The Courtesy Call
Back to Portal 2
You’ll be woken up from your long sleep by a little robot called Wheatley. Once the container your in crashes, drop down into what appears to be the a testing room from the first game. Wait for the portal to appear and then go through. Make your way to the first testing room and put the cube on the button to open the door. Head to the lift and ride it down.
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The first real puzzle, although it’s pretty simple. Push the red button on the right and go through the portal. Pick up the cube and take it back. Push the red button on the left and go through the portal with the cube. Put the cube on the red button. Go back and push the red button in the middle. Go through the portal and out the exit door.
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When you stand near the portal gun stand you’ll fall through the floor to the area below. Walk up the platforms to grab the first portal gun. Place a portal on the wall and go through. Walk along the walkway and up the stairs. Continue through the office. When you get to the next broken corridor place a portal on the wall and go through. Place a portal on the wall near to the exit and go back through the orange portal. Head down to the lift.
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Place a portal the cube in the pit and the cube will fall out of the orange portal. Put the cube on the button to open the door to the next area.
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There are two buttons and two cubes. Once again put the portal under the cube in the pit and it will fall out of the orange portal onto a platform. Put a portal on the wall, go through and drop the cube off the platfrom. Put a portal on the wall above the other platform and grab the second cube. Place both cubes on the red buttons to open the door.
In the next small room place a portal on the wall and go through. You’ll fall down and land on the glass above you. Turn around and go through the door to the lift.
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Place a portal on the floor and drop through to the next room. Put your portal under the cube dispenser in the corner and press the red button. The cube will drop through the portal. Place the cube on the red button to lift up platforms so you can get up to the ledge.
Place your portal on the sloped platform under the next cube dispenser and press the red button on the left. Wait a second and then press the red button on the right to lift up the floor and stop the cube from rolling into the water. Pick up the cube and place it on the button by the door. Go through to the next area.
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Place a portal on the wall and go through. For this puzzle you’ll need to drop down the pit and place the portal underneath you. After being flung up to the ledge place a portal under the cube in the glass box. Grab the cube and fling yourself back to the ledge. Put the cube on the button to open the door.
In the next area place a portal on the sloped panel to the left and drop through the orange portal at the bottom of the pit. Grab the cube, place a portal on the right side of the room and drop down the pit again. You’ll get flung over to the ledge on the other side. Place the cube on the button behind the broken glass to lift up a platform by the exit. Fling yourself over to the new platform and go through to the lift.
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Place a portal on the wall in the other room and drop through the orange portal. Wait for Wheatley to drop down and then place him on the connection that opens up in the wall. Grab Wheatley again and then head along the walkways. Continue through the facility until you reach the Main Breaker Room. Place Wheatley on the connector. He’ll eventually mess up and accidentally bring GLaDOS back to life.
GLaDOS will through you in the Incinerator Room. Walk along the broken beams and out through the next corridor. You’ll find the second portal gun. Place a portal in the wall ahead and another on the wall next to you to get past the block. Do this a few times until you come to the end of this testing area.
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