The portal was an interesting…attempt. It decently accomplishes its goals of telling you where to go get loot. But why does it feel so repulsive to look at? Why does it drain my energy? The only thing I can think of is that it feels like you’ve taken what used to be a game where there was some exploration, a sense of a larger universe, and reduced it down to tiny boxes that make the game feel like it’s been chopped into bite sized pieces and is no longer a living breathing game. It feels like the games over, that we are reliving greatest hits (even when new activities are added) and no longer feels like a connected universe. The portal actually would be a great side menu for Ikora’s meditations. But it just doesn’t work as the core of the games engagement.