#How to get portal 2 for free pc how to#

#How to get portal 2 for free pc how to#

Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Vergeīut it also never really dives that deep into the Deck’s controls or opens up a menu to show you how to customize them yourself. You’ll want to have played Portal 2 to get much out of it, and the controls will certainly make a bunch more sense on the Steam Deck, where it serves as a way to familiarize yourself with gyro aiming, the rear grip buttons, and the touchscreen. Last update: Sunday, FebruGenre: Puzzle File size: 155. If you need to find the Public IP of the host, have the host search it up on Google and it should be the first result. How to install Navigate to: /Steam/SteamApps/common/portal 2/ Copy 'portal2dlc3' to this location. If you are joining from the same location and are sharing the same network, replace 'X' with the local IP. Here’s hoping some of them cameo in a Portal 3. If you are joining a friend remotely, type in 'connect X', but replace 'X' with the hosts Public IP address. Simmons reprises his role as Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson, one of Valve’s very best characters. Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The VergeĪnd without spoiling too much: while there’s no GLaDOS to be seen, J.K. The Xbox 360 control scheme, with minor spoilers if you look closely. Just make sure Steam detects your controller before you launch the game. It supports desktop resolutions, high refresh rate monitors, windowed modes, and comes with a readymade control scheme for gamepads like my favored Xbox 360. Not only does the 30-minute, 3.1GB experience work on a standard Windows PC (as long as you’ve got a gamepad almost any gamepad will do), but you won’t have to jump through hoops to make it run properly. It’s quick, cute, reveals the answer to one of Portal 2’s biggest unanswered questions, and you can download and play it right now for free even if you never plan to touch a Steam Deck. But I can confirm that Aperture Desk Job, a free gamelet designed to show off the Steam Deck’s controls, is worth checking out if you’re a huge Portal fan like me. Did Valve just gift us a new Portal game? Not exactly.