The Aperture Labs Experience - Portal | Uncut Full Blind Playthrough

[@Mapocolops]

I really didn't expect so many people to misunderstand this: It was spoiled for me that Portal and Half-Life were connected WAY before HL2: Episode 2. Not by mentioning "Aperture Labs", just a constant stream of "HL and Portal are connected!!/HL and Portal are in the same universe!" over and over again. So yes, I remember clearly the moment in HL2: Episode 2 where Kleiner name dropped Aperture as I bring it up in this video. At that time though, I did not know what Aperture related to. Getting a lot of people trying to correct me on what I consider a spoiler...which is odd. Because if I think something is a spoiler, then it's a spoiler...for me. Maybe not for you, but considering I'm playing these games blind, my definition of a spoiler is probably more strict than yours. Please do enjoy the playthrough, it's a lot of fun and I can see why Portal is so dearly loved, it's an absolute joy. Please do not spoil things, or I'll throw you in the incinerator and unleash the neurotoxin.

[@jasonmoustache1693]

Amen.

[@filegrabber1]

It was only a very mild spoiler though, you really could not have avoided that with so many enthusiastic fans. I was spoiled too back in the day and it just motivated me to give Portal a try and boy i was not disappointed! It'scrazy to me that Portal and Episode 2 have exactly the same release date

[@Mapocolops]

I think it's just a little blown out of proportion now, lol. Like, it's a minor spoiler and I just wanted to be honest with people and mention that it's something that was spoiled for me and now people are stating it's not a spoiler, so now I have to clarify. Really it's not even that big of a deal, I just want to always be honest with my viewers if I know somethings about a game going into it.

[@Mapocolops]

As @ASMR in Games commented: "I like how Arlo said it in one of his videos. "To me a spoiler isn't just "this character dies at the end" or "it turns out it was all a dream". To me a spoiler is anything that I would have delighted in discovering for myself." "

[@spikey288]

@@filegrabber1 It's not up to you to decide the severity of a spoiler for someone else.

[@M3atY]

That bug at the end with the deep voice from Glados... I was in stitches i laughed so hard xDDD never heard that bug before

[@gottagowork]

Yeah that's a first for me too.

[@furydeath]

I don't think I've ever seen it do that xD

[@M3atY]

@Corbex Just watching Mapacolops reaction to that sound was makin me pee myself a little. thank you for makin my week bro. that was hilarious

[@Enzoremusic]

It scared me ngl I thought it was like some kind of weird rare asf Easter egg

[@TheBeastlySolution]

I replay this a lot, and I only got it this last time (maybe a month ago)

[@Chamomileable]

The slowed down Glados is indeed a glitch.

[@cinemalazare4850]

HE JUST SAID HE DOES NOT WANT SPOILERS. GODDAMIT

[@HattedGamer01]

@@cinemalazare4850 It's not spoilers, they're just explaining that glados slow-talking over the credits isn't supposed to happen and has nothing to do with the story.

[@enderdefender7406]

@@cinemalazare4850 That isn't a spoiler...

[@guidosman9218]

@@cinemalazare4850 you're so funny...

[@saifis]

@@cinemalazare4850 do you get angry while playing a game because its all spoilers?

[@Gamash]

The glitch at the end plus your reaction to the noises and the end credits had me in tears of laughter. It doesn't get quoted as much anymore, but "The Cake is a lie" was EVERYWHERE on the internet a decade ago. This game definitely spawned tons of memes.

[@Brew78]

It's certainly died down, but even to this day if someone mentions cake, there's a nonzero chance someone suggests that it's a lie.

[@jasonmoustache1693]

@@Brew78 Pavlov was right. It's almost reflex for some people

[@tonito_el_tigre]

I’m 27 so I was perfect age for when this meme was in full force and didn’t know that came from this game until now.

[@EliteFreeman]

too bad hoopy the hoop didnt become a big thing back then

[@Myne1001]

That's why I was totally baffled by him talking about commentors giving lots of "spoilers". I'm guessing that Mapo is about my age (late 20's/early 30's) based off of some comments he made in one of his HL2 videos. So he was definitely around when Portal was huge. I didn't play Portal myself until about 6 years ago, but even then I saw cake memes EVERYWHERE. Not to mention other memes pertaining to Portal 2 when it came out in 2011. How he remained totally unaware of anything about Portal for 15 years is actually amazing.

[@PancakeDev]

I love how subtle the humor in the first Portal is. They have technology on par with, and sometimes higher than the combine and they use it for meaningless tests with no clear purpose at all.

[@prav4981]

They tested portals and the gun before the real use, and also built the Borealis

[@Myne1001]

That's Aperture. They created some amazing things and never released them.

