Portal 2's Cut Protagonist | Mel | FULL Portal Lore & Cut Content

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Portal 2 is one of Valve's best games - however, during the development of the highly anticipated sequel of Portal, the team originally had a different protagonist in mind to explore Aperture. This character was called Mel and she went through many versions of the story but was ultimately cut from the game.
Why was Mel cut? What story did Valve have in mind for her originally? What legacy did she leave? In this video, I explore the lore and story behind the cut character of Mel in the Portal Series.
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00:00 Introduction
01:01 Version 1 (F-Stop - Portal)
06:24 Version 2 (Early Portal 2)
08:31 The Cooperative Testing Initiative
09:50 Portal Stories: Mel
15:25 Legacy
17:18 Closing Thoughts
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Portal 2 - Post Mortem (GDC)
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  • @Zenlore6499
    @Zenlore6499 Жыл бұрын

    The ending of Mel’s story made me realize (for the first time, somehow) that the story of Half-Life 2 is outside of Aperture. The Combine, war, awful living conditions. There’s so much suffering out there for both Mel and Chell upon exiting Aperture. Kinda sad… 😢

  • @ugly-scp-tato4055

    @ugly-scp-tato4055

    Жыл бұрын

    Its Believed that The combine are No Longer on the earth when Chell wakes up from Stasis, because of the amount of time that is believed to have past, also because of the healthy wheatfield and sky.

  • @ziadconnolly057

    @ziadconnolly057

    Жыл бұрын

    imagine being allergic to the wheat when you wake up at the end of the world

  • @Zamntron

    @Zamntron

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ugly-scp-tato4055 damn so Chell has 0 idea about all the shit that happened in Earth.

  • @alan_7390

    @alan_7390

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ugly-scp-tato4055 Yeah, and thanks to a map in HL:Alyx we know that the place where Aperture was supposed to be in US is totally destroyed, so a lot had to happen to the place where Chell ends portal 2 to be that nice.

  • @Omega-jg4oq

    @Omega-jg4oq

    Жыл бұрын

    At this point staying in Apeture science facility is much better choice than facing the Combine and Zombies and all that madness out there 💀 it's like you would rather be live in Prison or be free in a world with higher chance of being killed

  • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
    @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Жыл бұрын

    One of the most shocking parts of Half-Life Alyx is so subtle. No audio cues, just incidentally spinning a globe in Alyx's apartment that you could have easily bypassed. A globe which features the entirety of the Americas crossed out by heavy marker scratches. What kind of world did Mel wake up in? Can she even find a way to make contact with anyone else if there isn't another human being in the continent? How long can she breathe that air before suffocating?

  • @jd_kreeper2799

    @jd_kreeper2799

    10 ай бұрын

    Someone had a theory that the entirety of North and South America is just Xen shit now and unrecognizable. As Black Mesa was in New Mexico, this is where the most Xen shit would be. Maybe we can get a mod where Mel tries to survive out there.

  • @teipic2010
    @teipic2010 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being Mel, going to a shady company that screws you up and leaves you to sleep for a couple decades you wake up. Escape from the facility that tried to kill you and only then do you find out that not only is everyone that you know probably very old or dead but that humanity is now fighting against the alien overlords of earth. Wild escalations.

  • @Grocel512

    @Grocel512

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a normal day in the 2020s to me. xD

  • @fantoast6932

    @fantoast6932

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Grocel512bros from the future

  • @tfcast1977

    @tfcast1977

    3 ай бұрын

    Well it ins't know but from what is theorised the time between portal 1 and 2 is probably counted on the tens....of thousands allegedly over 50.000 years. In wich is also belived the combine has long gone. So if there's any civilization left, it would've been interesting to see what they know and could tell both Mel and Chell about those events.

  • @tfcast1977

    @tfcast1977

    3 ай бұрын

    Sry for the long text.

  • @Skyrionn
    @Skyrionn Жыл бұрын

    Have you played Portal Stories: Mel?

