The Ending To Portal 2 Is Crazy! First Time!

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[@StringoYT]

Sorry But I did originally upload the video with the end song but it got copyrighted so i had to cut it out and re upload it.

[@Nikolas_Noseman]

Contact Throarbin on youtube, he finished the same first time walkthrough less than a week ago and you both would make a good team for Portal 2 coop

[@TheDizzyRabbit]

@@Nikolas_NosemanNah someone should do coop with me because I don't have friends who want to do it. Also I'm bored.

[@vibaj16]

that's someone abusing the copyright system, pretending that they own the song

[@TheDizzyRabbit]

@@vibaj16Yeah its me because I'm just that cool or something!

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Did you enjoy the song though and the end scene?

[@HuxTheSergal]

Fun detail All the cube turret contraptions fried as soon as Glados hit wheetly with the paradox. Proving once again even turret taped to cube is smarter than wheetly

[@janinipizzicato]

Holy shit I never noticed that!

[@duilio1337]

And one last little jab at Wheatly at the very end. He's so dense that the space core is orbiting him.

[@fautex47]

“The part where he kills you” is probably one of my favorite moments in games

[@AssassinIsAfk]

It's so stupid I love it

[@Ncyphen]

Regarding the moon ending, Cave Johnson did say that the portal surfaces were made from ground up moon rock.

[@commentposted4528]

"What on Earth!" he says while on the Moon. That's good, I appreciate that.

[@Kooczsi]

1:29:41 a detail thats so funny is that the yellow guy is actually orbiting around wheatley, since wheatley is so dense XD

[@Jirodyne]

SPAAAAAAACE!

[@RenderingUser]

obligatory comment spotted

[@regalreturn]

Ok I'm sorry I know this comment is 3 months old but did you just call space core "yellow guy?"

[@Crazyorangi]

I think he did ​@@regalreturn

[@cinderblockstudios]

If it hasn't already been said, the voice of GLaDOS and the Turrets (Ellen McLain) is an accomplished opera singer. I can't say for sure but I imagine this was Valve's way to give her a little time to flex her real vocal talents.

[@owenmcpro]

Fun fact: Surfaces you can place portals on are made from moon dust, moon dust is poisonous

[@draghettis6524]

No. The only thing made from moon rock dust is the conversion gel. Most walls you can place portals on are just concrete.

[@Uraqt_1337]

@@draghettis6524in portal 2 the white walls in test chambers are all coated with moon dust. In portal 1 it’s just concrete. Moon rocks aren’t the only portal conucters. Concrete, wood, plaster for example. But they are less reliable and your limbs might be switched around after going through a portal. So chell was pretty fricking lucky.

[@serpentinious7745]

The moon is also made of moon rocks, which is why you can portal it

[@Jirodyne]

@@draghettis6524 Not True. It was added to the lore that ONLY moon rock was portal conductors, retconning Portal 1. It's also the key hint to the ending, to shoot the moon. No other material can be portal on. Anything before in Portal 1, was retconned by the new portal 2 lore.

[@Stray7]

@@JirodyneThat doesn't work, because you go through all those OTHER test chambers from before the Conversion Gel was a thing. So even within Portal 2, that makes no sense.

[@DelayRGC]

I love how you managed to get GlaDOS' name wrong through two entire games.

[@Tredenix]

Gladius makes her sound like an ancient Roman warrior

[@DelayRGC]

@@TredenixThat's what I was thinking!

[@crazyguy_1233]

The turret opera was actually sung by the voice actress for GLaDOS who used to be an opera singer. When translated to English its GLaDOS telling Chell to stay away from science and that she will miss her "darling child". Its theorized that Chell may have been the adopted daughter of Caroline. Btw You should play Black Mesa instead of Half Life. Its basically Half Life but with fresh updated graphics that make Half Life 2 fit in seamlessly. And be sure to play the DLC for Half Life / Black Mesa when you play because its very important to the story. Also Bioshock is a masterpiece the trilogy and the three DLCs are incredible. I suggest playing both. Oh and how could I forget the incredible Portal 2 mod Portal Stories Mel. Its basically a stand alone game developed by fans of Portal that takes place in the ruins of Aperture before Chell is woken up.

[@Doc-x1t]

Dont forget about portal revolution and portal Reloaded!

