The Talos Principle

 PC
User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 734 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 619 out of 734
  2. Mixed: 64 out of 734
  3. Negative: 51 out of 734

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  1. Daedstarr
    Dec 31, 2014
    2
    There is nothing really bad about this game per se, but all it really is is a glorified mobile puzzle game on PC. It's a first person candy crush saga. It's essentially just Portal, without the fun of a portal gun. If you like lame mobile games and easy puzzles and a really boring setting, then this game is for you. If you want real video games, steer far away from this one.
  2. bigsilverhotdog
    May 1, 2016
    2
    This was just shockingly terrible. Vacuous, uninspiring, and full of psuedo-philosophical nonsense, there's almost nothing to do here except look at the graphics and solve -extremely- simple puzzles.

    As a mobile game... ehhh, maybe. It sucks and is simple enough, but the graphics are too nice for mobile. As a Portal clone... ehhh, also maybe. It feels like a Portal clone, looks like    This was just shockingly terrible. Vacuous, uninspiring, and full of psuedo-philosophical nonsense, there's almost nothing to do here except look at the graphics and solve -extremely- simple puzzles.

    As a mobile game... ehhh, maybe. It sucks and is simple enough, but the graphics are too nice for mobile.

    As a Portal clone... ehhh, also maybe. It feels like a Portal clone, looks like a nicer outdoor version of Portal, and the game seems generally trying to copy the Portal FPS-puzzle-physics-placement formula in order to print money.

    As a benchmark... doubtful. The engine looks nice but doesn't seem to push my rig like other benchmarks already widely available.

    As a good game? Not a chance. Maybe I didn't play it long enough to see something worthwhile, but every single second that I played absolutely sucked. It felt like I was playing a Myst-Portal hybrid made by an untalented, copycat developer. It also crashed my entire rig when I tried to switch resolutions to Surround.

    I regarded Serious Sam as cynically designed, generic, and generally tedious company, and I dislike this for similar reasons. It was on my wishlist based on hype, genre, and screenshots, but it sure isn't now.

    Goodbye trash.    … Expand
  3. cwood1
    Jan 19, 2015
    3
    Really quite boring after a while if you ask me. The levels run into each other and there isnt enough exploration. I had a little fun with it but it only lasted about an hour or so. After that it was just a chore to complete
  4. Crimert
    Jan 16, 2021
    3
    This game made me frustrated with its unnecessary annoying puzzles! I couldn't bear to play any further! 14hrs on record!
  5. hileger
    Nov 9, 2022
    4
    одинаковые головоломки скучно хуючно говнина для долбаёбов пук пук ты непонел ля ля ля ля
  6. dotrem
    Dec 5, 2021
    3
    When The Talos Principle was only released it was so hyped. And i expected so much from the game. But now when i finnaly played the game, it not even close to expectations.
    The puzzles is okey. Except the 'Recording' thing. It is **** if game force you to spend your time to standing for minutes or running circles.
    But puzzles not a main thing in puzzle game, no one even care about it. In    When The Talos Principle was only released it was so hyped. And i expected so much from the game. But now when i finnaly played the game, it not even close to expectations.
    The puzzles is okey. Except the 'Recording' thing. It is **** if game force you to spend your time to standing for minutes or running circles.
    But puzzles not a main thing in puzzle game, no one even care about it. In post-Portal era you just can not to make a game with such a dull plot. Really game is empty. There are not characters, no story nothing that can make you enjoy the game. Again couple of texts - not a story.
    Every review in freakin internet said that The Talos Principle is "soooo clever and philosophical. It's make you think!!!!". Know what? It's dogwater. Don't believe to such review from people who spend their lives playing vidia games, and know nothing more. Whole plot can be fitted in one sentence, but devs stretched it into 100 pages of text.
    After world B i didn't touch a single terminal because i tired to read those schizophrenic garabage. All 'dialoges' in the game are traps that force you to choose between two-three wrong answers what you not even agreed and after blame you that you choose wrong.

    As i said the game not worth you time. But almost every puzzle game what i played has same problems. Devs tries to make a serious game but in the end they got a dull and boring that just pretends to be serious.    … Expand
  7. vivalam721
    Nov 9, 2021
    4
    The Talos Principle came out 8 years before this review, but it's important to note that it was already outdated trash back in 2014. It's an extremely basic puzzle game in which the puzzles are pretty poor and everything else is exceedingly bad. Were gamers really so starved for a decent game in 2014 that they mistook The Talos Principle for something worth playing? Apparently, but I thinkThe Talos Principle came out 8 years before this review, but it's important to note that it was already outdated trash back in 2014. It's an extremely basic puzzle game in which the puzzles are pretty poor and everything else is exceedingly bad. Were gamers really so starved for a decent game in 2014 that they mistook The Talos Principle for something worth playing? Apparently, but I think I would remember if 2014 was that dire.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#14 Best PC Game of 2014
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#43 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#5 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. Impulsegamer
    Aug 24, 2015
    88
    Come for the puzzles stay for the philosophy.
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  2. Digitally Downloaded
    Jul 28, 2015
    90
    The world, puzzles, narrative and music are all served to the player in small helpings, never overwhelming and allowing you to soak in and become one with the world. By the end of the game, it has challenged your mind in multiple ways.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 18, 2015
    91
    Satisfying puzzles, philosophically engaging storyline and exquisite presentation combine to make The Talos Principle one of the best of its genre. [Feb 2015]
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