Portal Stories: Mel
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Prism Studios |
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June 25, 2015 |
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Portal Stories: Mel is a Portal 2 modification exploring the story of Mel, a protagonist cut from Portal 2.
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Plot[edit]
In 1952, Mel, an Olympic track runner, participates in an Aperture Science Extended Relaxation test. The experiment goes wrong, and Mel wakes up in the far future. Guided by a voice claiming to be Cave Johnson. she acquires a 1970's Portal Device and goes through a series of old tests, during which the voice reveals himself to actually be a Personality Core named Virgil. The duo soon find themselves under threat from a malfuctioning AI named AEGIS (Aperture Employee Guardian and Instrusion System), which begins flooding the Enrichment Center with deadly goo in an attempt to kill them and an unknown third target, believing that they had killed the company's employees.
Mel enters the new Aperture facility and goes through Virgil's Testing Track, and later the dilapidated upper parts of Aperture, where the overgrowth interferes with AEGIS' biological sensors. In the end, the duo defeats the rogue AI, only to find out - to Virgil's horror - that the third target was GLaDOS, who had exterminated the Aperture Science Team before being killed by a tenacious test subject, and that their actions have given her a chance to come back to power. Mel and Virgil shut down AEGIS before parting ways, and the olympian rides an elevator to the surface, discovering the post-apocalyptic ruins of Aperture.
In a post-credit scene, AEGIS, in its final moments, awakens Test Subject 001 - GLaDOS's killer Chell, beginning the events of Portal 2.
Development[edit]
Portal Stories: Mel was developed over the course of four years by a small independent team of fans under the name Prism Studios.[1] Development for the mod was first announced in May 2011,[2] and it was originally intended to launch in early 2012.[3] On July 27, 2014 it appeared on Steam Greenlight and got approved by Valve within the following week,[4][5] before being released free of charge on Steam on June 25, 2015.[6]
Reception[edit]
Portal Stories: Mel has gained critical acclaim since its release, which was reported by several major websites. PC Gamer praised its length and the lack of a price tag,[7] Polygon described it as "impressive",[8] and The Washington Post called the mod "imaginative " and noted its "unusually difficult" puzzles as a unique aspect.[1] As of August 2017, user reviews of Portal Stories: Mel on Steam are overwhelmingly positive, with 95% of reviewers praising the game one way or another.[6]
Gallery[edit]
Logos[edit]
Steam header.
Steam hero image.
Steam logo.
Screenshots[edit]
The Train Station.
The Enrichment Sphere.
The Destructed Park.
The Test Chamber.
The Maintenance Area.
Test Chamber 03 (Virgil's Testing Track).
Dilapidated Test Chamber.
Ditto, with old Portal Gun.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Portal Stories: Mel is a surprisingly difficult but imaginative game made by fans on The Washington Post
- ↑
Portal Stories: Mel - A lot more info on Mod DB
- ↑ Portal Stories: Mel : Coming soon! on Mod DB
- ↑ Portal Stories: Mel on Steam Greenlight
- ↑ Portal Stories: Mel has been Greenlit! on Steam Greenlight
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
Portal Stories: Mel on Steam
- ↑ Portal Stories: Mel is huge and challenging and free on PC Gamer
- ↑ Portal Stories: Mel is a fan-made prequel to Portal 2, and it's fantastic (and free!) on Polygon
