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Coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC in Early 2025

Step back into a world of thought-provoking puzzles, philosophical intrigue, and breathtaking visuals with The Talos Principle: Reawakened. This definitive edition revisits the groundbreaking narrative of The Talos Principle, immersing players in an expanded and remastered journey through the world of the Simulation.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened introduces new content, enhanced gameplay, and a gorgeously upgraded presentation. Relive the critically acclaimed expansion Road to Gehenna and dive into an all-new chapter, In the Beginning. Discover the story of Alexandra Drennan as she faces profound existential questions while orchestrating the Simulation's first critical test, challenging players to think deeply about the human condition.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

TL;DW via reddit:

• Talos Principle 1 and its expansion Road to Gehenna remade in Unreal Engine 5
• New story chapter "In the Beginning"
• Puzzle editor for modding
• Developer commentary
• Quality of life improvements (unspecified what these are for the moment)

 

[joeygreco1985]

Is it a free upgrade on PC?

 

[winjer]

 

[Magic Carpet]

Talos Principal 2 was so good I'll rebuy the first game and play it again.

 

[diffusionx]

Soul vs soulless

 

[DragoonKain]

One of my favorite games ever. I may go back and replay it. Amazing soundtrack too.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Soul vs soulless

Love Talos game but prolly wont rebuy the first. Already played it 3 times and the second 2 times and all their dlc's. No point. Good for first entry people tho.

 

[GHG]

Soul vs soulless

That's a pretty good upgrade without them needing to sacrifice the artsyle in the slightest.

 

[Kuranghi]

Holy exciting, I still haven't finished TTP2, need to get back to it now I have the Pro to smooth out the framerate in the RT mode (hopefully?)

 

[BlackTron]

I just found this thread because it's on sale for five bucks and wanted GAFs opinion. No wonder, remake about to come out.

Now I can just have decision paralysis like for most games!

 

[Flabagast]

was the second one good ?

 

[winjer]

I just found this thread because it's on sale for five bucks and wanted GAFs opinion. No wonder, remake about to come out.

Now I can just have decision paralysis like for most games!

Its one of the best puzzle games ever. But with the remaster coming soon, you might as well wait a bit.

 

[BlackTron]

Its one of the best puzzle games ever. But with the remaster coming soon, you might as well wait a bit.

Actually it's included in a bundle with the second game for $15, and given how much everyone loves that, I'll just get the pack. 2 is from 2023, and given it's not a Sony title, won't be remade soon.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Bumping thread to remind any puzzle nuts that the remake is available today on Steam!

 

[Rivdoric]

40 € is so lame.

No upgrade price offered for owners of the original game is also very greedy.

Horizon Zero Dawn & Days Gone Remastered upgrades are 10 €
The Sinking City Remastered (UE5 also) will be free for owners of the original

No really, i cannot justify the 40 € price point.

Edit : In fact there is an "upgrade" kind of package for existing owner @ 30 €, still too expensive for me.

 

[Flabagast]

is it out on PS5 as well ?

 

[QuantumThermos]

Very excited to play this "reawakened" version - I have previously played the original and the originals' DLC - both were fantastic.

for me - when the second game came out I played it and didn't want it to end - it was one of those game that I slowed down as I approached the end and only recently have seen the basic credits - I'm still wandering around and randomly completing some of the harder puzzles to get the more complete ending.

I see there exists a collection version - if you own the (original release) first and second games there is a 40% discount on the reawakened version which reduces the 40 dollar ask to 23.99 (USD)

I don't think this game qualifies as a "Metroidbraina" and is just a pure Puzzle game - but I love these types of games - the non-intrusive philosophical story and theme of the talos principal lets you sort of contemplate both the puzzle and story in a unique way - personally Talos scratches an itch that so few games do

wow - the original released in 2014 - neat.

 

[Lionel Richie]

The OG is flat out my favorite puzzle game of all time and one of my like 10 or so favorites. I really loved 2 as well, although not as much. I'm very much the target audience for this!

 

[Magic Carpet]

40% discount on the reawakened version which reduces the 40 dollar ask to 23.99 (USD)

The 23.99 includes original Talos, Talos Reawakened and also Talos 2.
Weird Steam bundles where you get more games for cheaper than one.

edit-or is that because I alrady have 1 and 2?

 

[QuantumThermos]

edit-or is that because I alrady have 1 and 2?

exactly - as I understand the discount is 40% if you buy all three, but you own two of them so its applied the one you don't own and the others aren't added to the total - I've gotten a few extra dollars off other games when they are listed as part of a bundle and I already own some of them

 

[cireza]

Hopefully they didn't drop a ton of stupid NPCs and forced narration like they did in 2.

 

[Doctor Hades]

I loved this game back when it was released, thanks to its intriguing level design, its ambience and the gorgeous music which makes for a perfect relaxed atmosphere for a puzzle game. Jumped at the chance to play the remaster and so far it's a decent remaster if not that different to how I remembered it. The graphics are obviously better now with better lighting and textures plus RT reflections and whatnot but, oddly, this is how the game looked in my mind's eye!

Only issue I've encountered so far on PC is some minor stuttering - it is Unreal Engine 5 though so I guess I shouldn't be that surprised - and broken DLSS frame gen (although AMD frame gen seems to work). I get 60-75 fps on maxed out 1440p setting with RT and DLAA whether DLSS frame gen is enabled or not. Enable AMD frame gen though and the framerate jumps to 120-125 fps.

Anyone else experiencing this?

My PC is an i5-13600KF, 32 GB, RTX 4080 FE running Windows 11 Pro 24H2. I'm using the latest 572.83 NVIDIA graphics drivers.