For me, though, Portal 2 peaks late.

Its Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You!

Mmm, love that part.

An excursion funnel drags the player towards a mashy spike plate in Portal 2.

TPWHKY begins wonderfully: by almost literally knocking you off balance.

In other words, its hardly a dumb action sequence, and theres thought behind those spike plates.

Wheatleys murder attempts contrast nicely with those of GLaDOS, in the similarly climactic breakout portion of the originalPortal.

Wheatley appears on a screen while the player solves a puzzle in Portal 2.

Its funny, and stupid, but also smart.

It is that part, I suppose.