The Talos Principle 2

Finally got around to playing this after picking it up over Christmas. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Takes a little while to get going, but once it does it manages to capture that same satisfying feel of the original. I like the new tools that are on offer and the puzzles themselves have been very enjoyable. I also think the tetromino puzzles are a big improvement on the original ones.

I would say now that I'm on the third northern island that it is feeling a bit easy. A lot of the main puzzles I'm just going through the motions of solving. The lost puzzles (or whatever they are called) require a bit more thought and I'm sure there are lots of hidden puzzles dotted around the place, but for a lot of the puzzles I do feel like only 1 or 2 in an area is giving me pause.

I do also think they have gone a little too big. There is a lot of dialogue and the environments are really large. That's often impressive to look at, but I'm finding I'm spending a lot of time running around the environment and I occasionally groan a little when I realise a Sphinx puzzle requires me to run all the way to other side of the area. It would also be good if each area wasn't quite so uniform, with every area having 8 puzzles, 2 lost puzzles, 1 lab, etc. Considering there are so many areas, it feels a little repetitive.

I feel I might end up finding the original a little better, by virtue of its simplicity, but this is still great.