I wanted a puzzle game, not a dexterity, reflex challenge

[schwenkee]

Pretty much what I said. Why does there have to be so many checks on reflexes/timing/precision? I'd be playing an action game if I wanted that. At the very least they could've included an option for slower timers.

[Spaaaaaace!]

This is a puzzle game that contains both. Well, you can play other games in the puzzle genre if you don’t like the portal

[aym]

What reflex challenges lol, the game is extremely easy, unless you have some learning disabilities or physical impairments I don't see how you'd have problems with this

[Dryspace]

Or, you could actually keep trying. Practice makes perfect.

There's a chance that you stink at this kind of thing because you never actually stick with it --- you always give up right away.

[Hayben 🇲🇽]

Not all games are for everyone, sorry about your skill issue.

[ᛖᚱᛏᚱᛖᛃᚾ]

If the reflex / timing / precision checks in the Portal seem difficult to you and do not correspond to the "puzzle" genre, well, I can only regret your skill issue and say that this game is simply not yours.
It is extremely simple, and, as the person wrote above, unless you have "some learning disabilities or physical impediments", you are quite capable of passing it without problems.
Otherwise, your laziness is playing here, because, to quote another commentator, "Practice makes perfect". You can always practice a little more and you will succeed, because the guys from Valve know what they are doing, and they will not add unreasonably complex elements to their game without preparing the player for it.

But, in any case, you can always try to play another game if this one is not yours. Just don't blame the game for your own problems.

[Tarkus]

schwenkee is absolutely right. i also expect a puzzle game to require brains, not skill.

[Dryspace]

Originally posted by Tarkus:

schwenkee is absolutely right. i also expect a puzzle game to require brains, not skill.

And who told you that Portal is a puzzle game?

[ᛖᚱᛏᚱᛖᛃᚾ]

Originally posted by Dryspace:

Originally posted by Tarkus:

schwenkee is absolutely right. i also expect a puzzle game to require brains, not skill.

And who told you that Portal is a puzzle game?

Well... Wait, do you really think this isn't a puzzle game? bro

[aym]

Originally posted by ᛖᚱᛏᚱᛖᛃᚾ:

Originally posted by Dryspace:

And who told you that Portal is a puzzle game?

Well... Wait, do you really think this isn't a puzzle game? bro

It's as much a puzzle game as a 3d platformer, git gud.

[Knee]

it’s a valve FPS, did you not watch the trailer?

[ᛖᚱᛏᚱᛖᛃᚾ]

Originally posted by aym:

Originally posted by ᛖᚱᛏᚱᛖᛃᚾ:

Well... Wait, do you really think this isn't a puzzle game? bro

It's as much a puzzle game as a 3d platformer, git gud.

Okay, fair enough

[Drakeworkes]

Originally posted by schwenkee:

Pretty much what I said. Why does there have to be so many checks on reflexes/timing/precision? I'd be playing an action game if I wanted that. At the very least they could've included an option for slower timers.

"This game isn't exactly what I want so I'm here to complain"

...why?

[shiroi_kiba]

Originally posted by Tarkus:

schwenkee is absolutely right. i also expect a puzzle game to require brains, not skill.

not for you

[Tarkus]

Yes, I don't fancy jump&run and Portal really isn't for me. I just had the wrong expectations based on the advertising and the comments.

You have to play a game yourself and give it a chance before you can judge it. If it's not fun, you just don't play it any more, quite simply. Other mothers have beautiful daughters too :)

[Turncloak]

It's a gimmicky afterthought of a game with dated engine mechanics like bunny hopping. If not for being a valve game and teasing people with the Half Life world no one would have given this game a second thought.