The Talos Principle

1. Esett

   Dec 13, 2014

   10

   A surprisingly fun puzzler with great graphics and great sound coming from the studio that made Serious Sam? That is a sentence i neverA surprisingly fun puzzler with great graphics and great sound coming from the studio that made Serious Sam? That is a sentence i never thought i would write! It is without a doubt the first FPS puzzler that comes near the perfection of Portal and in some, albeit subjective ways, it surpasses it. The "ways" i am talking about are the technical aspects(graphics and sound) which were always a forte of Croteam and the atmosphere. This game just grabs you from the first second with its amazing puzzle design and great writing. You just have to see what comes next. Overall a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale year filled with over hyped triple A boredom. I wholeheartedly recommend buying it.… Expand

   • 39 of 59 users found this helpful
2. barbarabela

   Dec 23, 2014

   10

   This game is awesome and fun, I played it several times..... It has great graphics and it's good for thinking. Thanks Ana for recommending it.This game is awesome and fun, I played it several times..... It has great graphics and it's good for thinking. Thanks Ana for recommending it. It was a real fun.… Expand

   • 5 of 8 users found this helpful
4. Keromyaou

   Dec 27, 2014

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a great puzzle game. The mechanics is not similar to Portal games. All the puzzles are so clever that you can get great satisfaction when you find out the solutions. There are mainly two goals for the game. One is to collect sigils which can be used for you to reach the eternity. Another one is to collect stars which can be used to open up more puzzles. Collecting sigils is easier than collecting stars (I found all the sigils without much struggles. But so far I found 23 stars. I am still trying to find others). There is also an opportunity to climb up the Babel's tower, which I am going to try after I finish the star job. The background of the game is about fundamental philosophical ideas such as consciousness, ontology, moral, and divinity. If you have some ideas about philosophy, this game will give you good opportunities to think about philosophical problems while you are solving puzzles. After all, what human beings do is to solve puzzles which are presented to us in real worlds just like we solve puzzles in this virtual reality that the game presents to us.… Expand

   • 6 of 7 users found this helpful
5. Nerokin

   Nov 24, 2015

   9

   Elohim's Puzzle Eden
   
   Overall: 87% (179.1 / 205) ---------- Aesthetics ---------- Animations 8.0/10 Atmosphere 9.2/10 GraphicsElohim's Puzzle Eden
   
   Overall: 87% (179.1 / 205)
   
   ---------- Aesthetics ----------
   Animations 8.0/10
   Atmosphere 9.2/10
   Graphics 9.0/10
   Level Design 7.2/10
   Overlays 8.5/10
   ------------- 84% (41.9 / 50)
   
   ---------- Audio ----------
   Sound Effects 9.0/10
   Music 9.2/10
   Dialogue 9.5/10
   ------------- 92% (27.7 / 30)
   
   ---------- Functionality ----------
   Performance 8.5/10
   Stability 10.0/10
   ------------- 93% (18.5 / 20)
   
   ---------- Gameplay ----------
   Balance 9.7/10
   Controls 8.7/10
   Mysteries 9.5/10
   Replay Value 7.0/10
   Variety 7.0/10
   ------------- 84% (41.9 / 50)
   
   ---------- Technics ----------
   Physics 7.5/10
   ------------- 75% (7.5 / 10)
   
   ---------- Writing ----------
   Story 9.3/10
   Text 9.6/10
   Tutorial 4.5/5
   ------------- 94% (23.4 / 25)
   
   ---------- Other ----------
   Cost-Benefit Ratio 3.5/5
   System Requirements 5.0/5
   User Rating 9.7/10
   ------------------- 91% (18.2 / 20)… Expand

