![]() ![]() While the game's serene presentation and thoughtful story are superb, it's really the puzzles that are the star of the show here. It's a shame that some of the references here are a bit esoteric, and some of the philosophy discussed is a bit dry and high-minded, because it may well fly over the heads of some players, but those who can enjoy it will find it to be extremely engrossing, and those who don't are free to just skip it and move on to the puzzles. While players aren't really required to spend too much time with the game's text-only computer systems, those who do will find the game to have an engrossing story about AI, logic, consciousness, reality, trust, gods, and a mysterious disaster that took place before the events of the game. Where Portal became iconic not only for its puzzles but also its hilarious wit, The Talos Principle prefers instead to be contemplative. Given that all you'll be looking at in the game is architecture (in various ancient cultures' styles – Greek, British, Egyptian, etc.), a few basic machines, and occasionally another robot like yourself, there's nothing here to truly test the Nintendo Switch hardware, but it's nice that what is here looks very good regardless, and the game's lonely aesthetic works well to reinforce the game's overall themes, with this aesthetic backed up beautifully by quiet, peaceful music. While this was never a game that pushed graphics too heavily, it nevertheless looks very good on the Switch, with good framerates and resolution, as well as an option to play in a performance mode as well as a graphics mode. Meanwhile, the player communicates with others via computer terminals, while looking through archival information to fill in the game's backstory. In The Talos Principle, the player takes the role of a robot working through a series of mazelike puzzles to collect “sigils” (floating Tetris pieces) at the direction of a godlike voice. The Talos Principle is a First-Person Puzzle game originally released on multiple platforms in 2014 and ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2019, with this version including the Road to Gehenna expansion as well. ![]()
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