Icarus

[Oddity007]

The ending was well presented, but mildly unoriginal and does little to tie back to the Icarus theme. Would have liked it more if instead of a monster attacking me, I would have to follow the shadowy lady off the edge of the tower, thinking that it was a Jacobs Ladder that I'd be walking on. Then I'd come to my senses and it'd be like a gravity rickroll, with me falling and dying. That'd echo "Icarus" more to me.

Your comparison is unfair, because in Portal there are lots of information we are given, even there is a comic book. But in Icarus we are given almost nothing.

Your comparison is unfair. Portal was a full game, the comic book was bonus background information that was not given as a part of Portal 1. This is just a prologue, not a full game.

Besides that, there is plenty of environmental information given at a faster rate than Portal 1 even achieved, in just 5 minutes, I formed the same amount of questions that I did with Portal, despite Portal being a longer experience.

"Who is that voice?"
"What are those footsteps, and why did that person unlock the 1st door?"
"Where is that voice?"
"What is the story behind this tower?"
"Why are there lit candles in a seemingly vacant building?"
"Why am I being reminded of climbing to the heavens as if it were some promise I made?"
"What is this promise and how does it relate to the situation of the lady and myself?"

If Kurton and Rigi do answer these questions in the next few episodes, there is potential that they will have more story in a shorter period of time than Portal 1 did.