Written by Jonathan Lee, December 21, 2017, 11:00 PM. Tweet to: @Writerscube
Get Ready to Play with Portals! In Bridge Constructor Portal!
On December 20, 2017, Developer ClockStone Software released another of their Bridge Constructor games, and this time with an Aperture Science flair! Thanks to the folks at the publisher HeadUp Games, I was given a chance to play around with Bridge Constructor Portal, and let me begin with how good it felt to hear the robotic voice of Glados and the morbid humor of Aperture Science while sending unlucky Aperture Science employees to their untimely doom. After playing Portal, I think we’ve all had our share of falling into acid pools and fire. It’s someone else’s turn!
Gameplay
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Bridge Constructor Portal is like its predecessors in that your goal is to successfully assist vehicles (in this case, Aperture Science drivers moving boxes) from start to finish. The challenge is that the road’s not complete. It’s up to you to build bridges and use various techniques and materials in order to get the vehicles to the end. First, you’ll have to test your constructions by sending a single vehicle over. But if you really want that big score, you’ll have to test a convoy of vehicles to see if it will all hold up.
But like Portal and Portal 2, the game gets more complicated with new challenges. Making bridges and ramps to overcome acid pools is fine and dandy, but let’s toss in those good ol’ portals. Now speed physics. Now gun turret drones. And poor, poor Weighted Companion Cubes.
For those that have played Portal and Portal 2, you’ll quickly get a grasp of how this game plays because the various gizmos and obstacles are from the games that inspired this Bridge Constructor.
As with other Bridge Constructor games, weight, force, and gravity are all big parts of how you will succeed and fail in this game. Your bridges need to be well supported, but also properly designed. You’ll have a lot of trial and error as you calculate and test the trajectories of ramps and jumping vehicles. And you’ll also have to account for the speed of the vehicles as they are affected by inclines, declines, drops, and the iconic blue and orange portals. Also expect other fun devices that Glados will want to put you through.
It’s approachable enough for casual gamers, while still giving Portal fans a bit of that Aperture Science goofiness.
Final Thoughts
This game quickly brought back my joy of puzzles. From the humor of Glados and her robotic deliveries to the increasingly challenging bridge construction puzzles, it was not hard to get lost in the many levels this game has to offer. Whether you want to have a quick break from your work, or you’re looking for a relaxing evening of gaming without the frantic spectacle that we see in many games today – Bridge Constructor Portal is an easy (and good) choice. I would give this game a Buy! You can find it for $9.99 on Steam. It currently has a holiday offer going on where “Everyone who purchases Bridge Constructor Portal on Steam will also receive the original Bridge Constructor for free“. This sounds like a great opportunity to get two physics puzzle games for the price of one!
