By doing this she is testing Chell’s emotional fortitude, this would seem normal for a test except for her comment after Chell destroys the cube “You euthanized your faithful Companion Cube more quickly than any test subject on record. However, at the end of the chamber she forces Chell to throw the cube into an incinerator in order to exit the test chamber. In the event that the Companion Cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice”.
In Test Chamber 17 she gives Chell a Companion Cube with hearts on it saying “The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak.
For those who may not know, Portal and Portal 2 are puzzle games in which the protagonist, Chell, a human lab rat is put through a series of tests with the use of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal or portal gun.Īt the beginning of the first game, GLaDOS appears as just a guide giving Chell the information she needs to solve the puzzles but as the game progresses her comments become more malicious. GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System), is the antagonist in Valve’s Portal and an important character in Portal 2. “The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked, and then there will be cake”.