15 Years Later, Games Still Can't Nail What Portal 2 Perfected

15 Years Later, Games Still Can't Nail What Portal 2 Perfected

Portal 2 is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, April 18, 2026. Below, we examine how it approached comedy, and how many games still struggle with it.Today, Portal 2 turns 15. Unlike most of us at that age, though, Valve's revered 2011 puzzler is completely confident in its identity and funny as hell. In a sea of games that attempt to make us laugh, Portal 2 is the rare success.Which is to say, Portal 2 has earned a reputation as the rare…