<s>
Gateways	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2012	B-Application
action-adventure	O
platform	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
British	O
indie	O
studio	O
Smudged	O
Cat	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
gameplay	O
concepts	O
from	O
the	O
Portal	B-Application
and	O
Metroid	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gateways	B-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Ed	O
as	O
he	O
makes	O
his	O
way	O
through	O
his	O
maze-like	O
laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
gateway	O
gun	O
that	O
functions	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
portal	B-Application
gun	O
in	O
Portal	B-Application
,	O
creating	O
holes	O
in	O
walls	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
pass	O
between	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gateways	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
currently	O
sitting	O
at	O
72/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
despite	O
calling	O
the	O
game	O
"[f]ugly	O
and	O
frustrating	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
Gateways	B-Application
was	O
"	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
rare	O
and	O
rarely	O
compromised	O
ingenuity	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
alone	O
makes	O
its	O
challenge	O
worth	O
accepting.	O
"	O
</s>
