Not a bad game but is now unplayable after finding a little glitch on the level/test chamber that introduces the fully operational portal gun. It shoots in the wrong spots. It is supposed to shoot directly straight, but the beam curves from its path and goes to the right or the gun shoots too early before it does its full 90 degree turn. So the level is unplayable and I cannot continue in the game. However up until then it was fine. Too many energy pellet tests for my taste though.

If you like original Portal game, but you think the puzzles are too simple, you will love Rexaura. It's probably the best Portal mod in terms of puzzle design. The new testing elements are used up to their full potential (and each test chamber shows you a different consequence of their use).

The difficulty slowly increases and each time you figure out the solution, you get that satisfying aha-moment. The layout of the chambers is clear and the solutions are hard to figure out, but easy to perform.

The voice acting has been done with text-to-speech, but I don't mind that (it's a computer voice, so it makes sense). Another great thing about the dialogues is that they are funny. Seriously, they made me chuckle a few times (and I think that Portal 1 atmosphere is very serious). It's also a nice reward for completing a puzzle.

The soundtrack of Rexaura is pretty average, but it captures the mood of solving puzzles in isolation quite nicely. It certainly isn't disturbing, so you can solve puzzles without interruption.

In conclusion, Rexaura is a great mod, and because it's free, you can't really lose that much by trying it out. Beware though, some of the puzzles are real brain teasers!

I used to think that energy pellet tests were easy.

I was very, very wrong.

"Do not fire the device inside the elevator."

9.5/10

Rexaura is a very good Portal mod. It takes place after the original game, with two new characters which speak with us. It introduces a few new testing elements, such as Green Energy Pellets, which don't explode after a certain time, but you control when they should explode. Or the Hydromagnetic Cube Stability Unit, remember when you used cubes in the original Portal to change the path of the Energy Pellets? Well, the Stability Unit's do all the hard work for you.
The new tests are great, and challenging to solve. But after you carefully check the whole test chamber, and learn the solution, executing it should be very easy. It's a lot of fun to solve them.
The soundtrack is amazing as well, it feels like Portal, but it's completely new.
The story is also great, fits nicely into the portal universe.

I suggest you to try it out if you liked Portal, it's a great mod, and it's free.

10/10.

Fantastic *freee* Portal mod by the Mevious we've all heard of from Portal Pro and Portal 2's EotM. Contains 19 entirely new and impossibly hard stages. If it took you 4 hours to finish Portal, it will take you 4 days to finish Rexaura :)

And you thought Portal was going to be easy. Ha. Ha ha. Portal and Portal 2 are cakewalks compared to some of the community made level packs and mods, this one being one of the hardest.

The chambers themselves focus on high-energy pellets. If you didn't like pellets in Portal 1, you might still like how they are used in Rex, because the puzzles focus on new elements as well, such as flux fields, pellet vaporizers, and the ever-important cube deflector. A new and pretty exciting mechanic is that weighted boxes dissolve and respawn when hit with a pellet, opening the door to hundreds of new chamber concepts and puzzles.

This Steam re-release contains small bug fixes, graphics improvements, three Steam achievements, and overall polish. And it's totally free, so you have literally no excuse to not try it. If you've already played the ModDB version, don't skip Rex here on Steam, because the two 100% new bonus levels by camerson1313 of Portal 2 fame will challenge and excite.

Speaking of Portal 2, if you like Rexaura's testing elements, try installing the Bee2 mod. You can add the same elements you know and love from Rex into your Portal 2 Puzzlemaker levels with (relative) ease. They are still a bit buggy, but workable :)

Easily one of the best Portal mods out there. If you're a fan of the Portal series, there is no reason not to try this out.

Every single test involves high energy pellets. So logically, there are new pellet-related elements.
And they are difficult.
You will get stumped, but not for long.

There has been an attempt at story, and it is amusing to listen to the dialogue which helps lighten the atmosphere; but it's not the sort of thing you'd write a book out of, no matter how short.
I'm not saying it's bad, but the puzzles are what this game is about.

I say get it, it'll cost you nothing, only takes up 3.33GB, it's worth it.

The Best Mod for Portal 1 Ever. 8.7/10

This Portal mod introduces new gameplay elements, ensuring the player gets properly acquainted with them. The puzzle difficulty has an overall good pace and by the late middle gets fiendish, truly reminding you what it's like to be thinking with portals. 19 test chambers and 6 bonus maps (2 of which are advanced versions of previously encountered chambers) left me very satisfied with the game's length.

It's Portal. It's free. What are you waiting for?!

I remember getting this mod before it was even on Steam. In fact it was the first one I ever played. With comparable length to the original game itself and fresh puzzles that are sure to challenge anyone who has just finished Portal, this mod is of topnotch quality. With Rexaura, the focus is on one of Portal's testing elements that has since been lost in Portal 2: the Aperture Science High Energy Pellet. You will encounter special cubes that are more fragile than normal, deadly purple orbs, new colorful fields that may cause tingling sensations, and cake (yes, the cake is not a lie). Like Portal Pro, there's not too much of a story, and the ending is rather anti-climactic, but the quality of the puzzles seems to make up for it. There are even some bonus test chambers, including two extras by camerson1313 that were originally on the Portal 2 workshop using BEE2.

