I actually really liked the audio recordings in this game, they seem like a common and rather trite trend in games these days, but in this game their existence does make sense and I found their contents very pleasing to listen to and think about. By the end of the game my mind had adapted to a lot of patterns which helped me solve the puzzles despite their complexity, which was a very satisfying feeling.Īside from the puzzling there is the philosophy, which takes the form of audio recordings, text files and discussions with an entity in the game questioning the nature of concepts as consciousness and morality. It was very satisfying to complete all the puzzles using my own spacial thinking as well as using other forms of reasoning for a few levels that require you to think outside of the box. I'm far from a puzzling genius, but I found the game's difficulty curve to be very fair, it never felt like the game suddenly spiked in difficulty. This is really the meaty part of the game, and I personally found the puzzle-solving quite enjoyable! The difficulty starts off nice and easy as you learn just how the world works, like how jammers can disable barriers as well as mines and turrets while you can use connectors to guide laser beams from a source to a destination. Most of the gameplay is in separated puzzle rooms where you need to use various tools, many of which you unlock as you progress, to get through increasingly complex puzzles to collect sigils (Tetris pieces). I'm glad to say that is exactly what I got! I purchased it in the hopes of getting a puzzle game with a fair learning curve, fun gameplay and interesting narrative as well as philosophy. I can't say I've even been a puzzle game enthusiast myself, the only puzzle game I owned before my Steam Summer Sale binge was Tetris on the Game Boy, so I wasn't sure how I would feel about The TALOS Principle.
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Between exploring gorgeous worlds and solving 3-Dimensional puzzles there is plenty of time for contemplating philosophy and the nature of consciousness, morality and the like.
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I think the less that is said about what the game is about is better, as a great part of the game is figuring out what is going on, why it is going on, where you are and what or who you are. The TALOS Principle is a First-Person Puzzle game with a science-fiction philosophical bent.