Established in January 2017 Way Too Many Games began with the goal to provide objective reviews and better represent independent developers and niche titles, eventually expanding into board games as well.Releasing four years ago on PC, it came as a huge surprise to me blending some of the best sci-fi story telling with a puzzle game that rivals the likes of Portal 2.During the last Indie World Direct, The Talos Principle was surprise dropped on Switch with an immediate release date.
![]() Throughout the world you will find terminals in which you will discuss this question with something else. I dont want to delve too much into the story here since its best left for the player to discover themselves. Introducing new elements and then lets you understand how they work with smaller puzzles before bringing in more complex puzzles that require some outside the box thinking and exploration of the environment. Starting off with simply using jammers to keep doorways open; things will quickly progress to pointing lasers and using fans to propel yourself and objects. Sometimes they can be precise; requiring careful exploration of the environment and planning what to do. Whilst other times they can be deceptively simple with red herrings leading you to believe in one possible solution when the actual one is staring you in the face. The best puzzles though are the ones that use all of the games introduced mechanics for some really clever design. Its up to you what order you do the puzzles and worlds, so if you are having trouble with some puzzles you can come back later once youve done everything else you can. Though a certain mysterious tower will remain inaccessible until youve reached the requirements. The reward at the end of each puzzle is a small tetris piece that fit together on a board that will unlock doors or new gadgets in later puzzles. It felt sluggish and uncomfortable to play with some sharp stutters. Thankfully when I dove into the settings I did find a performance mode thought its still not perfect with some regular drops. The Switch version keeps most of the visual features intact for a satisfying visual game. Though I noticed quite a lot of pop-ins on the games performance mode which I would still highly recommend playing it on. I didnt have any trouble reading it on the small screen but I understand some might. Whilst a small handful of audio logs are present, they are generally well voice acted and help build up the world and its mysteries perfectly. Something that I never played before so there was something new there for me. Without spoiling too much, you play as Uriel in a new adventure set after the events of the main game, whilst new areas are present. It provides even more challenging puzzles with its own gimmicks and tricks. One of my all time favourite puzzle games is a perfect fit for the pick up and play nature of the Nintendo Switch even though its not a superb port. Now heres hoping The Talos Principle 2 is around the corner.
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