What Portal 3's Story Could Look Like

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The Portal franchise has done very well over the years to cement itself alongside the many other illustrious and genre-defining game series that Valve has produced and developed. The narratively chilling puzzle-platformer captured the hearts and minds of audiences across both of its mainline releases in 2007 and 2011 respectively, with fans predictably wanting more.

With the recent release of the well-received Aperture Desk Job for the Steam Deck, the discourse surrounding Portal has once again been reignited. With a pivotal co-writer of the main Portal story recently showing public desire for the release of another mainline Portal game, the avenues for exploration that a potential Portal 3 story would have at its disposal are numerous.

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The original Portal was a form of spiritual successor to a 2005 portal-based title named Narbacular Drop. When Valve hired the team for Narbarcular Drop to produce a similar title with the benefit of the coveted Source Engine, the framework for the first Portal title was born.

Portal sees players control a silent female protagonist named Chell, who is forced to navigate a series of puzzles within increasingly elaborate and dangerous test chambers with the use of a highly advanced portal gun. The game ultimately received heaps of praise due to its highly unique and mentally stimulating gameplay, combined with a deceivingly in-depth story. The first Portal introduced GLaDOS, a maniacal computer-based antagonist that develops increasingly lethal puzzles within the Aperture Science facilities that the player is forced to solve.

The longer and more narrative driven Portal 2, which released in 2011 thanks to the intense