[@rechtebanana]

they could literally just make a free energy device by teleporting water to a higher point but they decide to test human puzzle solving skills

[@hhhooorrrssseee]

And I like how they decide to go full hog with it in the second game, thanks to a certain individual.

[@ph0enixr]

We do what we must, because we can!

[@woopsyk]

that glitch at the end is something new and pretty creepy ngl

[@branescan]

hella chilling combined with the cake scene lmfao

[@gamerboiiiiiii]

​@@branescanand the parking lot one

[@colinchildress1251]

1:54:48 "I cannot put this game down. This is grea- oh shit!" Just because you can't put the game down doesn't mean the game can't put you down.

[@ninino86]

I made the same you while watching! :P

[@KingdomKing13]

I wish I had more thumbs ups to give.

[@thecobe-lee9674]

God, that moment in chamber 16 when you first hit the ratman den, is just so effective. There is such a deep creepiness to Portal 1 that's really special

[@dan74695]

The music that plays in that first one is creepy

[@videostash413]

so many things are creepy it's not rare at all

[@buoyancydabl]

Omg lmao. You just caught a REALLY RARE bug where glados still scary mumbling even after its died lol. Never seen it before

[@Anacone]

I think few other youtuber got it too.

[@SkeleTonHammer]

Interesting, never seen that end credits bug before. They've been updating all the old Valve games for the Steam Deck, so maybe a few bugs got snuck in there.

[@zenithquasar9623]

Yeah, feels new!

[@Erionar]

Definitely a new bug, I played Portal 1 a few times myself and seen a bunch of playthroughs on KZbin - that never used to happen.

[@SirKolass]

@@Erionar Just because you've never seen it, it doesn't mean it never happens. There are bugs that are very rare.

[@midirs4K]

@@Erionar In fact, this bug is quite old, before, in order to get it, you had to get stuck after the explosion and not fly up, then this could happen.

[@jalfd1]

A fun little fact: The robot dragging you back in the final cutscene wasn't there originally. Initially, it just showed you laying there among the wreckage. They edited it in a patch in the lead-up to releasing Portal 2, basically retconning the ending to be what they needed for the sequel

[@JeffarryLounder]

I'm old enough to remember the old ending where you just lay there and then it fades to black. I didn't find out about it until after I had completed Portal 2 and replayed Portal 1 again. I was so confused at the time lol.

[@FitzFarseer96]

I never knew this and since the release of Portal 2 have wondered how they justified that ret-con

[@Endgame_01]

​@JeffarryLounder same thing for me. I used to think that was a plot portal to nowhere until I replayed this game. Then I thought I somehow forgot about it until reading that they added that bit later.

[@daa3930]

Other fun fact... In the developer commentary (or was it on IGN's devs react to speedruns video or somewhere else, I can't remember anymore) the developers say that the idea of that party escort robot dragging you back to the facility was floating around even during the development, but it was scrapped because it left sour taste to the ending, especially because they were not sure at point if there's even going to be a sequel.

[@tooth1539]

Portal 2 is going to be one hell of a ride.

[@Myne1001]

Hopefully his re-portaling skills improve because there's plenty more momentum fling puzzles ahead lol

[@UnravelingthePattern]

Haha, when he said "This place is so big" I thought, "just you wait" 😂

[@UnravelingthePattern]

@@Myne1001 Yeah, I was frustrated watching him get stuck sometimes, but then again, I've played Portal 1 and 2 over and over. After a while you just start "thinking with Portals." It takes a bit though. I don't blame him at all for getting stuck on his first playthrough, and he did eventually get it!

[@MarkusUbl]

especially after the whole HL experience

[@averywhere6921]

I can’t waiiiit

[@dreamwalking]

12:20 It's amazing what a different experience this is for people today. Back when I played, players assumed that GLaDOS was prerecorded messages, (especially with the _[insert subject name here]_ type-parts) and her being a robot was a twist. Now some people jump straight to the A.I. assumption. Times really are changing.

[@JamSparing]

God, you're right! I assumed she was pre-recorded stuff as well until, well, ya know... Technically she's an AI, but not in the way we think of it today.

[@CallofFreaky]

@@JamSparingshe’s the cool kind of AI

[@mrminecraftcubeable]

Really ? Even back then she sounded like an Ai because her voice wasn't clear

[@MatthewPherigo]

@@mrminecraftcubeableit's not about her voice quality. Lines like "congratulations [subject name here]" imply that there's no intelligence behind the messages playing. And once you know GLaDOS is sentient and would never have placeholders in her dialogue, those lines are more meaningful because they imply that she's putting up a facade at the beginning which she eventually stops playing to.

