A passive aggressive AI, a portal gun, and test chambers that mock you with every failure.

On gut feeling, the community places it just above average. The detail, though, draws an amusing contrast. Attachment finishes very high, ahead of more than nine games out of ten, and controller feel and the wish to rediscover it follow, well placed. But one figure jumps out: as a desert island pick, it lands at the very bottom of the ranking, last or nearly. Logical, and even consistent with its nature: Portal 2 is a brilliant but short adventure, solved once, not a long term companion. Fun and art style stay, for their part, around average.

Next to other puzzle games, its writing and humor set a standard few have reached. Its puzzles became textbook cases.

So, who is it for? For you if you like to think, laugh, and an adventure perfectly tuned from start to finish. Much less if you want a game that lasts hundreds of hours.