When comparing Gateways vs Polarity, the Slant community recommends Gateways for most people. In the question“What are the best Puzzle games on Steam?” Gateways is ranked 32nd while Polarity is ranked 41st. The most important reason people chose Gateways is:
The game is long enough that the player gets to master each of the unique mechanics, but not so long that you get bored of any of them.
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Pros
Pro Just the right amount of content
The game is long enough that the player gets to master each of the unique mechanics, but not so long that you get bored of any of them.
Pro Portal x 4
Gateways has the same formula as the great Portal, except that it's in 2D, BUT, they introduce 3 new types of portal guns, a gun that makes you smaller/bigger, a gun that shifts gravity 90 or 180 degrees, and the best one, a time travelling gun. The last part of the game lets you used all the 4 guns together for mind bending puzzles.
Pro Generally decent puzzle design
Puzzles are easily reset and mechanics are clear.
Pro It's like Portal
Cons
Con Lacks clean or clever puzzles
Unlike Portal, a game with high polish that shows in its puzzle designs Gateways has a clear lack of polish to its puzzles which makes for a subpar experience as it the games design can lead to problems interpreting the puzzles appropriately.
Con General movement and input system is a bit wonky
Playing is floaty and you can occasionally glitch through walls. Switching colors is also counterintuitive.