel just sets up everything it wants to do perfectly. Btw pls play one of the legendary three mods: aperture ireland, forbidden testing track or epic edition

[@Keenangraz]

@@theodd2953 I’ll try forbidden testing tracks next since it’s on Steam. I may branch out into mods not on Steam in the future though. Thanks for the recommendations :)

[@theodd2953]

@@Keenangraz you’ll sure be quite surprised

[@siracha4956]

Personally i felt like the difficulty spiked at random intervals instead of having a more steady increase as the game went on, with some puzzles being really challenging but immediately followed by a puzzle i solved in five minutes

[@GE07]

I felt that too. I can’t tell if they got harder or if I’m just dumb 😂

[@GeneralTreesap]

I think it’s had a good difficulty progression contained within the chapters. The last chamber was always the hardest and first chamber was the easiest and it scaled correctly.

[@lydierayn]

Revolution, Reloaded and Stories Mel are amazing "side stories" to the portal universe

[@gaborfranko3673]

reloded has a very minimal story

[@Ceereeal]

Tbh I thought it was a pretty enjoyable experience. I do agree that there were some weird difficulty spikes in very specific chambers, and that some of the more open parts of the game felt a bit walking-simulator-ish. But other than that I honestly loved the environment design and graphics. The surface sections look really good.

[@Keenangraz]

The graphics are very good. Super cool that they modified the game engine just for the game

[@linked3]

​@@KeenangrazYes, the strata engine looks amazing here. I am excited for whats to come and the Portal Community Edition they are developing

[@ItzFlairon]

I swear I see you comment on so many videos lmao

[@GenocideLv]

Technically the tubes serve as a double mechanic as wind, they can push gel and objects in a direction

[@GoldenGearGrinder]

Fun fact, this mod refrences another mod when it mentions the Aperture Employee Gaurdian and Intrusion System.

[@wObBlE73]

Which mod?

[@GoldenGearGrinder]

@@wObBlE73 Portal Stories: Mel

[@wObBlE73]

@@GoldenGearGrinder oh ok, I haven't played that yet

[@LAUCHGeorge]

​@@wObBlE73Please play it, its great.

[@squasherdown]

AEGIS my beloved

[@Nightshade-Aurora]

I really liked this mod, and I don't have anything negative to say about it. I totally agree that Emilia is anlikeable character. She's relatably clumsy and fun.

[@Keenangraz]

Happy you enjoyed it so much :)

[@lemnoms]

The one thing that reallt annoyed me was the fact that there would be a "chapter" for each new element, and thats it. 5-6 chambers of the new element and thats it, and most of them are pretty easy. Definently couldve made more chambers with multiple elementa

[@Keenangraz]

Exactly what I was thinking. Combining multiple new mechanics would’ve been a lot more challenging and fun. Most of the new mechanics show up and then don’t come back

[@LAUCHGeorge]

I feel like this shouldnt be rated this low, imo it actually trades places with mel. Mel having a better story, but the mapping and puzzle design being way better for revolution in my opinion. Strata Source (this engine) also really pushed up the quality of this mod too, with less loading times and better graphics. I'd also like to point out that a lot of the better graphics were actually made by the revo team themself, as an addition to strata.

[@Keenangraz]

I loved Mel’s story. That’s the main reason I rate it so highly. Revolution is for sure the best looking portal game

[@LAUCHGeorge]

​@@KeenangrazHave you ever heard of Portal 2 Repercussions btw. ? Its a mod that has been on hold for over 4 years now, and is probably cancelled by now which was sadly never announced. But it looks SO gorgeous.

[@Keenangraz]

@@LAUCHGeorge I have not. There’s a few mods in the works that I’ve got my eye on. Hoping those come out soon

[@LAUCHGeorge]

youtube.com/@Lamar11​@@Keenangraz This is the YT Channel of lamar, who worked on the mod. He also worked on mel btw. I believe for the crane collapse for example, you can see him in the credits of mel. You can still see a lot of really cool maps on that channel.

[@GenocideLv]

i think the difficulty was very on par with portal 2, with 2-3 puzzles inducing some real temple-rubbing. Totally fine in that department. Btw in test chamber 14 I got creative and did the room without using power-off cause I never figured out how to. I uploaded a short clip of my solution

[@Keenangraz]

I definitely did at least one puzzle an unintended way haha

[@farisakhtar4824]

I just saw your solution and I have to say nicely done. I never realised that angled surface was accessible from there, good attention paid there.

[@sorokintv2544]

I have no clue why the whole internet blew up over this mod. It is good, it is cool, but next Portal 3? I mean, has anyone seen Portal Stories Mel? It is there, out, for some time now. (oh and Aperture Tag, but it's not really "Portal" type of Portal game so yeah)

[@Keenangraz]

For me it was the games trailer that hyped it up so much. It’s hard not be excited since Valve won’t make Portal 3 we have to wait for the next big mod

[@theodd2953]

The biggest issue for me was the writing. It contradicts the lore of portal and the finale it’s really unsatisfying. And I really liked the new reflection cube mechanic but i prefer the chambers with no new mechanics as they were harder and more interesting than to the new mechanics.

