#TALOS PRINCIPLE AREA 2 STAR PLUS#

The Kyratzes duo took a break from chewing over life’s biggest questions to work on Croteam’s other big project: the run and gunning Serious Sam 4. Writers Jonas Kyratzes, Verena Kyratzes, and Tom Jubert are all returning to pen the sequel. On top of all that puzzling, there’ll also be a massive new world to explore where you’ll be making choices that can lead to multiple endings.

#TALOS PRINCIPLE AREA 2 STAR PLUS#

The sequel promises all that cerebral goodness, plus some new mechanics such as gravity manipulation and mind transference. The original’s puzzles were great from what I played, featuring a laser-reflecting, turret-dodging, and some timey-wimey stuff. Croteam threatens that we’ll be “confronted with questions about the nature of the cosmos, faith versus reason, and the fear of repeating humankind’s mistakes” during our trek. This sequel puts us on a mission to investigate a mysterious structure - presumably the metal pyramid shown off in the trailer - where we’ll discover more headscratchers and gloomy details about the past. Humankind has long been extinct, passing our existential dread over to the remaining androids who wonder the world. Come take a look below and maybe contemplate robo-sentience while you’re at it.

The sequel was discreetly announced many moons ago, but developers Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital debuted its first trailer at last night’s PlayStation Showcase. Philosophical pondering and first-person puzzling returns this year with The Talos Principle 2.

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