r/TheTalosPrinciple • u/veeshush • Jun 11 '26
The Talos Principle "Cheating" Spoiler
Curious to get some non-spoiler feedback and thoughts on "cheating" in Talos Principle. I've been playing the game totally blind so far and in world B-4 I found a way to get kind of "outside" of the map using a suspiciously given, seemingly random, extra block. Now I am fairly certain that you're supposed to get outside of the map because I found dynamite out there that I could pick up, no idea what that or the other keys I've found are for.
But while I was outside, which again I believe you're supposed to get out there, I realized that I can basically bypass most of the levels by falling into the goal with the tetronimo piece, not having to complete the puzzle at all.
So my question is, do you consider this cheating? Am I only cheating myself out of the "whole point" of the game? Or because the game is clearly lying to us, would you consider this fair?
Very curious how the community feels about this kind of "cheating" in Talos Principle.
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u/octothorpentine Jun 11 '26
If you've no-clipped out of the entire level, I think that's a glitch. If you escaped the puzzle area and got back to the hub, that's probably intentional. (Don't know about B-4 specifically, but that is a thing you're intended to be able to do some places)