Story

The Portal series is story-driven, and as such the scenario takes an important place in the gaming experience.

In the games you play Chell, a young woman stuck in an Aperture Science complex forced by the Artificial Intelligence GLaDOS to solve tests in specialy designed chambers using the Handheld Portal Device.

Portal
The game has two distinct acts, the test chambers and the escape.

Act 1: The Test Chambers
The game begins with the player awakening in a Relaxation Vault where they are briefed by the disembodied voice of GLaDOS before being released through a portal. The player is introduced to the testing process and mechanics, eventually culminating in the procurement of the Handheld Portal Gun. As Chell makes her way through test chambers it becomes clear Motivating Chell with the promise of Cake at the end of the testing, Chell is put through tests of increasing complexity.

Portal: Still Alive
Portal: Still Alive is a Xbox 360 Live Arcade port of Portal, containing additional content in the form of new advanced chambers, inspired by Portal: The Flash version, with no additional story material.

Portal 2
Portal 2 was released simultaneously on PC & Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3.