French PC mag Canard features Chell on the cover of its latest issue, and the dorky, jumpsuit-clad lass with the funny robot chicken leg boots is looking a lot less dorky. She now looks more like Ripley with a portal gun. Which, when you put it that way, is a badass combination.
You can see the full cover below. Portal 2 will be out on PC, Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360 in April.
[Canard]
Neat Gun
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 4:20 PMWon’t somebody please think of the portals?
z
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 5:04 PMLooks like a smaller boobed Lara Croft.
Jiff
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 5:49 PMI once checked out the Chell model in Portal via the Source SDK
She had this unrested, tortured, brink-of-a-nervous-breakdown look to her eyes, which I thought was perfect given her situation
While the new Chell is more attractive, can’t say she conveys the same emotion..
Michael Cohen
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 6:00 PMShe’s still wearing the jumpsuit, just for some inexplicable reason she’s taken the top part off and tied it around her waist. Seems to me that would make things pretty awkward.
Amelia Wales
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 10:02 PMFrom what we’ve seen of Portal 2, the lab has been overtaken by jungle-like growth, suggesting a fairly warm climate. That, plus how much running around Chell does, it’s not unreasonable to think that she took the top part of the jumpsuit off to stay cool.
mattroe
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 10:57 PMHm, well, maybe she’s a just little hot from all the running around and portaling she gets done.
SlipperyWhenWet
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 5:37 AMThe reason she has the top half off is because I’m sure it’s uncomfortable, also, I’m sure its warmer now, and I’m sure no one has looked at the A/C’s in a while, much less repaired them :P
The reason the bottom is still on is likely due to it not being able to be removed. They redesigned the Knee replacements to be boots (see the free Portal 2 valentine’s cards with Chell on them) and they are likely unable to be removed, therefore neither are the pant parts of her suit.
Woosty
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 2:24 PMStop kidding yourselves with intellectual justification; there’s only one reason why a female video game character decides to wear less clothing, and its not for practical purposes.
Thomas Bowker
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 6:30 PMWhat’s with the gigantic lips?
Steve0410
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 6:47 PMHow refreshing it is to see a female game character with perfectly normal, human-sized breasts.
I’m currently playing through Valkyria Chronicles II and every female character has been given a pair of DDs. In a game starring school children. Yes, this includes the 13 year old girl. That’s right, she was drawn with a pair of creepily perky breasts.
Stu
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 8:50 PMand one would purchase this game where?
sharmona
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 5:22 PMit’s japanese, you fool.
Steve0410
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 9:06 PMSo um… Is that a ‘thing’ now? Where every anime female just have improbably large jugs? I’m genuinely curious here.
Jacques Bodourian
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 11:47 PMI’d like to fill her portals
Jacques Bodourian
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 11:48 PMsorry couldn’t help myself.
SlipperyWhenWet
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 5:41 AMAlso, her boobs aren’t small, people. She just doesn’t have insanely huge chesticls like most other female game characters. Valve has a way of making attractive, but not abnormally attractive woman who are unsexualized in their designs, (see Alyx Vance having normal sized boobs and not wearing a pushup bra and tight, lowcut shirt, and Zoey hgaving normal sized boobs, and wearing a loose sweatshirt)
Chell is still hot, possibly the hottest female in any Valve game. And she is leagues better then her original design in Portal.
mccawsome
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 6:13 AMI thought the story for Portal2 is set hundreds of years later hence the lab is overgrown with vegetation.
How is she alive or relevant for p2??
TJ
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 8:26 AMI’m not sure if it’s been explicitly stated but it’s implied knowledge that GLaDOS or whatever, treating Chell as an important asset or favourite toy put her in stasis/cryo.
Cody
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 11:56 AMFap fap fap. Just kidding, she’s not my type.
sharmona
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 5:24 PMno you’re not