The Talos Principle II (2023)
PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S
4.34 from 116 ratings
642 members have it in their collection · 17 playing now · 300 backlogged · 159 wish listed
How long? Main story 37h · with extras 40h · 100% 35h (from 16 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Croteam
- Publishers
- Devolver Digital
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Puzzle
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Series
- Talos Principle
- Events
- Devolver Public Access: Holiday Special 2023, Devolver Delayed Showcase, Devolver Direct 2023, PlayStation Showcase 2023, PlayStation Showcase
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Nov 02, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Also available on
- The Talos Principle II: Devolver Deluxe Edition (2024) · PS5
Related
Bundled in
- The Talos Principle Collection (Sep 2023) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- The Talos Principle II: Deluxe Edition (Aug 2024) · XSX
Expansions
- The Talos Principle II: Road to Elysium (Jun 2024) · PC, PS5, XSX
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Rating distribution
5 stars
66
4 stars
31
3 stars
14
2 stars
2
1 star
3
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status mrmiffmiff Dec 4, 2024
Would be cool if Grouvee put the DLCs onto the site so they could be tracked separately.
Status killerstar Jun 15, 2024
New DLC out! Fuck, I really need to get my cards in order so I can buy it.
Status killerstar Jan 29, 2024
Well, I did all the main and optional puzzles, got all the starts and finished the game. No more worlds to conquer, sadly. It's an absolutely wonderful game that is currently battling it up with Portal to decide which gets the top place as my all-time favourite first person puzzler. Incredible puzzles, absolutely gorgeous scenery, an interesting story and deep …
Read moreWell, I did all the main and optional puzzles, got all the starts and finished the game. No more worlds to conquer, sadly. It's an absolutely wonderful game that is currently battling it up with Portal to decide which gets the top place as my all-time favourite first person puzzler. Incredible puzzles, absolutely gorgeous scenery, an interesting story and deep conversations about humanity, nature, ethics and the future of civilisation. The only minimal issue, for me, was the ending, which pulled out a nonsensical Endingtron 3000; you could have chosen every dialogue supporting one point of view and then suddenly make the complete opposite decision. It doesn't make sense narratively and it also kind of dilutes the devs strong thesis, since they let you chose against it. But it's a rather small point.
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Status killerstar Jan 13, 2024
This is SOOO close to working perfectly on my laptop. It feels fantastic but the performance is just a bit too low even at the lowest quality settings.
I now want to buy a new gaming PC.
Status killerstar Jan 1, 2024
So many good snippets!
The universe is eternal, but it's always lost in a deep, dreamless sleep. You are a tiny little bit of the universe that's suddenly woken up. And you've realized that being awake is better than being asleep. And that gives you a purpose.
Status killerstar Dec 31, 2023
I loved this snippet
When you sit in the dunes and you hear only the wind, and nothing else at all, and all the complexities of civilization fade away, you truly understand that spiritual peace is a great evil, a kind of shallow banality that we must always strive against. It is spiritual excitement and enthusiasm which sustain our humanity; …
I loved this snippet
When you sit in the dunes and you hear only the wind, and nothing else at all, and all the complexities of civilization fade away, you truly understand that spiritual peace is a great evil, a kind of shallow banality that we must always strive against. It is spiritual excitement and enthusiasm which sustain our humanity; spiritual peace is a vile and cowardly surrender to oblivion.
https://kosgames.com/the-talos-principle-2-all-lifthrasir-audio-logs-48222/
Status killerstar Dec 31, 2023
I think I have a solid prediction about the ending and now I'm in that annoying position in which I think I know something important about the plot while the characters don't and feel like idiots for not even considering it.
Status killerstar Dec 28, 2023
I love the music when building the tetris bridges. (The whole OST is fantastic).
Status killerstar Dec 15, 2023
Boy, is this game gorgeous. The graphics look good but what really strikes me is the design. I'm constantly in awe at the monumental brutalist structures scattered around the beautiful landscape. I think if they ever release a VR version it will be be forced to buy a new PC powerful enough to play it at full graphics settings.
Boy, …
Boy, is this game gorgeous. The graphics look good but what really strikes me is the design. I'm constantly in awe at the monumental brutalist structures scattered around the beautiful landscape. I think if they ever release a VR version it will be be forced to buy a new PC powerful enough to play it at full graphics settings.
Boy, is this game smart. While dialogues are not naturalistic, they are so well written. Characters discuss complex problems and have nuanced discussions. I love that you can give a large variety of answers that go far beyond the usual dichotomies of good or bad. You can even honestly respond that you don't know. And without a karma system, there's no penalty in embracing nuance and uncertainty. I keep wanting to transcribe lines since they are so powerful.
Boy, are the puzzles good. Not all are bangers but even the weakest is at least interesting. I love how some you can solve by just stopping, looking at all the pieces and thinking about it for a second; like one that had a number of lasers and receivers and I solved in one go just thinking about the number of colours and the geometry of the lasers.
Some are devious and require you to learn new properties of the tools you use that are logical. Today I solved one that stumped me for like 30 minutes until I got that "aha" moment and then solved it in 5 seconds. I was so happy that I couldn't contain myself and bothered my girlfriend by explaining it to her.
I probably won't finish this game this year, but it's easily one of the best games I played. It might turn out to be my favourite first person puzzle game, even usurping Portal's throne.
Status killerstar Dec 6, 2023
After playing the demo I was a bit sceptical about having so many NPC running around. It felt weird to go from the contemplative, lonely and almost melancholic setting of the first game to this almost party-based system. But I have to admit that it works.
Having four characters chatting away at your ear and even interacting with a whole …
After playing the demo I was a bit sceptical about having so many NPC running around. It felt weird to go from the contemplative, lonely and almost melancholic setting of the first game to this almost party-based system. But I have to admit that it works.
Having four characters chatting away at your ear and even interacting with a whole city in a faux social media app is indeed a very change of character, but it fits with the narrative and is executed very well.
This game is less into the melancholy and more into the grandeur. Instead of sad ruined remnants of long-dead civilisations, structures are triumphant monumental buildings looking into the future. The surrounding nature is not a glitchy simulation but a very real place that's full of life. So seeing this group of robots giddily exploring this mysterious place like kids let lose in an amusement park is lovely and their enthusiasm is contagious.
If it hasn't been obvious by my status updates, I'm absolutely loving this game. The puzzles are great, the setting is gorgeous and the writing is as smart if not smarter than the first one's. It's a delight.
Status killerstar Dec 3, 2023
I love the look of this game. The first one was also gorgeous.
