# Portal live action movie **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-live-action-movie/593901 "2011-08-24T15:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-live-action-movie/593901/21 "2012-08-09T18:45:18Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Portal 2 is a flawed game - parts of it drag in ways the original did not (but maybe that’s deliberate to make you want to get back), and the co-op does not work well\*. I think Yahtzee summed up the main problem with Portal 2 as well: It sets out to tell the story more in depth at just the point where the story stops being interesting. It also hits the reset button on the perfectly satisfying ending of the first game, at least for the main character, in what is known as a “Men in Black II dick move”\*. I really think Portal 2 should have had a brand new setting away from the facility and a new main character. Surely there must be other cool environments that could do with some portal technology to shake things up. \*(It’s not? It is now!) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-live-action-movie/593901/22 "2012-08-09T18:56:18Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Wow - could not disagree more regarding the co-op. I played it with my girlfriend and it may have been the most fun I’ve ever had playing a video game. It takes all the puzzle-solving highs the single-player mode elicits and turns them into a shared experience. Agreed. However, I’ve only ever co-oped with someone in the same room. If we were separated and lacked mics so that we’d have to rely on the gestures menu, I’d have hated it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-live-action-movie/593901/23 "2012-08-15T12:39:02Z")
IMO, Better story == better game. Portal 2 rocked. It didn’t get slow at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-live-action-movie/593901.md?page=1)