History VideoGame / PortalReloaded

* DevelopersForesight: Puzzles are designed to be solvable in only one timeline, but clever or skillful players can manage to exit the puzzle chambers in the "wrong" timeline. The A.I. acknowledges your creativity and provides a time portal to [[{{Railroading}} get you back on rails]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of Test 12, the A.I. once mentions that they can't make infinite clones due to the "(stupid?) rules of quantum mechanics", and the only way to create a new you is if you die first. [[spoiler:Come the finale, if you disobey him, he wants to kill you to force you into complying with his plan.]]

* BolivianArmyEnding: In the "true" ending, the protagonist [[spoiler:escapes before returning to cold storage and manages to exit the facility twenty years in the future. As soon as she steps outside into a wooded area, her portal device deactivates... and [[VideoGame/HalfLife several headcrab zombies shamble out of the brush toward her]].]]

* A.I.IsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The A.I. that speaks to you isn't hostile initially, but if you refuse to complete his mission, he will try to kill you so he can put you back together later on so you'll be able to comply.]]

* UnknownCharacter: If the A.I. is to be believed, [[spoiler:a rogue test subject is behind the decay of Aperture 20 years from now]]. We never see them, hear them or even get their name, though it is implied to be [[spoiler:Chell, and said destruction being the events of [[VideoGame/Portal1 Portal]]]].

* BadFuture: Aperture Science is decayed 20 years in the future, apparently because [[spoiler:the entity in charge of the facility has been unresponsive for that period due to the actions of an unnamed rogue test subject]].

''Portal Reloaded'' is a fan-made GameMod of ''VideoGame/Portal2'' by Portanis. The mod includes a new storyline taking place after the events of ''Portal 2'' and a brand new game mechanic: the ability to open portals through time, fired with the mouse wheel button. The player can use these portals to travel to and from 20 years in the future. What's done in the present affects the future, but not the other way around. This rule is exploited and expanded upon in the new 25 puzzle chambers. As always, the player is guided by an AI that speaks from above.

!! This game includes examples of the following tropes:

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The AI that speaks to you isn't hostile initially, but if you refuse to complete his mission, he will try to kill you so he can put you back together later on so you'll be able to comply.]]

* CausalityMechanic: This is the primary new mechanic this GameMod adds. The player can place a portal allowing them to move between the present version of a test chamber and its counterpart 20 years into the future at will. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79YchOPDnVk&t=289s&ab_channel=adlingtont If you move a box or place a portal in the present, this will be reflected in the future]].
* ContinueYourMissionDammit: At the beginning, the AI urges the player to travel through the time portal if they don't do it immediately. The final urging is noting that it's the only non-lethal option, since the other option is dying of thirst.
* DevelopersForesight: Puzzles are designed to be solvable in only one timeline, but clever or skillful players can manage to exit the puzzle chambers in the "wrong" timeline. The AI acknowledges your creativity and provides a time portal to [[{{Railroading}} get you back on rails]].

* EmergencyTemporalShift: [[spoiler: The player character uses the time portal to escape the crushers near the end.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of Test 12, the AI once mentions that they can't make infinite clones due to the "(stupid?) rules of quantum mechanics", and the only way to create a new you is if you die first. [[spoiler:Come the finale, if you disobey him, he wants to kill you to force you into complying with his plan.]]

* NoNameGiven: We never find out the name of the AI, just that it's male.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: According to the AI, [[spoiler:Aperture Science falls in disrepair in the future due to a certain rogue test subject. Your mission is to stop them]]. Of course, you can [[RefusalOfTheCall refuse the mission]] and escape the facility.
* TheSlowPath: The AI notes in the first chamber that you can wait 20 years until the door opens, or you can travel into the future instantly through the green portal. If you don't cross the portal immediately, [[ContinueYourMissionDammit he insists you do it]] because otherwise you'll die from thirst before 20 years pass.

* UnknownCharacter: If the AI is to be believed, [[spoiler:a rogue test subject is behind the decay of Aperture 20 years from now]]. We never see them, hear them or even get their name, though it is implied to be [[spoiler: Chell, and said destruction being the events of [[VideoGame/Portal1 Portal]]]].
* TheVoice: The AI that talks to you throughout the game is never seen.

* DualWorldGameplay: Puzzles revolve around traveling between present and future. Some devices like light bridges, fizzlers will only work in the present, while structures such as stairs, glass panes or portalable walls may be destroyed in the future. In addition, actions in the present affect the future but not the other way around.

* TheSlowPath: The AI notes in the first chamber that you can wait 20 years until the door opens, or you can travel into the future instantly through the green portal. If you don't cross the portal immediately, he insists you do it because otherwise you'll die from thirst before 20 years pass.

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The AI that speaks to you isn't initially hostile, but if you refuse to complete his mission, he will try to kill you so he can put you back together later on so you'll be able to comply.]]

* DevelopersForesight: Puzzles are designed to be solvable in only one timeline, but clever or skillful players can manage to exit the puzzle chambers in the "wrong" timeline. The AI notices this, and provides a time portal to get you back on rails.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The AI once mentions that the only way to create a new you is if you die first. [[spoiler:Come the finale, if you disobey him, he wants to kill you to force you into complying with his plan.]]

* UnknownCharacter: If the AI is to be believed, [[spoiler:a rogue test subject is behind the decay of Aperture 20 years from now]]. We never see them, hear them or even get their name, though.

* BolivianArmyEnding: In the "true" ending, the protagonist [[spoiler:escapes before returning to cold storage and manages to exit the facility twenty years in the future. As soon as she steps outside into a wooded area, her portal device deactivates... and [[VideoGame/HalfLife several zombies shamble out of the brush toward her]].]]

* BolivianArmyEnding: In the "true" ending, the protagonist [[spoiler:escapes being put returned to cold storage and manages to exit the facility twenty years in the future. As soon as she steps outside into a wooded area, her portal device deactivates... and [[VideoGame/HalfLife several zombies shamble out of the brush toward her]].]]

''Portal Reloaded'' is a fan-made GameMod of ''VideoGame/Portal2'' by Portanis. The mod includes a new storyline taking place after the events of ''Portal 2'' and a brand new game mechanic: the ability to open portals through time. The player can use these portals to travel to and from 20 years in the future. What's done in the present affects the future, but not the other way around. This rule is exploited and expanded upon in the new 25 puzzle chambers. As always, the player is guided by an AI that speaks from above.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: According to the AI, [[spoiler:Aperture Science falls in disrepair in the future due to a certain rogue test subject]]. Your mission is to stop him. Of course, you can [[RefusalOfTheCall refuse the mission]] and escape the facility.

* TheGhost: The AI that talks to you throughout the game is never seen.

* NoNameGiven: We never find out the name of the AI that speaks to you, just that it's male.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: According to the AI, Aperture Science falls in disrepair in the future due to a certain rogue test subject. Your mission is to stop him. Of course, you can [[RefusalOfTheCall refuse the mission]] and escape the facility.