Portal 2: Early Animation Tests

Compilation of the early test animations shown in Karen Prell's "Animated Adventures in Portal 2" panel from Animex 2012.

[giorgossamaris]

If glados could walk, this would be classified as a horror game

[windowpanememberrrr]

I am SOOOO utterly grateful the cores aren’t flexible

[GeorgeCowsert]

It's terrifying to imagine Glados getting actual arms and appendages and the ability to move on her own.
The only thing that's kept her in Aperture and not an active menace to the surface is that she is limited to the facility; she can move around only on pre-made rails with nobody to make more.

[defaltdj]

Crawling Glados and spider cores.... This would have been a fantastic horror game
where advanced AIs revert to a more feral state

[quantumblauthor]

GLaDOS dragging her hollow chassis across the ground toward the camera using the wires we always assumed were just styled to resemble arms, is a special kind of horror

[dugoose]

The fact that portal 2 was going to be entirely different is kinda crazy, its like looking into another universe

[thatspacepirate]

You can hear the developers giggling at how cursed this is

[ccoeltrains]

Is anyone gonna talk about how GLaDOS goes completely ballistic after having a core fly onto her and how weighted storage cubes have cores inside of them

[unusedaccount]

3:35 The Sentry Turret is redirected to Chamber 16. That's the "Live fire course designed for Military Androids" in the first game.

[stoichiometryc]

Can we all agree the cereal line is legitimately adorable

[goonished]

Glados being absolutely insane is actually really creepy, I hate the random screaming so much.

[Lukazade]

GLaDOS’ demonic screeching is terrifying and hilarious at the same time.

[thegoldenpro]

Could you imagine if glados had arms in the final game

[meemosteeno]

1:40 I love the concept of glad0s losing their memories and flipping to be this happy piece of scrap that still has the motivation to test you

[handlenottaken]

1:23 i Like this idea of glados losing her memory but still being a happy piece of scrap motivated to test you

[MrJjasson]

Glados' animations confirm that her body is supposed to represent her as a human hanging from her feet.

[ryan.j]

"Something happened, with food, starts with a C.... **GASP** CEREAL!!!"
I'M DYING

[tntalchemist]

1:12 cube is PISSED and is now heading in your general direction
Also. GLaDOS with arms is genuinely terrifying

[SpiritedSpy]

2:15 this stuff really reminds me of that old pic where it was comparing glados to a woman hung upside down

[catwithahat]

4:05 "Critical Error. Critical Error. Do you smell something burning!?