  • @Cookieman245YO

    @Cookieman245YO

    Жыл бұрын

    Sadly i didnt 😂😂😂😂

  • @SgtBean

    @SgtBean

    Жыл бұрын

    never beat it but I'm getting into mods again so might pickup it up

  • @906robot9

    @906robot9

    Жыл бұрын

    just finished getting all achievements, by far my favourite portal mod

  • @M084MM3D

    @M084MM3D

    Жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @Pnezyx2056

    @Pnezyx2056

    Жыл бұрын

    yep I have played it it's my favorite portal mod except for- portal epic edition :)

  • @aq_ua
    @aq_ua Жыл бұрын

    Y'know it'd be really cool to see fanmade mods get covered like Entropy Zero, since you talked about Portal Stories: Mel!

  • @Omega-jg4oq

    @Omega-jg4oq

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, there Portal Reloaded since the secret or the Second ending is going outside and facing HL2 Zombies

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I may have to replay through EZ again.

  • @tornadogamah

    @tornadogamah

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn the lore of bad cop would be a great watch

  • @Phearize

    @Phearize

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Skyrionn Entropy Zero 2 is a masterpiece man you will love it. Also expands on another character that met Gman

  • @elixerities

    @elixerities

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Omega-jg4oq Funny, until reading your comment i didnt realise not escaping was an ending 😂. But then I seem to do everything in the untended ways

  • @SerpentNight
    @SerpentNight Жыл бұрын

    Trivia: I'm not sure if its related but the name Mel is also associated to Portal's sister series, Half-Life. Here's the deal. There's an urban legend in the U.S. known as Mel's Hole, a purportedly bottomless hole in Washington state near Ellensburg. A guy named Mel Waters called in about it several times to the radio show Coast to Coast AM between 1997 and 2002. Over time the legend took on more details like strange creatures flying out of it at night, animals avoiding it and shafts of light shooting out of it. Coast to Coast AM began to get a reputation as a hub of tall tales and in January of 2008 it got a call from one "Gordon", a self-proclaimed theoretical physicist at an unnamed research facility that was experimenting with some matter of portal technology. While the show's host George Noory embraced the yarn uncritically, Half-Life fans quickly recognized it as sham for obvious reasons. Were the minds behind Portal 2 aware of this when they conceived of Mel for the game? I don't know, maybe; the timing could line up. Or maybe they just wanted something that rhymed with Chell.

  • @poolbwoy6585

    @poolbwoy6585

    Жыл бұрын

    someone paraphrase im on a tight schedule

  • @mayoplayingwumbologistmd4389

    @mayoplayingwumbologistmd4389

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@poolbwoy6585 bro it's like a 2 minute read

  • @Mate_Antal_Zoltan

    @Mate_Antal_Zoltan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@poolbwoy6585 Mel's Hole. Radio. Gordon Freeman.

  • @poolbwoy6585

    @poolbwoy6585

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mayoplayingwumbologistmd4389 dont got 2 minutes cmon chop chop

  • @XXXXXXXX684

    @XXXXXXXX684

    11 ай бұрын

    @@poolbwoy6585 Bro, if you can take a few minutes to type, you can take a few minutes to read. Lazy.

  • @foozzys
    @foozzys Жыл бұрын

    I have something that's very dear to me that people hardly ever talk about, if you're looking for video, Lego dimensions has a portal level with all the original voice actors. It was hell to get it to work with an emulator but the story picks up right where it left off, though there's not MUCH story, I thoroughly enjoyed it and all the references. It was like a love letter to Portal.

  • @dxfan18
    @dxfan18 Жыл бұрын

    I also consider Portal Stories: Mel to be canon, I especially love the intro and style of the 1950s

  • @TheMazarineIsReal

    @TheMazarineIsReal

    6 ай бұрын

    but...its not

  • @coltforceplayer

    @coltforceplayer

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheMazarineIsRealhis opinion not yours

  • @D_YellowMadness

    @D_YellowMadness

    3 ай бұрын

    @@coltforceplayer That's not an opinion. It's a lie.

  • @coltforceplayer

    @coltforceplayer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@D_YellowMadness so u saying it is canon?

  • @nostalgiaholic4874

    @nostalgiaholic4874

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@coltforceplayerhe said he considered it not valve

  • @deepseastonecore3017
    @deepseastonecore3017 Жыл бұрын

    A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."

  • @oi-cj1pz

    @oi-cj1pz

    Жыл бұрын

    im disgusted with you. take my like, you scoundrel

  • @player0ne16

    @player0ne16

    Жыл бұрын

    w h y

  • @alido123

    @alido123

    Жыл бұрын

    Star: is an american cop

  • @AlexBarnDavis

    @AlexBarnDavis

    11 ай бұрын

    Cute!🎉

  • @ReiDaTecnologia

    @ReiDaTecnologia

    11 ай бұрын

    ??? What this joke have to do with this video man?

