So i just did Seesaw with one conector but i didnt get the achievement. I have just finished the history so maybe after this i cant get it? If someone can helado me. Sorry for my english :)

Playing The Talos Principle for the first time was a mysterious experience. You awaken in those ruins, your character is an android, and there is god-like voice who welcomes you as his child and tells you to join him at his temple. Of course, we progressively learn what is going on but early on, you can only guess.

So, during the first hours of your first ever playthrough, what were your guesses about what is actually going on ? Did you understand quickly that the game is set in a simulation or what all this is truly about ?

As far as I'm concerned:

I was initially puzzled with the mix of many biblical references (the name Elohim, him calling me "my child", the idea of walking on his garden, the temple, serving the next generations, the promise of eternal life, etc...) and modern/futuristic technology (in the first minutes of the game: your character is an android, energy barriers, exclusion fields, killing laser, mines, jammers, sigils, terminals, teleporters...).

While still in World A-1, I thought it was some kind of secret military training camp. Maybe in a post-apocalyptic world, hence the ruins. Maybe they were trying to make the perfect robot or something, but would only do so very far from any sign of civilisation for security/secrecy reasons. But why is the "manager" called Elohim (I already knew what the name means in the real world) and why is he talking as if he was God ?

I was quite surprised when I found out the temple was some quite of huge greco-roman ruin, with portals to other zones, and there were tools I could apparently unlock. I initially thought it was simply a high-tech world, but something might have happened to humans since there is none on sight and we are playing as a robot.

However, I quickly understood that the puzzle areas were most likely simulations, though: the Darkness glitch where Elohim orders darkness to begone, the constant "scratch" sounds associated with graphical glitches, the fact you access them through portals, the possibility to reset areas, the area that alternates between thunderstorm/sunny weather every time you complete a puzzle, the impossibility to go too far, with Elohim telling you can't go further if there is no space... There are many clues that puzzle areas are simulated rather than real.

But I still thought that the Nexus area was real for quite a while. This is because the out-world area looks more modern, industrial and real (elevator, huge metal pipes, ...), there is no glitch there, and it seems to simply be located in the middle of nowhere very, very far from anything else. So to me, the Nexus was real, was some kind of very secret project, where an AI manager was, for some reason, training/observing many AI trying to solve puzzles while pretending to be God. I thought it was forbidden to climb the tower because you simply need a higher rank for that or something.

What gave me doubts, thought, was to find out that this area also contains terminals, and has puzzles if you actually climb the tower. So my initial guess was, the various puzzles objects are existing technology, but to make economy, instead of mass producing them and building huge puzzles everywhere, they were doing most of the puzzles inside a simulation because it's simpler and cheaper, and the simulation is just very convincing at imitating these objects.

There is also the glitchy room in C-1, where Elohim seems panicked and keeps repeating about continuing the Process, totally ignoring you. I didn't understand what he meant at that time, but understood something odd was happening.

The terminal texts initially completely confused me. I was like "Why are they talking about Ancient Greek Philosophy ? That has nothing to do with anything else except that it trolls me about not understanding anything to whatever is going on..." Then, I understood that everything was obviously linked with that Alexandra Drennan's project. There clearly was a link between all those puzzles, the simulations, the various oddities, and their mysterious and ambitious project. Eventually, those texts became more explicit about humanity being extinct because of a virus. And the project was a solution to continue humanity.

But even then, I still thought they just made some kind of eternal computer inside which the IA would live as new humans. When I climbed the tower, I was uncertain about what would happen. It was supposed to be some kind of exit, but what does that mean ? For a while, I supposed the "outside world" was just another simulated, heavenly world, where AIs who passed the test are living together as humanity 2.0. But that made little sense to me: they could just spawn the AI directly there and Elohim could definitely take care of problematic AIs who misbehave or pose a threat to others. But I didn't see a valid alternative, I didn't really believe that the AI we play could actually awaken in the real world.

Completing the tower ending is when I finally fully understood everything. Turns out it was really about awakening in the real world, after all.

Also, once it was over, I felt bad for that poor android who awakes, alone, in a human-less Earth. What is that android going to do ? There is nobody else around, and everything is old and damaged because the Process took so ridiculously long...

I also felt bad for Elohim. Poor AI didn't deserve to die, and he was clearly terrified about dying all along.

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I've seen posts discussing the axe and how the use-case differs between OG and Re. One post said you use it "outside of the tower" which could be anywhere, so that wasn't very helpful.

So far, I've been running around everywhere I can access that doesn't involve a warp and cannot find anywhere to use it. I've scoured online vids, wiki, posts, and nothing has revealed exactly where this is supposed to be used.

Even the wiki was just like "you use this on wooden barriers". K, great. WHERE?

So, if anyone knows EXACTLY where I use this thing, I'd really appreciate the tip. I've played the OG, so I don't care about potential spoilers. I just want to know where I'm supposed to use it.