As others have said, it's a notch up from the original game, which was after all, "an extended player training exercise." The puzzles are hard enough to keep your mind going, but not so hard that you feel discouraged, stupid, or that you have to result to some glitch technique to solve it, again somewhat like Portal Pro. When I hear the soundtrack for both mods, I can definitely feel the elusion to Portal, even Portal 2.

And above all, you gotta remember who made this mod: only one of the best names on the Portal 2 workshop, creator of two awesome Portal maps (Resurrection and Dyad), and "Employee of the Moment" Mevious a.k.a. Ben Bryant.

"If you do not have a history of [seizures, epilepsy, motion sickness, disorientation, cancer, internal microwave syndrome, viruses, crashing, etc.], then you are in for a treat."

...and if you do, try not to smite this mod. Unlike Aperture Tag, it's free, and unlike TWTM, it has more quality and content.

Notice the complete lack of dislikes?

For those who think portal is easy, here is a challenge for you. And also sarcastic GlaDOs.

GLaDOS got a british accent somehow, huh. 10/10

Why does everything that mimics Portal fail to capture it's acrobatic, 'freedom of movement' spirit? Even Portal 2 was guilty of this. You see, Portal 1 had special walls that you could NOT shoot portals onto, while Portal 2 has special walls that you CAN shoot portals onto. Similarly, Portal was a game all about a portalgun, and things like boxes, energy pellets and moving platforms were passively thrown in. But Rexaura is a mod all about energy pellets with a portalgun passively thrown in. The portalgun ends up being just a glorified garage door opener.

To understand why that's a bad thing, we need to understand another subtle difference between Portal and Portal 2. The series's evolutionary process decided lasers were better than energy pellets so the energy pellets were removed but still existed, in spirit, as lasers. In other words, lasers became the new energy pellets. Energy pellets and lasers are not bad game mechanics. But what is bad is how they're used. You can't throw a dart at the Portal 2 workshop without hitting a page with a laser test on it and, spoiler warning, THEY ALL SUCK. They're a creative shorthand for "I started off making a test but then I realized I had no clear goal, so here's a laser test instead." From the creative perspective, they're lazy. From the player's perspective, they're boring. And from the community's perspective, they're the scum of the workshop.

If you've been paying attention then you should already know where this is going. But just in case you haven't: If energy pellet tests are equivalent to modern day boring uninspired laser tests and Rexaura is nothing but energy pellet tests, then guess what Rexaura is. Yep. That.

To it's credit, Rexaura makes a genuine effort to be more than a collection of boring laser tests. It introduces a lot of custom made mechanics for interacting with energy pellets, adding multiple layers of mind boggling complexity. It forces you to be creative and think five steps ahead at all times. It goes out of it's way to create an environment that's all it's own without compromising Portal's. As far as boring laser tests go, it truly raises the bar, goes above and beyond and should be commended. But, sadly, no matter how polished a collection of laser tests is, it's still just a collection of boring laser tests.

It's a shame, really. Rexaura's intentions were clearly in the right place. It had spunk. It had moxy. It had gumption. If only it had more variety to it's tests. If only there were any tests with acrobatic, high flying, portal flinging fun to help break up the monotony of the boring laser tests then this would be a real winner. It could have been worthy of the title, "The true sequel to Portal". Rexaura could have been a real asset to the gaming universe. It could have grown up to become a doctor or an astronaut or even the president. I'm not mad at Rexaura, I'm just disappointed with the path it has chosen in life.

I simply can't recommend Rexaura and I hate myself for it. May god have mercy on my soul.

BETA TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though on a serious note this is a good mod

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this is a fun mode if it didnt freeze all the time on me

Rexaura is one of the first Portal One mods I have known, and it simply is amazing. It's quite hard, and it involves a LOT of energy pellets from Portal, which is quite an interesting mechanic! It's quite hard, but it's just like Portal with new items. The person who made this put a LOT of work into this, and it shows well. Good job, Benjamin Bryant, for making this. Amazing elements, and all, I'll say I do reccomend this.
(9.5 / 10.0)

Whilst Rexaura has very good puzzle design, it is honestly the worst Portal mod I have ever played. This mod was hyped up so much that I expected proper voice acting at least.

The story was pretty boring, in all honestly. I expected a proper ending where I could at least fight for my life, rather than just be dumped into the void. It's such a pity, because Rexaura introduced such amazing concepts but then puty them to such a poor use.

Despite this, I still recommend playing through this mod, as it is free. But don't expect to be blown away by it.

A good mod by Mevious, that shows high energy pellets in this universe are the main thing. This mod shows that Portal modding can be done. I'm glad this has been Greenlit!