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[Soulwynd]

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Portal is tied directly into the Half-Life universe, in a way that is only vaguely hinted at. It is made evident through cutscenes in HL2-Ep.2, and out of the way areas in Portal that the Black Mesa facility and Aperture science were in direct competition. The reason the Aperture Science facility is abandoned probably has more to do with the Combine invasion than it does with Glados. On the other hand, perhaps the reason the Combine didn't attack the facility is because it was already devoid of life as far as it was possible to tell.

In Hl2-ep.2, it is made clear towards the end that Ep.3 is going begin or revolve around Gordon making it into a Aperture Science research vessel in the arctic. This is probably not the same facility featured in Portal, as we see the outside world in Portal, and the environment is distinctly not covered in ice. My guess is that Gordon gets a copy of the Portal gun

My guess is that they really didn't care to think through it when they made portal. Most things people argue about are more likely plot holes than any intentional feature. Plus they don't give you a time frame for when the whole portal thing happens.

[Micro102]

Actually based on the position of the sun in the ending it took place about 2 months before the beginning of episode 1.

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Yes i made that up.

[Sowelu]

*headdesk*

[Soulwynd]

*headdesk*

[Sowelu]

Okay, sometimes image macros just win.

[Aqizzar]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Portal is tied directly into the Half-Life universe, in a way that is only vaguely hinted at. It is made evident through cutscenes in HL2-Ep.2, and out of the way areas in Portal that the Black Mesa facility and Aperture science were in direct competition. The reason the Aperture Science facility is abandoned probably has more to do with the Combine invasion than it does with Glados. On the other hand, perhaps the reason the Combine didn't attack the facility is because it was already devoid of life as far as it was possible to tell.

In Hl2-ep.2, it is made clear towards the end that Ep.3 is going begin or revolve around Gordon making it into a Aperture Science research vessel in the arctic. This is probably not the same facility featured in Portal, as we see the outside world in Portal, and the environment is distinctly not covered in ice. My guess is that Gordon gets a copy of the Portal gun

Half-Life 3 - Portalin' with one hand, Gravityin' with the other.  Get ready for the greatest see-saw puzzles the FPS world has ever seen.  Coming Fall 2015.

[Cthulhu]

No, we still have episode 3 on the way before Half Life 3, don't we?

So more in the 2030 range.

[Thexor]

Actually, I'd never noticed that the symbol looked like a C - nice catch there. Still, it's almost certainly not part of the name, given that multiple in-game and in-universe references cite the company name as "Aperture". Plus, "Aperture" makes sense - an 'aperture' is a narrow hole or gap, as is a portal.


The android theory, though, is flatly bunk. Valve states in the developer commentary that Chell is human; the 'bionic jump boot implants' are simple shock absorbers, added to Chell's model to rationalize why she can survive any vertical fall, while characters elsewhere in the Half-Life universe can be wounded or killed by fall damage.



Still, even if she's only human, the game is still priceless. Especially once you find some of the better map packs out there, where you discover how vicious some mapmakers can be. 

...What map packs and where can I get them? 

It all depends. If it's generic map packs you want, Google is your friend. :p

However, I was (vaguely) referring to Portal: Prelude (http://www.portalprelude.com/). It actually has a story and voice acting, unlike most map packs (although, obviously, everything is non-canonical), and the puzzles are incredibly tough. Even if you've beaten Portal a few times, Prelude will stump you. Repeatedly. And then kill you. Painfully.