The Talos Principle

An amazing experience story, puzzle, and exploration-wise (easter eggs). The story is heavily focused on existential questions and shows some interesting points of view. The puzzles are all pretty manageable and there are some harder ones on the more secret path. Did enjoy the easter eggs, as there were some pretty cool and creative ones, and they did give the game some replayability value. As I was replaying the game for final achievements, the puzzles were no longer a problem and you could speed through them, so being able to notice some new details and find new secrets made it more worth it.

This is a great puzzle game, with a background soundtrack that reduced my heart rate by at least 20 beats. Having such a soothing gaming experience in The Talos Principle was a first for me. The different themes of the worlds were very fun to explore, but some of the stars were nearly impossible to find unless you have a ton of time! :D

This game is an existential crisis masquerading as a puzzle game. That's not to say the puzzles aren't great, in fact a lot of the levels are actually pretty clever and I never found myself frustrated by the puzzles (not to say there aren't some damn hard ones), but what has forever stuck with me from this game is the story and the ways it makes stop and actually think. The story from this game is only becoming more and more relevant as time and technology marches on. This game was truly ahead of it's time. That said however, if you're purely looking for a puzzle game I wouldn't actually recommend it. Again, the puzzles aren't bad by any means, but they also aren't revolutionary in any way. The game very clearly took large inspirations from portal 1/2. But, if puzzles AND philosophical questioning is something that interests you, I think you at least owe it to yourself to experience this game. Definitely not one of those games that's for everyone, but if it's for you, it's FOR YOU.