The Talos Principle 2

Consistently crashes in the megastructure section after the north areas. Puzzles up to that point were too easy, too, and the story's not particularly engaging. kind of a disappointment after the first one

A bit too drawn out. While I understand the need to have dialogs, diary entries and logs, couple of hours into the game going through them starts feeling more like a chore and less like exploration for the sake of world-building. The maps that host the levels are at moments a bit too unnecessarily large and convoluted, while at the same time providing the player with braindead navigational compass at the top of the screen, something that greatly affects the sense of exploration and numbs the player's perception of the level.
Please, just let Bethesda style dialogs rot locked away in their games.

Even with all that this is still an amazing game, but personally 1 was better.

The game is a marvelous experience about what it means to be human. It flawlessly continues the narrative from The Talos Principle released in 2014, which was a masterpiece in itself. Should you enjoy puzzles, wonder about probing your moral compass with engaging dialogues and many philosophical references while exploring a barren, somewhat sterile, yet strangely captivating world - then dive into this to contemplate about what humanity ultimately means to you.

Good game. Not as good as the first one
+ Good visuals
+ Fun puzzles

o Story

- Maps too big/no fast travel

The puzzles where quite clever. The designers are geniuses. Solving them gave me a satisfaction that I rarely feel when playing other games. The gorgeous graphics also blew me away.

Отличная игра про головоломки. Прошёл на пиратке, но так понравилась, шо купил.

Good old puzzle solving! And you don't feel as lonely as in Thalos Principle I - many NPC around. If you liked part one, part two may fit well too.

It is a pretty good game. I recommend it, but as a huge fan of the original, I prefer the original much more.
I don't like how most of the puzzles are too easy, and there is too much dialogue which kinda kills the mistery a little bit.
I love the feeling of being alone in the world. I also didn't like the architecture. I just hate modern concrete architecture, and much more prefer the Roman/Egyptian/Medieval setting. But overall it is interesting, and fun game to explore.

An incredible sequel to the first game. Philosophical explorations, puzzles, and meaningful exploration. An amazing game. And the voice acting and music are incredible. The word that comes to mind comparing this sequel to the first game is "grandeur". Everything is bigger, more fleshed out, and graphically beautiful.

Talos Principle 1 was one of the best puzzle games I had played. Talos Principle 2 is one of the best games I have played, and one of the most interesting and thought provoking pieces of entertainment across all media (books, series, manga, whatever). Truly an masterpiece.

The graphics, level design and soundtrack is beautiful in this game. I think the story was nice as well as it kept me engaged to complete the game to get some answers. The puzzle diffuculty naturally progressed in difficulty, but good level design give you a lot of hints on where to go and do. I've been stuck in some puzzles time to time, but then it's great that this game is not linear, so I can complete other puzzles meanwhile and perhaps stumble upon a solution after a while.

Its just what I wished for after playing Talos 1 so many times.
I love walking simulators and getting lost in huge maps, and as in Serious Sam, -Croteam Style- this takes that into another level. Unreal Engine 5 looks amazing and it really feels you are in there.
Theres also a much interesting story and misteries than in the previous game.

Puzzles, new ideas, challenges and surprises are really well done, even if you are not a great puzzle solver you'll find the solution after some tries or giving it some time.
I'm like 20 hours in and still seems to be like half the game.
Only negative point if it counts as negative is that -so far, I dont know later- you can't change the weather/time of the day of the levels unless you re enter them. I wouldn't mind a selector before you enter the transport.

Totally recommended game.

to me this game surpasses portal. i know, i know that's sacrilege. it works my brain hard on some puzzles and forces me to work back logically from the goal. i love that. sometimes stumped but never overly frustrated. where portal has quirky humour, tp2 has philosophy which personally appeals to me more. i found portal puzzles too easy. i was rarely stumped. it erred on the easy side which i understand for a game with mass appeal but tp2 treats you more intelligently without causing you to throw your steam deck across the room. regardless great work by the team and a must if you have even a passing interest in puzzle games.

What if Talos Principle 1 was better in literally every way (except performance f*ck UE5). Incredible sequel, though with a very different vibe to it than the original, and with easier puzzles (imo). I cant write much about the game without spoiling it so just go play this if you loved Talos 1

Finally the long awaited sequel of a milestone in puzzle games.
The Talos Principle was a gem
And this sequel is a fair and extending successor.
Great graphics, great music, great story and (of course) great puzzles.
I can say some puzzles are not such difficulty... where few others are tough... but it is nice to feel smart whenever.
And the story is really good. I knowm it's just an excuse... but it is not simply like that. I would have enjoyed even the story only. IMO, this should be a good story for a TV show.

