Talos Principle

If you had told me a few years ago that the creators of a meaty shooter about the adventures of Serious Sam would create a philosophical puzzle, honestly, I would have laughed. But Croteam really created such a game and, to my surprise, a very successful one.

Why is she so good? It's simple! It has a plot that makes you think, puzzles that are not too difficult, but often require you to use your brain. And all this is framed in good level design and meditative music.

It is not so simple and tries to raise the themes of self-knowledge, reason, consciousness and choice. Puzzles are just entertainment, albeit interesting ones.

The goal of the game is to collect special blocks - Sigils - in order to open the way to new levels and the finale. To obtain Sigils, you need to turn off energy walls a… Read full

I became acquainted with The Talos Principle during the New Year holidays 2015, when, naturally, there was an unofficial release on a friend’s laptop. At first, I didn’t understand at all, “Where am I? Who am I? What kind of voice from heaven is constantly talking nonsense? What is the meaning of the existence of the character, and, in fact, the game?”... In a word, I asked the same questions as my a character with answer options available to him in the PBM. Moreover, the levels are kind of strange, all sorts of deactivators, killer balls... But after playing for about 3-4 hours I was hooked, after which I firmly decided to buy this game, which I now never regret.

I began to understand that I was required to carefully read every document, study every QR code, look for additional terminals, … Read full

The game amazes absolutely everything. The graphics look very realistic, the puzzles sometimes make you rack your brains (and in addition, sometimes you even had to look on the Internet how to solve this or that puzzle, since they are much more difficult there than in the game itself), the plot makes you think about what a person is like and human consciousness, soundtrack and voice acting... I would like to talk about voice acting separately.

As you know, part of the atmosphere is lost in localization, which is why the impression is not complete, but in this case everything is not so. The votes are 110% matched. Marina Gladkaya, who voiced Alexandra Drennan, is ideal for this role. Her voice makes the listener think as if she actually participated in the events of the game and these audio… Read full