Core Hub Era
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The Core Hub Era was a period of Portal 2's development that demonstrated Valve's second attempt at creating a follow-up to Portal. This period is characterized by the Core Hub, a hub world that allowed for the player to progress through the game's six testing courses in any order.
Contents
Summary
- The Core Hub Era began sometime in 2009
- Mel was replaced by Chell after playtesters disliked that GLaDOS did not remember them
Gameplay
- Slowfields
Story
- The player awakens inside the relaxation vault[1]
- Prerecorded GLaDOS voicelines guide the player through destroyed, overgrown test chambers from Portal
- When reaching GLaDOS's chamber, the player is urged to reactivate her
- The player is tasked with finding different personality cores to repair her
Characters
- Mel (early) / Chell (late)
- GLaDOS
- Aquarium Sphere
- Paranoid Sphere (early) / Morgan Freeman Sphere (late)
- Pendleton
- Quint Sphere
Gallery
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