The Talos Principle: Reawakened

This is a well designed and faithful remastering of the original Talos Principle game. Even if you've played through the classic, there is an included DLC here "In The Beginning" which greatly adds character, depth, and identity to the story in meaningful ways while also including arguably the most dense and difficult puzzles in the entire series, other DLCs included. If you enjoy puzzles, this should be a no brainer pick-up. With this said, there are a few nicks and knacks here which need mentioning. While much more refined visually, it does have moments where the added visual clarity ends up chunking performance even if only for a few seconds. I had to turn down the graphics significantly which was a let down given that this is a major selling point to the remaster. The base game is almost entirely 1 to 1 to the original, which is expected but disappointing for returning fans. There were some QoL changes, but I was hoping for more Easter Eggs and Star Puzzles. The DLC makes up tremendously, but I quickly stopped playing through the base game once this realization set in. The new puzzles are brutal. I managed to solve everything without looking up anything save to check to make sure a pressure plate was working correctly given there appeared no other solutions. To this end, a handful of these extended challenges are resolved through "pixel precise" solutions where you have to place lasers in positions which are really unintuitive and sometimes covered by foliage or other aesthetics which unfortunately add to the difficulty. This is definitely not always the case for the new DLC, but it happened enough times for me to find some frustration and I'm a nerd for this series. I hope the next game focuses more on other players interacting within the universe given the paint bucket analogies expanded on here through star puzzles and the overall story's expansion. It doesn't need to be Death Stranding levels of overlap, but I wouldn't be disappointed if Talos Principle 3 geared up in such a way. Highly recommend for those who have never played, and I'd say it's worth it on sale for those who haven't played the new DLC and want a challenge with some meaty lore bits.

It's fun. Kinda like Portal and Myst had a baby...who then went on to major in philosophy and religious studies...

The Talos Principle is one of my all-time favorite puzzle games (besides the Portal series and Baba Is You), and I totally recommend playing the Reawakened edition: I think the quality-of-life improvements (rewind, picking up connectors without losing connections, creating pause points in recordings) are game changer, the DLCs and the community puzzles expand the experience with refreshing new environments and puzzles. And since I'm interested in puzzle game design, I also play with the level editor and the developer commentaries add rich insights into the game's design decisions. Where I think the game doesn't keep being true to its design principles is some of the obscure and hidden star puzzles (prepare for some pixel hunting and "moon logic" riddles instead of puzzles), the [spoiler]Milton dialogue trees[/spoiler] (where the goals to reach are quite unclear) and (fight me) also the sigil arrangers (the most complex of which can be rather frustrating due to the backtracking and the limited arranging techniques that can be applied via learning). I'm looking forward to the second part where I heard they eliminated most of these. But they haven't diminished my experience significantly. Overall, if you like to feel smart, I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Sem dúvidas essa é a minha franquia favorita de jogos de Puzzles e consigo dizer tranquilamente que esse remake é 10/10. O jogo é lindo, tem uma ótima ambientação, mas confesso que gostaria que os puzzles fossem mais temáticos ao mundo em que você está resolvendo eles. A trilha sonora é absurda e combina muito com todo o teor filosófico da história em volta do princípio de Talos, é muito empolgante você ir descobrindo aos pouco o que é esse mundo e o que significa todos esses dilemas e puzzles, pois eles fazem parte da história, não é apenas uma questão de gameplay, e falando deles, são bem satisfatórios de resolver e são bem tranquilos se você for fazer apenas o true ending, porém tem alguns bem desafiadores se for fazer o conteúdo opcional. Os personagens são excelentes, você vai ficar curioso sobre eles, vai querer saber o que aconteceu e o que os motiva, todos são bem carismáticos. Essa versão vem com 2 dlcs, uma delas sendo exclusiva desse remake, e essa exclusiva é bem mais desafiante que o resto do jogo base ou a primeira dlc, mas muito satisfatória de fazer e descobrir mais sobre a lore desse universo.

