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Portal is an interesting case study in psychological torture. The cake (is a lie). The weighted companion cube(that you kill faster than any other test subje
by hyperman1 4y ago
Portal is an interesting case study in psychological torture. The cake (is a lie). The weighted companion cube(that you kill faster than any other test subject). The test result saying you are a horrible person and we weren't even testing for that.
It goes on and on. It wouldn't give it to kids that aren't old enough to handle complex and subtle emotional situations.
Not to say it isn't a great game, but the subtle violent atmosphere building up is a very core part of it.
- aerovistae 4y agoI'm not sure I understand this comment. For the record I downvoted it because I don't think it makes any sense.
- hyperman1 4y agoOK retry: Portal is a great game, with a good story. But part of this greatness is the psychological games it plays with you. Hence people need to have enough maturity to deal with this. Hence this is not a good game for playing with younger kids, even if there is almost no graphical violence in it.
- aerovistae 4y agoThat's much clearer, thanks.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoI was trying to make recommendations that I'd be comfortable playing while a young child was in the room. I wouldn't recommend giving them to a small child to play.
- jtode 4y agoWhen I was young but not too young I watched Monty Pythons Meaning Of Life movie. There's an extremely violent scene in that movie that I find very funny, now, but which disturbed the hell out of me as a kid. That's what he's saying, some kids might not get the humor aspect of Portal and just perceive the paranoia and violence.
- aerovistae 4y agoWhich scene was it? The dinner scene? (Out of curiosity)