Game Review: Thinking With Time Machine

Hi guys! I'm here to talk about another Portal game! Yay! This is Thinking With Time Machine!

Thinking With Time Machine is a fan-made mod for Portal 2, released earlier this year. It is sort of a fan-made sequel. At the end of Portal 2, GLaDOS finally lets Chell go, and releases her into the wild. Chell is free. OR IS SHE????? It turns out it was all a simulation! Chell isn't out of Aperture yet, she needs to do more tests to get out! Not from GLaDOS, but from Atlas and P-Body, the 2 little robots from Portal 2's multiplayer mode. Chell must use portals and a time machine to solve puzzles! The time machine can record her doing a task, and then play it back, so Chell can solve puzzles with help from herself! Will Chell ever get out of Aperture for real, or is this all her life will ever be, testing? Play Thinking With Time Machine to find out!

This game is soooo good! It is a fan-made mod, so unfortunately it isn't canon, but that's alright! The gameplay is great and the graphics are very good! This seems like a game VALVE actually could've made! Now on with the negatives. The game is very short. It's only about 9 test chambers long, so you could easily finish it in one play session.  The story also doesn't come to a close, which is a shame! I would've loved to see Atlas and P-Body again! There isn't a lot of humour in this game, or much music, so it can feel like the game is missing something. There isn't even any developers commentary or voices guiding you through the tests! There are no Easter Eggs in this game, and there aren't any multiplayer test chambers, giving this game no replay value. There are community test chambers, though, so I guess we have that. There weren't any turrets, tractor beams, or gels in this game, which sucks, but there is another mod coming out called Aperture Tag that will be centred around gels, so hopefully that will fill the void. Overall, this is a good game, but lower you expectations. This game is no Portal 3, but you should have fun with it for an afternoon! This game is good for ages 9 and up just because the game is VERY challenging! If you want to try it out, it is free on Steam, but you need to own Portal 2 on Steam to play this game. I did have a lot of fun with this game! I would give it a 3.7 out of 5! A very short, but memorable experience! 

Have you played Thinking With Time Machine? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!