Oh dear god...

Keychain System · Mar 5, 2011

I don't believe it. It makes so much sense.
http://www.game-ism.com/2008/04/04/still-alive-shes-free/

Stardust · Mar 5, 2011

...Holy crap.

Holy crap.

Fayt-Harkwind · Mar 5, 2011

Before her they had another computer called Voldo.

finalform32 · Mar 5, 2011

Jet.User said: ↑

I don't believe it. It makes so much sense.
http://www.game-ism.com/2008/04/04/still-alive-shes-free/
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u read ALL of it. even the extra pages. it makes WAY too much sense.

Keychain System · Mar 5, 2011

finalform32 said: ↑

u read ALL of it. even the extra pages. it makes WAY too much sense.
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I did. I even made this comment on the last part:

One thing that I’d like to point out is that if you rip the audio from the final “battle,” there are two lines from GLaDOS that were dummied out. One says:
“Huh. There isn’t enough neurotoxin to kill you, so I guess you win.”
Followed by:
“HA! I’m making more. It’s going to take a few minutes though. Meanwhile-Oh look! It’s your old pal the rocket turret.”

Perhaps the first line is truth. In a moment of fearing her fate, GLaDOS is telling you that you’ve won so you won’t continue to kill her. However, she gets over it very quickly, and lies about how she’s making more to give you greater incentive to kill her. She then refers to the rocket turret as “your old friend,” implying that you think of the rocket turret being there as a good thing.

As you can see, this, had it made its way into the final game, it would most likely have been to humanize GLaDOS (with the first line which indicates fear) and to reveal her intentions a little more. Hell, just the fact that it was distributed with the final product could mean something.

Oh, and I’d also like to draw attention to some of the things GLaDOS has said in the Portal 2 Trailers.
“We’re a lot alike you and I. You tested me. I tested you. You killed me. I-Oh, I suppose I haven’t killed you yet. Well, food for thought.”

What does this say? It says that GLaDOS seems to project herself onto Chell. She notes that Chell and her have a lot in common, and then goes on to very blatantly say that she has not done the one thing that will make her and Chell like the same person: She hasn’t killed Chell like Chell killed her yet. In fact, she’s so obsessed with Chell as herself that she makes note of that fact that, “We both said a lot of things YOU’RE going to regret.”

This shows that GLaDOS, for one reason or another, does consider her and Chell to be one in the same except for that one tiny detail of Chell not having been dead at some point.

Why does GLaDOS obsess over Chell as herself? Because this whole time Chell has been a copy of GLaDOS in a human body since very early in her life. Perhaps she was copied over while GLaDOS was still in early Beta, and thus would be able to develop a human’s perspective. This gives even deeper meaning to ,” And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time.” The Beta, after being obsolete for so long, has somehow surpassed the End Product. Chell IS GLaDOS, and GLaDOS realizes that she needs to perfect herself to become greater than the inferior beta version.

Lastly, GLaDOS says, “But I guess we can put our differences aside. For science. You monster.” She’s clearly stating that she wants to study Chell more, presumably to find out how her beta got better than her. Additionally, she’s also saying in the same way a mother would say to a teenager, “How DARE you be better than me! I am the “parent,” and that makes ME better than YOU, child.”
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finalform32 · Mar 5, 2011

Jet.User said: ↑

I did. I even made this comment on the last part:
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i reeeaaaaalllly want portal 2 now.

just out of curiosity, is it just me, or does Valve make probably the most near perfect games?

Keychain System · Mar 5, 2011

finalform32 said: ↑

i reeeaaaaalllly want portal 2 now.

just out of curiosity, is it just me, or does Valve make probably the most near perfect games?
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Not the most perfect, but DEFINITELY the most open to interpretation.

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