[@prehistoricblackroast]

It was a delight to see someone play Portal blind in 2024, thank you!

[@Tredenix]

29:06 What's funny is that this actually is partly unintended - you're supposed to put the light bridge on that far wall to block the turrets after you get up to the ledge but before you walk around to the other side. 36:17 You are legitimately the only person I've ever seen who's solved this test with the laser redirection cube on the button, never mind both cubes! 1:02:38 Tragic to miss out of the achievement for actually going all the way back D:

[@dataterminal]

The Talos Principle - You have to play this now. No 'portals', some puzzles, and a reflection on what it means to be human after everything is done.

[@Ultimaniacx4]

1:26:38 You weren't paying attention to the dialogue. She JUST said she learned the best solutions are the easiest, but killing you is hard. If she tries to kill Chel, she's just gonna fight back. It's easiest just to let her go.

[@matthiashavrez]

HOLY SHIT 5 seconds left ! WOAW THAT WAS CLOSE

[@zephon6745]

The space core makes an appearance in some versions of Skyrim.

[@mikek6298]

Was fun watching you, thanks for putting it out. You're a great sport about the comments on your earlier videos. I said last time I noticed you got better at solving these, this time I noticed you're getting really good at editing these clips. I watched a few other blind plays recently and yours stood out as the only one that was edited down without losing the magic of actually seeing you figure it out

[@Defensive_Wounds]

If you look closely at the bit when things are falling apart fast, you can see in the background the 2 robots from 2 player mode finishing a test!!

[@Blackwolf83ad]

It's a shame you missed one of the more funny segments here. If you go back to the spiked plate pit when asked he offers you a ton of stuff if you jump in.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

I'm looking forward for seeing how you cope with Portal Reloaded. There's also Portal Revolutions and Portal Stories: Mel. The Portal Reloaded has time traveling mixed with portals which allows some really nice puzzles but that really requires thinking.

[@Ncyphen]

13:00 He actually stops when the devs intended the player to move forward and see the giant rooms being moved around with skeletons falling out. Edit: None of these puzzles were designed where the only solution was a brute force attack. The row of turrets were supposed to be blocked by a light bridge, and the cube on the platform, the portals did not have to line up center. Watching stuff like this makes me realize that a lack of critical thinking skills is more common than I thought.

[@LimbaZero]

If I remember right he also missed reactor implosion when devs had already put "warning" sings for players that they don't miss it because in play test most of testers missed that hard worked scene.

[@hidekitom0]

that was awfully rude. it’s a lot easier when you know the solutions, he’s doing this completely blind. i’m sure you just blitzed through the game first try huh? be more respectful

[@LimbaZero]

@@hidekitom0My play through was about 8h. After that I started to watch how others are doing it. I like puzzle games and problem solving games that need logical thinking and understanding 3d space. That maybe helped me here. Also levels have so much "hidden" hints that jumps to your eyes. And usually if you are close enough but can't reach is usually wrong way. Offtopic: Only time when I needed to check solution was Last map wide puzzle in The Talos Principle. Those big puzzles were crazy. If I would have tried to do it without hints then it would likely to took 1-2 weeks thinking and investigating level. The Talos Principle maps contained 6 big puzzles in each map and for final ending needed to solve puzzles what use whole that area from each map. I think I got that final ending around 40h mark and still achi hunting ongoing (57h).

[@Ncyphen]

@@hidekitom0 Actually, yeah, most of those puzzles I got pretty quickly. Once I looked around the room, most of the puzzles became pretty obvious. The only ones I had trouble with were in co-op. It helped that I understood Valve's developmental strategies. Stopping while a disconnected voice is talking is rare unless the voice quiets down as the player moves away.

[@mikek6298]

​@@Ncyphen so you expect everyone to have that much knowledge of Valve development strategies, and not having that background is not having common sense?

