The National- Exile Vilify

[@NannerMan]

I heard there was going to be many alternate endings in Portal 2, but were removed because none of the playtesters would find them. One was being able to look up very early in the game at a full moon, shoot a portal at it, and then shoot a portal at a wall in the room you were currently in and be sucked out into space, and this song would immediately start playing. How disturbing.

[@thevillageeclectic]

honestly I would have loved secret endings like this. Being able to end it without even trying.

[@fezzeniicrazysequel9893]

damn ive never know that

[@nickryan6787]

@@thevillageeclectic fitting title from the song too. Exile

[@JonnyBoyOfficial]

DAMN! That would have been an awesome thing they could have done. :(

[@JonnyBoyOfficial]

@@thevillageeclectic ... Don't even try

[@21sumsaR]

Today is a sad day, I am sorry to announce that this song was taken down from spotify today :(

[@CraftWorksVideos]

Why was it taken down? It was also taken down from Apple Music

[@a05polzar]

It really is annoying >:(

[@CjROCKS]

dude are you sure, exactly today? brw I just discovered this song I really didn't know it existed lol

[@displaced3123]

Yup I saw it greyed out in my playlist truly a sad day :(

[@21sumsaR]

@@CjROCKS Yep, the day I posted the comment

[@HoraceBenedict]

This song made me feel for really feel for Rattmann. As soon as I heard this, I went back and read Lab Rat again, and really grasped the Lovecraftian horror that Aperture truly is. This man, constantly on the run from his own creation, doing anything he can to stay alive in the pits of Hell, with only one salvation - Chell. Then when he finally escapes and is about to rejoice, Chell is forced back into the facility. Rattmann, despite his newfound freedom, goes back in after her. He is truly an unsung hero in video game history. It's really quite sad we haven't got an ending to his story yet. Just like Schrodinger's Cat, he is both dead and alive. Valve just needs to open the box. Schrodinger's Ratt.

[@buck_swope]

Is that the Deus Ex Hell Gang We Out Here guy?

[@roachdoggjr722]

he's dead lmao

[@skittles536]

We did get an ending. He, I’m pretty sure, died in a sleeping chamber after being shot in the leg by a turret. That’s what lab rat said.

[@voxelbugged]

@@skittles536 We don't know if he actually died, I mean it is very possible to survive a shot in your leg

[@skittles536]

Jędrzej Kawa I said I’m pretty sure. I don’t know for sure either.

[@Kippers_]

In portal 2 I tried going backwards out of the door while holding the radio. The door shut and I dropped the radio. I was sad, but when I moved to the very middle of the door, I heard the music, and sat there for a while, listening to it, and when I was in the elevator, I heard it faintly. I was so sad in the next chamber.

[@i_so_late]

oh my god a very similar thing happened to me the first time I played the game, I stumbled upon that radio and of course had to listen to it and bring it around with me as I solved the puzzle. At one point after I solved the puzzle I just happened to be standing near the door with my back to it, holding the radio, and I accidentally walked backwards and made the door close with the radio on the other side, right as that final minor chord of the song hit. It was the most perfect accidental timing. It was literally exactly at 4:24 in the song when the door closed and I could hear that final chord play from the other side.

[@pinkeyto3]

I listened to it all the way through until it stopped but even then I was still sad

[@garrold7123]

Holy fuck yes

[@TheWindowsUser92]

In Portal 2 I found a radio. in Rat's den, I kept it until i finished the puzzle. but then when I got to the elevator room it disintegrated. I felt sad.

[@twilightsky1580]

+TheWindowsUser92 I wish they'd let you keep it through the whole game. :(

[@TheWindowsUser92]

TwilightSky15 Yeah :(

[@atahanayhan2115]

+TwilightSky15 I wish they'd let you go out and continue to playing. :/

[@TheWindowsUser92]

Yeah

[@TheWindowsUser92]

***** Yeah I agree with y'all. This must be one of the best Song in a OST I've ever heard, most touching.

[@gage1388]

Two of my very close friends taught me to play this on piano in school years ago. We lost one of them in 2015 and this song always reminded me of him. Today I just found out my best friend who helped teach me this passed away as well. This song is giving me some peace, it will forever be special to me.

[@powpandapokung88899]

this comment is so touching I teared up

[@charmychar390]

I am sorry for your loss, I am glad you have fond memories of them and you should cherish them forever, life isn't forever but we gotta keep moving on!

[@MimiThomaFlwrs]

How did they die 🤭

[@Chives1797]

My god, he thought you well.

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

Sorry for your loss, glad you guys could bond over a masterpiece of a game in life

[@Lario64]

For a while, i had forgotten why i love this game. It's not just puzzles and robots. There's such an intriguing and amazingly well crafted backstory to it all, which sometimes even expands outside the game itself.

[@ogzephyr4166]

PolarPoop That's how Valve is ❤️

[@KesslerWB]

I want a game that actually shows Rattmann one of these days, Rattmann is too cool to die from a god damned turret.

[@Fuar11]

The Reaper yep agreed

[@tylerthomas7266]

Fuarian HE'S ALIVE I'VE HEARD HIM RAMBLING IT'S FAINT AND FILLED WITH PAIN BUT IT'S THERE!!!!!!!

[@jaub1742]

its called a ratman's nest and most people know about it.

[@yderga8707]

The creator of Portal once said Chell isnt actually mute, she just chooses not to speak. Whether youre in the clean perfectly placed white walls of the test facility or the broken shambles of old aperture the game takes no hesitation in constantly reminding you that you are alone in this world. I think thats what made Rattmans dens feel so comforting and surreal, that another human could potentially exist. To me Portal feels like drowning in loneliness despite being surrounded by voices.

