Recent reviews by Phly

Played this game not knowing anything about it, and don't regret it one bit.

Despite all the different things going on, I did not encounter any bugs and runs very smoothly on my 1070 with high graphics.

I tried the VR mod (unofficial), and it also seemed to be working well but I was not used to the controls and decided to ultimately play without VR. However it seemed to run well, and actually looked pretty cool given the different environments the game has.

One thing that I wish would be improved in future is to reduce amount of reading by adding some voice lines. There is dialog and recordings, but no sound to go along with it.

Good new uses of mechanics present in original game and also a couple new interesting ones! Wish the new laser cubes could be added to original game for the community test chambers

Pretty good puzzles. Few bugs but nothing major or game breaking. The puzzles don't seem repetitive or tedious.
Still the time rules/explanations aren't consistent to me. But the game mechanics are made clear early on so holes in the lore don't matter

I don't like to play all the characters but it's fun as a game should be. Can be made hard or easy depending on your preference.

other negative reviews have said it: open world doesn't work in puzzle games when there is no indication of when something is done or impossible to do at the moment

Very well made. Although it doesn't really introduce any new mechanics or items into the game (only new thing I can recall is Material Emancipation Grill that's also lethal but its rarely used), the puzzles still require you to utilize the mechanics in a way that was not present in the original games. So even though there is a well told overarching story, the main draw for me is still the puzzles.

PS. The puzzles may seem hard (some are harder than either of the portal games) but none of them require high mechanical skill. There's always an elegant solution.

this game can be replayed a bunch of times even though the story is straightforward because the world is so rich in detail and there are multiple rewarding play styles