History VideoGame / PortalPrelude

* [[spoiler:BossBanter: Not surprising, considering that [=GLaDOS=] provides the page quote.]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: After you install the morality core, you realize that it's too late and [[TheBadGuyWins GLaDOS kills everyone with neurotoxin.]]]]

* [[spoiler:FinalBoss]]: Relatively uncommon for mods.

* [[spoiler:HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Placing the morality core on [=GLaDOS=] completes the game, but it doesn't really stop her in any way. In fact, she (possibly) kills you right after that.]]

* MoodWhiplash: At first, it has the atmospere of ''Portal 1'' until it takes a shift in tone near the end.

* WarpZone: One can be accessed by [[spoiler:crawling through a light in Test Chamber 09]]. [[spoiler:It's graphics are taken straight from ''VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}}'']].

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Mostly averted: the English is almost always correct despite the creators being French and not very fluent in (spoken) English. A few awkward lines do slip through, though, such as "Welcome to the test chamber number twelve."

* NonStandardGameOver: Test Chamber 06 requires you to put a cube on a button under a DecendingCeiling. If you allow the ceiling to go all the way down (with you not under it), it will not activate the button; instead, your test supervisor will say that the rules prevent him from giving you another try, and end the test.

* NintendoHard: "[[AC:CAUTION: this game uses advanced portaling techniques and ''may not be suitable'' for EVERYONE. be prepared to think with portals.]]" You have been warned.

** [[spoiler:Also the scientists who decided it was a good idea to activate [=GLaDOS=] before the morality core was ready.]]

* * GreaterScopeVillain: The G-Man is likely this, although it's not confirmed.

* {{Irony}}: Why is it that the humans' tests are so much more lethal than the ones made by [[SelfDemonstrating /{{GLaDOS}} the murderous AI]]?

* BiggerBad: The G-Man is likely this, although it's not confirmed.

* {{Irony}}: Why is it that the humans' tests are so much more lethal than the ones made by [[GLaDOS the murderous AI]]?
* MoodWhiplash: At first, it has the atmospere of Portal 1 until it takes a shift in tone near the end.

* NoobBridge: Even if you have played ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', there are a lot of places you'll probably bet stuck if you don't know what to do. One early puzzle
requires to you push forward, crouch, and jump while in midair to clear the ledge.

* NoobBridge: Even if you have played ''VideoGame/{[Portal}}'', there are a lot of places you'll probably bet stuck if you don't know what to do. One early puzzle

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** This troper assumed that [[spoiler:the scientist was Doug Rattmann, the only survivor of [=GlaDOS=]' attack.]]

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:You can not prevent [=GLaDOS=] from filling the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin and [[KIllEmAll killing everybody in it]], even after you place the Morality Core.]]

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:You can not prevent [=GLaDOS=] from filling the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin, even after you place the Morality Core.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll[=/=]DoomedByCanon: Almost everyone is killed by [=GLaDOS=].]]

* Irony: Why is it that the humans' tests are so much more lethal than the ones made by [[GLaDOS the murderous AI]]?

[[quoteright:198:[[http://fav.me/d4is8in http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portal__prelude___boxart_by_rcmero-d4is8in_9491.jpg]]]]''Portal: Prelude'', as the name suggests, is a unofficial GameMod[=/=]{{prequel}} to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. The game takes place before [=GLaDOS=] was activated, when tests were monitored by real Aperture Science employees. The game is notable for being [[NintendoHard significantly more difficult than the original]]. It was developed by a team of three in 2008, just one year after ''Portal'' and three years before ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}''. Despite the game's difficulty, it's well worth playing, as in the final level, you get to [[spoiler:activate [=GLaDOS=] and see her kill everyone.]] It makes beating those grueling chambers even more satisfying.

* NintendoHard: And how! At least when compared to the original. There is even a disclaimer when you start the game.

* WaxingLyrical: [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] speaks the opening lines of "Still Alive" when she hears it on the radio.]]

''Portal: Prelude'', as the name suggests, is an unofficial prequel to the ''Videogame/{{Portal}}''. The game takes place before [=GLaDOS=] was activated, when tests were monitored by Aperture Science Employees. The game is notable for being [[NintendoHard significantly more difficult than the original]]. It was developed by a team of three in 2008, just one year after ''Portal'' and three years before ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}''. Despite the game's difficulty, it's well worth playing, as in the final level, you get to [[spoiler: activate [=GLaDOS=] and see her kill everyone.]] It makes beating those grueling chambers even more satisfying.

It can be downloaded for free [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-prelude/downloads/portal-prelude-115-complete-installer1 here.]]

!! Tropes:

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Did Abby die? Who was the masked scientist dragging her outside?]]
** This troper assumed that [[spoiler: the scientist was Doug Rattmann, the only survivor of [=GlaDOS=]' attack.]]
* BattleThemeMusic: "Believe" by The Chemical Brothers is used for [[spoiler: the FinalBoss. According to the credits, [=GLaDOS=] loves this song more than cake.]]
* [[spoiler: BossBanter: Not surprising, considering that [=GLaDOS=] provides the page quote.]]

* TheCakeIsALie: There really is a cake, but [[spoiler: you never get to eat it.]]

* ContinuityNod: The game draws from a lot of continuity form ''Portal'' lore including:
** It's mentioned that it's [[spoiler: bring-your-daughter-to work-day.]]
** [[spoiler: [=GLaDOS=] floods the Enrichment Center in neurotoxin, before having a morality core installed.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: The first time anyone ever completes the lethal test course just so happens to be the day that [[spoiler: GLaDOS is turned on.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: At the end, [[spoiler: [=GLaDOS=] kills everyone in the computer AI chamber right in front of you.]]
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: After you install the morality core, you realize that it's too late and [[TheBadGuyWins GLaDOS kills everyone with neurotoxin.]]]]

* [[spoiler: FinalBoss]]: Relatively uncommon for mods.
* [[spoiler: HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Placing the morality core on [=GLaDOS=] completes the game, but it doesn't really stop her in any way. In fact, she (possibly) kills you right after that.]]
* [[spoiler: KillEmAll/ DoomedByCanon: Almost everyone is killed by [=GLaDOS=].]]
* NintendoHard: And How! At least when compared to the original. There is even a disclaimer when you start the game.

* StockFootage: [[spoiler: Although some of [=GLaDOS=]'s lines are original, the ones during the fight were taken from ''Portal''.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: In the final cut-scene, a scientist is waving his arms around frantically in front of [=GLaDOS=], practically begging to be shot by a deadly laser.]]
** [[spoiler: Also the scientists who decided it was a good idea to activate [=GLaDOS=] before the morality core was ready.]]
* WaxingLyrical: [[spoiler: [=GLaDOS=] speaks the opening lines of "Still Alive" when she hears it on the radio.]]

** This troper assumed that [[spoiler: the scientist was Doug Rattmann, the only survivor of GlaDOS' attack.]]

* [[spoiler: HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Placing the morality core on [=GLaDOS=] completes the game, but it doesn't really stop her in any way. In fact, she (possibly) kills you right after that.]]

* [[spoiler: KillEmAll/ DoomedByCanon]]: [[spoiler: Almost everyone is killed by [=GLaDOS=].]]
** [[spoiler: Aslo the scientist who decided it was a good idea to activate [=GLaDOS=] before the morality core was ready.]]