Publisher: Devolver
Developer: Croteam
Year: 2014
Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android
Rating: 6
Can an android become sentient? Bet you’ve never experienced that kind of story before. But in case you have, The Talos Principle does a decent job of engaging in this discussion while sending you through about a hundred or so environmental puzzles. Clearly inspired by the Portal series, The Talos Principle is significantly more difficult and significantly more serious. And while I found it to be repetitive at times and the story not as engrossing as I was hoping for, I still had a blast working my way through it.
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Author: Linus Åkesson
Year: 2020
Development System: Dialog
Cruelty Rating: Merciful
Length Of Play: 3-4 hours
My Rating: 8
Awards: 1st Place: 26th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition;
Best Puzzles, Best Individual Puzzles, Best Implementation, Best Use of Innovation: 2020 XYZZY Awards
What initially appears to be a charming slice-of-life about a six year-old girl helping her dad get ready for a dinner party turns into a old-school puzzlefest with an extraordinary mechanic that I’m embarrassed to admit I needed the in-game hints to even discover. Discovering the mechanic is part of the fun so I won’t spoil it here. I’ll just say it involves changing things in your environment with some magical thinking.
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Munching Numbers, Letters, Ensigns, etc.
Death By Troggles 