[@autobotskyflame6287]

It is such a weird feeling when you see someone struggling with things you got instantly, only for them to beat other ones ten times faster and more efficiently. 😂

[@echidnanation8239]

THAT’S WHAT I WAS THINKING!!!

[@tomclanys]

That bugged ending was hilarious XD oh god my ribs hurt

[@RemixedVoice]

If I played the game for the first time and that happened to me, I wouldn't think it's a bug lol

[@thilokobs9184]

Only with Mapocolops ;D

[@tomclanys]

@@RemixedVoice Yeah together with stay alive it was creepy, like how you won't be safe even after "beating" her.

[@Pajonear]

i was seeking through comments whether its normal or not. because i dont remeber it that way lol

[@DiegoRamos-gq1ko]

Omg it was a bug?! I thought it was something new with the version he was playing! It was terrifying!!

[@GootPoot]

That part near the end where you had to ascend after fighting the turrets had me rolling. >gets up to the next layer and gets a portal onto the surface >”Oh I did the wrong portal” >undoes the progress and starts over >repeat several times

[@tibsie]

The thing I love about this game is that all of the test chambers are one long tutorial, training you to think creatively. Then by the time you reach the end of test chamber 19 and you have to think fast or die, you should be prepared for the challenges in the rest of the game.

[@iesika7387]

I really love the developer's commentary mode. The discussion of where people got stuck and how they changed the environment to give the right cues was really interesting from a design perspective.

[@IsolationStreams]

your genuine reactions to HLA and Portal 2 are going to be some of the best content ever uploaded to youtube

[@RemixedVoice]

Couldn't agree more

[@SturgGaeming]

Cant wait for him to get to THE REVEAL in Portal 2. What reveal you may ask? All of them!

[@colinchildress1251]

The joy of watching someone discover how physics works is incredible, honestly.

[@truepennytv]

"If the laws of physics no longer apply in the future, God help you."

[@tomclanys]

Portal 2 is probably one of the best sequels ever made in terms of just how much better they could make it :) I'll gladly watch your playtrough!

[@Tycitron]

Very true! although i think Portal 1 had the better tone and atmosphere imo

[@olsonbryce777]

@@Tycitron easily

[@vibaj16]

@@Tycitron The tone/atmosphere isn't really comparable; it's just so different.

[@Burritobandito79]

Totally agree!

[@zyklan2197]

@@Tycitron portal 1 atmosphere is creepy as fk I think those endgame areas outside the testing chambers could easily pass as liminal spaces nowadays

[@derrickowen8162]

Your reaction to "the cake", a.k.a. "being baked", was worth it.

[@IfYouSeekCaveman]

This game came out in 2007, yet never fails to blow the mind of someone playing it for the first time.

[@CallofFreaky]

While doing achievements after beating the game I realised how fun it is to speed through the puzzles once you’ve done them a few times

[@Myne1001]

2:25 I love that little moment of realisation of "Oh ok so people telling me its set in Aperture wasn't THAT huge of spoiler"

[@TxDuke]

I love that you always want to go fully blind in every playthrough of a new game, I can relate to that so much! And thank you for sharing details on what you already know about a game, you did it recently in the first episode of KOTOR 2 and it is really really helpful! :)

[@MegaChickenfish]

THAT BUGGED ENDING IS SO MUCH CREEPIER OH MY GOODNESS.

[@TheBananaBox]

I'm really impressed by the amount of lore you manage to pick up on your first time through these games. I was pretty young when I first played them, but even now I would've missed half of it lol

[@iesika7387]

This is the first time I've seen someone notice before the escape sequence start there are observation windows in every room but no human beings watching. A lot of people play all the way to the boss fight before it seems to occur to them it wa a bit weird all the offices were empty.

[@michaelwolfe9496]

2:09:00 Stacking the chairs does actually work. That's how I solved it my first playthrough. I never even noticed the cube tube, let alone thought to break it, until watching some playthroughs much later. Honestly I think using the chairs feels more intuitive.

[@hullstar242]

Yeah same here lol

[@FluffyGiraffeOne]

I used three PCs from the turret chamber. Stacked nicely on top of each other.

[@rita7070]

came here to say this XD

[@rita7070]

@@FluffyGiraffeOne wow that's even more creative. I love it

[@iesika7387]

It's a rare moment in the game where I think they missed an opportunity to make something more intuitive with a design change. If you'd had to duck to go under the tube, instead of it being overhead off to the side, I think that would have clued people in more reliably.

