Where is Portal 1 located?

Portal takes place in the Aperture Science Laboratories Computer-Aided Enrichment Center, a research facility responsible for the creation of the portal gun.

Are Portal 1 and 2 connected?

Portal 2 takes place numerous years after the events of the first game; the Aperture facility has fallen into disrepair without GLaDOS. A personality core named Wheatley (Stephen Merchant) wakes Chell from her sleep to help her stop a reactor failure, but inadvertently awakens GLaDOS, who had backed up her personality.

What year does Portal 1 take place in?

This is the period during which Portal is set. It occurs a short amount of time after the Combine invasion of Earth, somewhere around the year 2010.

Where is Portal 2 take place?

Portal 2 takes place an indeterminate amount of time, somewhere between 50 and 50,000 years, after the events of Portal, which saw Chell destroying the sentient computer GLaDOS, and landing outside the facility, only to be dragged back inside of Aperture Science where she was ultimately placed in a Relaxation Chamber ...

How far after Portal 1 is Portal 2?

According to Valve in Portal 2 - The Final Hours, they say the game takes place roughly 50,000 years after Portal 1.

Portal: A History of Aperture (Timeline and Lore)

How long was Chell asleep for?

At the beginning of Portal 2, she is woken up for the first time after 50 days of sleep after the events of the Lab Rat comic, for a mandatory set of physical and mental exercises.

How is Chell alive in Portal 2?

Chell reappears in Portal 2 where she is reawakened by Wheatley. She and Wheatley attempt to escape the laboratory, and in the process accidentally reanimate GLaDOS. GLaDOS, furious with Chell for having "murdered" her, forces her to do more tests until Wheatley helps her escape.

Will there be a Portal 3?

Just because you don't have Portal 3 doesn't mean that there's not more Portal in your life — you just need to look a little harder. While Valve isn't making an official Portal sequel, it's given its blessing to a number of spin-off projects that should keep you so occupied that you won't need a sequel.

What does GLaDOS stand for?

GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is a fictional character from the video game series Portal.

Why did Portal 2 remove blood?

Portal 2 has no blood though because they wanted to get the game's rating moved down from Teen to Everyone.

Where is City 17?

City 17 is a grand city in Eastern Europe that has existed since before the Seven Hour War. Later taken over by the Combine, it became their main headquarters on Earth.

Is there blood in Portal 1?

There is a pinch of blood, lots of dark humor, and some guns (Both the portal and bullet kind.) If you look into the lore of the game though, it can get pretty gruesome, so it's best to ignore it if you are/have a small child. Overall, it is a great game with wonderful gameplay and mechanics!

What happened to humans in Portal?

It is revealed that GLaDOS had murdered everyone in the facility using deadly neurotoxin.

Is Portal 1 after Half-Life?

The Portal series, which takes place in the same universe as the Half-Life games, is a series of puzzle games developed by Valve. The first game in the series, Portal, was initially released alongside Episode Two in The Orange Box on October 10, 2007.

Does Portal 2 have multiple endings?

Plus, cross-platform user-generated levels. Portal 2 will offer two different endings, one for single play and one for co-op play, developer Valve has confirmed. Speaking to Videogamer, the title's writer Chet Falliszek promised, "Both sets of credits [will feature something special], because we've got two credits."

Who destroyed GLaDOS?

Before the neurotoxins can kill her, Chell destroys GLaDOS' final Personality Core, causing a malfunction in her system and spawning a massive portal on the ceiling of the chamber.

Who is Chell the daughter of?

In the events of the second game, Glados discovers she is Caroline (basically) and that Chell was her daughter.

How is GLaDOS a villain?

GLaDOS was an emotional sadist and a torturous psychological abuser, after imprisoning Chell in her tests she continues to mock her with cold, disturbing facts and dry cutting insults. GLaDOS continuously insults Chell over being an orphan and friendless, and insinuates that she is fat.

How old is Portal still alive?

Portal: Still Alive is the port of the original Portal game on Xbox 360. It was exclusively released on Xbox Live Arcade on October 22, 2008.

Who is the main villain in Portal?

GLaDOS. GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is a rampant artificial intelligence computer system that controls Aperture laboratories, and is the primary antagonist for the Portal series. She is voiced by Ellen McLain.

How far did Chell fall?

They are capable of surviving truly long falls, up to and possibly beyond the subject's terminal velocity, as it appears when Chell falls four kilometers down to old Aperture Science and falling into a portal until reaching terminal velocity.

Are humans extinct in Portal?

In Portal, it's almost as if humans have been eradicated, wiped out of existence. All these may just be chalked up to GLaDOS' own disgust at, and rampant erasure of, humanity in general, as she furiously and gleefully puts her human test subjects through numerous rounds of testing.

What race is Chell?

Her ethnic background is somewhat ambiguous; she appears to be of Latin or multiracial descent, and Valve concept artist Matt Charlesworth described her as having "a hint of Japanese ethnicity." (Chell's face and body model, Alésia Glidewell, has a Brazilian-American father and a Japanese mother.)