-----If you were to tell me that the developers known for making an aggressively fun arena horde shooter made one of the most engaging puzzle games of the past decade, I'd think you were talking about The Talos Principle. The Talos Principle is a fantastic effort by Croation developer Croteam. One that tackles deep philosophical inquiries in a digital word.
-----Mechanically Talos Principle takes some queues from another famed first person puzzler; Portal. You walk around silently in a controlled environment, solving puzzles that seem simple on the surface, but become more complex upon inspection. Where the two differ comes down to perspective. In Talos you're a robot, being fed orders from God himself. "Complete all the puzzles in my garden to attain eternal life." Players will immediately be set off to try and gain free will from this voice, and that's just what Croteam intends.
-----In between segments of heady monitor reading, the player will engage in boxed puzzle environments. These challenges start off simple at first with boxes, buttons, and lasers. However, the game ramps up significantly once time gets involved. This is when Croteam's cleverness becomes clear. The puzzles in Talos are clear brain wrackers. Ones that will have you using all your head strength to solve the problems before you. It's great then that Croteam provides a reset button that needs to be explicitly held down to trigger.
-----Talos continues to impress with it's environments, which showcase Croteam's trademark beauty. From a garden, to Egypt, to a frigid medieval setting, everything looks great. All this is scored by another wonderful soundtrack by Damjan Mravunac. Stylistically he grabs from more ambient stylings this time around, and it works wonders. The Voice Acting is also very well done for 'Elohim'. His voice booms with importance
-----Overall I can't think of a bad thing to say about The Talos Principle. It's another Croteam masterpiece that relishes every second of playtime. Absolutely recommended. - [10/10]
-----Mechanically Talos Principle takes some queues from another famed first person puzzler; Portal. You walk around silently in a controlled environment, solving puzzles that seem simple on the surface, but become more complex upon inspection. Where the two differ comes down to perspective. In Talos you're a robot, being fed orders from God himself. "Complete all the puzzles in my garden to attain eternal life." Players will immediately be set off to try and gain free will from this voice, and that's just what Croteam intends.
-----In between segments of heady monitor reading, the player will engage in boxed puzzle environments. These challenges start off simple at first with boxes, buttons, and lasers. However, the game ramps up significantly once time gets involved. This is when Croteam's cleverness becomes clear. The puzzles in Talos are clear brain wrackers. Ones that will have you using all your head strength to solve the problems before you. It's great then that Croteam provides a reset button that needs to be explicitly held down to trigger.
-----Talos continues to impress with it's environments, which showcase Croteam's trademark beauty. From a garden, to Egypt, to a frigid medieval setting, everything looks great. All this is scored by another wonderful soundtrack by Damjan Mravunac. Stylistically he grabs from more ambient stylings this time around, and it works wonders. The Voice Acting is also very well done for 'Elohim'. His voice booms with importance
-----Overall I can't think of a bad thing to say about The Talos Principle. It's another Croteam masterpiece that relishes every second of playtime. Absolutely recommended. - [10/10]