  • @Neeb-tt9hn
    @Neeb-tt9hn Жыл бұрын

    I like to think when Mel escapes she meets the human resistance and helps fight the combine.

  • @Omega-jg4oq

    @Omega-jg4oq

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine If Mel meets Gordon Freeman and Alyx and specially Dr. Kliener he would gather a lot more information about apeture science

  • @Neeb-tt9hn

    @Neeb-tt9hn

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Omega-jg4oq exactly

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    The perfect crossover

  • @jiifigmentforever

    @jiifigmentforever

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe it happened that way, maybe it didn't. We can't say. ;)

  • @DirectorCM
    @DirectorCM Жыл бұрын

    It's rare to see a company NOT taking the opportunity to publish games for profit. Valve really is sitting on a golden opportunity and yet they refuse to take it.

  • @NovaJR9

    @NovaJR9

    Жыл бұрын

    They have steam they have 0 money concerns

  • @SgtBean
    @SgtBean Жыл бұрын

    Love the cut valve content! Valve is my favorite game dev but I wish they made more games with portal and half life universe. Fingers crossed? Great video as always Skyrionn :)

  • @Magma0fficial

    @Magma0fficial

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah they need to leden how to count to 3

  • @steve_1507

    @steve_1507

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd really wish that they would complete F-Stop

  • @SS-rf1ri
    @SS-rf1ri Жыл бұрын

    im shocked that you manage to upload such high quality videoss so often, these videos feel almost official, like they're decades old, hope it grows

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I take a week off posting about once a month to catch up/ get ahead of content. Even after a couple of years, I still love creating content about this series. Thanks for watching!

  • @dragonyt6357

    @dragonyt6357

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn how do you still have lore portal ended so long ago your a legend for still going

  • @theokushmerek1616
    @theokushmerek1616 Жыл бұрын

    Ps:m is, in my opinion, canon. It fits perfectly into the series, tieing in other less alaborated subjects within the games without sacrificing continuity or being to outlandish.

  • @Neeb-tt9hn
    @Neeb-tt9hn Жыл бұрын

    Another masterpiece of a video it’s worth the wait for your videos

  • @TheBioshockHub
    @TheBioshockHub Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always brother

  • @solyccndy1075
    @solyccndy10759 ай бұрын

    Catching up to your last content, love it. Lo e your voice and tempo

  • @rascal3554
    @rascal3554 Жыл бұрын

    Glad to be here, Glad to watch your videos, Keep it up, Mate!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Link!

  • @neskuk22
    @neskuk22 Жыл бұрын

    Right as I done Portal Stories: Mel 100%

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfect timing!

  • @neskuk22

    @neskuk22

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn Yea!

  • @Leeeiif
    @Leeeiif Жыл бұрын

    happy to see that you got over 100k subs now

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @DjBasA38
    @DjBasA38 Жыл бұрын

    This explains why Portal Stories: Mel felt like a Valve developed game. Thats so cool! In my mind, knowing this makes Portal Stories: Mel even better!

  • @zekeholloway4413
    @zekeholloway4413 Жыл бұрын

    wonderful as always 😌

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Zeke!

  • @OfficerWolfy-
    @OfficerWolfy- Жыл бұрын

    This gives me more ideas now to work with in my projects now

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck with them!

  • @jonathandavidson2468
    @jonathandavidson246811 ай бұрын

    Im shocked you didnt use any footage of the leaked f stop. But it was a great video..!

  • @KimFareseed
    @KimFareseed Жыл бұрын

    Aperture Tag and Portal Stories: Mel are such nice mods.

  • @Kernung711
    @Kernung711 Жыл бұрын

    What a stunning work

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Aiten!

  • @ParasolMushroomStudios
    @ParasolMushroomStudios Жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy you posted about this character and the game!!! It's my favorite Portal content besides portal 2. I have drawn so many pictures of it and even got comments from the creators! I hope you exposed this to more people who might not know what it is.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    It really is an amazing addition to the Portal community. If anything, I found PS: Mel harder than Portal 2. It's amazing that such a community exists with artists like yourself :)

  • @drawamations3689
    @drawamations368911 ай бұрын

    Honestly i think it would have been better if the music in the background was one of the soundtracks from Portal Stories: Mel.

