The Talos Principle 2 utilizes ancient, vine draped monuments and towering obelisks to convey a sense of ancient history and a mythological environment. Players will find themselves surrounded by an ancient landscape with mythological creatures and hooded figures, all the while by solving difficult puzzles. The game reintroduces a post-apocalyptic world teeming with rich vegetation and the remnants of a society left behind.
The world is now devoid of humans and in their place is a race of machines who worship humans as gods and consider themselves the natural evolution of humankind. The game’s first quarter, which lasts for roughly seven hours, entails a beautiful and teeming landscape full of puzzles to solve. Many of the puzzles are laser-based and require a lot of logic to solve correctly. The first game came out in 2014 and featured a lone robot in an AI-powered testing facility.
The Talos Principle 2 is more clearly, set in a futuristic society of robots and the character you play as is the 1000th robot to come off the assembly line. Your presence apparently unlocks a new prophecy tied to the mysterious island you occupy. Elohim, the antagonist of the first game, has now considerably calmed down and acts as a caretaker to many of the robots. He gently aids their sleep cycles with a booming voice. Each robot character has a unique personality and it doesn’t take them long to feel a sense of ‘human’ as they become more familiar with themselves and the history of humankind. The Talos Principle 2 includes full voice acting and branching dialogue together multiple responses for players to choose from. It’s not uncommon to see up to 8 different responses in a conversation and the responses entail heavy prompts ranging from faith, doubt, consciousness, life, death, and even love.
This game is meant for players with a curious mind and the dialogue system encourages this. Together with the vast dialogue system and rich character development, players can expect hours upon hours of dialogue entries and puzzle solving.