Amazing game. I found the sequel much more enjoyable than the original. The philosophical questions it explores felt far more appealing to me compared to "Can a machine be human?" or whatever it was in the first game. There are some minor cons, but they’re vastly outweighed by the game's pros.

Enjoyable, nonviolent puzzle solving; some out-of-the-box thinking is useful! Some puzzles require that, and it makes others easier. Story line is also very engaging. Gameplay quality is very smooth, no issues. Highly recommended.

The Talos Principle games truly shine a light on what games can be. The game is thought provoking intersting and most of all Fun! The unique feeling every time you solve a puzzle of felling like you pulled one over on the DEVs is adicting. 10/10 will buy all DLC!

A gorgeous meditation on intellect and perception. Philosophy & sculpture parks with puzzles: say no more.

what can i say, a worthy successor to the first game. visuals? wonderful, story? beautiful, voice acting? wondrous. like it doesnt rly have any negatives to speak of.

i know that some people had problems with so many talking robots, but u can just ignore them and solve the puzzles and dont rly lose out. thats what i did in my first playthrough and in my second i will be more social and maybe also go with 666

some people might say that this game is also easier from the first part, sure, if u have played TTP1 and Gehenna u are experienced. i still got stuck here and there even though i completed gehenna, so there are ez ones and hard ones.

as its the case with the first TTP, i highly recommend buying the DLC, it ups the story (into the abyss) whilst also giving harder puzzles

if u buy it, make sure to FIRST play TTP1, then Gehenna, then TTP2 and then TTP2 DLC any other way will just ruin your experience

Best puzzle game on the market, 100/100.

In my opinion, it improves all the minor problems the previous game had (the previous game was amazing as well).

There is a mechanic that allows you to skip a few puzzles if you get stuck.
The previous game had this too but it was very limited.
Personally, I didn't end up using it but it gave me a lot of confidence that I could actually finish the game.

The story is good as well.

Great game, as good as the first, very imaginative story, great puzzles and graphics. The additional content in the city was, avoiding spoilers, awesome.

Great game with some great DLC. This is one of my favorite puzzle games I have ever played. Easily a 10/10. On another note another fun puzzle you can play within this game is trying to smuggle the items out of the puzzles. Some items take some out of the box thinking to get out.

The Talos Principle I is one of my favorite games of all time, so I was trying to manage my expectations about II because I didn't think it could possibly live up to the first game.

It does. It REALLY does. It's beautiful, the puzzles are engaging, and they meaningfully engage with and extend the questions from the first game. If the question at the heart of the first game is "what makes a person a person," the second is all about how people relate to each other, what people owe their community, and what a community owes the world.

It's an absolute masterpiece.

A beautiful game, a touching narrative and very intelligent puzzles that will make you cheer out loud when you finally solve them. Highly recommended for everyone interested in a good story, and an absolute requirement for anyone interested in puzzles.

The Talos Principle 2 is graphically stunning and architecturally breathtaking. It contains a large number of different puzzle mechanics spread across different regions. For the most part, I thought the puzzles were well designed and enjoyable. There were a handful of weird softlucks and iffy mechanics, but they were easy to overlook.

Unfortunately... there was one part about this game that I completely disliked - the story. Story is normally one of my favorite elements, but I could not care less about the story in TP2. I don't care about this robot civilization. I don't want to talk to a bunch of different robots constantly. I don't want to be bothered by constant chatter. The story is intrusive, overbearing, and (imo) not interesting.

I think the quality of the puzzles still make the game worth playing, but be prepared to skip a lot of dialogue

Amazing game. Tough puzzles but nothing unsolvable. Loved every second of it.

This game is truly beautiful, evocative, and moving. I have hundereds of games in this steam account, and this one stands easily within the top 10 I have ever played. Masterfully crafted in visuals, gameplay, and message.

pretty darn good game with challenging but fair puzzles. I think it's easier than the first game but i was still stuck on a few of them. The new mechanics added with each section helps it stay fresh, but beware of the gravity shifter if you suffer from motion sickness.

The environments in each level are beautiful and really reminded me of Cyan games like Myst and Riven, but they can also get pretty tiresome to navigate as they are all huge.