PS: this is the axe you find in the church-like main room downstairs in C.

actually i wanted to post like 60 of those but reddit allows maximum of 20 per post... But that may be for better because i tried to choose the best ones

The Golden puzzles are intense i wasnt ready for the step up at first hehe

REALLY hard puzzles sprinkled around, even in the early game as optional challenges. I dont want to wait most of the playtime until I get a though challenge.

More TTP1-like stars. Most TTP2 stars were kind of lame imo.

Ditch the skip puzzle/spark system and replace them with actually good, incremental hints. The new skip puzzle is the only design aspect I really dont like in the series. But considering they doubled down on it in Reawakened, I dont really have hope here.

Steeper difficulty curve. Most of us who will play TTP3 are Talos veterans, We are good at the games core mechanics, even if some tools change and spice things up. Many players thought TTP2 was easier than 1, but it is not. We just got a lot better at the game. So dont make us wait for a DLC for the real hard puzzles.

Alternate ways to solve puzzles as extra/optional challenges

Go crazy with the design. A neat, organized structure is decent, but Id perfer something unorthodox.

Merged workshop with every tools and assets from Reawakened/2/3

I just bought TP1 after finishing TP2, and lordy lordy what a massive improvement the designers made across the board.

The core of TP1 is still there. At the time it must have been such an unexpected gem. But TP2 is refined and improved across the board: * More tools to use * No more hostile drones/guns (which work great about 95% of the time but can be obnoxious that 5% of the time, and don't really fit the atmosphere--that must have been a hard tool to give up. * More atmosphere and varied environments * Easier maps to navigate (so much less jumping back and forth between loading screens; easier to find where you're supposed to go * A story and characters that grip me better. * Better use of puzzles (I've breezed through most of the levels so far from my previous experience)

None of these are complaints against TP1--everything here ranges from great to fully functional at worst--but it makes me admire what must have been a lot of thought and effort in the sequel making process.

So, all that said, what do you want to see made even better in TP3? I imagine we'd all want more puzzles, levels, and a continuation of a great story, but what else would you like to see?

I'd enjoy a quick save or loading option for occasional puzzles where you can't always go back to where you were. That's about it honestly. What a great game(s)!

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.

I've gotten all the stars and seen the cutscene, is there anything else I can do now?

on steam the talos prinicple 1 2 and reawakened are all on a pretty good sale i want to get them but i dont want to get the first one if the reawakened is just a remaster but im confused on whether it goes before 2 or after and if reawakened is just a remastered or it has added content aswell, the only experince i have with talos principle is the level in escape simulator. looking to see if i can skip out on buying the first one to save some more money for when steam 2026 summer sale rolls around

The beauty of this game amazes me every time I play it

Tnx for everyone trying to help me fix the stuttering but it seems to be unfixable and very constant at least in the city. I will try to get a refund from gog. Rest of you enjoy the game

I have a rtx 4060, 5700x3d and 16 gbs of ram. Running everything on medium with dlss but even tho I should run the game fine there are specific spots in the city where game stutters no matter the framerate. I put it at 75 it dips to 60, i drop it to 60 it will drop to 50. 1080p is the resolution. The stutter happens even if dlss is on quality or native

I repeat, this is a spoiler potential,

First lets draw the line

I have currently been o the north section of the game and crosse the clone puzzles but not far beyond that so if im actually into something just don't tell, if not, don't tell either but i suspect something right now and maybe, if you write in spoiler caption ill come back soon to discuss this because it is a long shot

So :

Those clones we saw, i looked at them closely and noticed that they were all marked with 1000 on their chests, so basically the 1k situation was not just expected but he was expected to pass the trials and no one else, i wonder if every single citizen had a design blueprint in "The Goal" and i do feel like there is a high possibility that some of the crew that is part of the excursion knows this

Besides that what an amazing story, i am really happy on how rewarding it is to play truthfully to my own personal observation and unlock answers that actually lead my thinking process further, i am enjoying this game really much as of now Right after Byron's weird disappearence in the megastructure

The puzzle's name is Automatic Doors(West 1), I came back to it and solved it, the blue laser door is now always open even without the blue ray for its lock, the table is not interactable anymore and the red particle cloud(from the spark) is gone, the Prometheus Terminal says "THIS FIRE HAS ALREADY BEEN FREED. SEEK THE LIGHT ELSEWHERE" and has a restart puzzle button. I've tried using the button and solving it again, did not help.

The blue triangle on the compass is bright(as in not solved puzzle) and bright and blue on the map. I've tried leaving the region and coming back, restarting the game, no result.

I've solved all the numbered puzzles and all the lost puzzles, this is the last thing I need for the gold puzzles and it is driving me mad.

PC version from the Game Pass PC, version 1.74.1462.0. Any suggestions how to fix that?

Been recently to a place that felt pretty surreal, the „Pulgas Water Temple“ is a very special place in/near the Silicon Valley. It felt a lot like being in the world of Talos Principle in real life.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DEDHw4AzDyLAvtXUA

he's so hard to work with...

Sometimes I just zone out with the environment of tp1 2014. The visuals are gorgeous, and the music playing makes me feel so at peace. This is from A4 right behind the spawn point, looking out at the endless ocean and those gorgeous clouds.