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Friday Fun Thread for November 3, 2023

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The Talos Principle 2 is out! I've been loving everything about it so far other than the very confusing map layouts. The first game had a few confusing maps of its own, but I've just completed the first hub and I would be lost without the signs at every intersection. I have no idea how I even found every hidden puzzle.

I have a long weekend ahead of me and I know exactly how I will spend it.

I am 1000% into Talos Principle 2 right now. I'm not sure how much the plot changes based on dialog choices, but it makes my heart sing watching them take shots at Malthusian bullshit left, right and center. It's a refreshing change of pace from the typical soy slop that passes as a story in games these days.

I'm in the south right now and the Sedona/Havasupai/Zion-like landscape there is just hnnng.

I'm not nearly that far. Only to North 2. Been a long time since a puzzle game grabbed me like this. Maybe since the last Talos Principle. Manifold Garden got me initially, but then it got so open ended it became overwhelming.

For such a neat name they just slapped “2” on there (at least Roman numerals)? I’d have preferred The Second Talos Principle but that might implicate something unintended. I haven’t even played the first one but I own it.

Looks like it won't have time travel puzzles from the first installment, which almost everyone hated. I personally didn't find them that hard, but I did find them daunting.