Schaut wunderschön aus und die meisten Puzzle haben genau die richtige Schwierigkeit, wo man schon nachdenken muss, aber dann trotzdem recht bald allein die Lösung findet. Hatte nur mit einer Handvoll Probleme

Steam does not allow for a nuanced review system, so there’s no other way to point out the flaws in the game that could be dealbreakers for some.

Overall, it is enjoyable. It greatly expands on the last game, but that is exactly where its glaring weakness lies.

Most of this games budget was clearly spent on the environment, not on puzzles or other interactive elements. The amount of running around you have to do to get from one thing to the next gets old….really, really fast. I’m talking at least 1/4 of gameplay is just spent on searching for the next puzzle or other game element. The HUD is not exactly the most helpful for navigation either.

The dialogue also sometimes feels rather canned and doesn’t add much to the plot line.

Get it on sale. It’s fun, but not nearly as engaging as Talos I.

Having loved The Talos Principle, I was excited to see the second game come out and would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes puzzle games or who liked the first game.

Probably the greatest strength of this game is that instead of merely rehashing things from the first game, they actually took things a step further and built something new from the foundation that the first game had. Although I wouldn't say the story is the strongest element of either game, I do appreciate them and I like that they didn't just give us the same premise with some weird justification. I also really like that they made a lot of new puzzle elements and integrated the elements and tools from the first game to make the puzzles more complicated, again instead of merely reusing the same tools and adding nothing new to the gameplay. So they definitely deserve credit for that. I also think they did a good job making the areas more open world and integrating the puzzles with the world better. Plus some of the areas are so cool, like the coastal area or the area with the massive statues.

The only real issue I had with the game was the lack of any kind of maps, which made it hard to navigate the larger areas without getting a bit turned around. Fortunately the developers clearly listened to this criticism since the DLC areas have in-game maps. The DLC was fine. Like most DLC if you like the base game you'll like the DLC.

Overall a very good continuation of this franchise. Although I waited for a sale I was surprised at how cheap it was at normal price given the game's quality. But a very good game.

I played the first one years ago and wondered what they could do with it when they announced the second game. They visited all important philosophies in the first game, so what could the story be about? I would say, like today, it is about putting these theories into practice.

I quite liked it, though it is a bit different to Talos Principle 1.

3/4 of the puzzles felt easier than the average ones of the first. Interestingly that is mentioned by ingame characters twice or so, meaning the devs are aware but did not manage to keep the level. Still, the other quarter managed to make me walk up and down the levels for some time and I really enjoyed them. I am glad I refused reading any guides, made it feel rewarding to solve all of them.
Although some were a bit too convoluted. I like it when I can see the task right away but spend the time solving it.

Puzzles are not side-by-side like they used to, there are some walking distances in between of varying sizes. But as you are not traveling through different epochs of human history but a physical place, the variety in the game had to be crafted like this. Personally, as someone who is a bit into architecture, I liked the maps, though sometimes when I knew I had to walk to a far end I wished we had golf carts.

The story is well made and ambitious, though there is more or less only one big decision like in the first game. I liked how the DLCs had a lighter tone after the ending of the main game. It felt like long-needed holidays, especially with the tropical island theme in one of them. And with the extra lore in them I ended up liking every character on their own. The game wrapped itself up nicely.

So tl;dr, if you liked the first and don't mind walking a bit more and having some easier puzzles for a larger chunk of the game, go for it!

At first I was pretty positive about this sequel, but now I'm in doubt. Honestly, I think it is still a 7 out of 10, but with the way the Steam review system works, giving it a thumbs down is the only way to communicate issues with a title that is rated overwhelmingly positive.

The first game had a lot more focus. You get puzzles, with a philosophical storyline sprinkled in. This title tries to do too much at once. It is more like if Mass Effect wasn't about the action, but pretty simple puzzles instead.

It has too many systems that don't add anything (social media simulator) or does things half-hearted. There are now all kind of characters to talk to, but their personality boils down to 'the cautious one', 'the devious one', 'the tech-absolutist', etc. A lot of its philosophical content is now explicitly concerned with transhumanism vs environmentalism but does it in a rather shallow way.

There is a lot of (spoken) dialogue that is just not that engaging. Where the first game was subtile about its moral dilemma's, here it is all in your face. Whats worse is that a lot of the writing and worldbuilding is in conflict with itself.
At the start of the game you are told they need to be very careful not to consume too much energy as a society but somehow were able to build a grand city. You are told it is very difficult to create new 'humans/androids' yet are doing puzzles with body-doubles that somehow just exist.

