The Talos Principle has always been a series that asks far more of players than simply solving puzzles. Across its first two entries, Croteam’s philosophical sci-fi series has used artificial intelligence, memory, faith, society and consciousness as the framework for something much more human: a meditation on what it means to exist, to choose, to build, and to continue. With…
I have a sneaking suspicion that Monark will be one of my favourite games of 2022. It is, of course, very early to be calling that, but the talent behind it is sublime: you’ve got the deep-thinking creator Hayashi Fuyuki, who turned a silly concept (“power-up by crying”) into a…
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