[@ChimpPeensRevunge]

It's amazing how many things I take for granted after playing this game for 15 years. Like obviously you would assume there is fall damage, because why wouldn't there be? Love it!

[@jasonmoustache1693]

Such a great runthrough! You solved a lot of those puzzles faster than most people do on their first time, super impressive! Shame the ending got glitched/cursed to hell and back. Spooky slomo voice ruining what was otherwise supposed to be a lighthearted ending tune. GLaD you got to experience the game at least, always fun to watch you play new things

[@jojivlogs_4255]

really? im an hour in and ive had to skip ahead like 6 times because of how slow he's moving. I refuse to believe this is fast or even average lmao im gonna go look up more blind playthroughs brb

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

@@jojivlogs_4255 2 and a half hours is actually pretty good for a completely blind playthrough.

[@jojivlogs_4255]

@@Her_Imperious_Condescension judging by other unedited blind playthroughs, its actually only a bit better than average. most people beat it in 3 - 3.5 hours

[@devilslightbeam]

Your playthrough was fantastic! It really captures how I felt the first time I played the game and really let me re-live that moment! Fantastic sir! I will be heading over to the Portal 2 playthrough now and will probably watch all of your Half-Life content as well! Ohhh the memories!!!!! STILL ALIVE!

[@ashleycat4]

I highly recommend you read the free online comic "Lab Rat" before playing Portal 2. It clears some things up and was released before Portal 2 came out.

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

YES

[@thetoyyya6890]

The story of how this game came to be is quite interesting, the idea of it started it's life as an indie game called Narbacular Drop developed by students at the DigiPen institute of Technology in Washington (state). Valve is based in Seattle and like to go to events where students from around the area go to show off their projects, one such event is held by DigiPen each year and in 2005 one group of students there was showing off Narbacular Drop which was a puzzle game set in a hellscape world where you had to make it through a dungeon by placing an orange and blue portal. When Robin Walker who was a developer at valve came by he immediately got interested in the game and later asked the students to come by valve's offices to give a presentation on it mainly so that they could give some advice for the students. That presentation was given for among others Gabe Newell (co-founder and president of valve) who was so impressed with the project that he hired them on the spot essentially. Portal was then made by a relatively small team who started by only working on the gameplay of it before bringing on Marc Laidlaw (main writer for half life until he left the company in 2016) to write the story, creating the game you have now played. It was first released as part of the orange box which was a collection of Half life 2 (+the episodes), Team Fortress 2 and Portal for the Xbox 360, Windows and later the PlayStation 3 in 2007. Portal and the orange box as a whole proved to be a huge success and development for a sequel started quite quickly (but you'll have to see for yourself how that sequel turned out to be in Portal 2).

[@leplubodeslapin]

Thank you for your message. I think it's important to know the context to understand why it's totally ok that this game is quite short. The orange box was a normal-prized game that included 5 games, which is insane. There were also plans for a "Black Box" initially, including only the 3 new releases (HL2:EP2, TF2 and Portal) but Valve ended up releasing only the orange box, which already was 300% worth it for anyone. Looking forward to watch Mapo's discovery of Portal 2 :)

[@AlphaEnt2]

In a similar fashion, one of the new mechanics from portal 2 were also based on another digipen game.

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

I remember getting Orange Box and experiencing both Half Life and Portal for the first time, good times.

[@DIABLO258]

I've never seen that glitch at the end, with the slow voice. That was hilarious. An unfortunate glitch for a first timer, but still, hilarious.

[@mushmello526]

Interesting how GLaDOS becomes more and more agressive at the end when you destroy the cores that keep her in place

[@lupusabanglespenna]

Wow, that was a weird sound glitch at the end. I really love how this game requires you to think both abstractly and logically at the same time. You did very well for a first run. Portal 2 only improves on those puzzles.

[@Shan122771]

I've been playing Portal for years, but only today (June 3rd 2024) I realised that the "Anger Sphere" at the end of the GLaDOS fight was voiced by Mike Patton. Of Faith No More fame. Bejaysus, my life is now complete! :D Loving the content, squire!

[@riocheng0205]

As a long time fan of the series, it's always fun to see people's first experience of playing the original Portal.

[@ThornShadowWolf]

As a longtime Portal fan, nothing brings me more joy than watching a first-time player figure out the solutions to the puzzles. Seeing the moment when the lightbulb goes on in someone's head is worth the world to me. I love this game so much.

[@Clazzette]

I was severely depressed to the point I MISSED THIS EPISODE. MAPOCOLOPS THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP IN MY RECOMMENDED AGAIN!

