The Talos Principle
Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Dec 11, 2014
A first-person puzzle game with a focus on philosophical quandaries.
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5 (5) 4 (2) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 4.7 starsAverage score of 7 user reviews
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Life finds a way 0
The Talos Principle is much like other puzzle games such as Portal or last year's Antichamber, and while its puzzles may not be as clever, the story rewards the contemplative. Asking deep philosophical questions about life, death, what it means to be human and the meaning of it all can be intimidating or outright infuriating, but because answers aren't forced upon you, these questions are more provocative and something to think about while you puzzle solve.There is a great mystery as to what exa...
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My one regret is not playing this sooner 0
Like many others, I consider 2014 a bit of a down year for video games. Bayonetta 2 has been the singular 2014 game I’ve tended to recommend to friends as a “must play.” So now in 2016, with my 2014 backlog down to a mere handful of games, I need to admit I was mistaken. The Talos Principle is not just one of the best titles from that year, but one of my favorite games from recent times.While many have summarized The Talos Principle as “the best puzzle game since Portal,&...
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I look forward to forgetting about this game so I can play it again! 0
I'm going to keep this short and sweet: The Talos Principle is a great game and I am enjoying the hell out of it. The puzzles are satisfying and just fast enough where I don't feel bored if I hit a rut. The visuals are gorgeous. The UI and design is immersive and easy to navigate. The story, while not everyone's cup of tea, is deep, complex, thoughtful and very 'meta', though the exposition only goes into detail with the terminal interactions that pepper each level and can be avoided quite easil...
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Ontology, Geometry, Exemplary 0
Talos Principle is a game well beyond what you may think it is. I went in thinking it was Portal, with robots and slight call backs to Serious Sam. It is all this, but also a lot more. There are meanderings of existentialism, ontology, served and servant, contradiction, and lastly devious puzzles that rely on strict rule sets. And then puzzles where you have to further break these rule sets.This is THE puzzle game of 2014, and I'm sad I only sat down with it late in 2015.It gets what its puzzles...
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Masterful First-Person Puzzler 0
Valve classed up the first person puzzler genre when they released Portal, and then put a stake in the ground with Portal 2 as the defining game in the genre. The Talos Principle deserves a spot right next to Portal 2 on the Mount Rushmore of first-person puzzlers. If such a thing existed. It really shouldn't, that'd be a terrible waste of money.Talos' puzzles require moving and manipulating specific tools, channeling power, avoiding enemies and a lot of Doc Brown-style "fourth dimensional thin...
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The Talos Principle Review 0
The Talos Principle is a surprise in many ways.For one, it comes from CroTeam, the developers behind Serious Sam; philosophical puzzle game is quite a change of pace (for a developer known for their fast-paced first person shooters). Secondly, it manages to not only be an excellent puzzle game, but also tackle philosophical themes in a way that isn't overly pretentious.But before we delve into the deep, philosophical questions, let's talk about the game parts of this game. It revolves around you...
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On Par -- if not Better than -- the Portal Series 0
The Talos Priniciple is truly a wonderful game. When I started playing, I had a hard time quitting for several nights in a row, and I usually have several games I rotate through, like right now: Fallout 4, Xenoblade, Pillars Of Eternity, and Invisible, Inc. When I loaded up Talos once to "try" it, I looked at the clock and it was 6 hours later, and all week long I had forgotten about those other games. It's one of those games where the progress felt really good, and the puzzles were like corn do...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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