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The Talos Principle 2 | Demo on Steam Available Now (youtu.be)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Portal (1 and 2) and The Talos Principle are the only puzzle games I've played that not only had a story, but also managed to make the puzzle gameplay actually make sense within the story. Like, there is an in-universe explanation for why you are solving puzzles. I'm sure there are other games that do it, but those are the only ones I've played and they were fantastic. That's a hard thing to pull off -- how do you make a compelling narrative, complete with characters, around "moving some boxes?"

Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Have you played The Witness? Not quite as story driven, but just as cohesive and my personal favourite of the 3 (by a small margin)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Could not really understand the hype for it, having to do the same kind of line puzzle over and over just felt stale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

If that were the full extent of the game, I'd probably agree. I can't say much more without spoiling it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I don't see how anyone can consider the sound puzzles in the jungle, the Tetris piece puzzles in the swamp and the color theory puzzles in the greenhouse the same kind of puzzle and be arguing in good faith.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have not -- I'll add it to my list!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The game has multiple "endings". My only advice: Don't start a second playthrough or browse any online communities until you've reached the credit scroll. I wish someone had told me that before I started...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Did Antichamber have a story? I don't remember if it did, only that I loved that game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Try QUBE too, it's great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!

Hey, thanks for the tip! I totally just gifted this to a couple of my friends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Come on, linux support!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I just played the demo on Ubuntu and .... perfect. No tweaks, just works.

I also started this community so I'd have others to talk about the games with:

https://lemm.ee/c/the_talos_principle

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Good bot

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Steam complains that the platform is unsupported. So maybe a dumb question, but how do you get the demo?

edit: found it. Steam>Settings>Compatibility>"Enable Steam Play for all other titles". My bad, I only just decided to make the jump to linux gaming about two weeks ago so this is all new to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Awesome, just joined! Gonna download the demo tonight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Oh HELL yes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

oh no my brain can't take it again

[–] SuzyQ 5 points 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing! Downloading the demo now thanks to your post. Been so excited since I saw the announcement months ago. :):):)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

WOOOOOOO!!!

YEAH BABY! That’s what we’ve been waitin’ for! That’s what it’s all about!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Oh boy, I better hurry up and finish Road to Gehenna before the release