[@georgekellon2471]

You should watch the KZbin videos that shows all the hidden Easter Eggs so you can see you missed 90% of them... I don't think I've screamed at my monitor so much in years and I've watched worse players. One thing though... I've NEVER seen someone so lucky with solves, it was incredible. Well Done (going to get a throat lozenge)

[@Sol3UK]

After you've done this, you can always try some of the community made test chambers, you are given the choice in the options menu

[@serpentinious7745]

The developer's commentary notes are also pretty fun

[@Teemo282]

eeh.. just puzzles and you dont even know which ones are good :D without any guidance but he can try the entire mods :D that would be fun.. and they have story and voice acting too.. Mel,Reloaded or Revolution^^ highly recommend

[@aarongittelman2508]

'eyyyyyyy! Congrats dude! I enjoyed the journey

[@serpentinious7745]

Now you're thinking with portals

[@ironicallyedgy7234]

Honestly, I’d say that Wheatley isn’t that dumb. He’s no genius, sure, but when you look at his actions, he’s far from stupid. He led Chell to the portal gun, came up with the plan to defeat GLaDOS, and had multiple death traps back after back incase the first one didn’t kill you. He’s just naive, doesn’t think things through, can’t focus on the bigger picture, and bottles up his insecurities. GLaDOS’ lines about him also come from a very, very, very biased source. He just took her facility from her, and quickly shoves her into a farm crop. She wasn’t going to be nice about it, and wanted to make Chell feel bad about ever trusting him.

[@dzmcroy]

Bioshock is a phenomenal game to first-time LP, but especially if you really focus hard on the story. It’s a game that does a lot of environmental storytelling and kind of lets you piece together the backstory, which is tricky but rewarding. Definitely do it, but with subtitles and brain both on!

[@Felixscan12]

It's always awesome to experience this, thanks.

[@justapoet2794]

You did solve some puzzles awkwardly… but that’s what makes your playthrough awesome right? I mean, it’s not like we came here for an obvious walkthrough, you just took the scenic route sometimes. lol I hope you can do co-op at some point😁 Side note: I mean this in the nicest way possible, in every episode I wonder how long it would be without the editing lol

[@Raudoc2k1]

Thanks for sharing your experience with this series. Of the many games that I have played over the years these two are the ones that I return to most often. The story telling and the puzzles are so enjoyable. It's nice watching someone else work their way through the test chambers and seeing if they find a different way to solve them than I did.

[@Jay1830]

Sad it ends. Will you play Talos principle ? Or trine ? Would like to see you play these

[@MultiGreety]

I don't think he can manage talos man

[@CodyTaylor115]

29:13 quick feet funny how many different solutions there can be lol

[@CodyTaylor115]

32:37 getting that cude took me so long I had been playing the game all day and was just mentality burned out I guess came back the next day and solved it in minutes I was so disappointed in myself 😂

[@CodyTaylor115]

If you do end up playing half life prepare yourself for a long ride I spent a couple weeks playing all the games one summer lol

[@ThoseMagicChangesAG]

There is a fan made portal game called Portal: Revolution and it’s on par with the other two. I would’ve thought it was official.

[@aisutistoto5771]

I will say. This game was meant for Mouse and Keyboard.

[@TheAneova]

Portal Revolution it's a free Mod for Portal 2 that was player made, it's been really interesting so far.

[@forr35t]

Such a fun playthrough, and don't get down on yourself for taking a while sometimes, we all did. Would love to see the coop portal chambers if you have a buddy, but Half life would be great also. I also recommend Outer Wilds if a fully explorable solar system with a 10/10 story & DLC sounds interesting.

[@ctavi6654]

Seconding this

[@Portal2Fan1234]

Bassically glados realizes all the horrible stuff she did is what happens before the final battle and its pretty clear she feels really bad for doing so around that time

[@andrewhawkins6754]

1:27:35 it ain't over 'till the fat turret sings xD

[@serpentinious7745]

Fun Fact: Chel, your character, is theorized to be Cave and Caroline's daughter

[@Sergonizer]

