Portal 2

Portal 2

Easy Fling
14 Comments
Mavik🏹 10 Jun @ 1:24pm 
TL;DR: The map is fine but not as part of the "no elements" collection.

I’m too conflicted to like or dislike it. It borders on being a tutorial, not a puzzle, but teaches a technique never covered in the base game (though it makes sense if you think about it). The "puzzle" is discovering the technique, unlike the usual "how do I get there?"

My main gripe is that it demands high precision, making it more than just a mental puzzle. From what I understand, Portal 2 puzzles requiring precision are frowned upon. I've also heard one should be able to beat any map with a controller. So the word "Easy" in the title is misleading. Easy to understand, not easy to execute.

Also, the turret room is very distracting. When playing, you realize it’s impossible to reach, but given how impossible the solution jump feels, you start to doubt even that.

I’m not disliking the map, but I won’t like it either. At least from the perspective of beating it as part of the "no elements" collection.
AWinterWillow 9 Jun @ 9:26pm 
The hint form Hazellius helped but yeah no speed running strats are needed
zigzagtenniscoe 20 Jul, 2024 @ 10:06pm 
Blindrun
Yeah… not really my cup of tea. Very execution-based and you do have to be going at a certain speed in order to do this. Unless I cheesed it. But I literally couldn’t see any other way with the surfaces present. I also have no idea what the turret room was for and it felt like I had to get over there even though there was obviously no way over. Bad red herring if you ask me.

Although, I did find a slightly different way to do it that’s more reliable if you can shoot portals this fast.

Difficulty: 2.5/10
Enjoyed: 4/10
Hinternsaft 29 Sep, 2023 @ 9:49pm 
Ok I get it now, sorry for losing my cool before. I thought it needed bhopping to get the right momentum because it was in the "bhop" collection. Pretty clever after all!
Shane  [author] 21 Sep, 2023 @ 2:37am 
not sure what the speedrun strat is. It is a tricky fling sure, but I would argue anyone could beat this map with some practice.
Hazellius 20 Sep, 2023 @ 1:19pm 
@Hinternsaft the collection I created is ordered in difficulty, mostly in what it requires from the player. While this map does not require speedrun strats, I put this map in the very bottom of the collection as it's a useful tutorial that flinging yourself through a portal with a pronounced angle can create very specific flings which can make you reach in places you otherwise wouldn't be able to
It does require a lot more dexterity, and can be occasionally finicky, and requires keeping track of portal rotation at pretty much all times , which is not for everybody.

The maps underneath this one only get harder. It pushes the concept of "no elements" to the absolute limit, which does bump up against the whole "once you figure out how the puzzle pieces fit together, it's easy to execute" elegance I like in Portal, so I understand if that's a dealbreaker for you. I just find these maps too interesting not to include. Hope that clears it up :)
Hinternsaft 20 Sep, 2023 @ 12:50pm 
Not sure how this got into "no elements expanded" but if the puzzle requires a speedrun strat you should include that in the title.
hub 3 Feb, 2022 @ 8:40am 
:cupup:
vallibus 2 Nov, 2019 @ 1:03pm 
Well, I finally got it after several tries, but I didn't use the "bunny hop" technique.
jandlml 26 Oct, 2017 @ 4:05pm 
yay! i got it,but dont tell me that was easy. lol
jandlml 26 Oct, 2017 @ 4:03pm 
ahh how do tou do it. im just missing
jandlml 26 Oct, 2017 @ 4:01pm 
well i figured out how to do it. i just cant do it. ahh
jandlml 26 Oct, 2017 @ 3:54pm 
is this a bhop map? how do you did you do it almisufrie? i cant even get close to the surface to fling. i can solve some really hard maps but as soon as you say its easy i cant do it.
Almisuifre 22 May, 2014 @ 11:48am 
Easy and fun. Turrets, please stop staring at me.