I'd still recommend this game in a sale. It looks great but its puzzles are just less engaging than the first game and is too unfocussed to really make you think.

(Only ~3/4 through the main story at the time of leaving this review)

The marketing team is slacking. I did't know the game existed until a few weeks ago right before its' discount.
Whoever model the megastructure is either extremely talented or very hardworking.

The puzzles difficulty are little bit easier than TP1's DLC but this introduce a lot of new fun tools to expend the puzzles.
I like how the events and story evolve around and well reflected by Greek mythology but the central theme seems a little bit repetitive.
It's just technologies with societies and humanity on repeat.
Compare to TP1 seeking and thinking about the meaning as a human and oneself, TP2 is less interesting.
But it's still interesting and well worth its price.

Highly recommended you play the first before diving into this one, but it's another puzzle game with some familiar and new puzzle designs and objects with some of the more annoying puzzle elements from the first removed (no turrets or mines).

This game is much more storycentric than the first, has many different characters you learn more about and talk philosophy with, and this game really mixes the world with the puzzles much more fluidly than the first game did.

Although I like this game a lot (haven't quite beat it yet, probably close to 75% done), the first one was better in my opinion. Despite the many improvement of this one, the story often is slow and stale, there are a lot of characters that is thrown at you quickly where the original quite literally had none at all, so it's a pretty big departure from the first.

A lot of the puzzle elements are borrowed from the first, but it adds quite a few new ones and despite having such a variety of objects, I just didn't enjoy solving the puzzles as much. I think the design of each one is just a little poorer than the first, there are certainly pretty bad design situations in which you can easily trap yourself with no way out forcing you to restart when an easy ladder to climb a wall would have solved the issue (again, just some lazy design decisions) and some of the puzzles just feel like an afterthought; for example: each map or area has 2 out of 3 Greek myth statues you can optionally solve where the Prometheus statues are solved by finding a blue orb somewhere in that area and then following it back to the Prometheus statue; the Prometheus statue puzzles are so bad and beneath the puzzles of this game that it felt like they just threw it in before the game shipped.

I would give this game an 8/10 where I would give the first 9.5/10, but both are very good games.

I absolutely love The Talos Principle. I really like part two. Yeah, that's a downgrade. Some of the aesthetics and design ideas, sure 10/10! much love! However, a lot of the rest had something left to be desired. I am booting up for the first time with the case finally closed of a new machine. It is beyond (newer) than the scope of the release of TTP2 so I am guessing it will be even more.

Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of good puzzles and I think they handled the continuation of the story fairly well. It just felt too guided for me.

Also, though not necessary, I do actually recommend people playing The Talos Principle before this. You can get by without doing so but so much of the essence would be missing.

Its a total thumbs up for me but I did have these caveats.

A continuation and beginning of a genre-defining franchise. The Talos Principle 2 delivers all the philosophical insight players have come to expect with a focus on what makes humanity human.

Its great game for contemplation. after a long day of mindless work...contemplation is good

Philosophy and Puzzles...

I loved the first game. It was under-appreciated and not widely-known but it had a very special place for me and for the not-so-big community who played it. With the sequel, nothing consequential changed but it got even better. If I need to summarize the game with one sentence, it would be like this: The Talos Principle 2 is made for the sole purpose of forcing, bending, and boggling your mind with both its story and gameplay.

In one way, it makes you question your existence in this world; what makes you a human, what is your responsibility towards the nature (if any), what is right and wrong, is the truth more important than preserving status quo, is there a meaning to this thing and what role does love play in all this.

These philosophical inquires are infused in the story and the characters in such a way that makes you committed to the game. With every question asked and with every answer given, with you unravelling this puzzle, some of your companions change and you are climbing your way to the final question. People will try to explain to you why the right way is their own and so they will. They will try to convince you into their own school-of-thought but the final choice lies within you and the decision is all yours.

In other way, it gives you these carefully-crafted, mind-bending, never-ending puzzles. While you are struggling with all these questions, the game does not let you put your mind in sleep mode. Your brain is in this constant performing mode, trying to find an answer both to these bigger-than-life questions and to these smart puzzles.

In nearly every map, one more piece and so one more mechanic is added to the game and this makes each new level more complex than the other. In some of the levels, you will question your intelligence once you find the answer and you will say: "So, that was it?" In some other levels, you will feel like Einstein reincarnated. These are all crafted in such a way that it is neither impossible nor too easy to progress.

