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seems like this game is destined for high critical praise.
I suppose i will have to try it!

I’m really excited for The Talos Principle. Especially after Ian Hinck from GameTrailers.com has been praising it to the skies, as he’s usually very honest and brutal with his opinions.

For anyone that’s interested, here’s a 15’ish minute video of his impressions so far: http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/jbfxcu/just-played-the-talos-principle

Just finished the free demo that you can get for The Talos Principle. I must say that I think it definitely deserves all the hype… But what will people say about the $39.99 price tag?

I will say that the public test demo had like 6 - 8 puzzles, not sure what they consider a puzzle so I may be under or over counting, and they say there’s 120 puzzles. That would be a lot of gameplay for me at least since it took me an hour to get through the demo.

Iv played it for a couple hours now.. and its exactly what i wanted. It feels like im playing a spiritual successor to portal
And it does some things that portal doesnt do. Really fun so far.

Also i think this may be the first adventure game iv seen that: includes QR codes in its exploration. Very cool!

razorsedge4444 - 11 December 2014 08:19 PM

Just finished the free demo that you can get for The Talos Principle. I must say that I think it definitely deserves all the hype… But what will people say about the $39.99 price tag?

That is big difference, it’s 18€ in the Steam Store here.

zane - 11 December 2014 08:31 PM

Iv played it for a couple hours now.. and its exactly what i wanted. It feels like im playing a spiritual successor to portal
And it does some things that portal doesnt do. Really fun so far.

Also i think this may be the first adventure game iv seen that: includes QR codes in its exploration. Very cool!

Also played for some hours yesterday, is does have things in common with Portal, but one thing I’m liking is that it’s much more open and less linear. Portal was a much more guided experience, this game rewards player for exploring everything with tidbits of info scattered around the maps. Probably a game where I’ll miss a lot the content in the 1st playthrough despite been trying to explore everything I have a feeling those stars are going to be pain to get them all.

About the story, I still have no idea what’s going on.

Have tou tried going into the water?

wilco - 12 December 2014 04:08 AM

Have tou tried going into the water?

yes! and the same thing happens when you try to wander into the wilderness. I dont know whats going on either and i love it.
And yeah, thats the main thing it showcases that portal does not: exploration.

As for the price.. it does seem kind of awfully high in the US store. But then portal 2 launched very high. And so far the price is worth it. (but obviously if you wanted to wait some months you’d surely get it a lot cheaper)

About 7 hours into game and still a huge amount of stuff to explore, it’s really big, I don’t think I’m at the halfway point yet.
And now it’s going from “This is interesting and different” to “This is brilliant and mind-blowing!” . Story pieces are starting to fit and puzzles to evolve. World seems to be carefully designed -  star puzzles are specially rewarding.

Yep! this is definitely a last minute dark horse for adventure of the year for me.

Damn you stop trying to make me spend $40 for a game

iv played for 20 hours now and it would seem still a ways to go. Its just a very strong and enjoyable experience. The star searching can be tedious.. but its largely because many of them are really cleverly hidden… finding some of them has been really satisfying.

Gabe - 23 December 2014 01:17 PM

I don’t think i’m exaggerating when i say this game better than portal.

I don’t think you’re exaggerating. I agree.

Ok. You just convinced me to give money for that thing (and I loved Portal).