Portal 2 is better than Portal

My original idea for this post was for it to be 240 pages long and composed entirely of sonnets (with every sonnet ending in "I took an arrow to the knee"). But I decided against it. I do like writing sonnets, but 240 pages is 239 pages longer than 1 page. And all I really want to do today is -- tell you that Portal 2's singleplayer is better than Portal's, and then play more Red Dead Redemption (a game about bringing extinction to the wildlife of the West, especially to birds; it's a cool game).

But enough bracketed tangents! The title of this post is "Portal 2 is better than Portal." Not "Why won't the toilet flush my poo?" Therefore I will, in the very next paragraph, begin explaining why Portal 2 is better.

For there are people out there who believe Portal is just better than Portal 2, on the grounds that Portal is Portal and that it is better than everything, even better than itself....

Erm.

Reason number one why Portal 2 is better: is that the average joke in Portal 2 is funnier than the average joke in Portal. I can tell because I laughed a lot more often and with actual thigh-slapping, while playing Portal 2.

Reason number two is: that the funniest jokes in Portal 2 are funnier than Portal's funniest jokes.

Reason number three is: Portal 2's singleplayer puzzles are easier. Therefore the game doesn't run into the pacing problem of: the player standing in a room for half-an-hour, just trying to figure something out.

I think this sort of opinion of mine-- the "easier is better one" -- irks a lot of gamers. And thus I should explain it.

The reason why "easier puzzles" = "better game" in the case of the Portals is that:

1) Portal's puzzles aren't what English-speakers call "fun." They are interesting, a series of experiences, context builders for the story. But not "fun." Therefore-

2) if the singleplayer puzzles were really challenging, then there would be a pacing problem wherein it takes too long to get to the next joke and whatnot.

And now for-

The fourth reason why Portal 2 is better than Portal :D

Portal 2 is more interesting to look at and listen to. There's a lot more variety to the average everything. Its environments even move more. A LOT more even.

And that's pretty much it!

The original Portal has many fans who say it is superior on the grounds titled "It Came Out First" and "It Has No Noticeable Flaws, Something Portal 2 Can't Claim!" And those points are hard to deny. Portal does indeed seem to have come out before Portal 2. And Portal 2 does have flaws, undeniable flaws, evil flaws! (one of mine being that GLaDOS, early in the game, is more annoying than funny, with her near-constant, practically-the-same-joke, three-liners). But when it comes down to it, people need to exercise more and drink less sugary drinks. Also, Portal 2 is better than Portal.