  • @dadozero4851
    @dadozero4851 Жыл бұрын

    skyrionn fantastic video as always!!, ( i love portal/half life format)

  • @PR0XYL1NK
    @PR0XYL1NK Жыл бұрын

    wooo, good job, i love this, great job!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @celica9288
    @celica92887 ай бұрын

    I hope you do a video on portal reloaded at some point.

  • @ImmortalAbsol
    @ImmortalAbsol10 ай бұрын

    I would love to see the robot uprising story explored, perhaps another Portal Stories. Aperture Desk Job was a welcome return to this universe, however brief.

  • @theoncomingstorm7903
    @theoncomingstorm7903 Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't Mel cut and replaced by Chell during the Core Hub era of P2s development, which means the story Mel underwent with GLaDOS wouldn't have been similar to the retail version like this video portrays? Other than that I'm content with the fan content tbh. Desolation, Abyss and Catalyst all look promising.

  • @BenieTheDragon
    @BenieTheDragon Жыл бұрын

    The four regions of Valve who created Mel lived in harmony. ...Until the playtester nation attacked.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    This made me laugh more than it should have

  • @zerrierslizer1
    @zerrierslizer1 Жыл бұрын

    been stewing on some ideas regarding a sequel to Portal Stories: Mel, where she runs into a survivor of a Combine Attack, and teams up with them to survive in a Metro: Exodus type environtment outside of City 3. plan is to build a story that sees her return to Apperture to get another protal gun, finding a prototype and using it at the same time Gordon and Alyx travel from the Combine Prototype Portal back into City 17, which interferes with the process causing Alyx and Gordon to arrive later in time as well, and which also relocates Mel from the Apperture labs outside of City 3 and 4 to City 17's outskirts right as the Portal Storm hits that devestates City 17.

  • @ArgentAbendAzure
    @ArgentAbendAzure Жыл бұрын

    I didn't even know this game existed. I wonder why it wasn't recommended by the Steam algorithm? Thanks for the information. I love the aesthetics of the old Aperture labs. The 70/80's look is so cool.

  • @brothers_of_nod
    @brothers_of_nod Жыл бұрын

    There's so much more I want to see from the Portal/Half-Life universe.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    So so much!

  • @AngelofGrace96
    @AngelofGrace96 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I definitely want to check out Portal Stories Mel, it looks super High-quality!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    It's the best Portal mod I've played :)

  • @owl6637

    @owl6637

    Жыл бұрын

    It's my favorite portal mod. Very high quality, good voice acting, entertaining characters, and awesome gameplay. I have about 100 hours on it because I keep replaying it

  • @Oriana_leung
    @Oriana_leung Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for bringing the story. 16:10 True.

  • @samuelantoniocastillomeza5034
    @samuelantoniocastillomeza5034 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing how a cut character could be revived in a high quality fan game. And even for her end just like Chell, they arrive to a Combine conquered world.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a game we need to play

  • @charlespruett6283
    @charlespruett6283 Жыл бұрын

    What if mel realizes how much the combine has fucked the world, and goes back into aperture to upload herself into an AI bc there’s no one else in the world nearby, then Chell returns to Aperture one day and finds Mel having been rebooted in glados or sum. portal 3 lol

  • @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7
    @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7 Жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to watch this one!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope you enjoy it Cody! You're the first comment too!

  • @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7

    @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn I always do! Yeah I couldn't resist commenting first !

  • @vaulthunter7777
    @vaulthunter7777 Жыл бұрын

    Damn it ValvE just count to 3!! If toddlers can do it you can too!

  • @darklink8423

    @darklink8423

    Жыл бұрын

    NUMBERS ARE SCARYYY

  • @Omega-jg4oq

    @Omega-jg4oq

    Жыл бұрын

    We need to wait Half of our lives for another game

  • @l1m1nal2
    @l1m1nal22 ай бұрын

    1:43 No, she did not! Everyone knows the Party Escort Bot drags her losing-consciousness body back inside Aperture Science. Chell is put into Long-Term Relaxation (as shown in Portal 2: Lab Rat) and wakes up latater as in the first minute of gameplay in Portal 2. She then goes back to sleep for 50,000 years and wakes up, where she meets Wheatley. Chell never escapes Aperture. Alive, anyway. Chell dies when she and Wheatley go to the moon. GLaDOS drags her back inside Aperture and speaks to a dead body for a few minutes, then lowers her to the surface, not before a few turrets sing to her. A Wighted Companion Cube is sent up, right after Chell reaches the surface. Chell is dead, but hey, it was fun while it lasted.