[@ahamedumair]

Did you play it

[@theodd2953]

@@ahamedumair yea why?

[@Keenangraz]

Agreed. I like the new mechanics but they’re not used enough or as in depth as they could’ve been

[@cloudystarsky666]

Well, Portal 2: Desolation is still in development and it looks REALLY good so far! I don't know if Portal: Revolution will be the *ultimate* mod, but it definitely will be my second favourite currently, and second least favourite currently... I've only played 3 mods so far.

[@Keenangraz]

I’m hyped for portal desolation too

[@santiagovidelaleiva]

It was definitely fun and It feels bad to be complaining about free stuff made out of love for Portal 2. But saying that, it was kinda disappointing in terms of puzzle solving, it's a complicated thing, specially considering all the portal puzzles I have completed. I expected it to be easy but sometimes it felt too straightforward, in the sense that many puzzles just had the appearance of complexity but are at the end just 3 simple puzzles one after another. Not all of them where like that but considering the amount of time you spend in walking rail puzzles (the actual fake puzzles for story reasons), having a couple of "fake" puzzles that were supposed to real puzzles feels really bad. Being so closely related to Portal 2 story structure also was a pretty bad idea, its so easy to compare both of these games making apparent the flaws of this game even more. (Wich while being an unfair comparison you subconsciously make it by design) The new mechanics weren't the best really, they felt very level dependant (except for the new laser cubes), and because of that they aren't really utilized to their full potential. In many ways, is too similar to Portal 2 even when it's bad. The difference being that portal 2 had the Wheatley's levels, where they combine most mechanics and make some pretty challenging levels, this game really needed some chapter like that, the game starts with Wheatley's level difficulty, but only occasionally and never really upgrades beyond that. An extra chapter before the end could also solve the rough edges of the story, Sterling goes from a companion to trying to kill you pretty much out of nowhere. Yeah, it may have listened to your conversation about stopping Glados restoration, but for such a heavy dialogue game, it's weird to not put that realization in full view. The visuals were great and the voice acting was amazing. I just wish I didn't feel like playing a worse version of Portal 2. Between the progression structure, to the long walks when an important story beat happened, to the mandatory introduction turret level, to the giant only white gel room, etc... I just wish the game should have searched more for its own style rather than redoing things from the main game.

[@Keenangraz]

Dang! That was a great essay of a comment. I fully agree. It doesn’t have as strong of an identity compared to other Portal mods

[@GenocideLv]

havent seen a mod this good since Enderal. Every new gameplay mechanic they introduced fits in the game seemlessly, as though valve made them canonically themselves.

[@Keenangraz]

I loved the new mechanics. I just wish they were used more. I’ve never played Skyrim but that enderal mod looks super cool

[@emeraldnickel]

What really killed Revolution for me was the comparisons it elicited; it uses the same time frame as Mel, and has the same feel to it with the going in and out of the testing tracks. The problem is it just isn’t as good. The characters aren’t as interesting, the puzzles aren’t as nuanced, and the new mechanics are cool but poorly executed. Portal Stories: Mel feels so much more faithful to the source material, and so problematically, I can’t help but see this as a worse prequel to portal 2. On its own, it’s good, I just can’t help but see it in second place at this point.

[@Keenangraz]

That’s exactly how I felt. It did everything decently enough to be an enjoyable experience, it’s just not as good in comparison to other great Portal mods. Keeps Revolution from having a strong identity

[@crystalium_]

I was expecting more complex puzzles, and yeah the writing is really straightforward, not a lot of jokes or side things. Even for the secrets, it was lacking a lot of secret rooms to explore, just for the lore like Portal 2 or Mel.

[@Keenangraz]

It had a few rooms off the main path but they didn’t have anything interesting in them so idk why they were even there

[@marouanelhaddad8632]

@@Keenangraz wondering what portal mod you think provides the most cognitive challenges in unique ways? I want to have some brain game, and it seems some portal mod is the best out there as it incorporates 3d visualization and manipulation instead of only looking at 2d objects (e.g. Elevate app)

[@Keenangraz]

@@marouanelhaddad8632 Definitely Portal Reloaded. It’s the most challenging and the time portal adds a whole other layer of thinking

[@marouanelhaddad8632]

@@Keenangraz Thanks! I thought Portal Revolution might be more challenging, but apparently not? :)

[@hohlnd]

This feels like whole new game

[@Keenangraz]

It really does. There was a lot of effort and time clearly put into it

[@CT-7567_Captain_Rex]

Because it kinda is

[@denisefrentz7208]

I love this game but some difficulty spikes randomly just frustrates me sometimes but once you figure it out it is fun to replay.