[@Lozinlimbo]

I absolutely agree. This loneliness feeling is amplified by the fact that in many chambers, there are viewing windows, it _feels_ like you _should_ be getting watched, and yet never once is anyone there. Truly amazing.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@Lozinlimboas a kid, the voices and noises in ratmans dens freaked me the fuck out. He felt more like a terrifying spectre than a living person. GLaDOS’s insults and quips were more of a comfort to me by comparison.

[@kR-qj7rw]

Look up some kf the 2010-11 audience preview videos there's one where at the very end where you have to push the button to switch off wheatley for glados the procedure voice ask for voice confirmation and Chel fucking says either do it or yes But no one gave a shit because they are mostly in awe of the sequence and clap so it's hard to hear but one it's the first main game of valves hl-portal series where a protagonists speaks and it's amazing It got changed in the end but it's well known that Chel isn't a mute amd it would have been cathartic to hear whenfinishg the game for the first time

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@kR-qj7rw yeah I’ve seen that iteration of the games climax, and the problem with it is that, beyond Chell speaking, nothing that exciting happens.

[@stoffelthedestroyer3741]

Chell is racist towards robots xD Why talk to toasters, nobody real around. Glados and Whitley can talk all they want, but for Chell they are nothing but cold mindless grey computers, just mad AI.

[@mt2oo8]

I miss 2011

[@aeknes]

mt2oo8 me too man me too :/

[@ChristopherWeaver1]

I miss cheap healthcare

[@Coaster2301Productions]

mt2oo8 i miss portal 2 videos :(

[@ahmedebrahim2751]

mt2oo8 I MISS PORTAL 2 OLD DAYS IN 2011 MY BEST DAYS:( :)

[@G2bb101]

***** This guy has got his priorities straight :P

[@southpark36]

Good to know the fanbase for Portal is still alive.

[@gregtheunstoppable4487]

Senorita Evanita Still alive

[@blu3skyyz]

BA DUM TSS

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

"I understood that reference."

[@dreamy.escapism]

"This was a triumph I'm making a note here: "HUGE SUCCESS" It's hard to overstate my satisfaction Aperture Science We do what we must because we can For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead But there's no sense crying over every mistake You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake And the Science gets done And you make a neat gun For the people who are still alive I'm not even angry I'm being so sincere right now Even though you broke my heart And killed me and tore me to pieces And threw every piece into a fire As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you Now these points of data make a beautiful line And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time So I'm GLaD I got burned Think of all the things we learned For the people who are still alive Go ahead and leave me I think I prefer to stay inside Maybe you'll find someone else to help you Maybe Black Mesa That was a joke, haha, fat chance Anyway, this cake is great, it's so delicious and moist Look at me still talking when there's Science to do When I look out there, it makes me GLaD I'm not you I've experiments to run There is research to be done On the people who are still alive And believe me I am still alive I'm doing science and I'm still alive I feel fantastic and I'm still alive While you're dying I'll be still alive And when you're dead I will be still alive Still alive, still alive"

[@ellaprospero]

*SLOW CLAP*

[@madpistol]

Coming back to this song several years later... it's just so beautiful.

[@mit832]

Same brother

[@Millennium4940]

It’s like a funeral a sad 😢 one 🪦⚰️

[@xsvxvsx]

same i was replaying portal 2 today and saw the lyrics on the walls

[@0Blueaura]

truly, the highest peak of gaming! 2010-2014.

[@cozz124]

same

[@worldfilledwithmore]

Had to come here after seeing it’s been removed from Spotify. Such a beautiful song

[@NoiresTots]

I heard one on Spotify today and i was like... "Something just doesn't sound right.." and i haven't heard this song in years. Any reason it was removed?

[@BatmanHQYT]

Oh man, the pianos in this are absolute perfection.

[@britbrittingson3129]

this is a awesome dong and the piano is absolutely perfect

[@mcrofty1501]

Oh my god I haven't seen you comment on anything in ages 😂

[@britbrittingson3129]

Song*

[@belthazarthedestroyer4371]

😂😂 I didn't know Batman had an acquired taste for piano Lol

[@ronaldtheant]

I love this song, I learnt about it from portal 2 and I know how to play it on keyboard

[@CharlieSoze]

I don't understand life. In 2005 a friend recommended this song "Mr. November" to me, and I loved it and played it on repeat for awhile, but while at work I started putting the rest of the album on repeat and after a dozen listens or so I fell in love with every song. I won five tickets to see them live in a pub in Boston two years later with 30 other people and they were so friendly and great. I saw them over the years 13 more times in concert everywhere from Boston to NYC to Spain to the rural coast of Germany, and they were always great. Falling in love with Game of Thrones I was so happy when the lead singer of this personal band I'd found suddenly was singing the end credits over the finale to the second season. Falling in love with the game Portal, I was so shocked when I found a boombox I could carry in the game, and it was playing a song that's now in my top 5 for the band. I had tickets to see them where I live now in London in June, and those probably won't happen but that's okay, we'll do it again later. I guess what I'm saying is that I don't understand life. But god it's these things that make me love life.

[@thebachiever234]

No one fully understands life, that what makes it unique

[@deadchannelwithbadopinonsi9077]

I know what you mean haha, it's always cool seeing things you suddenly discover pop up all over the place.

[@yellowpower3755]

It’s nice hearing experiences like this. It’s good to know some people actually enjoy life.

[@dylanm3742]

Wait that was them G.O.T

[@CharlieSoze]

@@dylanm3742 Yeah Matt sang a cover of Rains of Castamere that played at the end of The Battle of Blackwater. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6enfWp3nLGXj7M

[@Tookish_By_Nature]

There's just something incredibly beautiful about this song that I can't put into words.