  • @CallMeTimmy
    @CallMeTimmy Жыл бұрын

    Portal Stories: Mel is by far my favorite of all the Portal games/mods out there.

  • @PatBreen
    @PatBreen8 ай бұрын

    That cut storyline feels loosely similar to the plot of Stray, I wonder if there was any overlap in devs or writers

  • @Renault_75-34MX
    @Renault_75-34MX Жыл бұрын

    Portal Stories:Mel is isn't actually free, you need to own Portal 2, but that's probably a given for many that have a steam account.

  • @Her_Imperious_Condescension
    @Her_Imperious_Condescension Жыл бұрын

    Portal 2 is one of my most favourite games of all time, and even then... I still wonder how different it could have been if playtesters hadn't kept asking that it be a direct sequel with little innovation

  • @kirien5610
    @kirien5610 Жыл бұрын

    what about the current portal 2 mod "F-Stop" is quite fun and uses the camera mechanic

  • @KPdewstar
    @KPdewstar Жыл бұрын

    This is great

  • @SplotchTheCatThing
    @SplotchTheCatThing Жыл бұрын

    11:30 let's just be glad this wasn't the sleep machine that makes a monster out of the grime in your eyes after just one night. Somehow Neptune just doesn't seem far enough away for that one. :)

  • @FrenchFryCheese04
    @FrenchFryCheese04 Жыл бұрын

    You forgotten about or didn't know that Mel woke up in a damaged relaxation Vault? she listened to Pre-recorded messages and then sucked up on a vacuum tube. then after that she'd Return to the Portal 1 Relaxation Vault like chell woke up there originally and she would complete 12 test chambers and since chamber 13 is broken she would make her way to GLaDOS's Chamber and the pre-recorded messages would trick Mel into reactivating her. Once she Reawakens it's revealed that She lost her memories and doesn't remember what happened in Portal 1 (Probably because chell killed her) and GLaDOS will give you a mission finding cores around the facility and making the place to themselves.. Once she completes these chambers. she would find cores and return to GLaDOS's Hub and then repair GLaDOS

  • @achlysyte
    @achlysyte Жыл бұрын

    somehow i only now noticed to my absolute horror that i don't follow you...... after watching so many of your vids your'e literally doing gods work here , i cant express how great ur vids are , keep it up !!!!

  • @RealFreakishGaming
    @RealFreakishGaming Жыл бұрын

    My headcanon is that Mel helps Gordon defeat the Combine.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Along with Chell

  • @Jasmine__135
    @Jasmine__135 Жыл бұрын

    "Astronaut, War Hero, And/Or Olympian" sounds like Cave is thanking his Patreon tiers

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    You may have given me an idea

