The Testing Continues With Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

Aperture Tag: The Paint Testing Initiative pulls players back into the lab.

For me and many other the worst thing about Portal 2 was that it ended.  The follow-up DLC did little to feed fans who wanted more Portal 2, but now a community-made mod is looking to do just that.  Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative replaces players portal guns with paint guns, where they will use the various gels of Portal 2 to solve puzzles.  27 new puzzles to be exact, as Aperture Tag has a full campaign with original voice acting and music.

Aperture Tag is available on Steam for $6.99 right now, and as would be expected, Portal 2 is required to play.  The screenshots and trailer look promising, so here’s to hoping that this gives us Portal fans what we need.

 

Jarret Redding
Jarret Redding
Jarret Redding

Executive Director

Jarret is Executive Director as well as one of the founding members of Mash Those Buttons. He plays all types of games, but tends to lean more toward FPS, Stealth, and Combat games.

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