Subject: The Talos Principle Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:24 am
DEMO: (the video spoils the solutions to some of the puzzles, you can play it for yourself on steam for free here if you dont want to be spoiled and are interested in this: http://store.steampowered.com/app/330710/ )
I did the same thing as that guy in the 2nd puzzle, trying to jump on the jammer to bypass the whole puzzle right away just to see if you could lol
The Talos Principle is an upcoming first person puzzle game that looks really interesting I stopped posting about these after no one cared about portal 2 but i still play pretty much all of them as they come out (the most recent one being Mind: Path to Thalamus which was really good)
The only reason im posting about this one is because of the "dialog" you discover The demo starts exactly the way that video starts, youre dropped on that bridge, no explanation of anything is given, you just sortve figure it out as you go and that voice comes from no where with somewhat pretentious, needlessly vague lines that dont actually tell you anything The "conversation" you find plays into that and was intriguing enough to me that i feel like you guys might like it too (unless you all just hate puzzle games)
Spoiler:
I noticed the weird holographic flickering of the signs before i found the computer terminal so i had already thought this was a simulation of some sort, when i found the computer terminal i was expecting to be able to hack the simulation in some way, but went through the commands and talked to the AI and realized what it was doing, then i noticed my hands on the keyboard in game and was like, what, so i turned 3rd person on in the options and was just really excited at the potential this game has
It already had really good puzzle elements (the one in the secret level is something i love) but it seems like it will have an amazing story too so im really looking forward to it
Subject: Re: The Talos Principle Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:09 pm
i was really sad when it ended. i've never played a first person puzzle game like that. wait, why didn't i think of portal, its a lot like portal. But it also Reminded me of some of the legend of zelda games. I really liked it. very tempting to get.
marksoccer Commander
Subject: Re: The Talos Principle Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:40 pm
I'm gonna check this out after I'm done exams. Any other good puzzle games you can recommend?
Pat1487 Moderator
Subject: Re: The Talos Principle Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:21 am
marksoccer wrote:
Any other good puzzle games you can recommend?
Portal 1 and 2 The Swapper Warp (this one http://store.steampowered.com/app/102850/ ) Mind: Path to Thalamus Fez Trine 1 and 2 Braid Vessel The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Super Time Force Ultra (not really a puzzle game, but if your like me and have an internal need to prevent time paradoxes it ends up being a puzzle)
Contrast Gateways Stealth Bastard Puddle Gunpoint Thomas Was Alone Snapshot Quantum Conundrum Qube Lost in Shadow Closure Antichamber The Bridge
Theres also a bunch of mods and free ones that are all a blur to me The ones that stood out were Perspective Tag the Power of Paint A bunch of Portal maps and mods that are really good that add new mechanics but i dont remember the names of (just look for the top rated maps in the steam workshop)
Pat1487 Moderator
Subject: Re: The Talos Principle Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:49 pm
Ive started playing this and its great
Its probably the hardest puzzle game ive played, specifically the red pieces are hard, and ive stopped trying to get the stars for now because those are even harder The way they designed the puzzles is great, they really know how to mess with a persons ability to solve a puzzle
I havent finished it yet, im on world C, i did everything up to world C except collect the stars
Spoiler:
I used the axe to unlock Uriel, but havent gotten the messangers from world A or B yet, i also did level 1 of the tower just to see what the tower was
The story is also interesting, though i think ive figured most of it out
Spoiler:
The world ended in some way (possibly just a disease that wiped out humanity, i cant tell how the world ended yet) and this is the preservation of human history Its been running for hundreds, maybe thousands of years so its pretty badly damaged Humanity knew the world was ending and made this to make sure anyone that survived would know their past I dont know what you and the other programs are for yet though