Absolutely my favorite game ever! I thought The Witness was the very best but I have to say this one beats it. If you love puzzles, then this game is for you! Some took a long time for me to crack while others came a little easier. I think that may be different for different people. But you definitely will enjoy the experience!

Very very good! Puzzles get tough (I had to cheat on a few of them) but story is great and keeps you motivated to finish

This is a truly fantastic game. Whether you enjoy the intro to philosophy or not, the gameplay is engaging throughout and the story is interesting enough to keep you wanting to find out more.

I see the theme in negative reviews is that people found it too difficult towards the end. Yes some of the puzzles can make you stop and think. Sometimes you even have to turn it off and come back with fresh eyes, but this game definitly is not too hard. Completed it without a single walkthrough or even using a single in-game hint (even though it's an achievement to do so).

In my opinion talos is better than portal!Both are great games but the places,puzzles and story of talos made me love it!!And its hard af to complete it 100%!!

amazing game it like portal without the portals but the puzzles are just as good if not better
plus i just love being a robot

The game is not without its flaws, but it's a great puzzle overall. And definitely a must buy if you liked Portal.

The Talos Principle is one of my favorite games of all time. Never has a game's story been this intriguing.

Pros
-Fun puzzles
-Lots of puzzles
-Intriguing story
-Very long
-Good soundtrack/ambience
-Optional in-game hints for when you're stuck
-Extremely immersive
-Phenominal narrator

Cons
-Main puzzles were a bit too easy for my taste
-Optional puzzles could be flatout ridiculous (not very often though)

Before I get more in depth I want to say one thing. Many people compare this game to Portal, but it's very different. The only thing that's the same is that it's a first person puzzler. The way you solve puzzles is completely different. I don't understand the comparison to Portal.

There are three hubs full of puzzles in this game. Each hub has 7 areas that you can enter that contain anywhere from 3 to 6 puzzles in them. I figured out how to play the game pretty quick so I went pretty quickly through the first hub. The second hub gave more of a challenge to me but it wasn't too hard. When I got to the third hub I was expecting it to get a lot harder. That didn't really happen. The difficulty did increase, but not by a ton. Maybe it's because I was abnormally good at the game. I've seen that many people found the last hub to be very hard. I very rarely spent 15 minutes on a puzzle, I probably averaged 7-10 minutes. The difficulty not increasing a ton might be because the hidden stars were meant to be the biggest challenge.

The difficulty I had finding the hidden stars went from pretty easy to how am I supposed to figure this out. There is one star in particular that was pretty much impossible. When you entered one of the levels there was a QR code. Normally the game tells you what they say, but it didn't for this one. You had to manually figure it out. Then I believe there was another process you had to do. This let you figure out what numbers you had to press on the pillars surrounding the QR code. I'm not sure how I was supposed to figure out to do that. Another issue I had with the stars was it was very hard to figure out where the stars were when I came back to a level to find them. It tells you how many stars are in each level, but once you're in the level there's no hints. I ended up using a guide to find them since I didn't want to spend hours of my life looking for them.

I've been pretty negative so far in this review, but I really love this game. The story hooked me from the beginning, which rarely happens to me. Every puzzle was a lot of fun. There was never a dull moment. The final sequence of one of the endings is one of the most intense moments I've experienced in a game. I was constantly immersed in the game. I was so immersed that I usually played the game for over 4 hours straight.

Do yourself a favor and buy this game right now. It's definitely worth it.

This game is just amazing, I wasnt expecting to like it as much as I did.
Its often compared to the Portal series, and I would say, I prefer this to Portal.

Pros:
-Great puzzle game
-Interesting story
-Great game mechanics
-There is a cat on the banner

Cons:
-Price

The game inst cheap like Portal but, when on sale, this game is worth getting.

This game is ♥♥♥♥ing brilliant. If you like a great story and to solve challenging puzzles (and don't mind having your brain mentally fisted now and again) you should get this game. Its awesome.

Talos Principle is a 1st person puzzle game in a similar vein as Portal. In fact, if you like Portal's gameplay you'll probably like this.

Instead of the titular Portals, in Talos Principle you manoeuvre boxes, direct light beams into switches, operate fans, and use "Jammers" to shut down switches to reach the end of each stage. There is also 'clone' mechanic that duplicates these tools for each level.

Talos Principle hits the sweet spot - no puzzles are too hard, and most (except for the beginning stages) are too hard. And if you DID find them too easy, the sequel Road to Gehenna is excellent for more challenging puzzles. It is immensely satisfying when you have that "Eureka!" moment and figure out how to complete a puzzle.

It has 2 major drawbacks. It's story is told through computer terminals and is a tedious bore to read. Second, Portal had whimsical humor and a more interesting antagonist. While the disembodied voice is back for Talos Principle, it's neither funny or interesting. Lastly, attaining bonus Stars is a miserable chore. These are hidden inside AND outside levels, with few clues as to where each one is. And rather than solving tricky puzzles to get them, they are either a huge easter egg hunt, involve jumping on terrain that look impassable, or locating some hidden object. If these were just collectibles it could be forgiven, but additional and very satisfying puzzles are locked until you collect them all. I freely admit to wall hacking to bypass these as the tedium of finding the stars was far too onerous.

Still, a hearty recommendation for a great puzzler.