[@Mapocolops]

This your way of saying you're not subscribed? hahaha

[@Clazzette]

@@Mapocolops You got me checking if I was subscribed or not 😂 No worries. I've been subscribed since the first HL episode! KZbin is trying to save me.

[@Redingold]

That was fucked up at the end, with it playing her dialogue ultra slowly. That's not supposed to happen.

[@VenomSnake00]

Yeah that was really scary

[@Myne1001]

I've never seen that glitch before. Not sure what he did to cause it.

[@fieratheproud]

@@Myne1001 Generally speaking glitches sometimes happen at seemingly random, but I think here the game may have gotten confused because of the timing of the final core being burned? Something about GLaDOS being at a certain point in her speech which caused it to not get ended properly, thus continuing all the way through the credits. Not entirely sure though.

[@shrub8644]

2:30:22 You might want to re-read this dialogue Makes you think since Half-Life is in the same universe

[@crust5909]

i forgot how insane the last portion of portal 1 was. Its brilliant comedy and a complete assault on the senses.

[@SixArmedSweater]

I think a HUGE part of the difficulties you had are because you kept using the orange right-click portal as your first portal, and the blue left-button portal as an exit, but reflexively click the left mouse button while in the air.

[@anchor-cross]

17:07 the energy ball is more of a reused asset and has nothing to do with Half-Life. This is because Portal 1 is essentially a tech-demo/Half-Life 2 mod. Funnily, if I remember correctly, you can get all of HL2's weapons when you use cheat commands.

[@juxxtapoz]

You can actually spawn the HL2 air boat in Portal 1 with a command.

[@SilverScroll]

My guess is that Aperture just happened to randomly discover the same energy pellet that the Combine did, without knowing about the combine, but used it in testing chambers instead of miniaturizing it for use in weapons or using it as an energy conduit within megastructures.

[@GIJew]

That’s not necessarily true and it has never been confirmed by Valve. The voice line by GlaDOS (referring to the Combine) “all I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them” suggests that she may have given the Combine some Aperture technology in exchange for leaving the facility alone.

[@SlashProducts]

@@GIJew Yeah I think the combine would be advanced enough to have found Aperture during the 7 hour war so them and GlaDOS probably struck a deal when they confronted her. But I think even by the end of Portal 1 the combine are already cut off of Earth. Especially in Portal 2 which might take place 1000s of years into the future if we are to believe the voice line

[@derekfurst6233]

yep it's not even called the same thing

[@nateg3998]

Love how you called the term Personality Core. You nailed it lol.

[@mushmello526]

Btw I play Portal for almost 10 years now and I never encountered the "Stop shooting" turret voice line lol You learn something every day

[@CatspawAdventures]

Spectacular. What a classic this is. I hope you're going straight into Portal 2! It's one of the best sequels ever. I'm glad you caught the implications of all of GLaDOS's comments. There's actually a bakery here on the Eastside of the Seattle area (or was, anyway, at least a decade ago) that makes the exact cake Valve used as a model for this. My ex and I bought it once, just to say we'd had it.

[@spikey288]

I think you're lying about that cake.

[@tantaliax]

it’s still there! regent bakery cafe, I had The Cake (aka the black forest cake) for my 8th birthday and if you’re in the area I recommend visiting :) their chinese pastries are the best. they also sometimes wear “the cake is a lie” shirts

[@totalgarbage2053]

Itd be funny if when people ordered that cake, it’s just an empty box

[@crylune]

seems like the only lie in the end was your relationship. unsurprising these days

[@GetUpandGame]

30:41 the sheer joy of this moment is why I love Portal so much And also why I enjoy your plays. You’re always so happy to enjoy and experience what the game is trying to offer, rather than poo-poo it because others are expecting you to like it

[@Brew78]

42:15 I have never seen anyone solve it like this! I always started with the second portal already on the upper vertical platform, and then went through the same base portal twice. First stepping through, second time falling through. Edit: Like you did at 48:45 😄 I mean, you did fire another portal just as you landed the first loop but it wasn't necessary really

[@RemixedVoice]

He did a speedrunning technique on his first time lmao

[@marc_aint_shit]

I was watching and thinking to myself "no, all you need to do is.... oh nevermind"

[@tronikin3025]

At 2:30:21 you can hear Glados talk about the combine and how the world changed

[@paulsmith410]

Looking back, I love how everyone goes through that phase of overcomplicating solutions to simple puzzles.

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

A classic staple of watching Portal playthroughs. Me: But why do x when you could just- oh whatever that works too i guess

[@pauls6318]

So this is the first time that I've found your videos (I think the Portal experience is amazing and blind reactions of this franchise are incredible, but I digress (kinda)) but you are 100% getting a sub from me for no other reason than the Yu-Gi-Oh intro.

