At this point it becomes abundantly clear that you are in a veritable Garden of Eden. Will you be faithful, or will you partake in the forbidden fruit? It is left entirely up to the player to heed Elohim’s admonition and pursue immortality or to ignore the disembodied voice and climb the ominous tower.
Throughout the game, there are computer terminals that give insight to true purpose of this world and the events leading to its creation. These terminals contain emails, chat logs, private letters, historical documents, and even direct quotations from famous philosophers. All of this information is overseen by the Milton Library Assistant (MLA), a seemingly sentient program designed to oversee the library database and respond to user queries.
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This snarky program also holds full intellectual discussions with the player from time to time, asking philosophical quandaries and dissecting every response with vicious scrutiny. I even consider myself to be a student of philosophy and have studied many of the issues that The Talos Principle raises.
Now let’s be clear, I’ll be the first one to tell you that I’m far from an expert when it comes to philosophy, but I like to think I can hold my own when discussing some core concepts. That being said, I was shocked and excited to find myself thoroughly stumped by a posed philosophical question and needing time to reflect before answering-which is not something that I’ve ever experienced while playing a game. There are many games that deal with the life’s big questions, like “why are we here,” “does life have meaning,” and “is there a god?”In fact I have played many of those games myself, but I have honestly never experienced a game that has explored such questions to the degree that The Talos Principle does. Sure, lots of games delve into philosophical ideas, challenge political views, and criticize religious beliefs, but seldom-if ever-do they require a player to be introspective in order to progress. #The talos principle wallpaper android#.
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