  • @GORYGIRL
    @GORYGIRL Жыл бұрын

    YAY! THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS! I SO CONSIDER PSM CANON TOO! MEL IS SO UNDERATTED...:( GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS THOUGH. I LVOE ALL THE STORIES OF HER, BUT THE PRISON-GAMES ONE TO ME IS THE MOST UNIQUE. ON THAT NOTE, I WONDER HOW VIRGIL CAME TO BE...I GUESS THATS UP TO SPECULATION HUH? XD! I ALSO COULD NOT FIGURE OUT IF VIRGIL WAS THE ONE WHO WOKE HER, OR IF SHE WAS WOKEN UP BY AN EARTHQUAKE OR SOMETHING, I'M WONDERING HOW LONG THOSE DRUGS STAYED IN HER TBH TOO. IF HE DID WAKE HER, WHY DIDN'T HE DO IT SOONER? MAYBE HE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THERE? PLUS I'M SURE IT TAKES FOR EVER TOG O THROUGH TEST SUBJECT LISTS. MAYBE I'M OVERTHINKING THIS? XD! ALSO IDK IF I SHARED THIS INFO, (SO IF I DID PLESE FORGIVE ME AND DISREGARD THIS). BUT JUST A SIDE HINT ON VIRGIL FOR THOSE WHO WANNA KNOW: HE'S VOICED BY "STIG SYDTANGEN" ("DRAGONNOR" ONLINE), HE ALSO VOICED THE PROTAGONISTS "SIMON" FROM WHAT WAS ORGINALLY A HL1 MOD: "CRY OF FEAR" AND "GREY" FROM THE HL2 MOD OF THE SAME NAME AMONG A FEW OTHER CHARACTERS. ALSO GOD I LOVE THE TIE-IN TO PORTAL 2 AT THE END OF PSM, I KIND OF WONDERED IF THERE WAS A CERTAIN REASON (ASIDE FROM THE FACILITY FAILING THAT IS), AS TO WHY THE "RESERVE POWER" RAN OUT. ON THE ENDING THOUGH...POOR MEL...I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HORRIFYING IT MOST'VE BEEN TO FEEL EVEN MORE ALONE THEN BEFORE...AS AWFUL AS IT IS, I KIND OF LKE THE SOMBER TONE IT GAVE US RATHER THEN HOW P2 ENDING, IT'S A GOOD REVERSE CARD. YOU'VE ACOMPLISHED SOEMTHING BUT...YOUR ALONE, EVERYONE YOU KNOW IS DEAD...I IMAGINE HER EMOTIONS WOULD BE RAGING BY THAT POINT...:( MY PERSONAL HEAD CANON IS...WELL, SINCE THEY'RE TWO "UNKNOWN"/UNDERATTED PROTAGONISTS, MAYBE MEL FINDS ADRIAN SHEPHARD AND THE TWO FORM A BOND OR SOMETHING, BE IT ROMANTIC OR OTHERWISE, AS HE HELPS HER FIGURE THINGS OUT. ON THE NOTE OF THE PS VERSION OF MEL: I'VE SEEN SO MANY FAN-ART OF HER, AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD GIVE HER RED HAIR. SO (ESPEICALLY AFTER LOOKING AT HER TEXTURES), I COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE OUT IF HER HAIR WAS RED, AUBURN OR BROWN LOL! SO THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT! SAME GOES FOR HER AGE, SOME PPL SAID SHE'S MIDDLE AGED BUT TBH IDK IF I BELEIVE THAT. I ALSO FORGOT ABOUT THE F-STOP VERSION TBH, SO I'M GLAD U MENTIONED IT, SUCH A SHAME SHE WAS CUT TBH. SAME GOES FOR THE P2 MEL'S, BUT THIS TIME I DIDN'T FORGET 'EM LOL! BUT TBH, I'M SORT OF GLAD WE HAVE THE SECOND GAME AS IS, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE MULTIVERSE STUFF, NEVER THOUGHT OF IT UNTIL NOW, SO YEA MAYBE THIS ALL DID HAPPEN! PLEASE FORGIVE ANY SPELLING ERRORS OR ANY GRAMMAR MISTAKES IF ANY, AND SORRY IF THIS AS A LONG ESSAY YET AGAIN LOL, JUST HAD TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS, THANKS FOR POSTING SKYRIONN, YOUR DOING THE HALF-LIFE/PORTAL COMMUNITIES PROUD. :D P.S: GOD I WANNA SEE A DOUG RATTMANN GAME SO BAD! I WANNA SEE THAT POOR GUY GET OUT OF THAT HELL HOLE, MAYBE WE COULD PLAY AN EARILER VERSION OF HIM, AT THE START, BEFORE EVERYTHING WENT TO HELL, SO WE CAN SEE HOW HE ESCAPED BEING MURDED SO MANY TIMES. TBH IT MITE BE KIND OF MORE HORROR THEMED GIVEN HIS HALUCINATIONS AND DETATCHMENT(S) FROM REALITY, THATS GOTTA BE TERRIFYING...POOR GUY.

  • @Neeb-tt9hn

    @Neeb-tt9hn

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow that’s long

  • @nm-hi5dp

    @nm-hi5dp

    Жыл бұрын

    why in all caps

  • @GORYGIRL

    @GORYGIRL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Neeb-tt9hn YEA SORRY ABOUT THAT, I EXPLAIN THINGS...WAAAAAY TO MUCH, I OVERDUE IT TBH. REALLY GOTTA STOP, IT IS ANNOYING. I TRY TO LOOK FOR SHORTER WAYS OF SAYING THINGS BUT...SOMETIMES I CAN'T THINK OF ANY.