[@JohnPablob]

The warped GLADOS voice in the credits is 100% a bug and holy cow does it make the rest of the ending so much creepier.

[@SPARR0E]

I dunno if you've already played the Stanley Parable, but it's a really good game that's very portal inspired. (not so much puzzle wise, but writing and atmosphere are similar)

[@Rainquack]

I'd love to add that the first, free Half-Life mod on ModDB; the HD Remix and its free Demo (on Steam), are all very unique experiences that are very worth checking out! And we got the Ultra Deluxe version just around the corner [4/27] - probably putting yet another twist onto the whole thing! (And then there are the solo projects by the two original devs - Davey Wreden's 'Everything Unlimited Ltd.'s "Beginner's Guide"' and William Pugh's 'Crows Crows Crows' '"Dr. Langeskov, the Tiger and the Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist"'.)

[@softservesalami]

I would give anything to be able to experience portal for the first time again. Excited to watch this one.

[@goldenredstone04]

So hyped for this playthrough. I loved your Half Life playthrough because you discovered everything so organically. Don't blame yourself for missing things, you did much better than most people.

[@Ubreakable-lr2dk]

I think there is no better or worse its a game its deisgned for fun and he had rly fun playing this

[@goldenredstone04]

@@Ubreakable-lr2dk Half Life and Portal are REALLY good at teaching you how to play without a tutorial. For example, early on in Half Life 2 there is a seesaw with some bricks nearby, and then later on there is a puzzle that requires you to stack bricks on one side of a lever to allow you to access a new area. He did exactly what the developers wanted in that playground, he played around on the seesaw. Because of this he solved the later puzzle much faster. He was not better at shooting, puzzles, parkour, or playing in general, because as you said there is no better way to play a game. What he did do well was he learnt how to play much faster because he allowed himself to play around and become immersed in the game. He didn't aim for a best playthrough, instead he did what felt natural to him. Which just happened to be what the developers had intended in the first place.

[@jojivlogs_4255]

@@goldenredstone04 now if only valve could update games like tf2 to actually teach the player how to play

[@goldenredstone04]

@@jojivlogs_4255 You are preaching to the choir my friend. TF2 desperately needs an update. I would not recommend that he makes a video of playing TF2 though. Maybe the comics (he has been prepared for disappointment by hl), or that he plays it on a stream.

[@UnravelingthePattern]

I've been so excited to see you play Portal and this was a real treat. Can't wait to see you crack open Portal 2 and then HL: Alyx!

[@Koborakai]

I don't think the player character's name and hometown are classified. That would imply that the player character is special in some way. I think those [insert name/hometown here] voice lines are supposed to indicate that they couldn't be bothered, because you are NOT special. You are just a random test subject (among: many? hundreds? thousands?), and they don't care about any of you enough to even fill in the personal details. I think the [insert hometown here] bit has an extra layer to it because I think the joke and implication is that no matter what your hometown is, the portal gun is still worth more than all of the combined incomes of that town. Love this game's humor! Love your content too, keep it up!

[@TheBeastlySolution]

If you're interested, after you beat the game you can replay it with developer commentary, and seeing someone react blindly always reminds me of the playtester reactions they mention in the commentary :)

[@BunnLilah]

This just made me realize I haven't heard "Still Alive" in maybe a decade...feels so crazy to come back and still memorize the lyrics after so long.

[@Stromek85]

The things you have on youre feet are the “long fall boots”. They will make sure that you wont take any fall damage. The white walls are the only that are “portal conductive” which means they are the only walls which you can place portals on

[@kspangsege]

From Half-Life Wiki: The Long Fall Boot is a boot used by Aperture Science to prevent Test Subjects from inadvertently damaging the Portal Device while falling to their death. It does this by lessening the impact of falls, thus also preventing injury to test subjects.

[@hydrogen-8]

In Portal 1 Chell is barefoot and uses 'Advanced Knee Replacements', the Boots are only introduced in Portal 2

[@Stromek85]

@@hydrogen-8 it works the same but thanks for explanation, ive didnt know that and thought it was the same thing

[@elbruces]

@@hydrogen-8 We can literally see them, unless they changed her model in Portal 1 after Portal 2 came out.

[@hydrogen-8]

@@elbruces you can see her wearing boots in Portal 1?

[@Monsposse]

GLaDOS's glitched dialogue over the song has to be the second best Portal glitch I've seen.