1) Lab rat comic is clearly telling us that the database is hiding Chell's surname for some intentional reason. 2) GLaDOS database says her parents abandoned her at birth yet apparently she was very quickly adopted by aperture workers (would Cave make Caroline abandon her to hide the fact he had intercourses with his assistant? He definitely would! So would he make sure no one knows her biological parents, especially his own database). 3) From the game dev perspective: all three human characters in the entire portal series (well not counting the comic) are sharing their first name first letter: C. The chances for those being selected randomly are approaching zero. 4) GLaDOS even with Caroline (she didn't kill her and decided to lie, as it is accepted in the community. The fact she lied will be important a bit later) killed people in the coop testing initiative. But not Chell. She already got to know WHO Chell is to her and couldn't kill her. That entire "the easiest way is to let you out" is just pure BS. She had two rooms full of turrets, but decided to add Chell as the family member, who needs to be sang a lullaby (apparently, a daughter). 5) GLaDOS deleted phrase. Oh you waited for this, didn't you? But I don't think it's a solid argument. It only proves that the mother-daughter relation was at least THOUGHT about while developing the game. We also know that the lack of relations between them was also a thing during development. But they decided to remove everything that could 100% prove either Chell was or was not a daughter. *) People are saying the timeline doesn't work. Do I remind you that Chell was an adult in the first game and was awakened by Rattman from the long sleep? Cave Johnson has died not being too old, he could have had a child literally months before his death. There really are no obstacles from the timeline perspective. **) The only real counterpoint against this is the Chell CHARACTER MODEL. But I think changing her literal race in the second game was deemed to be a bad decision that's why she looks like in the first game and not like the daughter of Caroline and Cave. Also the model retcon would 100% prove that Chell is a daughter of them, and I already said they were getting rid of those things. Apparently just for people to make theories, and I don't have anything against this decision.

[@brookez3116]

I need it to be said that the reason I personally call you the human version of Wheatley is because you have similar mannerisms and personality as Wheatley before the core transfer and his betrayal. The accent also adds to it a little I think

[@hermanmunster4607]

Proud of you for getting good with portals

[@isisyanqi]

Will you play Limbo and Inside games? Pretty please? I think you'll love them!

[@DragonSkyNija]

I don't think Wheatly was truly evil but only after he got mad with power after getting connected to the main machine that controls everything, and the reason Glados aka Caroline does have more control is becuse Cave Johnson made it for her brain only, and the destruction time of the facility is probably a safety measure that will activate only when Glados truly dies and it will probably destroy everything inside Apeture, so there will be evidence left in the future. I don't think Glados can live forever a long time yes some 100's years or 1000's years, so if Glados can't longer take care off the facility or be dead must start the timer of the destruction of everything.

[@prehistoricblackroast]

A great time to remind everyone the existence of the Blue Sky fic

[@QiVR42]

Very much enjoyed your playthrough of this series. I have just completed Portal Stories: Mel (In VR) and it was excellent. Very hard puzzles though, even the so called 'story mode' ones! I would definitely recommend the Half-Life series next. The story and gameplay is fantastic. If you have VR and have your VR legs, would recommend playing the VR modded versions of Half-Life 1 and 2 over the original flatscreen versions. If not, no big deal - except for Half-Life : Alyx of course where VR is mandatory!

[@slash_me]

As others have already mentioned, there are a few really good mods for Portal you could check out. I also recommend the co-op campaign, it's got completely separate levels made for two players. Otherwise, the Half-life series would be very nice as they play in the same universe as Portal and there are a few references between both games.

[@eviljbrian]

If you have a buddy, play through the Cooperative Testing Initiative. It's fun, although you could troll each other.

[@TheDurid1]

I'm going to have to save that human WTF is going on moment! I'm sure I can work it into a meme. 😂

[@tonypond3970]

Why doesn't anyone listen to him and go back to the death trap or jump into the masher? Missing some quality dialog

[@aisutistoto5771]

By the way "Caroline Deleted" That was a lie to scare you off.

[@calebgoodman3028]

If you have the means to the co-op mode takes place right after the ending if you want more lore. There's also the Lab Rat comic taking place during Portal 1 and explains why Portal 2 is happening in the first place, which you can read right on the Portal 2 website. There's also Sperture Desk Job which is a short Portal game but has some interesting lore.

[@doodleboi4744]

It's truly amazing how you miss almost every joke and every line of dialogue said

[@xy-ow7hw]

Now you are thinking with Portals.

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Another game that has similar tests like Portal 1&2 is the game 'Superliminal' - it doesn't use portals but it uses other ways of bending your perspective to get the task done! its story is also very interesting!! It is like a spiritual 3rd Portal game but without Portals. But the game that Portal got its idea from which does have portals is the 2006 game 'Prey' on the XBOX360. Not to be confused with a different Prey game that came out just a few years ago!!! I suggest both of these games, but SUPERLIMINAL is easier for you to get more than likely.

