New details emerging from Valve's puzzle venture Portal have revealed that that the game's storyline is set in the Half-Life 2 world.
According to a report on 1up, the team beavering away on Portal are in cahoots with Half-Life plot scribe Marc Laidlaw to ensure it the storyline not only slots into the overall HL story arc but also develops the universe where possible.
A new, key female character - presumably the origin of the disembodied voice heard in the Portal trailers - is to be introduced too, level designer Kim Swift explaining that "The origins of this character will be clear... eventually". Discussing Portal in broader terms, Swift also cryptically said that, "Kind of like the rest of the Half-Life games, as you play through it, it should give you some answers as to who you are, but at the same time it raises more questions".
And Portal is obviously something Valve is keen to develop, Swift additionally revealing that the team has "a bunch of ideas" about how to expand its baby - apparently there's already talk of a multiplayer offering following the project's initial release with Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
Recently, Valve's Doug Lombardi, hinted that we may see Portal included in some shape or form in HL2: Episode Three too.
Need to be reminded of how wacky Portal is? Then drop through this hole and check out the marvellous trailers.
I cannot wait for this. It sounds like a breath of fresh air.
What would be class is since its set in the Half Life universe, is that you could "portal" your way into some of the key moments of say, Half Life2 or something. i.e. you could see Freeman entering City 17 etc. Or catch the G-man on the bog.
Wow, just like that movie Cube. They are trying to mix that movie with Prey.. with more HL2 bulls**t. It's now obvious that Valve just isn't capable of creating better storyline (or 'different'), so might as well re-use it for everything.
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