The best thing about the puzzles is that you are telling yourself, "one more puzzle and I'm done" for each level you completed and you will keep solving them until you realize that it has been hours since the first time you said it.

So, the story is what draws you in and makes you invested but the puzzles are what make it fun and keep you go on. All these are supported with a great pacing. If you want to keep it simple and want to see the conclusion, you can solve the main puzzles but if you want more puzzles and story, there is more.

The only sin for me is to have to walk for hours. The game has 12 main areas, excluding the mega structure and other story maps. Each area has just the right amount of content for the callibre of this game but when combined, these areas make one giant open-world game map. The problem is, there is no vehicle or any way to travel other than walking and to walk from one place to another is not at all exciting.

As the map, the physics, or the animations are not made for an open world action-adventure game, walking feels like you just opened the Unreal Engine and playing the walking tutorial to understand the mechanics behind it. I do not expect The Last of Us 2 action mechanics from this game but then why make the player walk for hours? It might not pose a problem for people sticking to the main puzzles but while trying to collect the statue stars, I spent hours in these gigantic maps pressing W and it only feels gigantic because you can only walk.

Overall, The Talos Principle 2 is a must-buy for people looking for an intellectual challenge. You do not have to play the first game but the studio will publish a remaster called The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

Talos Principle 2 is another great puzzle game by Croteam. I highly recommend checking out the original Talos Principle prior to this one so I'm going to write this review assuming you've played the original.

First, the original's story was amazing. It genuinely made me change my view on things in life. In the original, you were interacting with terminals and speaking with another entity that questioned your views on life. It was a very interesting psychological approach. In Talos Principle 2, instead of a psychological approach to the story, it has more of a philosophical approach. There are several other NPCs to interact with. I did find some of the NPCs annoying at times which kind of made some of the conversations drag.

Overall, while the story in the sequel was still interesting, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed compared to the first. Maybe it was the high bar it set for itself, maybe it was the philosophical approach vs the psychological approach, but it just didn't hit me the same way. It was still a good story but I didn't think it was mind blowing like the first.

The puzzles themselves really build off the original. There are SEVERAL more tools to work with and it makes every area feel more and more interesting as you progress. I thought the puzzles were more fun to play through in the sequel vs the original. I look forward to playing the DLC next because I was hoping they'd mix and match more items later in the game.

If you enjoyed the first Talos Principle, you'll enjoy the second. They're amazing puzzle games. I thought the story was a little weaker here but it's also a very different style so it may honestly be more of a "not for me" kind of feeling vs just being worse. However, I do want to emphasize while it sounds like I'm bashing the story here, it's just that the original was such a high bar. The story here is still very good. This game is absolutely worth your time regardless!

While this shares a lot of DNA with the first game, it really is it's own beast. The puzzle mechanics are more interesting and varied. There's a lot of philisophical banter and many NPCs to interact with. I preferred the storytelling and worldbuilding from the OG - there's nothing quite like the feeling you get when you piece together what the hell is going on there but this iteration still gets a hearty recommendation because the puzzles are great and the QOL improvements feel good.

Very impressive. The story in my opinion is fascinating and the puzzles vey clever. Full of enjoyable easter eggs too.

gorgeous sequel, devilishly clever puzzles, rich story. 110% recommend

Very good puzzle game. Lots of fun and interesting puzzles, and I like the philosophical questions the story poses. Some of the characters are kinda stiff though, and the ray traced lighting can be buggy at times.
Overall a good game, and worth the price.

Overall I don't think it's as great as the first game, but it is still a great game. A lot of new mechanics introduced and are executed well.

Nice puzzles, something to think about, choices to make. For me most of the regular puzzles were relatively easy (maybe 60-70% of them), but I have to admit that yet some of them were tricky enough. The main challenge for me was collecting all of the stars (try it!).
And yes, there should be a balance between frustration and joy in this kind of games. In my opinion this balance is kinda good here.
Nice graphics but you'd still enjoy the game with potato-like video card (like I did with 1050 Ti)

P.S.
Tetraminos are such a drag

I really liked it.
The first part was good, but this one is better in terms of content, graphics and puzzles are even better.
I recommend it.

The first Talos Principle will forever be one of my favorite games. The blend of storytelling and genius puzzles really takes this 3D puzzler to the next level. The second game does a perfect job of keeping what was good with the first, while still telling a fresh story presented by challenging puzzles.

It's basically excellent. The best game I've played in a long time, and better than 99.9% of the slop that gets served up. Do yourself a favour and play it.