Ремастер излишен и ничего окромя водянистых комментов разрабов с причёсанной под будущую трилогию картинкой не даёт, оставляя игрока с отвратно-оптимизированными лучами в каждом камне, всё тем же геймплеем от бревна и конским ценником за то, что и без этого нормально работало. Полезные вещи типа timestamp-а есть и какого-то очередного сверхсложного DLC на слоновьих стимуляторах (когда нет идеи, а есть зубодробительная сложность в долгую, игрока испытывающего - а не проверяющего) есть, но это пыль в глаза. Самой игре лайк, безусловно (проходил впервые на Xbox) - ремастеру неуд.

One of, if not, the best puzzle game ever, remade

[h1] Elohim commanded me to write this review [/h1] It has taken me a minimum of two years before I decided to take a leap of faith in myself and step my toes into the complicated territory of The Talos Principle. For a very long time, my hesitancy to take on this puzzle game originated from its perceived difficulty and a lack of self-confidence, but luckily, my fears were proven unwarranted. I jumped in knowing parts of the narrative already, yet I still wholeheartedly enjoyed the philosophical, historical and religious elements of this thought-provoking journey. The mechanics of The Talos Principle: Reawakened had me hooked right from the start. The joy of repurposing old tools and the satisfaction of collecting sigils has been made so rewarding and addictive that I struggled to put the game down. The puzzles needed to complete the main storyline are balanced in terms of challenge, but some of the optional star puzzles both in the main campaign as well as in the DLCs can border on brain-numblingly obtuse or clever, depending on your perspective. The environment is a very picturesque copy-paste of old assets that takes you through three different historical timelines, complemented by a moving soundtrack and breathtaking visuals. There are no simple answers, but the take-home message for me is that we are all being influenced by something, which poses serious problems to our free will. It is rare that I need this much time to process the compelling ideas I was presented with by a video game, but as someone who's studied philosophy, I feel reverence for the depth of The Talos Principle. This is a definite must-play for everyone who likes kicking their neurons into overdrive or has any intrigue towards abstract concepts! [b]Graphics[/b] ☑ Stunning ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Jumble of pixels [b]Gameplay[/b] ☑ Super fun ☐ Enjoyable ☐ Normal ☐ Boring ☐ Don’t fall asleep [b]Audio[/b] ☑ Eargasm ☐ Amazing ☐ Good ☐ Not horrible ☐ Better without headphones [b]PC Requirements[/b] ☐ Potato ☐ Medium ☑ Fast ☐ Ask NASA for a spare computer [b]Difficulty[/b] ☐ Piece of cake ☐ Easy ☐ Average ☑ Difficult ☐ Very difficult [b]Story[/b] ☐ No story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Masterpiece [b]Length[/b] ☐ Super short (0-2 h) ☐ Short (2-6 h) ☐ Average (6-10 h) ☑ Long (10+) ☐ Endless [b]Price[/b] ☐ Free ☑ Worth the price ☐ Buy it on sale ☐ If you have extra money ☐ Not recommended [b]Bugs[/b] ☑ No ☐ Minor ☐ Annoying ☐ Too much ☐ The game itself is a bug [b]Replayability[/b] ☐ No replay value ☐ Maybe once ☑ Multiple times ☐ Infinite replayability [h1]9.5/10[/h1]

I might prefer the value the original gives, compared to this one. Yet Talos 1+2 are my favourite puzzle games of all time. so ofcourse im gonna recommend it

One of the best puzzle games next to Portal thats not point and click Beautiful graphics, beautiful sounds, perfect difficulty curve, only thing I didn't like is the game is a little pretentious with its story. Still like portal the puzzles are seperate from the story so the game still comes highly recommended.

En iyi hikayeli puzzle oyunu (Yazar, bu yorumu yaptıktan sonra Portal 2'ye haksızlık ettiği için utanmıştır). Hikayeden bağımsız, bulmacalar da güzel. Birden fazla sonu var ama en güzeli ve anlamlısı [spoiler] kuleye çıktığımız son. [/spoiler] Bazı felsefi konular da ilginizi çekiyorsa tavsiye ederim. Orijinal oyundan farkı, grafik güncellemesi, geliştirici yorumları ve minik bir ek DLC. İlk oyunu zaten oynadıysanız, bunu oynamazsanız bir şey kaybetmezsiniz. Not: Kurbağalar da bir bireydir.