[@Yapity111]

"my mind is an enigma" Seriously some of the things you think up I just shake my head and wonder how you ever thought that was going to work. But honestly that sort of thing is probably why you're fun to watch. I think a lot of video games either hold our hand the whole time or just reward trying random things that don't necessarily make sense. It isn't often that you get a game that legitimately just involves observation, physics and just thinking things through like this game does.

[@familyunfriendly1732]

Fuck yes! Thank you for taking time out of your week to play Portal. Edit: only a quarter way through, but I cannot wait for his reactions to Glad0s's more human voicelines

[@galak-two-ya]

The thing on Chell's (the player character) legs are to prevent her from taking fall damage, and are later reworked to the Long Fall Boots in Portal 2.

[@tashikat9040]

The bit where you try to jam the cube through the hole instead of shooting a portal onto the other side of the hole and just walking through with the cube is quite possibly the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Especially when you then shoot a portal through the hole while trying to shoot a portal close to the hole to nudge the cube through. I do hope you'll follow up with Portal 2 soon!

[@MidnightSt]

Btw, behind the scenes info: Portal was made by Digipen students. While at Digipen, they made a game called Narbacular Drop (you can get that one for free) which did the idea of portal mechanics. Gabe Newell saw it, thought it was neat, hired the students that made it, and told them "make whatever you want". And so they made Portal, which was originally released as an extra thing in Orange Box. After most people bought Orange Box just to get Portal, it got its own separate release.

[@bigiron1990]

I love watching people play this game for the first time. Seeing people get used to the portals and how they work. Seeing the gears turn for people when they start to understand the mechanics better. Watching different approaches to one puzzle vs another. Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@JeremyBX]

42:10 that was impressive. You were supposed to do a double fling but instead you performed some impossible esport level portaling

[@sunburntmeduza7372]

It's really interesting seeing someone's 1st take on this game, where as I have played it enough to have unlocked all the achievements and can complete the game in 20min

[@GabrielWehrle]

Yes!!! I was so excited for this! Just started the video, I hope you enjoyed Portal and I'm looking forward to watching you play Portal 2! Portal 2 was my first triple A title, so it's special to me. Sorry you saw some spoilers, but I hope it didn't affect your playthrough too much.

[@nolram]

Extremely glad to see this playthrough. As I have said in the past, I love the way you play games and showcase them on your channel, its a joy to watch.

[@codypavy]

Great video! Was super excited to see your reaction to this game. You’re gonna love Portal 2. It takes everything that made this game great and dials it up a few notches. It’s one of my favorite games ever

[@CeticWales]

I have not come across this channel before, but it is so fun watching you trying to figure out the puzzles for the first time. Takes me back to when I played the game first. Great video! Subbed!

[@TecnoButter]

You manage to find bugs I have never seen, like that Glados deep voice bug it's honestly impressive

[@OhThatRobin]

Around 40:40 “we get cake at the end! Nice!” Me: “oh you sweet summer child”

[@iNoobN1]

Great playthrough! You're very quick on picking up the concepts and ideas. Can't wait to see you play Portal 2!

[@Sk8TheGamer115]

Its so cool to watch someone go through this for the first time, I have started looking into speedrunning for this game and this makes me realize sometimes its nice to just chill and absorb it all.

[@cosmic_jon]

You've never played Portal?! This is gonna be good. One of my all-time favorites.

[@BaconBellaPancakes]

I just played thru this (for like the third time ive also watched peopel irl play it since i was little) and wanted to watch someone elses reaction! Thanks for being wholesome!(so far😂)

[@PaulHasyn]

i felt like I was experiencing it again for the first time watching this, gosh the nostalgia, this game is timeless and GLaDOS mt fav villain/antagonist

[@frankleeroy6591]

I really enjoyed your let's play. One of my favourite parts was your attempt at 23:25 . I've never seen someone trying to solve the testchamber like that. Keep going :)

[@suamf4753]

Ah. Yes! My crippling addiction to Mapocolops Half Life episodes - something I never knew I wanted - will finally be sated again!

[@Sleawzor]

This was a nostalgia treat, thank you Mapo!

[@ankzmoviez]

Fun fact; The ending of the game was retconned before the announcement of Portal 2 as it was orignally just a self-contained story. Originally the party escort associate didn´t drag you away at the end and it just transitioned over into the cake sequence. Also the login credentials that you found earlier in the playthrough were added in an update around this time and could be used to access a website related to an ARG which eventually teased the announcement of the sequel.

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

Oooh so that's why i never noticed the password before.

[@JackMellor498]

2:09:24 It never occurred to me ever that you could do that. It was always the one bit in Portal I hated, the ONLY thing. They make you spend the whole game thus far thinking with portals, only to then need a few lousy props to climb into one vent opening?! So props to you (pun intended) A short but sweet experiment of a game! With some of the best pitch black humour in any game I’ve ever played!

