Great review! I agree with most of your comments. One thing I would like to shine more light on is the humor, which really made the game special for me. Portal would have been a fantastic game even without any kind of character or story element, but GLaDOS kept me in stitches throughout the whole game. When a game has a great sense of humor, it makes a real lasting impression on me. I'm still amazed at how minimal the story in Portal was, but at the same time, how effective Valve was at making you grow attached to its characters, especially its inorganic or inanimate ones (<3 Weighted Companion Cube).
As for the gameplay, the concept behind the game is so simple, yet so mindblowing when you actually experience it, you kind of have to be amazed that nobody had thought of it before. I'm sure Portal will open up new doors for game design in the future. It's fresh, fun, and deep.
One of my favorite games, hands down.
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