  • @asdasd-me3zx
    @asdasd-me3zx Жыл бұрын

    Any chance for a video about the complete story of hl2 beta?

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm working up to it slowly. I tend to cover the smaller topics completely to get a bigger idea over the timeline. The issue with the beta is that there were multiple variations of the story. I know the main points, it's just putting in the middle bits. One day!

  • @sniele.9799
    @sniele.9799 Жыл бұрын

    A Portal video? In my recommended? Uploaded only 12 minutes ago? Damn, KZread actually did something right for me for once

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    The algorithm seems to be doing something right for a change. I hope you enjoyed it!

  • @skywalker6076
    @skywalker6076 Жыл бұрын

    when is the TF2 Mercs video coming?

  • @Obama_
    @Obama_ Жыл бұрын

    Cool video

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @allanisme3826
    @allanisme3826 Жыл бұрын

    man can't wait for portal 3 where they either are on the ship or it explains why there appears to be no combine interference with the entire facility

  • @jasonblundelldobebussing
    @jasonblundelldobebussing Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, the famous Chel and her sister in law Mel.

  • @LWolf12
    @LWolf127 ай бұрын

    Nice of them to use Virgil as Mel's guide. Nice little nod to the classics.

  • @angzarrpsyco
    @angzarrpsyco Жыл бұрын

    I hope someone tries to make a "Half-Life Stories: Mel." I would love to see that, honestly

  • @soontobechannel743

    @soontobechannel743

    11 ай бұрын

    Honestly that would be so cool considering that the half-life and portal universes are connected to each other lore-wise.

  • @allbottledup9513
    @allbottledup9513 Жыл бұрын

    Oh shit! New Skyrionn video and it’s about Portal? Today’s a good day.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @QIKUGAMES-QIKU
    @QIKUGAMES-QIKU11 ай бұрын

    I knew it ! Entire game always felt like there was something still to discover, Especially with those hidden rooms with the graffiti in them as you go

  • @Pnezyx2056
    @Pnezyx2056 Жыл бұрын

    This is why I really wish I could make games. Portal 3, Portal Stories: Mel 2, Portal: Reloaded 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, Half-Life 3, Entropy: Zero 3, Opposing Force 2 etc. etc. etc. . . .

  • @inxomnyaa
    @inxomnyaa Жыл бұрын

    1:56 that one chair that doesn't line up perfectly

  • @drewsepheralis362
    @drewsepheralis362 Жыл бұрын

    new Skyrion video yippeeeeee!!!

  • @IUsedToBeAnAdventurerLikeYou
    @IUsedToBeAnAdventurerLikeYouАй бұрын

    Mel’s first story sounds so cool.

  • @zenoubealt7238
    @zenoubealt7238 Жыл бұрын

    how can you get so much lore from so little information are you god

  • @DMan4056
    @DMan405610 ай бұрын

    Why does nobody add the story of Portal prelude to videos when they talk about portal timelines?

  • @danielbedrossian5986
    @danielbedrossian5986 Жыл бұрын

    Funny to see a hungarian tram ( a Ganz UV ) in a game mod taking place presumabely in the remanis of USA. Oh wat, at that time stamp it is far from the Combine's destruction.

  • @gamerturtle2165
    @gamerturtle2165 Жыл бұрын

    Tbh, Should have turned it into a DLC (Or a expansion pack, but that's an old name for it) Even tho there is already a game of it which i haven't finished yet, the concept art and features were pretty cool. But it's great it wasn't the actual release version, cuz it just isn't portal.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    If it could be brought back in some way, I would be very happy.

