I finally played this game.. i was always in love with portal and puzzle games ( even thought i am not the greatest at puzzle games i love them ). And this masterpiece is 10 levels above portal 2! and believe me i love portal 2 , but Talos had so much complex and variety on its puzzles, and the story is freaking great! I am a greek citizen and i got every reference such as the name of the game Talos which was at greek mythology a giant creature protecting Crete or the ancient greek philoshophers.
Also this game questions everything! a few examples below :
What is the difference between a human and a robot?
When you think organic matter; what about a human that had an accident and had body parts replaced? And if you replace everything but the brain? And if you can have to (and are possible) to copy the brain and simualte it? Then you'd have an anorganic human, no?
What does living mean?
You could build a robot that dies if you hurt it, in any way a human would die in his situation. Does the robot live then?
What defines a person?
What if you can build a robot that has a personality?
What if you build a robot that has a personality and can die; that can develope their character amd have experiences? Is it a person?
AND THAT EXACLTY IS WHAT I LOVE IN VIDEO GAMES! OK sure video games are about having fun but sometimes we get to see some great topics ( a great example is talos and bioshock infinite) while having fun and getting smarter?!( or atleast pushing ourselves to our limits )
The only "negative " on this game, i think that it would be better if it had a 10 or 15 % fewer puzzles.