The Portal Trial

The Portal Trial

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Espale Studios · Precision Platformer · Jan 19, 2024

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

80%
Very Positive
231 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 80 sampled reviews

Based on 231 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 80 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This is cool and all but when its so present in the marketing it feels like it should play a gameplay purpose, but really it just ends up that for each level they are either themed for one or the other, with a shader applied.
11 of 80 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Firstly, characters momentum is too powerful to make precise jumps, therefore even basic platforming takes much more effort than it should.
9 of 80 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Visuals is ok
7 of 80 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
- Controller support
5 of 80 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay11 reviews
Story and characters9 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Controls5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty3 reviews
33%
Combat3 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.