- Shooter, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the Serious Sam series, and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (Infinite Ocean).
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Contemplative, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Pure NintendoHeath Shusterman-ZimmermanDec 20199/10Although I can't fully pinpoint exactly one thing that made The Talos Principle great, there was something about the game that just felt incredible while playing. It provides such an amazing puzzle-solving experience that's backed by an overall strong story that I can't recommend this game enough.
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Nindie SpotlightJustin NationDec 20198.2/10Among the indie titles that I've played and loved on the PC there aren't too many that still haven't made their way to Switch...
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Croteam
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Released
- October 13, 2015
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- Serious Engine 4
IGDB rating 9.2/10 from 10 ratings.
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