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The Talos Principle 2 | Demo on Steam Available Now

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨simple@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://youtu.be/g_Lmbs7RKCo?si=6hR0U3E_rhcDc2pm

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  • tuckerm@supermeter.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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!

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    • themusicman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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)

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      • pixel_prophet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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      • tuckerm@supermeter.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Like, there is an in-universe explanation for why you are solving puzzles.

      That observation actually made me go through my library looking for more examples and, yeah, it’s surprisingly few. There’s ‘The Entropy Centre’, which also falls into the “You’re a test subject” category. Other than that there’s the Zachtronics games, where the reason for puzzle-solving is because it’s your work.

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      • raydenuni@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        In Zachtronics Infinifactory, the setting is that aliens have kidnapped you and force you to build things for them, in return for kibble and other things humans like, such as a little league third place trophy. Always enjoyed that.

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      • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Quantum Conundrum too ! it’s excellent, but a bit difficult. I never finished it 🤫

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    • zeekaran@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • Ansis@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Try QUBE too, it’s great.

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    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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

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  • DigitalPaperTrail@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/835960/view/3743111843420370724

    Keep in mind that, because the demo is a tailored experience, progress from it will not carry over to the full game once it launches on November 2.

    in case anyone was interested in that info

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  • maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Come on, linux support!

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    • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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:

      lemm.ee/c/the_talos_principle

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      • CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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: !the_talos_principle@lemm.ee

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      • maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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      • Klanky@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Awesome, just joined! Gonna download the demo tonight.

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  • drekly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    oh no my brain can’t take it again

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  • benignintervention@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh HELL yes

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  • SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    WOOOOOOO!!!

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

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    These assholes have been promising us a crate stacking game since '97.

    I’m starting to get the feeling that they aren’t going to deliver on that promise.

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