[@MsAriesQueen]

Lolol uou have such Wheatley energy lolol

[@RyanMorash]

You should play Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2. Erik Wolpaw was a writer on the Psychonauts game before writing on Portal 2.

[@WolfHreda]

1:24:18 "The moon? No frickin' way." Oh yeah. Such an amazing moment. Now, even if you don't end up playing co-op with someone, you should watch the video extras. They're funny.

[@AaaaaaAaaaaa-j7e]

Any timeline on getting back into MGS? I've watched a few people but you really take to the story and it's always nice to see.

[@StringoYT]

Not to sure when I’m going to get back to it but it shouldn’t be to long into the future

[@arconnelly5365]

You should do coop mode and the various portal fan made games

[@Portal2Fan1234]

Now onto co-op or community test chambers which has lots to offer

[@paulashwin247]

Hello, I've just jumped in to the end. Did our esteemed player work out portals for the past 2 games?

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

Congrats on completing it, mate! Such a good game.

[@ADonutMan]

Yes! Play half-life series!

[@matthiashavrez]

If you liked the Lore of Portal, but also liked solving the puzzles, there's a fanmade mod that came out recently. It's actually why I found your videos I think, because I played it, hadn't played Portal in about 5 or 6 years, and after finishing the mod I searched for Portal videos on youtube. The name of the mod is Portal Revolution. Of course it's not canon per se, but it's very very high quality, and it's almost like a 10 hours DLC. There are new characters and voice over and everything. I found the mod a little more difficult than Portal 2. I really enjoyed it. If you want to change game and maybe revisit it later that's also very understandable, I just wanted to put it on your radar. I'll come back in the comments when I think about a game for you to play :) I really enjoyed this series !

[@Wolfist1]

You did well. Wonder if you played Subnautica.

[@paulsmith410]

SPAAAAACE!!!!

[@xy-ow7hw]

Play the Cooperative Gamemode. It gives some more Lore and Funny moments.

[@danielrhouck]

1:03:36 Most people would place the blue portal *before* jumping Are you going to do the co-op mode? Thorabin Gaming (www.youtube.com/@ThroarbinGaming) also just finished the single player mode blind and I think he and you have complementary thinking styles a bit. For example, in the last Wheatley chamber, he said something along the lines of “Ah, now I can hold the goo in stasis” well before figuring out what to do with it, while you figured out what to do with it well before figuring out how to do that.

[@Insanity-e7v]

you should a have come back man Wheatley wouldn't have killed you

[@serpentinious7745]

For your next game how about "Carrion" on the Switch?

[@kirbmaster1990]

Subnautica is a very fun game to play!

[@getsomebud]

bein too fuckin fidgety during the final boss instead of actually listening to the dialogue

[@chrislees1965]

Would you kindly play Bioshock next?

[@mrexists5400]

1:27:10 what's going on? Something beautiful

[@phillipbirk9487]

You should definitely play the half life series next

[@nguyenhuyhoang1010]

Play Half-Life 1, Opposing Force, Blue Shift next.

[@MsAriesQueen]

Bioshock bioshock bioshock lolol

[@JohnImrie]

I'm in space! Go for Half Life

[@AliYassinToma]

Play portal stories mel next BUT its harder than this by a long shot and its like a portal 1.5

[@craigmcfly]

SPAAAAAAAAAACE!

[@RonanCaning-ue6os]

Can you plz do sonic frontiers next I think you might like it it’s an open world sonic game with awesome graphics end cutscenes and music

[@lukeistocoolforyou2984]

gangsta

[@baslifico]

Have you considered Subnautica?

[@StringoYT]

Possibly one day yes

[@milanmarkovic746]

If you want, you can play some half life! The community made remake of half life 1 is a great game, called black mesa

[@Gbobversion2]

Awesome

[@patotrentacoste]

bioshooock!

[@simeonsurfer5868]

now go coop mode!

[@SM-BSW]

Spaaaaaaaaaaaace

[@DebiohTBT]

Finally

[@phunkydroid]

Portal 1 had better song at the end

[@carlsbox1235]

make sure to play half-life!

[@finnleijh6321]

play doom 2016

[@Robeight]

half life

[@adammcgill1099]

PLAY THE HALF LIFE SERIES!!!!!!!

[@DebiohTBT]

Maybe you can go play Doom 2016