Why does the style in Portal 1 change in Portal 2?

[NemoAlita77]

The walls, floor, design in general has changed. There were more physics objects in Portal 1. Now nearly everything in Portal 2 is a static prop. Another thing is that in the trailer of Portal 2 it showed Portal 1 it shows textures, and props from Portal 1. Also, in Portal 1 the facility used Pistons, now it uses Panels? How come they changed it. It looked so much better in the Portal 2 trailer, and in Portal 1.

Another thing is the atmosphere of the games. In Portal 1 the simplicity and the atmosphere was captured amazingly. It gave you a sense of loneliness, and mystery. The lack of story added more to that. Seeing the ratman's den, shows that there might be other people in the facility.

The atmosphere in Portal 2 just changed dramatically. The sense of loneliness, and mystery has disappeared. It feels like im watching a comedy. Although i do like giant story in the game.

Ive always felt like Portal 2 was in a different universe, and that Portal 1 was the real story, in the oppressive, unforgiving, depressing world of Half-Life.

GLaDOS, in Portal 1, was more darker. She was more homicidal, and psychotic in the first game. It felt more disturbing and interesting. In the second game, however, she was more sarcastic, and more comedic.

When i first played Portal 1 a decade ago. It blew me away. I was hoping that the second one would look and feel like Portal 1 that would be as good as the first one. Instead the people at valve changed the entire game from the first one. It just doesnt make sense why they would change the design of the game.

[Mλrtin2H]

It's just a decision the devs made, they decided to go for a completely different atmosphere. But both games are great in their own ways.

[ZooC0d3]

Imagination and creativity.. Nothing you need ever concern yourself with.

[Mandrew]

Valve messed up big time to put it simply. Portal will always be my favorite game while Portal 2 is almost disrespectful because valve says this is a sequel. How is this even a sequel? I left a 3/10 on metacritic for it being a terrible sequel. But 8/10 for being a good game.

The real only good that comes from Portal 2 is Portal's backstory.

Portal 2:
Comedy game
Can't be taken seriously
Not very atmospheric until you are alone the the 1950's areas, all messages are pre-recorded which gives me the feeling of loneliness until I meet GLaDOS potato.
Crappy Behind the Scenes areas, it's more of a manufacturing area and does not feel like people worked there but robots instead. Also, the amount of rails just feels like it was planned for the player rather than workers working there. No where to explore, always a pit below you and overall just boring.

Portal:
Can be taken seriously
Atmosphere is the best
The Behind the Scenes areas actually feel like maintenance areas unlike Portal 2. I have the ability to explore and I want to explore too. The areas in Portal 1 feel believable and that people actually worked here at one point.

[Saul Goodman]

While I enjoyed Portal 2 very much, I like the atmosphere of the first game a lot more. I feel Portal 2 should've kept the similar artstyle of Half Life 2 (especially during the escape sections), since both games share the same universe.

[Saul Goodman]

Again, I'm not saying I disliked Portal 2, I just perfer the first game more.

[ментальный импотент]

valve? and good game/