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Portal 2’s Co-Op Was Perfect - Kotaku

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Portal 2’s GLaDOS, the game’s coolly sadistic robot narrator, wanted me to hate my co-op partner. In corporate lingo pulled from a dystopian HR manual,

Portal 2’s GLaDOS, the game’s coolly sadistic robot narrator, wanted me to hate my co-op partner. In corporate lingo pulled from a dystopian HR manual, she warned that Portal 2’s levels are lethal unless my teammate and I trust, respect and communicate with each other. “Naturally this will pose an interesting challenge for one of you,” she said, “given the other’s performance so far.” A little counter-intuitively, GLaDOS’s targeted insults are a big part of why Portal 2 is my favorite local co-op game. For several levels, Portal 2‘s co-op is a competition between players, both in gameplay…

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