This one, I dismissed for years. In a serendipitous way, this may not have been a mistake. Its existentialist themes landed at a time in my life where I may have found them especially poignant. Talos is an incredible puzzle game, whose rooms ask thinking more lateral than Portal 2's hardest test chambers while never becoming completely opaque. Coming back to a puzzle that stumped me after putting the game down for a time and knocking it out right away was legitimately enriching, and the breadth and depth of the games mechanics lead to the best "Ah hah!" moments in recent memory. I am hard pressed to find many flaws. It's good. Go play it.

Reviewed on May 30, 2023


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