   • 1 of 2 users found this helpful
6. Rex_richards

   Dec 22, 2014

   9

   This is not the new portal. This is not something more magical than anything else ever, it isn't going to involve you as much as somethingThis is not the new portal. This is not something more magical than anything else ever, it isn't going to involve you as much as something like Brothers, doesn't have the massive emotional impact of Vanishing of... the graphics are NOT 'top notch' they are pretty good, with nice thoughtful details and inventive ideas... but it is a great great puzzle game, if with so far pretty simple mechanics, and right now in terms of new games, yes it probably is the finest simple puzzle orientated current new game on steam by some distance.
   Anyway my favourite things... it runs at HIGH SPEED on my average machine. The levels load in like an instant. the voice acting is good, the support 'info' is intriguing. there's no rubbish cutscene movies to sit through. No tedious messing about as you reset a level after you mess up. Puzzles so far are a bit repetitive, but overall... great game.… Expand

   • 9 of 10 users found this helpful
7. sinadoom

   Aug 15, 2015

   8

   This is a truly unique game which the industry needs more of. A serious puzzle game with an intriguing story, some great philosophicalThis is a truly unique game which the industry needs more of. A serious puzzle game with an intriguing story, some great philosophical elements, lots of mystery and things to be discovered. It is a very immersive experience and quite relaxing. The soundtrack, art style, environments and graphical fidelity make for a somehwat euphoric experience. It's a beautiful game in its design. There are no tutorials in this game - it's all about exploration and experimentation. What I love baout this game is that the puzzles are really intuitive; at least once you know the main mechanics, you'll rarely find yourself being frustrated by a puzzle and resorting to "cheating" (by looking up the solution). There's quite a good diversity in terms of the worlds, so you'll always be immersed and want to continue to progress the story (through interacting with "Command Prompt"-style terminals, listening to audio logs, reading some things etc.) The ambiguity in this game motivates you to progress further - everything feels like it has meaning and purpose. I would compare The Talos Principle to Portal as being a top-notch puzzle game but unlike Portal, The Talos Principle is far deeper and more "serious", with Elohim being a much more intimidating, powerful and "Godly" character than the tongue-in-cheek GLaDOS. Also the game does not rely on a single mechanic or device (although many puzzles will use just one device). Every puzzle feels like a "puzzle within a puzzle within a puzzle", and indeed due to the way it's structured, some of them link so to get some of the stars you have to think literally "outside the box" (or rather, "puzzle arena"). It's beautiful, unpredictable, atmospheric and truly original. I would not have expected a game like this from the developers of the (not so serious) Serious Sam series! This is a game that is definitely worth checking out if you want something perplexing - an adventure game without any guns or violence or a linear, cliche plot. The only negative I would give this game is that I wish there was a bit more traditional story-telling to tie things together and less of those obnoxious 'Sigil' shape puzzles.… Expand

   • 1 of 1 users found this helpful
8. bigsilverhotdog

   May 1, 2016

   2

   This was just shockingly terrible. Vacuous, uninspiring, and full of psuedo-philosophical nonsense, there's almost nothing to do here exceptThis was just shockingly terrible. Vacuous, uninspiring, and full of psuedo-philosophical nonsense, there's almost nothing to do here except look at the graphics and solve -extremely- simple puzzles.
   
   As a mobile game... ehhh, maybe. It sucks and is simple enough, but the graphics are too nice for mobile.
   
   As a Portal clone... ehhh, also maybe. It feels like a Portal clone, looks like a nicer outdoor version of Portal, and the game seems generally trying to copy the Portal FPS-puzzle-physics-placement formula in order to print money.
   
   As a benchmark... doubtful. The engine looks nice but doesn't seem to push my rig like other benchmarks already widely available.
   
   As a good game? Not a chance. Maybe I didn't play it long enough to see something worthwhile, but every single second that I played absolutely sucked. It felt like I was playing a Myst-Portal hybrid made by an untalented, copycat developer. It also crashed my entire rig when I tried to switch resolutions to Surround.
   
   I regarded Serious Sam as cynically designed, generic, and generally tedious company, and I dislike this for similar reasons. It was on my wishlist based on hype, genre, and screenshots, but it sure isn't now.
   
   Goodbye trash.… Expand

   • 8 of 25 users found this helpful

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