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Beyond bad in Portal 2.

posted 14 years ago by lone_virgo
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Let me start by saying that Portal 2 is not the game Portal 1 was. Portal 1 was excellent, short, and straight-to-the-point. The second game is great, but not as the first. The first major flaw in it is this stupid robot Wheatley. I understand that they wanted to make a stupid robot's character, but they could've done it in more and better ways than this. This character is literally stupid in every way that I dispised its designer and spcifically its voice actor. The voice acting is horrendous... It is too damn loud, and this stupid character just pops up when in exact perfect moments of the game and ruins the experience for the player.

The developers could've played with this Stephen Merchant's voice just like they did with GLaDOS' instead of making it a real human voice; But they were actually more stupid than the character they were trying to make.

I wholeheartedly hate this Wheatley character. Check out the other characters: GLaDOS, Cave Johnson, and Caroline - and you might understand how this Wheatley character is the only odd bad thing in the game.

And of couse not to mention that Portal 2 for PC and PS3 is a port of the X360 version... and that is the second and last thing that I hate about this game.

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[–] MirrorofReflection 14 years ago

I love it too.
And I agree that Wheatley was awesome!

[–] lone_virgo 14 years ago

You agree on.... what?
Have you read my original post?

Damn... IMDB is getting overrun by illiterate teens.

[–] Ward_enz 14 years ago

Yeah, agreed with the both of you. Amazing job by Stephen Merchant. :D

[–] MirrorofReflection 14 years ago

He was hilarious!

Thanks OP for making a Wheatley appreciation thread!

[–] agentjunk 14 years ago

I really think he did a great job too! Lets hope he gets his own spin-off!

[–] SyedAli 14 years ago

OP is correct to note how awesome Stephen Merchant was in Portal 2. Wheatley was a fantastic character and played a great foil to GlaDOS.

I also love the fact that Valve can create a damn near perfect PC game with their aged but still wonderful Source engine. Honestly, no console ports here. Good call on that OP!

[–] jktomas 12 years ago

Oh my god, I love this thread. This is how people could defeat every problem and troll in the world.

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I agree with you, lone_virgo, too. Wheatley is truly the best character in the game. I'm glad you also liked Merchant's voice acting, he's great, isn't he?