You’re not fooling me, Croteam.

I’m here to solve puzzlesanddiscuss philosophy, and I know you are too.

Will we ignore the mistakes of the past and push the world toward irreparable destruction?

A robot lies leisurely on the ground in front of a vast egg-like structure in a watery, desert oasis canyon in The Talos Principle 2

There are some puzzles too, I guess.

Those are pretty great as well.

I promise to talk about the puzzles first, you have my word.

A laser light puzzle in The Talos Principle 2

Also like the first game, these puzzles are chuffing brilliant.

There are also a handful of island-wide brain teasers to suss out between dedicated puzzle arenas as well.

It’s not all deep serious life pondering, though.

Several lasers beam down from a light refractor floating in the air in The Talos Principle 2

Why are you doing this?

Because a big scary projection of Greek bad boy Prometheus showed up to spoil your birthday party.

This review is based on a retail build of the game provided by publishers Devolver Digital.

The player aims a quantum tunnel gun at a wall to punch a hole through it in The Talos Principle 2

A red light beam changes to blue in The Talos Principle 2

A robot does a big thumbs up in front of a giant pyramid structure in The Talos Principle 2

A robot points at a large sculpture of a human and a big spiky ball in The Talos Principle 2

A robot lies back in the snow in front of a huge mountain in The Talos Principle 2

A statue of a man holding a globe and a cube in The Talos Principle 2

A floating puzzle arena in The Talos Principle 2