[@GIJew]

Yup! I replayed Portal a couple weeks ago (first time since the first time I played it many years ago) and got stuck there. I ended up just grabbing a chair like he did but was more careful not to knock it over when jumping on top. It worked. I knew it couldn't be the "right" way to do it but I didn't think much of it and just carried on.

[@himikebye]

It would of made a big difference if the developers had Doug Rattmans messages on the wall saying 'hit this tube' or 'break here'.

[@GIJew]

@@himikebye While it takes more intuition than many other parts of the game, I think that's too big of a cop-out for a game so famous for its subtle way of guiding the player. Maybe have the tube cracked a little bit with gas effects coming out of it to suggest that it can be cracked further.

[@Jigsawn2]

I remember getting stuck on that big drop jump puzzle near the end for hours, I was doing exactly the same kind of stuff as you! Enjoy Portal 2, its one of the best games of all time!

[@potatos9842]

Glados speaking with a deep voice in the end really nails home the theory that she is... "Still Alive"

[@splinterCrash]

Over the years I've completed this game probably a dozen times, watched multiple casual playthrough and probably hundreds of speedruns... Watching you play with the portals when you picked up the first portal gun is the first time the game has ever made me feel motion sick. So congrats! 😂 Really fun playthrough. It's always great to watch someone experience it for the same time

[@denisinio1]

While there may be other games with a higher production quality, the first Portal is one of the only games I would call a perfect game. It is such a tight experience, a game that by playing you can feel how much the developers put their soul into it, it feels that there is not a single pixel wasted anywhere, like each one was lovingly placed down.

[@enotsnavdier6867]

I'd say the fight against GlaDos holds it back from being g perfect. The fight is kinda lame as is, but from what is there, there was a ton of potential for a better fight imo.

[@peterlewis2178]

Well, except that slo-mo glados bug at the end lol

[@MuchWhittering]

I wouldn't call Portal 1 perfect, given I'd say it's worse than Portal 2. Portal 1's biggest problem is that the whole game feels like 1 big tutorial. By the time the game stops teaching you its mechanics, you're almost done. When I beat Glados, my reaction was "Wait, is that it?". Portal 1 feels like a demo for Portal 2.

[@geraldhenry5739]

I really appreciated this reaction truly! To see the raw experience of someone else going through this game was sooooo satisfying. Really hits me right in the nostalgia! I'll be checking out your part 2 for sure after I complete my next playthrough. I'm late but worth it!

[@MnemonicHack]

"I can not put this game down" *gets crushed by a piston* It can put you down though.

[@kodekristian]

Awesome little LP, Mr. Mapo, you never cease to amaze. I too have never experienced the Half-Life and Portal series before, so this one was blind for me as well. After hearing about it for so many years, It's great finally having seen it for myself, and I couldn't have asked for a better guide than you. Thank you. That first turret accident was particularly hilarious. :D That big room puzzle you began at 2:13:45 is a perfect example of the mistakes I too would be doing, if given a tool as powerful as the portal gun, and no instructions on the nature of the puzzle. I would overthink the hell out of it, so I would likely have been stuck on quite a few of the puzzles in this game, which makes your blind experience all the more impressive.

[@GMThEMaN]

Ah yes, thinking with portals. Such a classic game. Can't wait to see you play Portal 2.

[@LukaWukaWatcher]

42:18 LITERALLY WTF I know that every way is the right way if it works but OMG that is definitely the first time I've seen that solve.

[@roflc0re]

My boy Mapo is finally here with Portal 😍 Can't wait for Portal 2!

[@AnimTimeeg]

HELL YEAH! ive been looking for people playing portal on 2022 that actually are enjoyable to watch for a while, and considering your MGR videos, this is gonna be fun.

[@serene-illusion]

Dang...that sucks to hear. Was gonna love to see your reaction to Aperture Labs and how they were mentioned in HL2 Ep2. Hopefully you don't get any more of those in your next playthroughs, people can be uh, very passionate sometimes

[@cocoelacanth]

He thankfully wasn't spoiled on the Aperture connection; he comments on it at 4:23.

[@nny2dope]

That ohhhhhh at 20:40 .. NOW youre thinking with portals!

[@PerryThePlaticorn]

So happy you've finally gotten around to Portal and amazed that you beat the whole first game in one sitting. The second one is definitely going to take a few more uploads though. It has far more content and story than the first one. And what the hell was up with that deep slow-mo growling voice playing over the ending? I've never seen or heard that before. I think your game was bugging out.