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The Talos Principle: Gold Edition

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4.7/5

( 325 Reviews )

4.7

325 Reviews

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The Talos Principle: Gold Edition
Description
As if awakening from a deep sleep, you find yourself in a strange, contradictory world of ancient ruins and advanced technology. Tasked by your creator with solving a series of increasingly complex puzzles, you must decide whether to have faith or to ask the difficult questions: Who are you? Wha...
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Puzzle
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, show 1 more... Puzzle Platformer
Critics reviews
89 %
Recommend
IGN
8.3/10
PC Gamer
84/100
Game Informer
9/10
User reviews

4.7/5

( 325 Reviews )

4.7

325 Reviews

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Product details
2014, Croteam, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 7, Dual-core 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, DirectX 11 class GPU with 1GB VRAM (nVidia GeForce 480 GTX...
Time to beat
15.5 hMain
21 h Main + Sides
29 h Completionist
21 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description


As if awakening from a deep sleep, you find yourself in a strange, contradictory world of ancient ruins and advanced technology. Tasked by your creator with solving a series of increasingly complex puzzles, you must decide whether to have faith or to ask the difficult questions: Who are you? What is your purpose? And what are you going to do about it?

Features:

  • Overcome more than 120 immersive puzzles in a stunning world.
  • Divert drones, manipulate laser beams and even replicate time to prove your worth - or to find a way out.
  • Explore a story about humanity, technology and civilization. Uncover clues, devise theories, and make up your own mind.
  • Choose your own path through the game's non-linear world, solving puzzles your way.
  • But remember: choices have consequences and somebody's always watching you.


Prototype DLC includes:
  • Prototype Levels - Includes more than 100 puzzles from early prototype development stage and 1 exclusive level from early beta version, not present in the final game.
  • Elohim Voice - US version - Elohim voice narrated by Serious Sam narrator Bill Jurney.
  • Elohim Voice - Writer's prototype - Elohim voice narrated by The Talos Principle's writer Jonas Kyratzes.


The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna follows the narrative of Uriel, Elohim's messenger, as he explores a strange, hidden part of the simulation on a mission of mercy and redemption in an attempt to free the souls of the damned at all costs.
This substantial expansion consists of four episodes that take experienced players through some of the most advanced and challenging puzzles yet. The Talos Principle writers Tom Jubert and Jonas Kyratzes have returned to pen the expansion and show players an entirely different side of Elohim's world through a journey to Gehenna filled with new characters and a new society with its own history and philosophy.

The new Serious DLC replaces the godlike voice of Elohim with completely NEW, rewritten and humorous Serious Sam script.
Serious Sam voice has been recorded by longtime Serious Sam voice actor John J. Dick.
It also includes a new Serious Sam player model for use in The Talos Principle.

The Talos Principle - Bonus Content includes:

• Documentary Video* - Making-Of The Talos Principle video featuring behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive developer interviews with Croteam members. This documentary takes a look at how the game was made.


• Digital Terminal Booklet** - The digital terminal booklet contains over 100 pages of text found in game terminals.


• Box Art** - Includes DVD label and DVD sleeve (front and back), so you can create your own retail The Talos Principle DVD box.


• Wallpapers - Eight exclusive hi-res (1920x1080) images as wallpapers.


• Posters, Stickers and Postcards - Three posters used at E3 2014 show, one sticker art for printing Talos related stickers on sticker paper and two postcards (two front and one back) used at Gamescom 2014 show.

• Banners - Two roll-up banners used at Pax Prime 2014 show.

* This item is only available in Croatian audio with English sub-titles
** English version only

The Talos Principle - Soundtrack is the official soundtrack which includes a collection of 25 amazing tracks from the game, plus 2 bonus tracks, composed and now also specially remixed by Serious Sam's composer Damjan Mravunac.

