Portal: Prelude, as its name implies, is an unofficial prequel to the game Portal. Its story revolves around the pre-GlaDOS epoch way before she was plugged in. Back then, test subjects were still monitored by real Aperture Science employees, a tedious, dull, and repetitive job. One of the reasons why they decided to build a great artificial intelligence that could both replace them for these complex tasks and also take responsibility for many other functions within the complex while competing with Black Mesa's superiority. All employees of the Aperture Science complex are now eagerly awaiting GlaDOS. A little too eagerly maybe, as the unfolding events will tell... This game is totally free. It offers a bit more gameplay hours than the original Portal, with 8 chapters, 19 test chambers, 48 challenges, 6 advanced maps, a brand new storyline and more than 400 lines of English dialogue with dozens of subtitles languages.

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12 years on from Portal Prelude releasing as the highest rated Portal mod on ModDB, and placing 3rd in our 2008 Mod of the Year, the remaster is here.

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September last year, NVIDIA announced a RTX Remix modding tool, which when complete, aimed to provide universal modding capability, to any game running Direct X 8/9. More than that, it also aimed to offer real time raytracing, texture scaling and other shiny bells and whistles for modders to explore.

In December, we got our first glimpse at RTX Remix in action, with the free release of Portal with RTX, the puzzle classic from Valve reimagined in modern splendor. The tools NVIDIA used to make this possible started to be released into creators hands, and work begun on the next project, to invite modders to remix the critically acclaimed Portal: Prelude mod, which among its many accolades is the highest-rated Portal mod on ModDB, and placed 3rd overall Player’s Choice mod of 2008 vs all other mods on the site.


8 months on, and the RTX remaster of this glorious mod is out - trailer above should trigger some nostalia. What's new in this RTX release, is full ray tracing, new, hand-crafted hi-res physically-based textures, and new, enhanced high-poly models evocative of the originals, using all the latest tech from NVIDIA.

As a refresher, Portal Prelude is an unofficial Portal prequel by Nicolas "NykO18" Grevet, and is set before the time of GLaDOS. Featuring an extremely challenging 8-10 hour campaign composed of 19 new test chambers, new advanced gameplay mechanics, a fully voiced story with NPCs, and more, this mod is bound to keep even the most intrepid gamers busy.

It is the first remaster created entirely by modders with the RTX Remix creator toolkit, we can't wait to see more as the tooling matures. You can find this mod available now on Steam.

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Taras_F97
Taras_F97 - - 51 comments

This...is...EPIC! :D

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ReezeTheVampire
ReezeTheVampire - - 3,941 comments

Oooh how fancy...

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G_Sergeant
G_Sergeant - - 110 comments

Sweet

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Guest
Guest - - 693,806 comments

Hell. Yes.

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gnarlyhotep
gnarlyhotep - - 2 comments

Is it true that this requires glitch exploits to play?
I got to the 2nd or 3rd puzzle and it seemed to require a crouch/jump glitch to get through the normal storyline.
I hope this isn't true because that would just be stupid.

Also the dialogue sounds like it was written by Beavis and Butthead.

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oyqea-ntrtaynmnt-llc
oyqea-ntrtaynmnt-llc - - 174 comments

The dialogue was written in 2008 and the developers were teenagers at the time.

As for the puzzles, the RTX versions have been tweaked to have non crouch-jump solutions. Though in most playthroughs I've done of the original; I've only had to use crouch-jumping once.

Should I make a walkthrough?

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gnarlyhotep
gnarlyhotep - - 2 comments

A walkthrough would be much appreciated, yes. Thanks for your response.

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oyqea-ntrtaynmnt-llc
oyqea-ntrtaynmnt-llc - - 174 comments

Okay, I will make one; albeit I'll be using the original 2008 release. But the solutions should remain consistent.

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