Obviously that back and forth can only go so far - there are only so many responses the developers could anticipate. It has its limits: at certain points, you’re asked to pick which statements about the nature of consciousness that you agree with, and then it pokes at supposed contradictions within your answers. I was in the middle of my first year of my philosophy degree when it released, and thoughts directly inspired by the game made it into my coursework. Rock, Paper, Shotgun made a list of the 25 Best Puzzle Games Ever Made Guess where on the list is The Talos Principle What is your favourite puzzle. Where it succeeded was in blending those and other elements together to create satisfying cerebral head scratchers.įor me though, the most memorable parts of it weren’t the puzzles but the philosophical musings that accompanied them. While clearly sharing the same fast-paced twitchy controls of the Serious Engine, and a similar design ethic of ruined civilisations, beyond this Talos is dramatically different. Which is a surprising new direction from Croteam, who have previously given us the splendid madcap frenzy of Serious Sam shooters. The puzzle elements themselves are nothing revolutionary - we’ve been redirecting laser beams for decades, and the cloning mechanics that appear later on in the game are similar to those in PB Winterbottom. The Talos Principle is a very clever, very calm creation. Factions each gain a different amount between -300 and 600 gold each day. Nothing between north of ritual stone or east of Whiterun resembles what they are talking about. The puzzles are always good and often brilliant, creating that ‘I’m a GENIUS’ feeling that only the best games can manage. There's no need to switch anything unless the game supports more than one API (Talos Principle, Hitman, ROTR, Deus Ex Mankind Divided) 0. Imagine the Stanley Parable narrator but with more pompous severity and you’ll have a good idea what you’re in for. In The Talos Principle you play as a robot, guided through the game by a disembodied voice calling itself Elohim. What was the logical next step for the developers of dual machine gun toting, beheaded bomber slaying Serious Sam? A thoughtful, philosophical puzzler in the vein of Portal, of course. This is already, to a certain extent, the model thats keeping games blogs like Rock, Paper, Shotgun in business. Humble PlayStation Bundle comes with Killing Floor 2, Layers of Fear, The Talos Principle, more.
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