  • @Volti-Vagra
    @Volti-Vagra Жыл бұрын

    9:12 im convinced at this point the playtesters were the same ones from the cuphead journalist thing >chance for a new, insane story "how walk? moving hard :C -80 out of 5, i need my nappy" goddamn that is still infinitely above where i see them to be but i *cant* even bring into words how dumb im lead to believe they are every turn for this to be viable >baby shynts pants >valve follows suits, incinerating the previous plans

  • @Feasco

    @Feasco

    Жыл бұрын

    hey dipshit, never assume any game isn't someone's first game that's an important rule for play testing and qa

  • @seabazianyt
    @seabazianyt Жыл бұрын

    either im getting used to it because i hear it so much or im going insane but the low calm voices on youtube are getting to my head

  • @itzcoopergaming4299
    @itzcoopergaming429911 ай бұрын

    My theory on why we don't no much about F-stop is because they're still thinking of making it as some sort of spinoff

  • @Leonard_Wolf_2056
    @Leonard_Wolf_2056 Жыл бұрын

    Portal stories by most is considered canon? Wasn't Lima Whiskey aka the portion which Chell is after Wheatley betrays her, flooded? In the end, Mel stops the flooding, however and this is a big however, she doesn't... "unflood" Lima Whiskey.

  • @xavier_b009
    @xavier_b00911 ай бұрын

    Ngl I'm curious to see how f stop would play out. The devs were so happy about it, so why not make a spin off that is what f stop was supposed to be, but in an alternate universe?

  • @501stcloneboi2
    @501stcloneboi2 Жыл бұрын

    Didn't see this one coming, but amzing anyway.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @Collisto2435
    @Collisto2435 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine a portal sequel without portals, that woulda been crazy.

  • @Vantud391
    @Vantud391 Жыл бұрын

    Half-Life and Fallout 4 hold the best fanmade content mods.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    100%

  • @owenosborne8543
    @owenosborne8543 Жыл бұрын

    I think you should do a full telling of the Halo series. I really like the way you narrate your videos, it's very calming.

  • @Vangror
    @Vangror Жыл бұрын

    Mel's story sounds like Fallout 4 towards the end

  • @insane7718
    @insane7718 Жыл бұрын

    Yoyo

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    yoyo

  • @M084MM3D

    @M084MM3D

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn yoyo

  • @CoalChrome
    @CoalChrome Жыл бұрын

    Is portal stories mel an alternate universe

  • @matteofazio7845

    @matteofazio7845

    Жыл бұрын

    No no, it's totally our very universe. Can't you see the combine soldirers and a woman in a jumpsuit shooting portals here and there outside your window??

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 Жыл бұрын

    Valve is sitting on a gold mine. Yes, but in order to get the gold they need to learn how to count higher than 2.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe one day they will get there.

  • @Hyperion-5744
    @Hyperion-574411 ай бұрын

    Whenever i get a PC i'll download portal stories mel.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    11 ай бұрын

    It'll be absolutely worth it!

  • @sgcxgruesome
    @sgcxgruesomeАй бұрын

    I for one would like you to cover portal revolution it's a portal 2 DLC it's free on steam

  • @ender64yeahthatguy
    @ender64yeahthatguy Жыл бұрын

    I WANNA SEE YOU TALK ABOUT AIDEN WALKER. PLEASE I NEED THIS SO BAD.

  • @Duke_The_Demon
    @Duke_The_Demon Жыл бұрын

    valvue should hire the man who made that game lol

  • @vxpdx
    @vxpdx Жыл бұрын

    wait is this the first time the video opens without the Half-Life OST?

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    haha! Every Portal/ Doom/ TF2 video opens to their own soundtrack :D

  • @joshkund
    @joshkund Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I need to replay mel again?

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Never stop.

  • @edheadgaming8411
    @edheadgaming84113 ай бұрын

    We could’ve got a brother of Chell

  • @CoalChrome
    @CoalChrome Жыл бұрын

    I know that the voice actor for Wheatley worked on PS:M

  • @beafmeijer4800
    @beafmeijer4800 Жыл бұрын

    but we have a fan game portal story s mel

  • @IBrokeMyFootOnAL3go
    @IBrokeMyFootOnAL3go Жыл бұрын

    a comment to be early you have found in the wild

  • @pidginmac
    @pidginmac Жыл бұрын

    Well, it’s a good thing someone was there to take the “eggus” 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Pagter420
    @Pagter420 Жыл бұрын

    Ooh, i am early :D

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome welcome.

  • @T3MrLan
    @T3MrLan Жыл бұрын

    I like to think that Mel and Chell might meet at some point, Chell exiting Aperture too isn't that far (in time and space), right? And together perhaps involved in one of the many remaining mysteries. And why not in a cross over with Half-Life events ? I know, I'm dreaming loudly =D

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