TRACK LIST:
01. Welcome To Heaven (2:21)
02. When In Rome (2:27)
03. Trials (3:48)
04. The Sigils Of Our Name (2:32)
05. Temple Of My Father (2:48)
06. Made Of Words (4:45)
07. Sanctuary (1:54)
08. A Land Of Great Beauty (3:18)
09. A Land Of Ruins (2:42)
10. Before Was Only Chaos (2:16)
11. All Else Is Decay (2:53)
12. The Worlds Of My Garden Are Many (2:49)
13. The Temple Of The Sands (2:00)
14. The Guardians (2:20)
15. The Dance Of Eternity (1:24)
16. Your Wisdom Grows (2:09)
17. Blessed And Beloved (1:49)
18. A Land Of Tombs (2:16)
19. To Seek Salvation (2:21)
20. Do With It As You Will (2:09)
21. Virgo Serena (1:31)
22. The Forbidden Tower (3:44)
23. Out There (2:49)
24. Heavenly Clouds (2:40)
25. False God (3:57)

BONUS TRACKS:
26. Extra Bonus - Blessed Messenger (0:58)
27. Extra Bonus - The End Of The Process (Finale) (3:29)

© 2014-2019 Croteam. All rights reserved.

Popular achievements
Halls of His Temple
Enter Elohim's temple.
common  ·  77.13%
Into The Unknown
Search for other lands.
common  ·  53.11%
The Land of Death
Run the sand through your robot hands.
common  ·  37.56%
Logic check... OK
Pass the initial checks.
common  ·  94.97%
Make Connections
Use the connectors to win a prize!
common  ·  52.88%
Not a Cube
...but let's be honest, it works the same.
common  ·  48.84%
Off The Radar
A little curiosity never killed the cat.
common  ·  31.94%
See Double
Successfully engage in co-op mode with yourself.
common  ·  31.95%
Sigils Are Not Enough
Pick up a star.
common  ·  59.03%
Goodies
Bonus Content soundtrack (FLAC) soundtrack (WMA) soundtrack (OGG) soundtrack (AAC)
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

Provided language support refers to the base game. Prototype DLC features only English audio. Road to Ghenna DLC features English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian audio.

Recommended system requirements:

Provided language support refers to the base game. Prototype DLC features only English audio. Road to Ghenna DLC features English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian audio.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
15.5 hMain
21 h Main + Sides
29 h Completionist
21 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Puzzle
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, show 1 more... Puzzle Platformer
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2014-12-11T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Croteam / Devolver Digital, Croteam
Size:
6.5 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Mild Violence, Mild Sexual Themes, Mild Language)
Game features
Achievements
Cloud saves
Controller support
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
español
audio
text
français
audio
text
italiano
audio
text
polski
audio
text
Português do Brasil
audio
text
русский
audio
text
中文(简体)
audio
text
中文(繁體)
audio
text
日本語
audio
text
한국어
audio
text
Critics reviews
87
Top Critic Average
89 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
IGNby Leif Johnson
8.3/10
Much like Portal, The Talos Principle makes you feel smart just by playing it, as the bulk of the puzzles hit that sweet spot between too easy and near-impossible.
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PC Gamerby Chris Thursten
84/100
An adept and satisfying puzzle game with a narrative that requires a bit of player investment to yield its biggest rewards.
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Game Informerby Ben Reeves
9/10
If you love brainteasers and philosophy, then The Talos Principle is better than a night at the movies
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Posted on: April 17, 2025

Tortuga7

Verified owner

Games: 365 Reviews: 12

Excellent puzzle game

Excellent relaxing puzzle game, on the vein of Portal, with a great story to follow as well.

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Posted on: April 19, 2025

suggestausername

Verified owner

Games: 338 Reviews: 3

Excellent game but backup your saves

Put enough time into this to clear the first floor of all puzzles and was having a great time. Little details like the signs being crossed out so you don't waste time running around and being able to sprint quite fast are appreciated. Some developers would let you walk around in circles at snails pace to add to the "experience" when all it does is make it tedious! The missing star is because I booted up today and no continue option. The playerprofile.dat still exists but it reports that it's corrupt and cannot be loaded. All that progress lost. The game seems to have only one save file and zero redundancy for errors. You have been warned. I've never lost progress like this in a game....ever. Frustrating... Apart from that serious issue, what I've seen of the game so far is great.

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Posted on: April 19, 2025

maskedmajority

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Games: 126 Reviews: 3

so far so good!

its got that...puzzle game vibe.

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Posted on: April 19, 2025

Yestopakesirve

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Games: 55 Reviews: 1

Good Puzzle game

Some puzzles are a bit difficult but by now I have done all of them. What I can't do is to do the extra Stars puzzles

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Posted on: April 21, 2025

fqlse_

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Games: 31 Reviews: 2

refreshing atmosphere

good gameplay, better atmosphere something different

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