[@antogame1178]

I genually did enjoy the writing. It wasn't perfect but the joke did put a smile on a face. And that's all you need to do. But I think most of the new mechanic should have been used more test chamber. So many possibilities

[@Keenangraz]

There were a few jokes and funny banter I enjoyed too. I agree, I’d love to see the new mechanics used in future mods

[@dbramblet_]

why do you sound like chills if his soul wasn't sucked out by the burger king foot lettuce?

[@Keenangraz]

Haha idk I’ve been told I sound like chills or daily dose of internet many times

[@mehDOGIESRATS2222]

Lasers o no more lasers lol . Did the end bit sober , was much easier than on the piss . Was awesome , I want more .

[@farisakhtar4824]

It wasn't bad, i just wish i hadn't played so many community test chambers before and had played this after playing Portal 2. It was easy, and the story wasn't the best either.

[@shadydaemon4178]

Amelia, I find her so endearing! AHHHHHHH! I really want her though!

[@Kiwironic]

What about Portal Prelude?

[@Keenangraz]

I played a little bit of that one but didn’t really like the puzzles. I might go back to it at some point to make a video on it though

[@Kiwironic]

@@Keenangraz I hear you man, I tried the RTX one but the movement is so bad, even a simple jump was a pain in the butt to get, gave up after 2 levels

[@jrodificator1]

I don't like revolution because he calls it an emancipation grille instead of an emancipation grid

[@Keenangraz]

According to the portal wiki, which I referenced specifically so I wouldn’t sound stupid, it’s referred to as the emancipation grill, emancipation grid, or fizzler 🤓 So technically we’re both right apart from your British spelling of grill

[@saltysalt844]

No, there's barely new mechanic in this mod which is ironic because it is a MODification of the base game. The quality makes it feels like the third installment of portal but there's no improvement so no

[@Keenangraz]

There’s a handful of new mechanics but none of them are that significant

[@donaldduck3871]

damn bro is back

[@Cake25217]

Short answer to the title: No lol. Difficulty wise definitely something you'd play right after completing portal 2

[@Keenangraz]

Yeah there’s a few better mods out there for me

[@brendanvaughan3272]

This doesn't take place between 1 and 2 the gels litterally prove that

[@Keenangraz]

The games description on the Steam page says the story takes place between the two games

[@brendanvaughan3272]

@@Keenangraz then how are the gels in upper aperture despite the pipes not being connected?

[@Keenangraz]

@@brendanvaughan3272 idk maybe it’s a different part of the lab or something. Or magic. I’m just going off what the game’s description says

[@Nightshade-Aurora]

They may have decayed/disconnected between Revolution and 2​@@brendanvaughan3272

[@spytf2-pb3yo]

portal revolution is amazing aside from the writing, which is just kind of eh at times. it feels like a whole new game like portal: mel and i loved it and all its new features

[@gaborfranko3673]

Still prelude rtx is the goat for me

[@zojirushi1]

Portal Reloaded vs Portal Revolution which is better?

[@Keenangraz]

I personally liked portal reloaded more since I really enjoyed the time portal aspect of it. The puzzles were also more challenging which I liked

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

I wouldn't say so. It may be good for the newcomers but it really was a letdown in puzzle quality for the experienced players. Having cube respawning, aswell as cube swapping introduced in the first chapter only for both never to be used again, no other "advanced moves" getting used. the puzzle difficulty gradually got easier the longer the game went on atleast in my eyes. The last puzzle didn't even need the shrodingers cube to be solved you could have just used a regular cube. The ending is also pretty meh. I don't like how the went to this whole sterling is a vacuum cleaner haha funny plot. It took the seriousness of what he tried to achieve and the ending was also pretty dissapointing in my eyes. It's still a good 7/10 for me though.

[@Keenangraz]

That’s a good way to put it. It’s a good introductory portal mod

[@pixelperfect1729]

Honestly, this mod didn’t leave much of any impact on me. All the puzzles were dead easy.

[@Keenangraz]

It was on the easier side compared to the other mods I’ve played

[@Mlik_dude1]

why do people allways comment "First " like nobody gives a fck .Btw amazing video

[@Keenangraz]

Yeah idk. I never understood it but at least I’m getting comments. Thanks as always :)

[@Mlik_dude1]

@@Keenangraz your welcome bro :)

[@naturalnova69]

better then mel cause god that mod had horrible level design

[@Keenangraz]

I enjoyed Mel more but fair opinion

[@real_quandie]

no its not

[@Keenangraz]

Yeah not quite but I still enjoyed it overall

[@toonaishere]

TLDW, Yes.

[@ahamedumair]

Wow I am the first

[@Keenangraz]

Congrats on this profound achievement!

[@assaf_jerry]

3rd

[@Keenangraz]

Wooh!